The document is an issue of the monthly publication "Salvo" from the U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal. It includes stories about Army Reservists from the 305th Facility Engineer Detachment conducting their annual training at the arsenal, supporting infrastructure projects. It also discusses the annual shutdown at the arsenal, where maintenance and repairs are performed while most of the workforce is on vacation. Additionally, it announces that the arsenal received two new contracts totaling $4 million to manufacture barrels for the Abrams tank system.
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NY Army Reserves Support Historic Arsenal
1. SALVO
Story on Page 3
When Keeping
NY Army Reserves Home
pays off for NY Army Arsenal
U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal
August 2016
2. Page 2 Salvo Aug. 31, 2016
The Arsenal Salvo is an authorized monthly publication for members of
the Department of Defense. Contents of the Salvo are not necessarily the
official views of, or an endorsement by the U.S. Government, the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Department of the Army, or the Watervliet Arsenal.
News may be submitted for publication by sending articles to Public
Affairs Officer, 1 Buffington Street, Bldg. 10, Watervliet, NY 12189, or
stop by office #102, Bldg. 10, Watervliet Arsenal. The editor may also be
reached at (518) 266-5055 or by e-mail: john.b.snyder.civ@mail.mil. The
editor reserves the right to edit all information submitted for publication.
Commander, Col. Joseph R. Morrow
Public Affairs Officer, John B. Snyder
Editor, John B. Snyder
Photographer: John B. Snyder
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Colonel Joseph R. Morrow
Commander’s Corner
Ever since the Army’s leadership selected me more
than 12 months ago to command the Watervliet Arsenal,
I took every opportunity that I could to learn about our
arsenal. I will tell you that I could not be more proud or
more humbled by being the commander
of this historic manufacturing center.
To think that this arsenal has sup-
ported every major battle from the Battle
of New Orleans to the Battle of Fallujah,
speaks volumes about the important role
that we have had since 1813 in ensuring
that hundreds of thousands of our troops
have safely returned home from battle.
When Colonel Schiller took com-
mand a little over three years ago, the
arsenal was beset by the effects of some-
thing called sequestration via the Budget
Control Act of 2011. Although my first
few weeks of command will not be tem-
pered with furloughs as Colonel Schiller
experienced, the Budget Control Act
remains the law of the land.
The reason why I bring up sequestra-
tion is because the effects of the Budget
Control Act may continue to adversely
affect future defense budgets, as it has in recent years.
Uncertainty in defense budgets may mean that future
weapons programs may remain unfunded, as well as a
general lack of interest by weapons program managers to
solicit large orders for our products.
Although we cannot change what current law man-
dates, we can and must “positively” influence the actions
of those who are touched by our operations.
And so, I want everyone to be an active participant in
the arsenal’s quality and business development efforts.
Every action that we perform, from receiving raw-stock
materiel to machining a 155mm tube to installing a new
electrical substation, affects how DOD
leadership, new business management
relations, customers, and all visitors per-
ceive us as a world-class manufacturing
center.
Those perceptions are critical to our
long-term viability as they create or
build on relationships. It is our relation-
ships, as we have experienced through-
out our 203-year-history, that will drive
a decision maker to send us a contract,
a staff officer to reallocate funding for
maintenance and repair, or an elected
official to learn more about how we sup-
port the nation.
Finally, changing commanders is not
easy on any Army organization. Never-
theless, what I have experienced here in
my first 30 days of command is an unbe-
lievable amount of professionalism, as
well as a high degree of pride.
Wherever I have gone or whoever I have met has left
me with a feeling that we will be just fine. I am confident
that today’s arsenal is no less competent and professional
than at any time during our 200+ years of history and I
look forward to creating a new, lasting history with you.
Thank you for the great support that you have given
me and for what you do to support our nation.
Have a great and safe Labor Day Weekend!
3. Page 3 Salvo Aug. 31, 2016
Story continues on page 4, “305th”
By John B. Snyder
What began in 1813,
continues today thanks to
Army Reservists
In the hot summer days of 1813, the arsenal was
built by an odd lot of untrained Soldiers who were
suddenly thrust into service to ward off British attacks
from Canada. This summer, Soldiers have deployed
here again, but this time their mission is to help main-
tain the legacy of what their predecessors built more
than 203 years ago. Suffice it to say, they are much
better trained and equipped for the task at hand.
