VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 

USU Newsletter 

WWW.USUHS.MIL SEPT. 5, 2006 

In This Issue 

BRAC/Integration..........2 

Alumni News................2 

Behind the Pen...............3 

“Check It”.....................4 

USU Regent now 

UC Regent also..............4 

LRC Faculty Open 

House..........................5 

MedPix Patent...............6 

Frisbee Football............7 

Look Who’s Talking.......7 

Calendar of Events...Back

Photo by HM1 Jason Wright 

Students from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) gathered in 

the university’s amphitheater Aug. 17 for the annual Presentation Ceremony. More than 

160 medical students recited the Hippocratic Oath, which was administered by Larry 

Laughlin, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the USU F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine (SOM). The 

SOM students are enrolled as the Class of 2010. Eleanor Metcalf, Ph.D., associate dean 

SOM Graduate Education, also administered the Code on the Responsible Conduct of 

Science to the Biomedical Graduate Students. 

Presentation Assembly 

Photo by TSgt. James Steele 

President Bush Appoints New 

Members to USU Board of Regents 

 The Senate confirmed the Presidential 

appointments of two new members to the 

Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services 

University of the Health Sciences (USU) 

Aug. 3. 

 Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., Nashville, 

Tenn., and C. Thomas Yarington, Jr., M.D., 

Seattle, were each appointed to six-year 

terms on the Board. The Board consists of 

nine members appointed by President Bush 

who serve as advisors to the USU President 

Charles L. Rice, M.D., and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs William 

Winkenwerder, Jr., M.D., MBA. 

 Dr. Conway-Welch has served as Dean 

and Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of 

Nursing at the Vanderbilt University School 

of Nursing since 1984. She is a member of 

the Institute of Medicine, a Fellow of the 

American Academy of Nursing and a Charter Fellow of the American College of NurseMidwives. Dr. Conway-Welch is a leader in 

advanced practice nursing curriculum, technology, women's health, global migration of 

nurses and emergency preparedness. She is 

the director of the International Nursing 

Coalition for Mass Casualty Education and is 

interested in issues of communication and 

collaboration between military and civilian 

nurses in natural and man-made disasters. 

 Dr. Yarington is a Clinical Professor at the 

University of Washington in Seattle. He was 

previously Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology at the University of Nebraska. Dr. 

Yarington recently retired from the Virginia 

Mason Medical Center in Seattle, where he 

was a surgeon for more than twenty years, 

serving as head of Otolaryngology, and 

later, Chief of Surgery. He is a retired U.S. Air 

Force Brigadier General, and is a visiting 

professor to several universities and learned 

societies in the United States and Europe. 

 "We are pleased to have Dr. ConwayWelch and Dr. Yarington join the USU Board 

of Regents,” Dr. Winkenwerder said. “The 

Board plays a very important advisory role 

and these two distinguished members bring 

with them a wealth of experience and 

knowledge that can help USU assume a 

more prominent role among the nation’s 

institutions of higher learning." 

 The two new members replace L.D. Britt, 

M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M., of Norfolk, 

Va., and Ikram U. Khan, M.D., of Las Vegas, 

Nevada, whose terms recently expired. 

By Sharon Willis 

Acting Deputy VPE 

Uniformed Services University 

of the Health Sciences 

Have a Safe 

Labor Day 
News 

USU Newsletter 

Editorial Staff 

Carol R. Scheman 

Vice President for 

External Affairs and 

Managing Editor 

Tech. Sgt. 

André Nicholson 

Editor 

Mass Communications 

Specialist 2nd Class 

Kory Kepner 

Assistant Editor 

Mass Communications 

Specialist 

Seaman Apprentice 

Raul Zamora 

Staff Writer 

Mass Communications 

Specialist 

Seaman Apprentice 

Jeff Hopkins 

Staff Writer 

Sharon Willis 

Director 

Alumni Affairs and 

Contributing Writer 

Marla Wright 

Webmaster 

USU Duplicating 

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indicated. The Newsletter staff may include 

or exclude articles 

based upon news 

value, impact on the 

university and space 

availability. 

Submissions: 

The USU Newsletter 

will be published biweekly on Mondays 

and deadline for submission is Friday at 4 

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301-295-3925. 

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Integration As I See It...Recent Progress

 During the summer months Integration progress has often seemed slow, but much has been 

going on in the background. In May an Offsite was 

held here at the university where 150 “Change 

Leaders” were brought up to date. During the 

conference the Flag Officers provided four overarching objectives. 

