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March 22, 2013
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612th SPTS named “best squadron” by Tucson Chamber of Commerce The 612th Support Squadron was awarded the 2012 E.D. Jewett Award by the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, March 7. The E.D. Jewett Award recognizes the squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB that best represents the finest tradition of military excellence and community involvement in the previous year.
Master Sgt. Kelly Ogden 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Public Affairs
The 612th Support Squadron was awarded the 2012 E.D. Jewett Award by the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, March 7. The E.D. Jewett Award recognizes the squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB that best represents the finest tradition of military excellence and community involvement in the previous year. The award is named for Col. E.D. Jewett (Ret.), a past Chairman of the Military Affairs Committee and a past Chairman of the Board of the Tuc-
son Metro Chamber. The 612th SPTS was one of 49 units on base eligible to compete for the award. Submissions were based on mission accomplishments, utilization of resources, base support and community support. Members of the 612th SPTS had numerous accomplishments for their mission, utilization of resources and base support; however, it was their community support activities that solidified their win. The squadron donated numerous off-duty hours collecting and distributing Christmas gifts
for less fortunate children, cleaning up Tucson highways, working at community food banks, supporting children’s crisis shelters, volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House, mentoring children at local schools and coaching Special Olympics athletes. “This is your accomplishment and your award and I am humble to be your commander and leader,” Lt. Col. Ryan Hollman, 612th SPTS commander, said to his squadron. “I can’t tell you how proud I was to stand in front of all the great squadrons at D-M and accept this award.”
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Largest U.S. military helicopter to visit D-M this week Davis-Monthan Air Force Base welcomes six U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters from Marine Heavylift Helicopter Squadron 465 out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 19-27. While here the helicopter pilots will conduct desert mountainous terrain training at Southern Arizona’s many outstanding military training ranges. The training will prepare crews for missions they may be called on to accomplish while deployed overseas. More information about the CH-53E Super Stallion, including pictures, is available at http://www.marines.com/operating-forces/ equipment/aircraft/ch-53e-super-stallion If residents have comments or concerns about flight operations at D-M, they can call the base’s noise complaint hotline at (520) 228-5091. For any other questions or public concerns, contact the 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office at 355WGPA@dm.af.mil or (520) 228-3378.
Rocketry Club ready for blastoff this weekend DM-50 picnic On March 23 and 24, hundreds of rockets will soar into the sky at Desert Heat 2013 in Tucson. Rocket enthusiasts from around the Southwest will gather for the 7th Annual Winter Rocket Launch of the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA). This entertainment is not just for rocketeers. Spectators and students will experience watching homemade rockets reach the speed of sound as they soar skyward. The Arizona Rocketry Team will be launching two projects. A 9-foot tall 16-inch diameter upscale Estes Mosquito and a 35-foot tall 6 in diameter upscale Estes Mean Machine! The Desert Heat 2013 range will open at 9 a.m. each day. Rockets are typically launched every few minutes, until about 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 1 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free, and youth under 18 years old can launch rockets at no charge. A highlight of the twoday “fun-fly” will be a night launch on Saturday from dusk to 9 p.m. “If you’ve never been to a night launch, it’s very exciting to watch,” said Eric
Burch of SARA. “In a daytime launch, you see mainly smoke, but at night you’ll see flames coming out of the rockets in a variety of colors. A favorite children’s event will be a mass launch of 50 tetrahedron rockets, to be held on Saturday and Sunday at 11 am. The kids can retrieve the rockets to turn them in for prizes. This is the largest launch in Southern Arizona, and airspace will be cleared by the FAA as high as 6,500 feet above the launch field for the rockets. “We want to put Tucson on the map when it comes to rocketry, because we have some of the best weather and wide-open space available” Burch said. The Rocketry Club is expecting hundreds of rocketeers, their families, vendors and observers from the Southwestern United States to attend the launch, and expects nearly 1,000 rockets to be flown. The rockets can be as simple or as complicated as you want, although all rockets must pass a safety check before they are flown. Some of
the rockets are basic models made by youngsters trying their first flight. Others are more than 10 feet tall and fly to up to 6,500 feet. All rockets are designed and built to remain intact, deploy a parachute to float to the ground, then be recovered and reused. Some even carry high-tech equipment, including GPS and radio tracking transmitters. The launch site is at 3250 N. Reservation Road, between Manville Road and Mile Wide Road where the Tucson International Modelplex Park Association flies remote-controlled airplanes. Ramadas, restrooms and a parking area are available, and rocketry and food vendors will be at the site throughout the event. For best viewing, bring a lawn chair. Since there is limited shade at the launch site, bring a hat and sunscreen. Please leave pets at home. Take your favorite route to Saguaro National Park West or Old Tucson, and then follow the signs to the launch! GPS coordinates are +32° 15’ 53.06”, -111° 16’ 25.90.
