12-02-2011 The Patriot (Joint Base Charleston)

Joint Base Charleston

Patriot Vol. 2, No. 47

Team Charleston – One Family, One Mission, One Fight!

Friday, December 2, 2011

One last test before ORI

U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Nicole Mickle

Mock deployers perform Self Aid and Buddy Care on a simulated victim during the Ability To Survive and Operate Rodeo at Nose Dock One at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base Nov. 28. The rodeo was held to help prepare more than 700 Airmen for the JB Charleston Operational Readiness Inspection which kicked off Nov. 29. The rodeo included seven separate stations which tested Airmen on SABC, weapons familiarization, Unidentified Explosive Objects training and donning chemical protection gear. See more photos on Page 7.

A&FRC programs help families during the holidays

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By Senior Airman Anthony Hyatt Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs

THANKSGIVING

at the DFAC See page 9

COLLEGE MONEY DECA offers scholarship See page 10

IT’S MAGIC! Nothing up his sleeve See page 11

The staff at the Airman and Family Readiness Center understands the stress families of deployed service members go through during the holidays and are offering programs to assist families during all phases of the deployment cycle.

"Holidays are stressful in general and then you add this huge stressor on top of it [family member deploying]," said Kaitlyn Zito, 628th Force Support Squadron A&FRC community readiness specialist. The A&FRC provides information, support and services to help military families balance the demand of family and the military lifestyle.

One of the services A&FRC provides is predeployment education briefings, which are held twice per week.

"We highly encourage spouses to attend these briefings with the deploying member," said Zito.

Some support programs the A&FRC also provides include:

• Hearts Apart Morale Calls • Deployed Give Parents a Break • Car Care Because We Care • Discovery Center • Key Spouse Program • Little Heroes • Deployed Spouse Appreciation Dinner • PLAYpass program The Deployed Give Parents a Break program offers parents free child care one Saturday a month at the Child Development Center or Youth Center, according to Zito.

Families may also receive a free oil change from the Auto Hobby Shop through the Car Care Because We Care service.

Families can also use the A&FRC's Discovery Center, located in Bldg. 500, for email connectivity, video phone and web camera connectivity and morale calls.

The PLAYpass Program gives deployed members with families and returning single Airmen a break from the rigors of deployment through learning, recreation and leisure programs. It offers more than $500 in discounts,

classes, programs and activities.

The Key Spouse Program appoints individuals to serve as links between leadership and families and ideally they are there to support spouses throughout their deployment, said Zito.

The Joint Base Charleston Honorary Commanders Advisory Council is also hosting its second annual Deployed Children's Holiday Party at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 17 at the Base Chapel.

The event is open to all children of currently deployed Airmen and Sailors. Participants must R.S.V.P no later than Dec. 7 by calling the A&FRC. These services can benefit families by providing them with a much needed break as well as helping them connect with other spouses of the deployed, according to Tech. Sgt. David Godley, 628th FSS A&FRC readiness non-commissioned officer.

"It's not just about the military member being prepared, it's also about the family being prepared," said Zito.

For more information on the resources, contact the A&FRC at 963-4406.

The Most Beautiful Eyes, $25,000 scholarship

By Senior Airman Anthony Hyatt Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs

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The contestant with the most votes from each state moved forward to the next round. Voting took place throughout the A picture can be worth a thousand words, month of September on the PBA's but for one Team Charleston member it Facebook page. proved to be worth thousands of dollars and In early November the finalists were more. announced. The 50 state winners were cut Kayla Helferich, eight-year-old daughter to three by celebrity judges Larry King, of Master Sgt. Joe and Michelle Helferich, Derrek Lee and Walter Cunningham. recently won the Prevent Blindness America The Helferichs learned Kayla was a "Most Beautiful Eyes" contest and was finalist and were flown to Chicago to awarded a $25,000 scholarship. attend the PBA Annual Awards Banquet The national contest took place earlier this Nov. 18 with the other two families.

Courtesy photo year with the purpose of generating awareWhen the announcers called the finalness of the importance of healthy eyes for Kayla Helferich, daughter of Master Sgt. Joe and Michelle ists to the stage, Kayla wasted no time. children. Parents of children up to age 17 Helferich, recently won the Prevent Blindness America "She heard her name and she b-lined to “Most Beautiful Eyes” contest and was awarded a $25,000 were encouraged to submit a photo of their the stage. Michelle and I hadn't even gotscholarship. The purpose of the contest is to generate child online in August. ten out of our seats yet and Kayla was awareness of the importance of healthy eyes for children.

Kayla, who is diagnosed with Down synalready up on stage," said Helferich. "She drome, is your typical eight-year-old-girl - full of energy, loves all things was as proud as she could be. She heard her name and she was like 'yup, pink and Winnie the Pooh. that's me!'"

The Helferichs first heard about the contest when Michelle and other The announcers began with congratulating the second runner-up, fourbloggers were asked to spread the word about the contest. year-old Hailey Verrill from Maine.