About 15 Soldiers from the 305th
Army Reserve Fa-
cility Engineer Detachment from Staten Island, N.Y.,
volunteered to conduct their annual training here. This
is the third year that this Army engineering unit has
deployed here for training and it has turned out to be a
win-win situation for the arsenal and for the Reserves.
The arsenal is trying to complete about $20 million
of public works improvements that began in 2015,
said Robert Shadlock, the arsenal’s senior engineer
who is also the liaison with the Reserve detachment.
Much of the Reserves’ work involved the oversight
of a major infrastructure project that will replace a
100-year-old water system, assess electrical connec-
tions in several buildings, designing the removal of a
rail system that hasn’t been used since the 1970s, and
the development of a scope of work to enhance the
value of three acres of underutilized land.
“In addition to saving the arsenal about $100,000 in
labor costs, these Soldiers performed critical program
management and design work that we cannot do at this
time,” Shadlock said. “We have several multimillion
facility-work projects currently ongoing, as well as
Photo by: John B. Snyder
1st Lt. Anthony Richards, center, leading his team, Sgt. 1st Class Jose Sanchez, right, and Sgt. 1st Class Julio Jimenez, to
survey and check electrical panels in many of the arsenal's buildings. Richards is a licensed electrician in the New York City
area.
4. Page 4 Salvo Aug. 31, 2016
305th Cont.
Photos by: John B. Snyder
Top: For those workers who happened to
show up for work early during late July or early
August, they may have seen the 305th Facil-
ity Engineer Detachment conducting physical
training. With just a couple of Army officers
assigned, the arsenal workforce rarely hear
cadence songs being called.
Bottom: During the Reserves' three-week an-
nual training here, they often worked out of the
public works shops.
future engineering projects that need scopes of work
drafted and so, this is where the Reserve unit’s engi-
neering expertise was used.”
The 305th
supported the arsenal last year with nine
personnel and they immediately went to work, Shad-
lock said. Their effort was so successful that the arse-
nal invited the team back again this year.
“This truly is a win-win relationship,” Shadlock
said. “Not only do the Reserves enhance their critical
skills, and do so while improving a historic manufac-
turing center in New York, the arsenal is able to gain,
at no cost, valuable expertise at a critical time that will
jump-start several projects that have languished in
various stages of planning.”
The 305th
arrived here on 18 July and completed
their mission on 5 August.
The 305th
commander, 1st Lt. Louis Boisnier, said
that he was hopeful that his team during the three
weeks here established the conditions for future rela-
tionships between the arsenal and his Reserve engi-
neer battalion.
“Some of the major projects involved identifying
electrical, masonry, and minor construction work that
may be completed by a follow-on Reserve construc-
tion company after we leave,” Boisnier said. “If we
can pass our estimates to a fellow Reserve unit, that
will provide added value to the Reserve presence
here.”
Boisnier’s team consisted of experts in heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning or HVAC; electrical
engineering; masonry; and inspectors to ensure the
arsenal is compliant with the Americans with Disabili-
ties Act.
5. Commander
directs arsenal
to shut down,
workforce
does
otherwise
... but, it is
all good
Page 5 Salvo Aug. 31, 2016
After more than 200 years in opera-
tion, one would think that the arsenal
workforce had learned to obey its lead-
ers. But in Col. Joseph R. Morrow’s
first month in command here, the workforce seemed to
disobey his directive this month to shut down the arsenal
for one week. Or, did they?
For many years, some here have argued that there is
no such thing as an “annual shutdown,” which in recent
years has been restricted to one week every summer.
Why? Because the arsenal never truly shuts down its
entire operation.
There are two main reasons why the arsenal shuts
down production each summer. First, it is a very good
tool to manage vacation time so that the arsenal does not
have a surge of vacationers at an inopportune time dur-
ing production. Second, the down time allows public
works and maintenance and safety teams to get caught
up on the checks and services of equipment and facili-
ties. And, in a very limited scope, minor machining op-
erations and quality control inspections continue.
Tim Allard, who is the Chief of the Manufacturing
Support Division in the Operations Directorate and who
led this year’s shutdown-efforts in the production facili-
ties, said about 72 workers stayed in operations while
another 28 workers supported the public works division.