The annual DM-50 picnic will be held April 6 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bama Park here. The picnic is a free event for active duty members, families, retirees and any guests sponsored onto base. The DM-50 will be providing a variety of free entertainment, food and drinks, and events. At Bama Park, there will be a canine demonstration, fire engine and police cruiser static displays, an explosive ordinance disposal demonstration, bounce houses, and facepainting booths. This year, the picnic also includes cotton candy and popcorn booths. There will also be a car show. A select few Airmen will be able to include their cars into the car show. The picnic will also include tours of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group. The tours take 45 minutes. Parking is available at Heritage Park, with shuttles running every half hour from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
March 22, 2013
Tuition assistance alternatives Airman 1st Class Stephan Coleman 81st Training Wing Public Affairs
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Although military tuition assistance is suspended through the end of the 2013 fiscal year, there are other options that can keep advanced education a possibility for all Airmen. “To get money outside of tuition assistance from the Air Force is probably going to take a little more time and effort on the part of the individual,” said Darryl Rink, 81st Force Support Squadron services support manager. “But, there are a lot of avenues out there to help pay for college. At the very least, these are ways to carry people over until the next fiscal year.” Possible education routes include the Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, the Post 9/11 GI Bill, Air University’s online master’s degree program, federal grants and federal financial aid. The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support will still offer CLEP tests that allow military students to demonstrate college-level achieve-
ment through a program of free exams. “There are a lot of folks out there who don’t realize how close they are to a Community College of the Air Force degree,” said Rink. “Now is a good time for people to look at what they can do with DANTES and CLEP testing.” Outside of going directly to colleges, development in individual Air Force specialty codes and profession of arms can provide opportunity for college credit, said Senior Master Sgt. Mark Pitts, 81st Force Support Squadron career assistance advisor. “It is very important for Airmen to understand this is a tuition assistance suspension,” says Pitts. “We all must trust that our leadership will make the right fiscal decision for the future of this program. In the meantime, Airmen must explore additional options to pursue off-duty education. There are a lot of options available for Airmen interested in off-duty education, and we are building a product to advertise this information to our Airmen very soon. “
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New process cuts GI Bill claims processing times WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- As part of its ongoing transformation from paper-based to electronic claims processing, the Department of Veterans Affairs has continued to improve the automated payment of benefits for Veterans participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill education program. As a result, VA is now providing benefit payments to currently enrolled students in an average of six days - cutting by more than half the processing time experienced during the spring enrollment period last year. This enhancement to VA’s automated processing system, called the Long Term Solution, uses approximately 80 business rules to support end-to-end automation of Post-9/11 GI Bill claims, ensuring accurate payments without the need for manual handling. During the month of February, 46 percent of incoming documents (more than 115,000) for enrolled students were fully automated, and an additional 33 percent were partially automated. For enrolled students starting a new semester of classes, processing is taking an average of six days to com-
plete. For new students using the benefit for the first time, the average time to establish their eligibility under the Post-9/11 GI Bill is around 24 days. “We are happy to report that our newest technology has substantially reduced the amount of time it takes to process Veterans’ education claims,” said Under Secretary for Benefits Allison A. Hickey. “It’s a good example of VBA’s transformation that is delivering better service to the fast-growing number of Post 9/11 GI Bill participants.” The rules-based processing approach LTS uses is also being built into VA’s technology for VA’s paperless disability claims processing--the Veterans Benefits Management System. Over the past three and 1/2 years, VA has provided $27 billion in Post9/11 GI Bill benefits to approximately 938,000 Veterans, Service members, and their families, and to the universities, colleges, and trade schools they attend. For more information on VA education benefits go to http://www. gibill.va.gov/.