With approximately two hours left to submit a photo, the Helferichs Next, they announced the first runner-up, Lyla Zaragoza, age two from decided to give it a shot and submitted a photo of Kayla.

Oklahoma.

"People are always coming up to us and saying 'she has gorgeous eyes'," "When they said the second place winner and it wasn't Kayla, Michelle said Helferich. "We know she has beautiful eyes. Let's submit a photo and and I kind of looked at each other thinking 'did they just really say that we see what happens. It never really occurred that we had a chance to win." just won?'" Helferich said.

The contest gathered more than 2,000 submissions nationwide.

The Helferichs were then presented a check for a $25,000 scholarship.

See Beautiful Eyes, Page 8 To advance, Kayla had to first win the South Carolina state competition.

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Commentary by Rick West Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy WASHINGTON – Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West reemphasized to senior enlisted leaders that Sailors who use "Spice" will be separated, lose benefits and let down the Navy team.

West wants every Sailor to know that "Spice" is illegal, and he stated the following in a Personal For message to all command master chiefs, chiefs of the boat and command senior chiefs.

"Senior enlisted leaders, Our Sailors continue to experience phenomenal personal and professional successes, exemplifying all it means to be a global force for good. I say with complete sincerity that the future of our force has never been brighter due to the inspiration, intelligence, and innovation of those honing their talents on the deckplates today. While there are abundant challenges facing us (force-shaping, budget constraints, and high operational tempo to name a few), we are deliberately working through those to ensure our warriors have every opportunity to excel.

A challenge that concerns me greatly though, and one we are compelled to confront head-on now, is the problem of synthetic cannabinoid use by far too many Sailors. This issue is not driven by money or manpower realities but by extremely poor personal choices, an alarming lack of awareness, and perhaps a false sense of security. While the name may change from "Spice" to K2 or countless other catchy street monikers, this drug is consistently bad news to both the Sailors using it and the Shipmates they are letting down.

Virtually every week in all-too-familiar SITREPS, we see detailed accounts of "Spice's" tangible impact on command manning and individual careers. Unfortunately message traffic can't capture the true toll on critical unit cohesion and mission readiness, or adequately articulate the drug's aftermath in terms of indelible personal

consequences. Those most agonizing and private aspects often go untold to Shipmates, left to either inference or simple (but detrimental) disregard.

We need to erase that blind spot through continuous education, visible engagement, and transparent accountability. The Navy's stated policy on "Spice" is zero tolerance: Sailors who get caught using these substances go home under other than honorable conditions and suffer substantial losses to their veterans' benefits, and the fact of the matter is, those who use drugs eventually get caught. The terms are non-negotiable and irreversible: promising starts summarily decimated by bad decisions. The aggregate longterm effects of this trend on our service demands focused efforts by everyone wearing an anchor on their collars. Chief petty officers will make a difference.

If you're not already familiar with the pervasive and treacherously fashionable appeal of "Spice" derivatives or the very real health risks they pose, comprehensive information on the physiological effects and legal ramifications of "Spice" are readily available from a number of resources, including: • Naval personnel command web site at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc; • BUMED web site at http://www.med.navy.mil/pages/spice.aspx; • Drug enforcement agency web site at http://www.justice.gov/dea • National Institute on Drug Abuse web site at http://www.nida.nih.gov.

Our Naval Criminal Investigative Service, another great resource for presentations and data, is intimately involved in the campaign to eradicate "Spice" by surveilling head shops and other locations known for selling the drugs. Your

Sailors need to know NCIS is active in these places, vigilantly watching who comes and goes and what they purchase. NCIS stands ready to talk to your command about their "Spice" operations and measures you can implement to deter use. For assistance from NCIS, contact your Immediate Superior In Command, regional, or Type Command command master chief.

In FY 2011, nearly 400 Sailors were processed for separation because they made a choice to use synthetic cannabinoids. In many cases, several Sailors made this calamitous decision together, sometimes under the influence of alcohol and other times because of peer pressure.

They did it in hotel rooms, bars, barracks and cars. They didn't know the regulations, deliberately opted to ignore them, or thought their use of "Spice" would not be detected. Regardless of the circumstances or thought process, these Sailors are no longer in the Navy; gone, along with incredible potential and promise, from our ships, squadrons, submarines, battalions and shore commands.

We are charged with leading Sailors - it is what we do and do well with training, mentorship, personal example and a commitment to good order and discipline. We attack challenges by developing situational awareness, coaching up our shipmates, capitalizing on resources and intervening when it's the right thing to do. With synthetic cannabinoids and the array of other precarious temptations (i.e. inhalants, steroids, and misuse of over-the-counter drugs), we have an obligation to help Sailors steer a safe course and prevent them from running aground.

Chiefs, anchor up! MCPON West sends."

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Understand stress triggers to beat holiday blues Commentary by Valerie Seitz 18th Medical Operations Squadron Family Advocacy KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – Seeking support, being realistic and planning ahead can help ward off stress and depression.

For some people, the holidays bring unwelcome guests – stress and depression.

