Kaiserslautern American, July 31, 2015

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July 31, 2015

Kaiserslautern American

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July 31, 2015

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Volume 39, number 30

Cherry on top of AF career by Senior Airman Timothy Moore 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Air Force officials recently announced the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2015, and for the second year in a row, Ramstein Air Base is home to one of the Air Force’s best. Senior Airman Allen R. Cherry III, 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Public Health technician, is now among the 12 Airmen who get to claim the prestigious distinction this year. “It’s exciting and very, very humbling,” Cherry said. “There were a lot of key influential people that definitely helped mold and develop me. This wouldn’t have happened without my

leadership, my fellow peers, my supervision and my friends and family.” The award recognizes 12 outstanding enlisted service members across the Air Force for superior leadership, job performance, community involvement and personal achievements. Among his 2014 accomplishments, Cherry was selected as the Air Force’s 2014 Public Health Airman of the Year and Senior Airman Below-the-Zone. Though he said he is proud of these awards and accomplishments, he is equally honored for his other activities that were included in his award package. “The things that I’m most proud of were being involved with honor guard and See CHERRY, Page 2

Photo by Airman 1st Class Larissa Greatwood

Senior Airman Allen Cherry, 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron public health technician, inspects meat patties June 29 at the meat distribution center on Ramstein. Cherry was officially announced one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year on July 27.

Tip of the Week Car drivers, share the road with bikes, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. They have less protection.

health, financial, payroll or retirement records of federal personnel or those who have applied for a federal job were impacted by this incident; for example, annuity rolls, retirement records, USAJobs.gov and Employee Express. OPM will offer affected individuals credit monitoring services and identity theft insurance. This comprehensive, three-year membership includes credit report access, credit monitoring, identity theft insurance and recovery services, and is available immediately at no cost to affected individuals identified by OPM. In addition to assisting OPM and the DOD, the Air Force remains committed to protecting its own information systems from attack. The Air

Expeditionary Airmen carry AF mission load, Page 6

Force privacy and information assurance officers work directly with program managers or system owners to ensure those systems, which contain personal identifiable information, have the proper security controls in place to prevent unauthorized access. There are tools and techniques everyone can and should use to protect cyberspace information. “I want to stress again that our total force and their families need to be informed on how adversories attempt to gain access to our information,” said Lt. Gen. William J. Bender, information dominance chief and chief information officer for the Office of the See CYBERSECURITY, Page 2

LIFESTYLES

WASHINGTON — The Air Force maintains its commitment to protect personal information from cyber threats by continuing efforts with the Department of Defense and the Office of Personnel Management to assist those impacted by the recent cyber incident involving federal background investigation data. OPM and an interagency response team, including investigators from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, concluded that sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, were stolen from back-

ground investigations of 21.5 million individuals. “We sincerely regret this has happened and that so many people were impacted by having their key information at risk,” said Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James. “Cybersecurity and protecting personal information of our personnel will always be a top priority for the Air Force. We will continue to support the DOD and OPM to ensure our personnel are protected.” While background investigation records do contain some information regarding mental health and financial history provided by applicants and people contacted during the background investigation, there is no evidence that

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by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information

FEATURES

AF works with DOD, OPM on cybersecurity incident

435th SFS teaches NATO allies base security, Page 10

Bikers, hikers enjoy car-free Lautertal, Page 17


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