- Collective Decision Making 

- Clinical Integration 

- Selection and Role of Leaders 

- Integrated MHS in the NCA 

 In June, the Flags approved the new Vision 

Statement. 

 “We envision, and are committed to one integrated health system which leverages the assets of 

all DOD health care treatment facilities in the National Capital Area (NCA). The tri-service Walter 

Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda 

will be a worldwide military referral center and 

together with the Uniformed Services University of 

the Health Sciences (USU) will represent the core 

of this integrated health system. All tri-service facilities in the NCA and USU will serve as a premier 

academic medical system focused on delivering 

the highest quality care, distinguished health professional education, and exemplary clinical and 

translational research.” 

 During July a decision was made to formally 

develop Integration Teams at each of the military 

treatment facilities. This will allow the Integration 

Plan to move toward the second and third goals of 

including the bedded facilities and the other treatment facilities. July also saw a formal development 

of the decision making process via the subcommittees: the Integration Steering Committee (ISC), the 

Advisory Council (AC), and the Office of Integration (OI), or the Commander’s Executive Board 

(CEB) and Multi Service Marketing Office (MSMO) 

to the Flags. 

 FLAGS 

 OI MSMO 

 AC CEB 

 ISC Working Groups 

 Subcommittees 

 In addition the Pentagon gave final approval of 

the BRAC Business Plan. This included the basic 

building requirements and budget developed by 

BRAC/Integration teams. The Integration Steering 

Committee and the Advisory Committee worked 

to finalize an organizational plan for the new 

medical center and selection criteria for Department Chiefs and Directors. 

 In August, the Flags approved a 2006-2007 

Strategic Plan for the Walter Reed National Military 

Medical Center. Teams are hard at work planning 

for the next Offsite Planning Conference, “Our 

Road Map to Success,” which will once again be 

held at the university Sept. 21 and 22. 

By Vern Schinski, Ph.D. 

Special Assistant to the USU President for 

BRAC/Integration 

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFPN) -- A medical team of 

eight people from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland 

Air Force Base, Texas, and Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto 

Cano Air Base, Honduras, treated more than 200 Hondurans during a two-week training exercise Aug. 5 to 19. 

 The team of eight medical professionals, led by Lt. Col. 

(Dr.) Eric Ritchie (Class of 1992), spent two weeks at Hospital Esquela during an orthopedics medical readiness training exercise Aug. 5 through 19, where they treated more 

than 90 patients in the operating room. 

 They were joined by members of the medical community from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, 

Honduras, and Honduran resident doctors at the hospital 

for a "subject matter expert exchange of information." 

Americans, Hondurans team to fix broken bones

See ALUMNI, page 6 

Photo by Senior Airman Mike Meares 

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Eric Ritchie (left) and Staff Sgt. 

Jolie Zygulski wrap a cast molding around 

the leg of a patient after successful surgery 

Aug. 15 at the Hospital Esquela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. A medical team of eight 

people from Wilford Hall Medical Center, 

San Antonio and Joint Task Force-Bravo at 

Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, treated 

more than 200 people and operated on 

more than 60 individuals during its twoweek training exercise Aug. 5 to 19. 

By Senior Airman Mike Meares 

Joint Task Force - Bravo Public Affairs 
 The Uniformed Services University of the 

Health Sciences (USU) Newsletter is published biweekly by the staff members in the 

Office of External Affairs (VPE). Five journalists in the office contribute material to the 

newsletter, and three are responsible for 

the layout and design. 

 Tech. Sgt. André Nicholson is the editor 

for the newsletter, and says he feels privileged to be working on the USU news 

team. 

 “Helping to create the USU Newsletter is 

an interesting and time consuming job,” he 

said. “It requires a lot of organization and 

time-management skills, but the great thing 

about it is you get to see a product from 

beginning to end. As journalists, we are 

given the opportunity to learn what other 

people around the university are doing and 

report on it.” 

 Sharon Willis, USU, acting deputy of 

external affairs, says writing for the USU 

Newsletter gives her a chance to do something she has always wanted to do. 

 “I grew up wanting to be a writer, so it’s 

something I enjoy doing, despite having so 

little time to do it,” Ms. Willis said. 

 The three sailors in the office started 

their military careers in different professional fields, but due to the Navy’s recent 

job-merging, they all now share the same 

role as mass communications specialists 

(MC). The merger combined the rates of 

journalist, lithographer’s mate (graphicdesign), photographer’s mate, and illustrator-draftsman. As a result, those who have 

gone through the school for their specific 

rates must now learn how to perform their 

new duties as MCs on the job. 