And it's no wonder. In an effort to pull off a perfect Hallmark holiday, you might find yourself facing a dizzying array of demands – work, parties, shopping, baking, cleaning, caring for kids on school break or elderly parents and scores of other chores.

However, with some practical tips, you can minimize the stress and depression that may accompany the holidays.

Holiday stress and depression are often the result of three main trigger points. Understanding these trigger points can help you plan ahead and handle them to the best of your ability.

Here are the three issues that commonly trigger holiday stress or depression: - Relationships. Relationships can cause turmoil, conflict or stress at any

time. Also, tensions are often heightened during the holidays. Family misunderstandings and conflict can intensify – especially if you're all thrust together for several days. Conflicts are bound to arise with so many needs and interests to accommodate. On the other hand, if you're facing the holidays without a loved one, you may find yourself especially lonely or sad.

- Finances. Like your relationships, your financial situation can cause stress at any time of the year. Overspending during the holidays on gifts, travel, food and entertainment can increase stress as you try to make ends meet while ensuring that everyone on your shopping list is happy.

- Physical demands. The strain of shopping, attending social gatherings and preparing holiday meals can make you feel wiped out. Feeling exhausted can increase your stress, creating a vicious cycle. Exercise and sleep – good antidotes for stress and fatigue – may take a back seat to chores and errands. High demands, stress, lack of exercise and overindulgence in food and drink – these are the ingredients for holiday illness.

Remember, the key to minimizing holiday stress and depression is knowing the holidays can trigger stress and depression. Accept that things aren't always going to go as planned. Make a budget and follow it. Take time for yourself and don't over-schedule. And seek support when necessary.

Keep the axe sharp and don't settle Commentary by Maj. Brian Leo 36th Maintenance Squadron ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Twenty Seven. A nondescript number, a multiple of 3 and 9, somebody's jersey number, maybe your age or for me, the number of years I've been in this incredible Air Force. I say that I've been in for 27 years to let you know my experience of the great changes we've undergone as we continue to represent our nation to the world. As Bob Dylan said, "Times, they are a-changin'."

We're now told there's a budget crunch. We're told that personnel cuts are looming with a reduction in force and date of separation rollback boards again chopping into our ranks. We face an ever-changing and more complex mission set. In the last 25 years, borders and alliances around the world have changed, and now countries jockey for position to stand up to the U.S. It's imperative that we look to find the true value in each piece of what we do, and cut out those things that bring no value to our operations.

Finding and identifying the difference between our wants and our needs is increasingly important.

As well, understanding your position in the Air Force becomes much more than just your job, be it turning a wrench or setting up a network, every piece of what you do should have an impact on the overall mission and not be just the daily tasks you perform. It's up to those in uniform to uphold standards and to trim no-value-added processes before it's done for us.

To ensure that what we do is always done in the most efficient way possible takes a meticulous knowledge of what's required. This includes everything about doing your job and everything about being an Airman. Settling for mediocrity in either can be disastrous. If you only half do your job, or don't put forth the effort for 100% compliance, then you could be the weak link that prevents your unit from accomplishing its mission, or

accomplishing it at great cost. If you're not promoting the Air Force values in your behaviors by following AF standards correctly and enforcing them, then you're letting past Airmen, your peers and the rest of the team down. In today's age it's the weak link that jeopardizes the mission. Is that you?

Your knowledge of standards as an Airman is critical to upholding those standards required to perpetuate discipline, the discipline to seek out efficiencies and break the status quo mold. Many things may seem insignificant, but in fact they can have a big impact over time if not enforced.

Nonenforcement creates an erosion of values, which then imparts a lackadaisical or apathetic attitude at every level. Once that attitude crosses over to your job it creates safety issues and impacts the mission.

I won't address your specific job knowledge here, but on that note, if you don't seek out job knowledge when you're asked a question you should know the answer to, then you're missing an opportunity to learn. Too often, not enough time is spent either training individually or under direction from your supervisors. This can lead to erroneous information or answers being passed around that can affect negatively careers and operations.

In the aircraft and munitions maintenance career field, the technical order is king. If you're doing anything, you must have the technical data out and actively use it to perform whatever task you're doing. That means following the book, step by step, without exception. The fact that it's mandatory makes it easier to accept that while it can be a pain to follow sometimes, it's the best way to gain true experience of the technical requirements for the task. In other career fields it's strictly following the Air Force instructions, or other guidance, but the notion is the same across the Air Force. What better way to perform with efficiency than to always follow written guidance

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that's put there because of someone else's 'learning experience?' Also, while you're following written guidance closely, it's easier to root out the processes that are antiquated and require change.

There's a personal theme that helps me hold myself and others accountable and that, I hope, rubs off on those around me. That theme is "Don't Settle." Don't settle for less than the best effort, don't settle for mediocrity, don't settle for not knowing (or someone else not knowing, if they should), don't settle for bad customer service, don't settle for someone shirking standards, don't settle for unhappiness, don't settle for "Can't."