“This was a great effort as we were able to achieve
about 95 percent of the shutdown projects,” Allard said.
“We still need to finish up a couple of major projects, as
well as order parts for some of the machines that we per-
formed preventative maintenance on.”
Allard said the priorities ranged from ensuring that
every area met Occupational Safety & Health Adminis-
tration standards to changing air and oil filters on every
machine to performing a critical rail replacement on a
major crane system.
By John B. Snyder
Story continues on page 6, “Shutdown”
6. Page 6 Salvo Aug. 31, 2016
But if someone stepped outside of the production
buildings, they would have
seen just as much action out-
side.
David Roe, who is the
chief of the Public Works
Division and who was re-
sponsible for shutdown
activities outside of the
production area, said that he
had more than 60 personnel,
which included augmentees
from other ar-
senal divisions,
supporting
public works
during the shut-
down week.
“We had
a handful of
projects that we
wanted to com-
plete during
the shutdown,
but the top pri-
orities for the
week involved
electrical sub-
stations, storm
and sanitary
sewers, and building exhaust
fans,” Roe said. “We were
even able to solve a flooding
issue along our fence line that
had been bugging us for de-
cades.”
Through a process of dis-
covery every summer, public
works learns quite a bit about
the arsenal’s 203-year-old in-
frastructure. As the public
works team this summer was
trying to find out why sewer
drains were backing up, it discovered that 50-year-old
blueprints of the sewer lines were not correct. What
showed on blueprints as connecting drainage lines was
discovered, during a significant trenching action, not
to be tied into any drainage system. Thus, the flooding
every year. Now, a contract will be solicited to tie the
drainage systems together.
“I was very pleased with the great attitudes that
everyone had despite performing jobs that were, in
many cases, outside of their comfort zones,” Roe said.
“Much of our success
during shutdown was
due to a great bunch
of augmentees, in fact
the best bunch of aug-
mentees that I have
had in my career here,
as well as due to the
superb leadership by
our new public works
supervisor, Mike Den-
nin.”
Both Allard and
Roe agree that
the shutdown-
week work
efforts often
carries into the
next fiscal year,
as parts need to
be ordered and
contracts solic-
ited to correct
some of the de-
ficiencies found
during preven-
tative mainte-
nance checks
and services.
And so,
while some
of the arsenal
workforce were
improving their
tan lines on
some forgotten
beach, placing bets at the Saratoga track,
or checking out Mai Tai’s on a Polynesian
cruise, Allard, Roe, and more than 100
personnel kept the arsenal open. After all,
there is always work to do when it comes to
maintaining a 203-year-old Army manufac-
turing center.
And so, no one disobeyed the new commander.
The shutdown was, as in previous years, just a
misunderstanding of the term “shutdown.”
Shutdown Cont.
Photos by John B. Snyder
7. Page 7 Salvo Aug. 31, 2016
The Watervliet Arsenal received two con-
tracts this month valued at nearly $4 million
to manufacture more than 50 barrels for the
Abrams tank system.
“The two contracts, both from the Army’s
program manager for the Abrams tank sys-
tem, will fund more than 9,000 hours of direct
labor to manufacturer 120-mm tank tubes,”
said Adam Ford, the arsenal’s program
manager for this order. “About
half of the order will support the
U.S. military, while the other
part of the order will support
future foreign military
sales.”
Although
this is new
work, the ar-
senal has
been mak-
ing bar-
rels for the
Abrams tank
for nearly 40 years,
Ford said.
“We have decades of expertise in this tank
system and because we do, we alreadyhave
the special tooling and processes developed
to support this large order,” Ford said. “In
fact, the arsenal is currently manufacturing
more than 100 120-mm tubes for previous or-
ders.”
The contracts require the arsenal to deliv-
er its first tubes in March 2018, and all manu-
facturing requirements must be complete by
August 2018.
What makes this order stand out more
from most orders is that this new work was
not part of the manufacturing schedule for
2018, said Tom Pond, the arsenal’s director
of operations.
“Due to the significant decline in requests
for war-time products since the United States
pulled its combat troops out of Iraq in 2010,
large multimillion-dollar contracts that were
once common are now rare,” Pond said.