 Petty Officer 2nd Class Kory Kepner has 

been working on the newsletter since its 

inception and reporting for USU since November, 2004. He enjoys writing articles, 

giving tours of the USU campus to prospective students, and taking photos. MC2 Kepner is also the writer for the “Gracie the 

Grey Goose” column in the newsletter. 

 “Since we started the newsletter, I’ve 

really enjoyed my job, because it gives us a 

way to let the entire university know what’s 

going on around campus,” he said. “Before, 

we would just send around e-mails that 

people probably didn’t open.” 

 Seaman Apprentice Raul Zamora, a staff 

writer for the newsletter, went through the 

Basic Lithographer’s course at the Defense 

Information School (DINFOS) at Fort 

Meade, and said it has been interesting to 

work on the newsletter. 

 “I’ve never done anything like this. This is 

the first time I’ve ever done any journalist 

and photography work, so I’m learning a 

lot. I was trained in graphic design,” MCSA 

Zamora said. 

 Seaman Apprentice Jeff Hopkins, who is 

the newest addition to the newsletter crew, 

is a California native fresh out of journalism 

school, and says he’s very excited to be 

working on the USU newsletter team. 

 “It’s really pretty cool to see something I 

wrote actually appear in a newsletter. I just 

spent three months in training, and it’s 

great to see that I actually learned the basics of journalism and public affairs,” he 

said. “I think I really lucked out with my first 

station. Everyone in the office is great; it’s 

really a good team to be working with.” 

 The staff is always interested in hearing 

from the USU community about possible 

story ideas and encourage all input. The 

newsletter is used to highlight the people 

and work being done here at USU and the 

VPE staff is excited to help get those stories 

out. 

 The VPE staff is committed to meeting 

the needs and expectations of the university community. 

 Story-writing for the USU newsletter is 

rather formulaic. The staff writers collect 

possible story ideas from several sources, 

typically by word of mouth from readers, 

staff members, students and faculty. Ideas 

can also be e-mailed to the newsletter staff 

at usunewsletter@usuhs.mil. Ideas are considered for stories by determining the angle, or focus of the story; typically the story 

should revolve around something occurring at the university, or about the people 

of the university. 

 The article’s author will then research 

the story to determine who would best be 

able to answer questions about the event, 

or the subject-matter experts (SME). The 

author will then schedule interviews with 

several SMEs and if possible, arrange to 

take photos for the event or something to 

facilitate the story. 

 With interviews and photos done, the 

story must then be written. The USU Newsletter typically runs two types of stories: 

straight-news stories and feature stories. A 

straight-news story focuses on delivery of 

facts, and is written to inform the reader. A 

straight-news story delivers facts in descending order of importance; the most 

important information comes first, and is 

followed by secondary facts. Examples of a 

straight-news story would include award 

stories, retirements, and new technology 

developments/updates. 

 A feature-story is written to engage the 

reader, to get them to feel a certain emotion, or consider a view-point. When a story 

about a student’s triumph over a particularly difficult situation arises, or an unusual 

physical training activity like Frisbeefootball, a feature story can be written. 

Feature stories can contain lots of visually 

descriptive writing, and try to put the 

reader in with the action. 

 The VPE office is also charged with putting out news releases and advisories. A 

news release is a statement, usually from 

senior leadership, about something that 

has already happened, such as an appointment, research finding, or installation of a 

new program. An advisory announces an 

event either before or after it happens, and 

is also used to invite people to attend an 

event. 

 Someone in the office will receive information that is important to get out to the 

public, so a release or advisory is generated. The decision to write a release/

advisory comes from the president or the 

vice president of external affairs. The release is then sent to Newswise.com, a website that distributes the release to hundreds 

of publications. 

 The VPE office has two special edition 

newsletters in the works to inform both 

USU alumni and external groups about 

what is happening at the university: the 

Alumni Newsletter, and a General USU 

Newsletter. 

 The Alumni Newsletter will be published 

semi-annually according to Ms. Willis, and it 

aims to keep graduates informed about 

happenings around the campus and in the 

USU community. 

 The USU Newsletter is also available 

online at: 

www.usuhs.mil/uao/newsletter.html. 

Feature 

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The People 

Behind the Pen 

Contributed by the Office of External Affairs 

Photo by MCSA Jeff Hopkins 
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News 

DOD kicks off “Check It” Campaign 

 The Department of Defense launched the “Check 

It” Internal Management Controls Program Awareness Campaign in July to emphasize the importance 

of internal management controls. The message is: 

“Everyone has a job to do, and every job is important.” 