Don't Settle can be used just about anywhere in our lives.

If we hold ourselves and others accountable to written guidance, rather than ignoring it or leaving inefficiencies as they are, we can keep the basics close at heart and increase the value of what we do. This is essential as we operate during a time of budget and personnel cuts. Keep the axe sharp and don't settle.

Did you know that . . .

Since the devastating 2005 hurricane season, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society published a Disaster Assistance Handbook? This handbook will help Society staffers prepare for large-scale natural and man-made disasters and will support Navy and Marine Corps families impacted by these disasters. Examples of large-scale disasters include forest fires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist attacks. In such cases, the American Red Cross (ARC) is the nation’s designated disaster relief agency, but the Society has a responsibility to help Sailors, Marines and their eligible family members promptly and with compassion.

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Arranging your official travel Firefighters ensure

By Michael Simmons Joint Base Charleston Traffic Management officer When the Traffic Management Office arranges official travel, the primary consideration is to ensure mission requirements are satisfied based on Department of Defense and each branch of service's transportation and travel policies. We do this with the help of a contracted Commercial Travel Office.

Here at Joint Base Charleston, we have two official CTOs. On the Air Force Base, Alamo Travel provides this service and is located in the AMC Passenger Terminal, Bldg. 174.

SATO Travel is our travel partner on the Weapons Station and they are located in Bldg. 302 along with Pass and ID. The CTO responds to travel requests for hotel, air, rail, rental car and ship or ferry reservations and ticketing made through the Defense Travel System, unit travel managers or traditional TMO Passenger Travel Office.

They are required to make all travel arrangements by the most economical routes. Besides utilizing available military airlift, they are mandated to use the General Services Administration Airline City Pair Program unless a negative mission impact warrants otherwise.

To deviate from the use of GSA city pair fares, travelers must provide sufficient justification when there are flights available that offers contracted fares to and from the primary or an alternate airport serving your local area. However, final determination rests with the orders approving official and not TMO or the CTO. We determine the most cost effective flight available and provide the information to the AO for them to make a decision. Travel under this exception must be preapproved by the AO and annotated in the travel orders.

Keep in mind there must be a critical travel circumstance and not personal preference driving this decision and it must never become the standard.

Often we are asked why government fares are so costly or why we can't purchase cheaper tickets via the internet or directly from the airlines. The answer is simple; the government's contracted fares are based on the condition that there can't be any penalties or additional charges if changes or cancellations are made after the ticket is purchased. Also, we must be able to get a full refund for all unused portions of a ticket. Unlike restricted tickets, the DoD must be able to change or cancel a reservation in whole or part as needed without penalty. A few years ago this stipulation proved to be invaluable. During a travel audit, some 58,000 unused tickets valued in excess of $21 million and more than 81,000 partially unused tickets worth about $62 million dollars were discovered. Fortunately, the government was able to initiate refund action to recover the unearned charges.

Travelers might see the purchase of a restricted, nonrefundable ticket as the idea way to save on travel cost.

However, consider the more than $83 million in unused tickets that would have been lost had the choice been made to purchase the cheaper restricted tickets. Don't be fooled into thinking the same thing can't possibly happen today. Each quarter, we receive on average, approximately $12,000 in refunds for unused airline tickets.

As a final note, immediately notify TMO or the CTO of any unused tickets. The sooner the refund process is started, the more funds your unit will have available for travel. Remember, DoD directed the mandatory use of a contracted CTO for all official travel arrangements. Do your part by utilizing the services they offer and take a major step towards helping to reduce or eliminate problems with travel voucher payments or any reimbursement issues.

For more information, contact TMO Passenger Travel at 963-3059/3066 or the Passenger Travel Office on the Weapons Station at 764-7321/7331.

mission continues

By Staff Sgt. Katie Gieratz Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs More than 700 Airmen from Joint Base Charleston are putting their skills to the test in support of the Operational Readiness Inspection going on now through Dec. 7.

One such group participating is the firefighters from Joint Base Charleston.

Firefighters train their entire careers to ensure they are fully prepared for any contingency, including short notice deployments such as those being implemented as part of the ORI. Their training ensures Air Force assets are protected and fully capable to continue their vital mission.

Although firefighters are constantly training, they have recently added physical fitness circuit training to bolster their ability to survive and operate in a hostile environment.

"All of the training we have received has improved our productivity and provided the opportunity to expand our knowledge for operations regardless of time, place or cir-

cumstance," said Tech. Sgt. Brannon Mobley, 628th Civil Squadron Fire Engineer Department safety officer.

Firefighters will be primarily responsible for the protection of the C-17 Globemaster III during the simulated deployment.

However, they will provide assistance wherever they are needed.

"I have witnessed good energy between all the units on base and I am confident that the Airmen's operational readiness will continue to increase and surpass expectations," said Derrick Joe, 628th CES Fire Emergency Services chief. "Our firefighters are an integral part of military operations and their job is to continue to protect all military personnel, aircraft and equipment."