“And so, we truly celebrate when new, un-
forecasted work comes our way be-
cause it adds a high-level of cer-
tainty to our future workload and
workforce requirements.”
For large-cali-
ber machining
require-
ments,
there is
typically
a long-
lead time
to procure the
unique raw material. For
this order, it will take the arsenal up to 18
months to procure the specialized steel it
uses in the tank cannon system.
The Watervliet Arsenal is an Army-owned-
and-operated manufacturing facility and is
the oldest, continuously active arsenal in the
United States having begun operations dur-
ing the War of 1812. It celebrated its 200th
anniversary on July 14, 2013.
Today’s arsenal is relied upon by U.S. and
foreign militaries to produce the most ad-
vanced, high-tech, high-powered weaponry
for cannon, howitzer, and mortar systems.
This National Historic Registered Landmark
had revenue in fiscal year 2015 that exceeded
$138 million.
Army surprises arsenal with
new work, adding certainty
to the future
By John B. Snyder
8. Page 8 Salvo Aug. 31, 2016
BACK-TO-SCHOOL SAFE DRIVING
• Please watch carefully for children near school buildings, in areas where school buses are
traveling or where there are signs for school zones or bus stops.
• Remember that if you are approaching a school bus from either the front or behind, and its yellow
lights are flashing, the bus is preparing to stop.
Slow at Intersections
Although the rules for obeying stop signs and traffic lights may be obvious for adults, a child who is
excited to see a friend across the street or chasing a ball can be oblivious to traffic safety signs and
devices. At the very least, take your foot of the gas pedal and be ready to brake if a child darts in front
of your car.
Use Caution near School Buses
When a stopped school bus flashes its red light(s), traffic that approaches from either direction, even
in front of the school and in school parking lots, must stop before it reaches the bus. You should stop
at least 20 feet (6 m) away from the bus. Before a school bus stops to load or discharge passengers,
the driver will usually flash yellow warning lights. When you see them, decrease speed and be
prepared to stop. When you stop for a school bus, you cannot drive again until the red lights stop
flashing or when the bus driver or a traffic officer signals then you can proceed. This law applies on
all roadways in New York State.
Drive with Lights On
Driving with your headlights on lets children see you farther away. Any additional advantage you can
give yourself and children, especially in early morning light, fog, rain or cloudy skies, decreases the
chances of a motor vehicle/pedestrian accident. If you aren’t comfortable tapping your horn each time
you see a child or group of children, flash your lights for added safety.
Watch Door
When opening doors on a street where children may be present, look over your shoulder before you
open the door to make sure no cyclists are riding up your side. Even if you passed a child on your
right hundreds of yards back, by the time you slow, stop, turn off your engine, undo your seat belt,
grab your briefcase or purse and open the door, that child may have caught up to you and changed
direction to go around you on your left. A child who hits your door at a good speed can go over their
handlebars resulting in a serious head injury.
For additional information on School Busses and Seat Belt use search the link below from the
NHTSA:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/School-Buses
By Matt Church
9. Page 9 Salvo Aug. 31,, 2016
SHUTDOWN 2016
Welcome back from shutdown. As you enter
the arsenal, you will not see freshly painted lines
in the parking lots this year. This is because we
worked on a bigger projects, such as replacing
new water and steam lines, which are critical com-
ponents that provide essential services to enhance
and sustain our living conditions.
Manufacturing Support Division and Public Works maintenance teams were hard at work during this shut-
down, conducting preventive maintenance and repairs throughout our facility. Maintenance is vital to the arsenal’s
mission, as it generates or regenerates its combat power and preserves the investment of systems to enable us to
complete our mission.
One of the four elements of Voluntary Protection Programs is Hazard Prevention and Control. A sub-ele-
ment of that is Preventive and Predictable Maintenance. The Watervliet Arsenal’s maintenance goal is to provide
optimum availability of functional production equipment and provide a quick response to equipment breakdown.
This mission does not just happen during the few days of shutdown. Much planning, scheduling, tracking, and pre-
ventive and predictive maintenance is conducted throughout the year. This of course could not be done without our
highly skilled labor force. Here are a few examples.
