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Vol. 10, No. 7 | Thursday, April 1, 2010www.thelighthousenews.com
WHAT’S INSIDE
By Andrea Howry
Lighthouse editor
Therearestilltwo weeks left inthe 2010 tax season, and already,the Volunteer Income Tax Assis-tance (VITA) program at NavalBase Ventura County Port Hue-neme has filed for nearly $2.5million in tax refunds for thosewho have taken advantage of thefree program.The local VITA office is ontrack to set a record for the num-berof incometaxfilingspreparedthis year, said Sal Gonzales, whocoordinatestheprogramthroughthe Navy Legal Service BranchOffice.
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Between Jan. 20 and March19, we’ve prepared 1,795 tax re-turns,”Gonzalessaid.
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Lastyear,we did 2,073, and I’m confidentwe will surpass that by April16.”Gonzales estimates that VITAhas saved active duty, retirees,dependentsandDefenseDepart-ment personnel more than$200,000 in money that wouldotherwise have gone to tax pre-parers.Since 2006, the number of people who have used the pro-gramhasgoneup,butsincethose
April 15 is Tax Day, but VITA can still help
SEE VITA, PAGE 11
yrone Hunter is one of 12 boxersvying for eight spots in the All-Military Boxing Championships. He’llcompete in the All-Navy Box-Off April3 at the Beehive Gym.
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Learning how to properly applyface camouflage was one of manylessons at Fort Hunter Liggett duringOperation Bearing Duel 2010. NavalMobile Construction Battalion 5 tookpart.
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Patrina Haizlip-Payne gives thanksafter being named the recipientof the 2010 Joyce W. StewartMemorial Award, commemoratinga career that promotes andencourages diversity.
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PHOTO BY MC1 AARON PETERSON
Security forces respond to a mock shooter at The Paradise Grill atNaval Base Ventura County Point Mugu on Tuesday, March 23, aspart of the annual Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield training exercise. Morephotos, Pages 14, 15.
PHOTO BY MC1 AARON PETERSON
Carrier Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 117 conducts aflyover before landing March 25 after eight months away.
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By Andrea Howry
Lighthouse editor
Threedays of intensesecurityexercises tested theskills of someand the nerves of others as Naval Base Ventura County experi-encedtheannualSolidCurtain-CitadelShieldbeginningMonday,March 22.
Security exercises testabilities, skills, nerves
SEE EXERCISES, PAGE 14
 
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Question:What is the large white building under construc-tion near the Sunkist Gate at Naval Base VenturaCounty Port Hueneme? Answer:The new building will house the Seabee Museum,which is now located in a half-century-old Quonset hut that was supposed to be temporary quarters.Construction of the $10.4 million facility is scheduled to be completed in March 2011. Thebase fenceline will be moved so that the museum isactually outside the gates, making it easier for the general public to visit.With its location so close to the many amenitiesSouthern California has to offer, we hope it will be avacation destination for many retired Navy person-nel and their families, as well as the general public.The current Seabee Museum has a display inthe lobby showing detailed plans of the new build-ing. Stop by and take a look. The museum is openTuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is closed Sundayand Monday.
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NET WORTH:
TheNBVC Spring VolleyballTournament takesplace in the WarfieldGym, Port Hueneme. Games startat 9 a.m. Prizes awarded to first-,second- and third-place winners.Information: 989-8098.
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PAY UNCLE SAM:
It’sTax Day. Not prepared?The local VITA officemight still be able tohelp. Information: Page 1.
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IN THE RING:
The NavyBox-Off will be at 5p.m. in the Bee HiveGym, Port Hueneme.The All-Navy Team Boxingcandidates will be fighting for aspot in the Armed Forces BoxingChampionships later this month.Fifteen bouts are on the card. Freeto all hands with base access.Information: Page 9.
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EAT OUT:
Denny’sRestaurant, cornerof Ventura Road andChannel IslandsBoulevard in Oxnard, will donatea portion of their profits madefrom 3 to 8 p.m. today to theChannel Islands Council, U.S. NavyLeague. The donation will be usedto offset costs for the League’sannual Military Recognition Dinner,scheduled for May 20. At thedinner, the Navy League honors 13local Navy enlisted personnel.