ORI scenarios evaluate base contingency operations, response and sustained performance. An ORI is rated based on the overall inspection performance, readiness of major graded areas and subareas using the five-tier scale of outstanding, excellent, satisfactory, marginal and unsatisfactory.

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Holiday Safety: Take care with Christmas lights Courtesy of the 628th Air Base Wing Safety office Each year, more than 12 thousand people are treated at hospital emergency rooms for injuries such as falls, cuts and shocks related to holiday lights and decorations according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. In order to combat these injuries, the CPSC recom-

mends: • Indoors or outside, use only lights that have been tested for safety by a recognized testing laboratory which indicates conformance with safety standards. Use only lights that have fused plugs.

• Check each set of lights, new or old, for broken or cracked sockets, frayed or bare wires or loose connections and throw out

Prepare a holiday spending plan and stick to it

By Petty Officer 2nd Class Brannon Deugan Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs Brightly strung lights hang off branches and an endless supply of presents bulge from beneath the holiday evergreen. To hear a child's joyful screeches or to see a person's eyes light-up will surely leave a giving person satisfied - but at what cost? How long will those precious moments take to pay-off months? Years?

Often times, after the holiday season, credit card bills will start rolling in, piling up and building new stressors of trying to fulfill yet another monthly obligation to creditors. This stress can be avoided by having not only a strict spending plan, but some wise conservative spending habits as well.

"Before the holidays make sure you have developed a spending plan and keep within it," said Suerjee Lee, Joint Base Charleston Weapons Station Fleet and Family Service Center financial education specialist. "It is very important that service members try not to go over their spending plan because once they do, often times they find themselves spending the rest of the year trying to pay it back.

"A family should start saving a year ahead of time," she continued. "They should sit down and go over their monthly income and expenses and then decide on an achievable goal for the time period you'll be saving. It is best to save over a long period of time, but any amount saved is going to help."

"My wife and I began saving for the holidays in August," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro Lopez, a Ship's Serviceman at Naval Health Clinic Charleston. "We have a set amount that we can afford to save each month so in December, we can spend that money and it puts no financial stress on our family."

Developing a spending plan can determine what goals a person has and the time period needed in order to achieve it. A spending plan takes an in-depth look at a person's debt to income ratio. Lee recommends that the average debt to income ratio should be less than 20 percent.

"By understanding how much money is coming in and how much is being spent allows individuals to establish a goal for the holiday after they have prepared an emergency account of at least three months of expenses," said Lee. According to Lopez, creating a list of friends and family members that you want to purchases gifts for can minimize the number of gifts purchased. This is a great way of staying within your holiday budget.

The FFSC developed the following tips for

last minute holiday shopping to assist service members who haven't prepared for the holiday season or for those who need help staying within their budget.

Develop a spending budget.

• Boost your holiday spending account: Look for additional household income while also cutting down on expenses like food and entertainment if possible.

• Consider creative gift giving: gifts that are hand-made and homemade can assist in saving money.

• Look for shopping deals: Coupons, special discounts and retail sales can help add up substantial savings.

• Avoid last minute shopping: Shopping under stress can lead to more spending. Plan your trips in advance and avoid convenience shopping.

• Pay with cash when possible and spend wisely. Paying cash helps you stick to your spending limit.

• 'Tis the season to be jolly, not vulnerable: after the holiday season, order a copy of your credit report to insure you are not the victim of identity theft.

• Avoid the post-holiday debt hangover and don't overspend: Once you have completed your shopping list, stop shopping.

"When a family has been unable to prepare a holiday savings amount over time, they should sit down and budget a spending plan," said Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Young, NHCC assistant command financial specialist.

"Service members who have developed spending plans understand what they can and cannot afford which prevents them from spending more than their budget allows or from living off of credit."

"If you haven't been saving for this year's holidays, don't get a new loan and don't get a new credit card," said Chief Petty Officer Justin Sweat, Naval Support Activity command financial specialist. "Getting a loan or credit card now could create a cycle that would prevent a member from being able to save for next year's holidays."

According to Sweat, although many service members may feel they will be able to balance their debt and pay it off by the following season, many fall behind and find themselves taking out another loan, causing not only more debt but some unwanted interest rates as well.

"I think the holidays are about the thought," Lee said. "If you don't have the money for an item, then do not buy it. Find cheap or free alternatives - you can even get creative and give a handmade item. Be really strict with yourself; if you can't afford something, just remember to prepare and buy that item for next year. It's not the end of the world if you can't afford it right at that moment."

damaged sets. Always replace burned-out bulbs promptly with the same wattage bulbs.

• Use no more than three standard-size sets of lights per single extension cord. Make sure the extension cord is rated for the intended use.

• Before using lights outdoors, check labels to be sure they have been certified for outdoor use.

• Stay away from power or feeder lines leading from utility poles into older homes.

• Fasten outdoor lights securely to trees, house walls or other firm supports to protect the lights from wind damage. Use only insulated staples to hold strings in place, not nails or tacks. Or, run strings of lights through hooks (available at hardware stores).