Throughout the year, Dave Roe and Mike Dennin of Public Works conduct preventive maintenance on
electrical substations, steam systems, exhaust fans, sanitary and storm sewers, condensation pumps, air compres-
sors, back flow prevention devices, boiler plant, and at the industrial waste treatment plant. These preventive main-
tenance requirements sustain our facility and most importantly, protect the safety of our employees.
In addition, Public Work’s department leader’s Len Oddy and Joe Lavigne led their crews through many
emergencies. They are the first responders in many cases and react to all types of calls including waterline breaks,
loss of heat, and loss of electricity. Maintenance workers are essential to saving and preserving our property. Once
they arrive they are tasked to assess the damage, develop a plan, and then implement the work that needs to be
done.
The Watervliet Arsenal may have been affected by sequestration and reduction in force, but with more than
100 years of shutdown experience among Tim Allard, Rob Jensen, and Frank Jubic of the Maintenance Support
Division, we are in good shape.
“Tier 1 (production machines used on a daily basis) is our highest priority along with safety,” said Allard, our
Manufacturing Support Division Chief.
Tier 2, re-piping work at the rotary forge, crane and material- handling equipment inspections, coolant and
conveyor systems maintenance, and critical floor work were also part of Allard’s scope of work during shutdown.
Machines, rotary grinders, lathes, mill, hones, CARC paint booth, and many other production support equipment
will have operation/function checks, preventive maintenance, and analytical inspections.
Employees are our number one resource here at the arsenal. To keep them safe, the shutdown team conducts safety
huddles, identifies potential hazards and control measures, team’s new employees with experienced employees,
conducts after action reports, and provides the best personnel protection equipment as needed.
Congratulations on another successful maintenance shutdown. Hats off to the men and women who took
time to be part of this vital part of our mission and for their talents and endless commitment as we support our
warfighters!
VPP Corner
By Ken Church
Photo by Billy Martin
10. Page 10 Salvo Aug. 31, 2016
LEAN Corner...By Mark Ripley
The Value Stream
Value is defined by your customers and usually comes down to the best possible product or ser-
vice that completely satisfies their needs at the lowest possible cost in the shortest amount of time.
The value stream includes all of the activities, materials, people, and information that must flow
and come together to provide your customer the value they want, when they want it and how they
want it. The value stream is the series of steps you use that results in delivery of your product or
service to the customer. Each step should be “value added” in the eyes of the customer. This means
the step must transform the product or service in a direct path to completion and the customer, if they
looked at the step being performed, they would be willing to pay some of their hard-earned cash for it.
The analogy to a stream or a river is an apt one. The pictures above are useful to visualize your
value stream. On the left, the river flows but is met with much resistance. Rocks, rapids, deep pools,
twists and turns – all conspire to hinder smooth flow.
The rocks are a visualization of defects, rework, missing tooling, bad incoming material, working
without an SOP, etc. The rapids might be everything you end up doing to compensate for all the rocks
- expediting, rush processing or short-cutting the proper process. The twists and turns represent
convoluted processes evolved over time or excess movement without planning. And the deep pools
might be where material sits around for a while getting damaged, lost, repeatedly counted and moved.
All these obstructions are waste. Lean aims to eliminate waste that increases lead time and cost.
The obstructions lead to variability resulting in an unpredictable process that requires a lot of fire-
fighting. Six Sigma aims to eliminate variability.
By contrast, the value stream on the right flows smoothly and steadily in a contained, predictable
manner. Most obstructions to smooth flow have been removed. Most causes of variability are gone.
This is the goal we seek with all our value streams here.
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WVA’s greatest resource are the men and women who operate the machines, plan the budget, fix
the machines and the myriad of other tasks needed to keep this key strategic Industrial Base facility
successful. Our children’s success helps us to be successful as arsenal employees. As our children
head back to school, they see many changes: new classmates, new teachers, and new information
from peers and older kids on social media and sexuality.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released findings from a comprehensive
study on the impact social media has on kids and families. Although there are real benefits to kids using sites like
Facebook, including increased communication, access to information and help in developing a sense of self, there
can be serious downsides to all this online sharing too. Social networking is on the rise, and the study found that
22 percent of teenagers log onto their favorite social media sites more than 10 times a day, and that 75 percent own
cell phones. This level of engagement online increases the risks of cyber bullying, “Facebook depression” (a new
phenomenon where “de-friending” and online bullying lead to symptoms of depression), exposure to inappropriate
content, and sexting.