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Theschoolattendedbyeightstu-dents who visited Naval Base Ven-tura County on Feb. 25 as part of a job-shadowing program was in-correctly identified in the March18 edition of The Lighthouse. Thestudents attend Frontier HighSchool.
Correction
LOOKING BACK
It took six months, but an E-2C Hawk-eye finally went up on display at Navalase Ventura County (NBVC) PointMugu on Aug. 18, 2005.Seabees and the NBVC Public Worksepartmentbeganworkingontheprojectin January of 2005, but they encounteredelays due to bad weather and environ-ental issues, according to the Sept. 8,005, issue of The Lighthouse.The E-2C is on four landing gear con-retepedestalswithasidewalkcirclingtheisplay.Theteamalsoconstructeda4-footidewalk and handicap access ramp, 11bollards with built-in lights and fourfloodlights to shine on the plane.
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None of this could have been donewithout Public Works and the Seabees,”Capt.HarryRobinson,commodore,Com-mander, Airborne Early Warning WingU.S. Pacific Fleet, said at the ribbon-cut-ting.
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I am ever so grateful to them. It isa wonderful display where people canlearn about the E-2.”Capt.PaulGrossgold,commandingof-ficer of NBVC, explained that the E-2sarrived at Point Mugu in the late 1990swhen Miramar closed.
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The Seabee branch has turned thiscorner of the base into a really nicearea,”he said.
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It shows that the natureof the base has changed.”The E-2C Hawkeye, considered theeyes and ears of the Navy fleet, isequipped with a long-range surveillanceradar and has significant communica-tion capabilities.The E-2C on display features a logoon the fuselage that represents each of the four squadrons at NBVC PointMugu.
2005: E-2C Hawkeye installed at Point Mugu
Oct.1,2010,marks the10-year anniver-ary of the establishment of Naval Baseentura County, the official date that Na-val Air Station Point Mugu and Construc-tion Battalion Center Port Hueneme com-bined under a single commander.In recognition of the anniversary, TheLighthouse is publishing these
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Lookingback” items that detail the history of thetwo bases leading up to their unified com-mand and that recall the major news of thelast 10 years.
•The Military Expo, Business and Com-unity Exposition that took place in Ca-arillo on March 25 highlighted the eco-omic impact Naval Base VenturaCounty has on the county itself. Not onlyis the base the county’s largest employer,overall it has a $1.7 billion impact on thelocal economy.That’s a long way from 1958, when thecounty’smilitarypayrollfinallytopped$1illionaweek—andthat’swhentheOx-ard Air Force Base was still in commis-sion.Here is a reprint from the VenturaCounty Star-Free Press, dated Dec. 31,1958, and headlined:
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County MilitaryPayrollNowTops$1MillionEveryWeek:Point Mugu Takes U.S. Spotlight.” Thestory mentions a $5 million, 315-unitCapehart housing area soon to be com-leted for Oxnard Air Force Base service-en; that area was demolished last yearand is now Catalina Heights in Camaril-lo.The Star-Free Press story is reprintedasitappeared,withdifferentcapitalizationthan what is used today.•Morethan 12,000 servicemen and civil-ians stationed in Ventura county during1958tookhomeweeklypaycheckstotalingmore than $1 million.Bytheendof thisyear,payrollsforper-sonnelatPointMugu,PortHuenemeandOxnard air force base had climbed pastthe $58 million mark.Point Mugu, where men and missilesbroke into national prominence in 1958,accountedforpayrollstotalingmorethan$36 million. Civilians earned $22 million;servicemen took home $14 million.Mugu payrolls last year (1957) werelittlemorethanhalf thisyear’stally.TotaldisbursementsatPointMugureachedonly$45 million in 1957 as compared with1958’s $80 million.
Military payroll $1 million a week in ’58
PHOTO COURTESY COMMAND HISTORICAL ARCHIVES CENTER
A Regulus II is fired from a submarine in this 1958 photo. That year, the military payroll inVentura County topped $1 million a week for the first time.
SEE LOOKING BACK, PAGE 29
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