• Turn off all holiday lights when you go to bed or leave the house. The lights could short out and start a fire.

• Use caution when removing outdoor holiday lights. Never pull or tug on lights - they could unravel and inadvertently wrap around power lines.

• Outdoor electric lights and decorations should be plugged into circuits protected by ground fault circuit interrupters. Portable outdoor GFCIs can be purchased where electrical supplies are sold. GFCIs can be installed permanently to household circuits by a qualified electrician.

The CPSC also offers these safety tips when using a ladder: • Make sure the weight your ladder is supporting does not exceed its maximum load rating (user plus materials). There should only be one person on the ladder at one time.

• Use a ladder that is the proper length for

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• Straight, single or extension ladders should be set up at about a 75-degree angle.

• All metal ladders should have slip-resistant feet.

• Metal ladders will conduct electricity. Use a wooden or fiberglass ladder in the vicinity of power lines or electrical equipment. Do not let a ladder made from any material contact live electric wires.

• Be sure all locks on extension ladders are properly engaged.

• The ground under the ladder should be level and firm. Large flat wooden boards braced under the ladder can level a ladder on uneven ground or soft ground. A good practice is to have a helper hold the bottom of the ladder.

• Do not place a ladder in front of a door that is not locked, blocked or guarded.

• Keep your body centered between the rails of the ladder at all times. Do not lean too far to the side while working.

• Do not use a ladder for any purpose other than that for which it was intended.

• Do not step on the top step, bucket shelf or attempt to climb or stand on the rear section of a stepladder.

• Never leave a raised ladder unattended.

• Follow use instruction labels on ladders.

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By Laura Abell 628th Force Support Squadron marketing If you have family or friends visiting this holiday season, don't forget to call the Inns of Charleston for accommodations.

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By Airman 1st Class Tom Brading Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs Joint Base Charleston Explosive Ordnance Disposal conducted the third annual EOD Safety Day Nov. 18 at JB Charleston - Air Base.

"Explosive Ordnance Disposal Safety Day gives EOD technicians an opportunity to reflect on previous experiences and events that relate to EOD safety," said Staff Sgt Justin Voorhees, Explosive Ordnance Disposal craftsman. "This event has helped us develop a better understanding of our job."

Events included a 10 kilometer Ruck March, safety briefings and a barbeque that was open to EOD specialists and their families.

"The event was very beneficial," said Airman 1st Class Amber Taft, Explosive Ordnance Disposal apprentice. "We've been able to discuss ways to improve our work methods while deployed, as well as learn from horrible past events that went wrong. This way, we're prepared for every situation that may occur."

Taft arrived at JB Charleston less than two weeks prior to EOD Safety Day. It is her first duty station.

"We've talked a lot about explosive safety and trauma that can happen during combat," said Taft. "It's good information for me, because I haven't been deployed yet."

Voorhees recently returned from a deployment in Iraq.

"I have had plenty of close calls," said Voorhees. "I've nearly detonated booby-trapped devices before and I've been in vehicles that have blown up from Improvised Explosive Devices. I walk away from those experiences with a sense of pride, though. Diffusing bombs saves the lives of one to

potentially many more people. That's why I do this job."

According to the Department of Defense, IEDs accounted for 40 percent of U.S. fatalities in 2009 and IED use has risen 400 percent in the past three years. EOD specialists have anticipated this rising trend and factor it into the nature of their constantly evolving career.

"There is always something new to learn," said Taft. "Not one aspect of my job stays the same."

Voorhees has had to change how he approaches a bomb site many times in his nine years of Air Force service. However, he gets the same feeling every time he gets called to one.

"When I get called to an IED site, my adrenaline always starts pumping," said Voorhees. "The key is staying on your toes and constantly training and retraining. If you're always ready, you won't have a reason to be nervous."

Voorhees along with the rest of the JB Charleston EOD flight have helped Taft "get ready" and transition into the operational Air Force.

"The senior leadership has been very helpful in getting me prepared for my future," said Taft. "They are all on top of their game and know their stuff very well."

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Senior Airman Ross Kreikemeier watches as a mock deployer demonstrates his ability to perform decontamination correctly during the Ability To Survive and Operate Rodeo at Nose Dock One at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base Nov. 28. The rodeo was held to help prepare more than 700 Airmen for the JB Charleston Operational Readiness Inspection which kicked off Nov. 29. The rodeo included Self Aid and Buddy Care, weapons familiarization, Unidentified Explosive Objects training and donning chemical protection gear. Kreikemeier is from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron.

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Thanksgiving at the DFAC Colonel Richard McComb serves Thanksgiving dinner to Airmen and retirees at the Joint Base Charleston Dining Facility at JB Charleston - Air Base Nov. 24.

McComb, along with other unit commanders, chiefs and their families, took time out of their own Thanksgiving festivities to serve their fellow Airmen and retirees. McComb is the Joint Base Charleston commander.

Colonel Erik Hansen serves Thanksgiving dinner to Airmen and retirees at the Joint Base Charleston Dining Facility at JB Charleston - Air Base Nov. 24.