 Internal management control is the plan of organization, methods, and procedures adopted by 

management to provide reasonable assurance that 

the objectives of the Federal Manager’s Financial 

Integrity Act are met. 

 Internal controls are everyone’s responsibility, as 

we rely on each individual to ensure that what 

should happen does happen. These controls are in 

place to improve effective and efficient financial 

management and encompass every aspect of the 

university’s operations. Effective monitoring helps 

us meet our mission of “Learning to Care for Those 

in Harm’s Way.” 

 Throughout the campaign, there will be a specific 

focus on areas that will change monthly. These 

messages will be sent out by the Office of Review 

and Evaluation, which is responsible for the overall 

Internal Management Control Program. The messages are intended for all members of the university 

and should be viewed by all faculty, staff, and students. Information will also be included in the USU 

Newsletter. 

 It is important that everyone takes the necessary 

steps to increase awareness of internal controls and 

to protect our assets so that we can continue to 

meet our mission. 

 Posters, which are available through the Office of 

Review and Evaluation, can be displayed throughout your department so all employees receive this 

important message. 

 As the campaign goes forward, more messages/

updates will be sent throughout the university. 

Charles L. Rice, M.D. 

USU President 

Graphic courtesy of DOD Comptroller 

 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of William C. De La Pena, 

M.D. and Bruce D. Varner, M.D., to the Board of 

Regents for the University of California. 

 As products of the renowned UC system, William 

and Bruce uniquely understand the vital role our 

public universities play in giving students a worldclass education so they are trained for the 21st century economy,” Governor Schwarzenegger said. 

“These men are both highly respected in their fields 

and will be a tremendous asset in ensuring the UC 

system remains affordable - because an investment 

in our students is an investment in California's future.“ 

 Dr. De La Pena has served as ophthalmologist 

and medical director of De La Pena Eye Clinic since 

1984. Previously, he was director of the Department of Ophthalmology for Santa Marta Hospital 

from 1984 to 2003 and 

the Doctor's Hospital of 

Santa Ana from 1986 to 

1990, an instructor of 

Ophthalmology for the 

University of California, 

Irvine from 1984 to 

1990 and assistant clinical professor of Ophthalmology for the University of California, San 

Diego in 1982. He is 

chair of the Latin 

American and American Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons as well as the 

USU Regent member also named as 

Regent to UC System 

Dr. William C. 

De La Pena 

See BOR, page 5 
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Nancy B. Morell, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Learning Resource Center (LRC) reference librarian and user education specialist, explains the features of the LRC’s USU Electronic Resources Interface 

(USU ER) to Col. (Dr.) Brian Unwin (Class of 1988) at the third annual LRC Faculty Open House. The USU ER is a webbased catalog of research material in the LRC which contains medical databases, full text journals, books, and other 

medical education resources. The open house is held to introduce new faculty and staff to the LRC, as well as inform 

current USU members about the resources available. 

Photo by MCSA Raul Zamora Interfacing with USU 

World Federation of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. 

 In addition, he serves as a Regent for the Uniformed Services 

University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. De La 

Pena, 52, of Whittier, earned a medical doctorate degree from 

Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico, a Bachelor of 

Science degree from the American School Foundation in Mexico 

City and performed his medical internship and residency at the 

University of California, Irvine. 

 These positions require Senate confirmation and there is no 

salary. 

 The Regents of the University of California are entrusted with 

the management and operation of the University of California 

system which includes more than 201,000 students and 160,000 

faculty and staff, with more than 1.2 million alumni living and 

working around the world. The University's fundamental missions 

are teaching, research and public service. There are 26 Regents 

including the governor, who serves as president, the lieutenant 

governor, the speaker of the Assembly, the superintendent of 

public instruction, the president and vice president of the University of California Alumni Association, the president of the University, one student, 2 faculty members (non-voting) and 18 public 

members appointed by the Governor to 12-year terms. As required by law, the Governor has submitted the names of his nominees to the Regents Selection Advisory Committee. 

BOR, from page 4 

News 
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News 

 "The fractures we see here are 

a lot worse than (what) we see in 

the states, because they are falling from much greater heights," 

said Dr. Ritchie, the chief of pediatric orthopedics at Wilford Hall. 

 Some families in Honduras 

make a living off the mangos, 

cherries and bananas harvested 

from trees. As soon as some of 

these children are old enough to 

climb, they are helping their families earn a living by harvesting the 

fruit. 