162nd Fighter Wing personnel assist with Tucson’s Festival of Books Staff Sgt. Heather Davis 162nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs
162nd Fighter Wing recruiters and student flight members participated in Tucson’s annual Festival of Books March 9 and 10 at the University of Arizona. Tech. Sgts. James Wright, Valerie Fortina and Andy Lorenz, recruiters at the wing, manned a booth at the festival greeting future recruits, shaking the hands of past generation service members and meeting best-selling authors. Amongst answering questions and listening to reminiscent stories, the recruiters handed out calendars, pens and reading material to inform the community of the 162nd’s presence and mission. Student flight members spent their day helping exhibitors offload their inventories, direct traffic and be of general assistance to the Festival of Books coordinators, participants and patrons, said Fortina. “This event was for community service and to get the face of the Air Guard known,” said Lorenz who felt they were successful in that endeavor. Senior Airman Manny Benitez, an aerospace ground equipment technician, volunteered to help support the recruiters and student flight during the event. “It’s nice to be able to see people in the community while showing support for the
Tech. Sgt. James Wright, a recruiter with the 162nd Fighter Wing, introduces himself to a military veteran March 9 at the annual Festival of Books in Tucson, Ariz. The wing recruiting team and student flight members operated a booth at the festival to provide community service and interface with community members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Davis)
wing,” said Benitez. This was the 162nd’s first year participating in the Festival of Books. Fortina, who coordinated the wing’s attendance at the event, feels it was a good experience for the wing and the Festival of Books. “We’ve had positive feedback from the
coordinators of the Festival of Books, and they are appreciative of the extra help,” said Fortina. Although student flight members stayed busy with work while at the event, they look forward to attending next year’s Festival of Books as visitors, said Lorenz.
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Who, what do you serve? Commentary by Lt. Col. Shamsher Mann 62nd Fighter Squadron
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- How many articles are there in the Constitution of the United States of America? How many times has the Constitution been amended? Why do we have an Air Force when only an Army and Navy are specifically mentioned in the Constitution? If you do not know the answer to these questions, I would submit to you that you haven’t taken your oath of office or enlistment to heart and have merely mouthed the words in anticipation of a larger pay check. Every enlisted man and woman in the U.S. Air Force must take an oath to enlist and subsequently reaffirm that oath with every increase in rank. That oath states that the Airman “will support and defend the Constitution of the United States” and “bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” Further, the enlisted oath states that “I will obey the orders of the president of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me.” Officers in the Air Force swear to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States” and “bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” Finally, the president’s oath of office is perhaps the simplest and most elegant of them all. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will RESEARCH STUDY:
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faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” The common theme in all these oaths provides the answer to the question of what or whom do we serve. Whether enlisted, officer or commander in chief, we all serve the Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution is more than words on a piece of paper. It is an ideal for the foundation of a nation the likes of which the world has never seen. As such, if we take an oath to that ideal (which we all have done), does it not follow that we should have a working knowledge of what that ideal actually is? Sadly, in American society today the Constitution is often discussed as an archaic document whose applicability is limited in a “modern” society. As a parent of school-aged children, I am disheartened by the fact that the Constitution is merely discussed in passing and never truly studied in depth in school. While this may be acceptable in society (I think it is not), having no understanding of the document that we in the military have all have taken an oath to “support and defend” is not. Reading it is not a tall order. The full document and all the amendments can be read within thirty minutes. Most Americans learn what they know about the Constitution in the fifteen minutes of news they watch about the constitutional-
ity of some hot button political issue in the nation at the time. Often, this commentary is presented with a slant to whichever side of the political aisle the commentator sits on. We in the military must understand our founding document at its core without regard to a political ideology. Our understanding of the ideals established by the Constitution should be at a fundamental level untainted by the controversies of the day. That having been said, we are all human beings with opinions, and we all have different outlooks on life. This is the beauty of America ... free thought and speech ... rights guaranteed within the Bill of Rights (first ten amendments). However, those opinions should be based on our own familiarity with, and understanding of, the Constitution and not some television pundit’s interpretation of it. We all serve in the military of the greatest nation the world has ever known, and we all swear an oath to the ideals that represent that nation. We need to understand those ideals if the oaths we take are to be anything more than empty words spoken prior to a promotion. Go grab a copy of the Constitution. Read it. Understand it. Understand what you have sworn to support and defend. After all, how can you swear allegiance to something you do not know?