Hansen is the 437th Airlift Wing commander.

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Colonel Judith Hughes, Chief Master Sgt. Jose LugoSantiago and Col. Justin Davey serve Thanksgiving dinner to Airmen and retirees at the Joint Base Charleston Dining Facility at JB Charleston - Air Base Nov. 24. Unit commanders, chiefs and their families took time out of their own Thanksgiving festivities to serve their fellow Airmen and retirees. Hughes is the 628th Medical Group commander, LugoSantiago is the 628th Air Base Wing command chief and Davey is the 628th Mission Support Group commander.

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2012 Scholarships for Military Children opens Dec. 1

By Tammy Reed DeCA marketing and mass communications specialist FORT LEE, Va. – 2011 Scholarships for Military Children recipient Jordan Cherry said receiving extra money for college lightened her financial load.

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If there are no eligible applicants from a particular commissary, the funds designated for that commissary are used to award an additional scholarship at another store.

The scholarship program was created to recognize military families' contributions to the readiness of U.S. armed forces and the commissary's role in the military community. Since the program began in 2000, it has awarded more than $9.3 million in scholarships to 6,069 military children from 62,000-plus applicants.

"While these numbers are impressive, what's even more impressive is what past scholarship recipients are doing with their education," said Joseph Jeu, Defense Commissary Agency director and chief executive officer. "Many recipients have entered a wide range of career fields such as teaching, business, law and military service - to name just a few. Many others have earned advanced degrees. They are making their way in this world and they are making a difference."

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Abracadabra! Story of part-time Magician, full-time Master Sgt.

By Airman 1st Class Tom Brading Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs

Woods, a 43-year-old Florida native, first explored his fascination with magic by visiting local magic shops in Kissimmee, Fl. He "I will make this dove disappear," the tall, saved what little money he had to learn the silver-haired magician confidently says to the basics of being a magician. crowd.

As a teenager, Woods started to give up His audience, a small group of children, his childhood dream. eagerly watches as he carefully places the "I didn't have anybody to associate myself white bird into a mysterious black box and with," said Woods. "When I was a teenager, covers it with a cloth. nobody I knew was interested in magic."

The magician quickly removes the cloth Growing up with no money or support, and reveals the dove has vanished. The chil- Woods became discouraged with his early dren collectively gasp in astonishment. ambitions.

However, this magician has more up his "Pursuing magic was my dream," said sleeve than meets the eye.

Woods. "However, I was ready to become When the magician isn't making doves dis- my own man." appear and performing other magical acts, he Woods "became his own man" when he is lacing his boots as an active-duty service- walked out of the magic shop and into a milmember in the U.S. Air Force. itary recruiting office. Woods enlisted into Master Sgt. Perry Woods, 437th Airlift the U.S. Air Force at the age of 21.

Wing programs manager at Joint Base He didn't do magic again for seven U.S. Air Force photos / Staff Sgt. Nicole Mickle Master Sgt. Perry Woods shows that the box is empty while he demonstrates one of his magic tricks Charleston, is a 22-year Air Force veteran. In years. his spare time he volunteers by performing "My first show after becoming an at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base Nov. 30. Woods has been in the Air Force for 22-years and has magic to under-privileged and disabled chil- Airman was in Alaska," explained Woods. been performing magic since he was nine-years old. He has volunteered to perform his magic shows dren.

"It was a children's birthday party and did- for local organizations and charities for the past three years. Woods is a program manager with the 437th Maintenance Squadron.

On stage, Woods is known as Perry Don. His n't go very well." magician’s trunk safely carries live animals and Although his first performance in years props to enhance his show. He has been per- didn't go as planned, it gave Woods an Shepherd AFB for four and a half years, I and member of the Roundtable of Magicians fecting his magic act since he was a boy. opportunity to experience magic again. incorporated magic tricks into topics I lec- Society. Smalls is currently mentoring Woods "Around the age of nine, I thought magic From that moment on, he didn't look back. tured about during class," said Woods. as a developing magician and helping him was something spectacular to see,” said For his next trick: He was a non-commis- "Doing magic acts involving educational top- network with other magicians.

Woods. “At the same time I was fascinated sioned officer educating Airmen fresh from ics sparked a deep interest and grabbed the "Oscar and I have performed magic togethwith what made it happen. I was interested, Basic Military Training at Shepherd Air Force student's attention." er for the last three years," said Woods. but there were very few avenues to explore Base, Texas.

"The students never knew what I would do "Recently, the number of shows I've done has the area of magic."

"As an Electrical Systems Instructor at next," said Woods. "Objects might appear to greatly increased." be moving across the table or levitating in the Another recent show was at Pattison's air. They didn't know what to think or Academy, which helps disabled children expect!" through education, interaction and profesWalk-Ins Always Welcome!