 "That's their livelihood," said 

Staff Sgt. Jolie Zygulski, orthopedic technician. "There are a lot of 

elbow fractures that never heal." 

 A 6-year-old Honduran boy, 

who was hit by a taxi cab in the 

streets of Tegucigalpa, had two 

screws placed into his tibia by 

doctors from Wilford Hall Medical 

Center, San Antonio, to repair the 

open fracture caused by the incident. 

 Not all surgeries were due to 

injuries sustained from falling out 

of trees or being hit by cars. In the 

case of 11-year-old Karen, the 

weight of her body is enough to 

break her fibulas because she 

suffers from a rare brittle bone 

disease -- osteogenesis imperfecta. 

 "This is a life-changing event for 

most of them," said Dr. Ricardo 

Aviles, a JTF-Bravo medical officer. 

"These are injuries (or illnesses) 

that have been plaguing them for 

some time." 

 The Honduran doctor said 

medical professionals from Honduras have limited resources to 

repair the broken bones of children, especially for families who 

cannot afford medical care. That 

is why people go to Hospital 

Esquela when something happens. The medical care is free, 

even when the U.S. servicemembers join the ranks. 

 "I'm learning a lot from their 

techniques," said Dr. Ritchie. "They 

have to do a lot more without the 

benefit of technology and they do 

it very well." 

 Once surgeries are finished, 

the young patients are transferred 

from the operating room to the 

recovery room where they are 

laid on a bed with well-used padding. Maj. Liz Cooley, a recovery 

room nurse, works with them in 

the recovery room to ease their 

pain as best as possible while preparing them to be transferred to 

the children's ward. Upon arrival 

in the ward, they are lucky if it is 

not full and there is a bed with 

padding available. 

 During the two-week MEDRETE, Americans and Hondurans repaired the lives -- and 

bones -- of more than 200 patients. 

ALUMNI, from page 2 

MedPixTM Receives Long Awaited Patent 

The culmination of seven years of work at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 

(USU) has resulted in the first patent for MedPixTM. 

Patent number 7,080,098 was assigned to MedPixTM 

by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office July 18. 

 MedPixTM is a medical image database of more 

than 29,000 images from more than 7,000 real-life 

cases. The web-based teaching file was developed 

to be a centralized focal point of peer reviewed radiographs, where radiologists anywhere can contribute and view cases. 

 From 1999 to 2006, and more than a decade of 

earlier work, James Smirniotopoulos, M.D., Radiology and Radiological Sciences Chair at USU and 

others worked on developing the MedPixTM schema 

for classifying images. Since Sept. 3, 2000, it has 

delivered more than 39,000,000 Web pages. 

 MedPixTM has more than 21,000 registered members from all around the world. The primary audience include: residents and practicing physicians, 

medical students, nurses and graduate nursing students, as well as other post-graduate trainees. 

 The MedPixTM COW (Case of the Week) provides 

free Category 1 Continuing Medical Education 

(CME) for physicians and Continuing Education 

Units for nursing professionals, and is used by hundreds of healthcare professionals every week. MedPixTM CME is linked to the "Radiology Corner" of Military Medicine. This is a new feature that presents an 

unknown radiology case with each issue. 

 New features include the "Diagnostic Image Atlas" that allows you to match a known case from the 

database, with a clinical case at the workstation. 

This can be used for resident teaching, as well as to 

assist in developing a differential diagnosis, much 

like a textbook, but with all of the searching advantages of a computer. 

Col. (Dr.) Les Folio, U.S. Air Force , USU Department 

of Radiology, and Lt. Col. (Dr.) David Earl-Graef, U.S. 

Air Force Reserve, Georgetown University, take a 

look at some of the images on MedPixTM. 

Photo courtesy of Dr. James Smirniotopoulos 
“I would want to be 

my husband. I think 

that if I really knew 

what his daily 

stresses were, I 

would relate to him 

better. However, 

realistically, I think it 

would take more 

than a day to make a 

difference being 

someone else.” 

“UFC Champion 

Chuck Liddell because he is the best 

at what he does. 

Otherwise, I’d want 

to be the boyfriend 

of Jessica Alba, 

Salma Hayek, or 

Halle Berry.” 

“I would be a homeless person. I think 

walking in the shoes 

of someone less fortunate would help 

me appreciate life, 

cherish my loved 

ones, and be grateful for everything 

that I have been 

blessed with.”

Look Who’s Talking....If you could be anyone in the 

world for one day, who would you be and why?