Here are some tips for helping them stay safe (www.Parenting.com):
• No Underage Facebooking: No one under the age of 13 is permitted to join Facebook –but there is no real
way for Facebook to truly enforce it, because anyone can lie about their year of birth. Be sure that your child
stays away from Facebook until 13 AND until you are comfortable with him or her having an account.
• Check that your privacy settings for the Internet and Facebook are set to the strictest levels. Depending on
which browser you are using, you can adjust the settings directly from the options tab and adjust levels around
cookies, third party sites and more. This not only protects the computer user, but also the computer from the
threat of viruses. Checking your Facebook privacy settings is easy as well.
• Create Ground Rules: The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), www.fosi.org/, encourages parents and kids
to have an open discussion about what these rules mean, and offers an example of a contract.
• Know your child’s habits: You get to know the friends he’s hanging out with at school, and his online friends
shouldn’t be any different. One of the contract rules should be that you have full access to his Facebook
friends and can take a look whenever you wish.
• Keep the computer in a central location: It’s much easier to keep tabs on any online activity when the com-
puter is located in a high-traffic zone than if your child is using a computer in the privacy of her own room.
• Urge Your Kids to Avoid Questionnaires, Free Giveaways and Contests: A pop-up ad appears and tells kids
they can win a free iPad by simply clicking the link. Anyone would be tempted by this kind of offer, but kids
are particularly susceptible, so it’s important to warn kids against falling for this kind of Internet trick. Many
of these ruses are attempts to glean personal information. Inform kids that even if they are forwarded a fun
questionnaire from a friend, it’s best to close the window and not participate.
• Teach Kids about an Online Reputation: Many kids don’t seem to understand the permanence of the online
world. Make sure to stress to your kids what a digital footprint is and the impact inappropriate messages or
images could have if a future college administrator or employer were to stumble upon them.
• Talk to Kids about Online Dangers: You may feel like you’re scaring your kids when talking to them about
the dangers of being online, but it’s better for them to be scared than to be unaware. Having an open line of
communication is crucial the minute your kids start using the Internet more independently. Parry Aftab, noted
online safety and privacy expert and Executive Director of WiredSafety, www.wiredsafety.com, says, “Who’s
a stranger online? Everyone is!" You need to remind your children that these people are strangers and that the
standard rules always apply.”
GET SHARP: Prepare for changes as kids go back to school – Social Media Safety
By Heather Durr
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Arsenal Upcoming Events
Apprentice Graduation: Friday, September 9, 2:30 p.m., Benét Labs'
South Conference Room
Employee Appreciation Lunch: Thursday, September 22, 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m., Post Restaurant
2016 FEGLI Life Insurance Open Season
Quick Facts
• Dates: Sept 1-30, 2016
• Effective Date: On/after Oct. 1, 2017
• Premium deductions reflected on LES October 26, 2017
• Enroll via EBIS/ABC-C
• Info at: https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/life-insurance/open-season/
IMPORTANT: Employees should be aware that FEGLI elections made between October 1, 2016
and September 30, 2017 due to a Qualifying Life Event or due to approval after taking a physical
will VOID any Open Season election made.
1. What is an Open Season?
A FEGLI Open Season is a rare event allowing eligible Federal employees to enroll in or in-
crease their life insurance coverage in the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI)
Program without providing evidence of medical insurability or answering any health questions.
Now is the time to review your current life insurance coverage to see if it continues to meet your
needs. Remember, employees can decrease coverage at any time but opportunities to elect or
increase coverage are limited.
2. Why is Open Season important to me?
-Outside of the initial, new-employee enrollment opportunity, an employee can normally only
elect to enroll or increase FEGLI coverage due to a Qualifying Life Event (QLE) or by undergo-
ing a physical and receiving approval from the Office of Federal Employees’ Group Life Insur-
ance (OFEGLI).
-If you are not enrolled in the maximum life insurance coverage on yourself or your family mem-
bers, Open Season is an opportunity to enroll in or increase your FEGLI coverage for yourself
and your eligible dependent family members without answering any medical questions and
regardless of your current health status
Veterans Day Parade: Friday, November 11, 10:30 a.m., at Central Avenue
and Partridge Streets, Albany