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Being aware of traumatic brain injuries Senior Airman Timothy Moore 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and the 355th Medical Group is doing its part to draw attention to this medical issue. The 355th MDG is providing information about traumatic brain injuries: what they are, how they are caused and how the risk of sustaining a TBI can be avoided. A TBI is a blow or jolt to the head, or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. A TBI can be caused by a fall, car crash, workplace accident, assault or other incidents to include combat related injuries. “Most TBIs take care of themselves,” said Donna Carlson, 355th MDG medical management nurse. “We treat mild TBIs, such as concussions, here. Most people heal from those on their own, but we can give medication to help with pain such as a headache.” Of the yearly reported TBIs, about 75 percent are concussions or other forms of mild
TBI. However, if you have a head injury and are experiencing any of the following problems, see your doctor right away or go to an emergency room. Be aware that some symptoms can show up as a month later. Each year 1.7 million people, including 475,000 children, sustain in TBI in the U.S. “Teens, young adults are most likely to receive TBIs,” Carlson said. “That is because they are more likely to be injured from playing sports, reckless behavior or military related matters.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated that the U.S. spends more than $76 billion in medical costs as a direct or indirect result of TBIs each year. For more information about TBIs and how you can detect them, contact the 355th MDG Case Management Department at 228-2664 or the Brain Injury Association of America at 1-800-444-6443 or visit their website at www. VIAUSA.org.
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Women’s History Month Series: Master Sgt. Karen Rogers Senior Airman Timothy Moore 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
It has been almost 65 years since Staff Sgt. Esther Blake became the “first woman in the Air Force”, and paved the way for countless women to come after her. Women have joined the U.S. Air Force under various career fields, and many hold jobs that are genuinely considered male-only fields. This series will recognize these pioneering women who are leading the way for future female Airmen and the Air Force in general. Master Sgt. Karen Rogers is a survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist with the 612th Air Operations Center. She has traveled over the world training American and foreign military members in SERE techniques. She
Survival, evasion, resistance is also currently one of only five military training. “I joined the military to expe- and escape specialists begin their female SERE specialists in the Air rience new things, and they were schooling in the SERE indoctriForce. nation course. They do physical training and get a little experience teaching. The potential SERE specialists also go out to the field for testing. “The instructors get to see if you have what it takes to be a SERE specialist,” Rogers said, “You also get to see if this is really what you want to do.” The trainees build shelters, Then Airman Karen Rogers stands on a pier in safety gear for water survival training at learn how to build fires, navigate Pensacola, Fla. Now a master sergeant, Rogers has been a survival, evasion, resistance and even learn to hunt for their and escape specialists for 16 years. She is currently only one of five female SERE specialists. (Courtesy photo) own food by snaring and, as humanely as possible, killing an aniFor almost 16 years, she has recruiting out of basic training mal. “It was different,” Rogers said. trained personnel in the funda- at the time,” Rogers said. “They mentals of SERE and orchestra- showed all basic trainees a video, “It wasn’t bad. It was the first tion and planning of recovering and everything in the video was thing that I had ever killed, other isolated personnel. Her career as something that I had never done. than bugs. It was interesting. We See ROGERS, page 15 a SERE specialist began at basic So, I said, ‘Let’s give it a try.’”