Air Force Staff Sgt. 

Melisa Witter 

Audio Visual 

Chris Jodrie 

Office of Review 

and Evaluation 

Patricia Kraus 

Military Internal 

Medicine 

A unique form of physical training 

 The round white disk floated above the earth in the morning 

sun as a group of people gathered below in anticipation of its 

landing. 

 No, this is not a Sci-Fi story, it’s Ultimate Frisbee and it is one of 

the ways faculty and staff at the Uniformed Services University of 

the Health Sciences (USU) get their physical training (PT) Thursday 

mornings. 

 Spc. Reagan Walker said that he used to play Ultimate Frisbee 

at Fort Carson and Maj. Steven Mog used to play at the Walter 

Reed Army Medical Center and they decided it would be a good 

idea to do an alternative type of PT. 

 “We got together and decided to incorporate a fun day into 

our training,” Specialist Walker said. “That way the training isn’t 

boring and you still get a great cardiovascular workout.” 

 The rules to Ultimate Frisbee are pretty simple. Teams advance 

the Frisbee by running up and down the field and passing the 

Frisbee back and forth. Players are not allowed to run with the 

Frisbee. When a player catches the Frisbee in the opposing team’s 

end zone a point is scored. If a player fails to catch the Frisbee, the 

other team gains possession. 

 Specialist Walker said they normally play for an hour and the 

games are usually very competitive and close. 

 “These games help build a lot of cohesion between USU and 

AFRRI because it’s one of the few times we can get together and 

work as a team,” Specialist Walker said. 

 Spc. Nancy Meadows added, “It also helps the enlisted-officer 

relationship; it’s nice to get to know people outside of the office.” 

 Everyone who played agreed that having regular games is 

great for camaraderie and building morale. 

 “When we first started playing it was just people from AFRRI,” 

Spc. Walter Cruz said. “Now people from all around the university 

come out. We normally have 20 to 25 people... It’s great to come 

out and see people that you normally never get to work with.” 

 Specialist Walker said that everyone is welcome to come out at 

6:30 a.m. on Thursdays to join the fun and get some exercise, and 

if you have cleats be sure and wear them. 

 “It’s one of the few times someone can rough up an officer or 

NCO without getting in trouble,” a laughing Spc. Jareh Kelly said. 

By MC2 Kory Kepner 

Staff Writer, Office of External Affairs 

 An employee may accept gifts, other 

than cash or an investment interest, with 

an aggregate market value of $200 or less 

if such gifts are a bona fide award or incident to a bona fide award that is given for 

meritorious public service or achievement 

by a person who does not have interests 

that may be substantially affected by the 

performance or nonperformance of the 

employee's official duties or by an association or other organization the majority of 

whose members do not have such interests. 

 Gifts with an aggregate market value in 

excess of $200 and 

awards of cash or investment interests offered by such persons 

as awards or incidents 

of awards that are 

given for these purposes may be accepted upon a written determination and 

approval by the Designated Agency Ethics 

Official. 

 For additional information on Government Ethics visit: 

http://www.usuhs.mil/ogc/faq.html. 

From the General 

Counsel’s Office 

Awards, Honorary 

Degrees 

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USU Calendar of Events 

 5 

Senate Constitution Committee 

Meeting 

3 p.m., Rm C1026 

All faculty are 

invited 

 

6 

USU Toastmasters 

Meeting 

noon—1 p.m. 

Rm A2011 

7 8 9 

10 11 12 13 

USU Toastmasters 

Meeting 

noon—1 p.m. 

AFRRI Small 

Conference Room 

14 

CDHAM Ground 

Rounds Weather 

and Health 

Conditions 

noon—1 p.m. 

Lec Rm D 

 

LRC Training Introduction to PowerPoint 1—2 p.m. 

15 16 

17 18 

 

19 

Faculty Development Grand 

Rounds The Academician’s Toolkit 

Part 2 

9—11 a.m. 

LRC computer lab 

20 

USU Toastmasters 

Meeting 

noon—1 p.m. 

Rm A2011 

21 

BRAC/Integration 

Offsite Planning 

Conference 

 

Navy-wide testing 

USU Cafeteria 

6 -11 a.m. 

 

 

22 

BRAC/Integration 

Offsite Planning 

Conference 

 

Navy-wide testing 

USU Cafeteria 

6 -11 a.m. 

 

 

23 

24 25 26 27 

USU Toastmasters 

Meeting 

noon—1 p.m. 

AFRRI Small 

Conference Room 

28 29 30 

September