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Lessons from a pro: Invest for retirement now to pay down debt if you have it.” Once debt is paid down, AirAir Force Public Affairs Agency men should begin saving and WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- A letting compound interest work member of the Air Force Civic Leader program and financial on their behalf, according to expert recently addressed several O’Connor. “Once you begin to save, you ways Airmen can prepare better begin to earn interest on your infor retirement. Staff Sgt. David Salanitri
John O’Connor, the chairman of J.H. Whitney Investment Management, spoke about what Airmen can do now, in order to take away a substantial pension by the time they retire. Currently, only 13 percent of enlisted and only 16 percent of officers collect a pension, he said. According to O’Connor, thinking about the future can be hard, but starting young can make life easier down the road. “The whole secret to getting where you want to be is starting with a plan,” O’Connor said. He emphasized the first step Airmen should take is to educate themselves on their finances. “The biggest mistake people make is overspending,” O’Connor said. “They get used to carrying some sort of consumer debt. The best investment you can make is
“Pay off debt, understand it’s up to you to plan for the future, and plan for the unexpected.” terest,” he said. “Time can either be on your side, or time can be your adversary.” O’Connor stressed that all Airmen should enroll in the thrift savings plan, or a similar retirement plan, as soon as possible. That retirement plan can then be “the keystone tool around which
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For many military and federal government workers, spring signifies not only flowers in bloom and warmer weather, but also a good time to get the jump on peak moving season, which typically runs from May to August. Mitch Chandran, an Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command spokesman, said he encourages military members to request a preferred move date as soon as they get their orders. Peak moving season, he said, is a moving industry phenomenon in which government moves compete with private-sector moves for the same resources during busy summer months, with peak moves between Memorial Day and July 4. “The competition [occurs when] transportation service providers try to accommodate government and nongovernment move requests during summer months, [and more] move requests occur within a relatively short amount of time,” Chandran said. “The sooner
you start the move process upon receiving orders, the better chance you will have to lock in your preferred move date.” Each year, SDDC manages about 520,000 booked household-goods moves per year, of which about 225,000 occur during peak moving season. John Johnson, SDDC’s personal property directorate quality assurance division branch chief, said the moving process should begin with military members contacting their transportation or personal property shipping office to explore their options, including a personally procured move. A personally procured move is a do-it-yourself arrangement in which a service member with orders can opt to move household goods and either be reimbursed up to the government’s cost or collect an incentive payment from the government. While the drawdown in Afghanistan through 2014 will space some moves throughout the year beyond summer, military members moving to another base upon their return from
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January Justice Files 355th Fighter Wing Judge Advocate Each month, the legal office publishes the results of actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice completed during the previous month. Specific individuals who received Nonjudicial Punishment are not identified. Article 15 Actions: During January 2013, D-M commanders administered three Nonjudicial Punishment actions under Article 15 of the UCMJ. The punishments imposed reflect the commander’s determination of an appropriate punishment after considering the circumstances of the offense and the offender’s record. A “suspended” punishment does not take effect unless the offender engages in additional misconduct or fails to satisfy the conditions of the suspension. The suspension period usually lasts for six months unless a lesser amount is specified. Failure to Obey - An airman first class received a suspended reduction to the grade of airman, suspended forfeitures of $849 pay per month for two months, 30 days extra duty, and a reprimand. Failure to Obey - An airman first class received a
suspended reduction to the grade of airman, 10 days extra duty, and a reprimand. False Official Statement - A technical sergeant received a reduction to the grad of staff sergeant and 45 days extra duty.
Courts-martial: All courts-martial are open to the public. If you would like to attend one, please visit our website at http://www.afjag.af.mil/docket/index.asp for more information. 1) Senior Airman Matthew R. Bayse, 755th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was tried by special court-martial on 23-24 January 2013. He was charged with failure to obey a lawful order for breaking a no contact order and drunk driving. He plead not guilty to the charges. He was found guilty of both charges by a military judge. He was sentenced by the judge to forfeit $500 pay per month for two months and 83 days of confinement. 2) Senior Airman Andrew S. McClung, 355th Operations Support Squadron, was tried by special
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