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Surviving and thriving after cancer

By Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Hudson Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs It’s survival of the fittest in today’s Navy as standards tighten and looming budget cuts are forcing all the services to tighten their belts. For Chief Petty Officer Bradley Tracy, Naval Support Activity Administration leading chief petty officer, the term survival took on a whole new meaning when he faced cancer in 2008.

Born and raised in Richmond, Va., Tracy grew up in an average American home, the middle child of three: an older brother and a younger sister. He tried his hand at college and found that the classroom didn’t present him the types of challenges he was looking for in life.

Tracy felt that he needed to do something more – something more important. He enlisted in the United States Navy in May 2002.

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Tracy had numerous career field opportunities to choose from when he enlisted. Opting for the nuclear field seemed like a sure and clear choice and after completing his nuclear training at the Charleston Weapons Station, he began his journey as an electronics technician onboard USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) home ported in Kings Bay, Ga. “After my tour on the Tennessee, I wanted to take an instructor duty tour at Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit here at Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station,” he said.

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Within days of visiting the health clinic at JB Charleston-WS, Tracy learned that he had testicular cancer - a cancer that if left untreated could lead to death.

There are two types of testicular cancer: seminomas and nonseminomas. Seminoma is a slow-growing form of testicular cancer, usually found in men in their 30s and 40s.

This cancer usually attacks the testes but can spread to the lymph nodes.

Nonseminomas are a more common type of testicular cancer which tends to grow more rapidly and are often made up of more than one type of cell.

According to U.S. National Library of Medicine, testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer in men between the ages of 15 and 35, but it is also one of the most treatable and curable cancers. The survival rate for men with early-stage seminoma is greater than 95 percent, whereas the survival rate for stage II and III cancers are slightly lower and is greatly dependent upon the size of tumors and when treatment is started.

“I was lucky that it was found quickly and removed just as quickly,” said Tracy. “I never had any pain so that is why I didn’t think it was necessarily bad.”

Tracy’s case was typical as testicular cancer often doesn’t present any symptoms.

According to the NLM, when symptoms do occur, they tend to be in the form of discomfort or pain in the testicle or a heaviness feeling in the scrotum, lower back pain, enlargement of the testicle or a change in the way it feels. Another symptom is a lump or any swelling in either testicle.

“I was diagnosed with nonseminomas testicular cancer and for the better part of the past three years I have repeatedly gone back to a doctor to make sure the cancer hasn’t

reappeared,” Tracy explained. “The only way to really treat testicular cancer is to remove the cancer itself and in my case I lost one of my testes.”

According to Tracy, monthly self-examinations are important and are no laughing matter.

“Just like women have to do self-breast exams once a month, men should be doing the same thing for their testicles,” he said. “It is important. Some of the tumors can be fast acting and grow quickly, others not so quickly, but if you catch it before it reaches stage II or III, the better off you will be.”

The National Cancer Institute states that one in every 268 men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer at some point during their lifetime. And since January, 2008, more than 200,000 men in the United States have received a diagnosis of testicular cancer.

Despite a battle with cancer, Tracy just attained one of his goals by putting on the khakis of a chief petty officer. Tracy is not only a hard-charging Sailor, mentoring junior Sailors along the way, he is also a loving husband and dedicated father of his two girls, ages eight and five and his two-year-old son.

His wife Jennifer has been his main supporter throughout his naval career and says she is proud of her husband and has even become even more involved with his career by serving as Naval Support Activity’s command ombudsman.

“Having fought testicular cancer and now entering the final stages of being cleared is a big relief. Now I can look at getting back into the nuclear community since everything was put on hold when I was diagnosed,” Tracy concluded. “I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep up with the monthly exams. It is not an uncommon cancer for men to contract, and it can be just as easily fought, but if you don’t catch it in time it can turn from just losing one testicle to losing your life. It is no joke; it may be curable but that doesn’t mean it isn’t life threatening.”

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Holiday Safety Campaign 2011 cartoon caption contest

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Courtesy of The Air Force Safety Center The Air Force Safety Center has designated Nov. 18, 2011 through Jan. 3, 2012 as the Holiday Safety Campaign. The Holiday Safety Campaign will be highlighted through safety briefings, videos, public service announcements and a cartoon caption contest which is now in progress.

Captions for the cartoon should be sent to Family.Matters@kirtland. af.mil. The deadline to submit your caption is Dec. 28, 2011. Winners will be announced Jan. 13, 2012 and featured on the AF Blues website.

Joint Base Charleston, let your creative juices flow and let's do our best to win this contest.

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Holiday Safety Campaign kicks off with Cartoon Caption Contest

Change in service for Obstetrics patients at NHCC

By Jeff Kelly Naval Health Clinic Charleston Public Affairs Due to the pressing need to provide efficiencies in health care, outpatient obstetrics services will no longer be provided at Naval Health Clinic Charleston effective Feb. 1, 2012.

Patients currently receiving care at NHCC may continue to receive care through Seasons OB/GYN at their North Charleston office located at 9279A Medical Plaza Drive, North Charleston, S.C., 29406.

Women who have not started care at NHCC will receive authorizations to receive care through the TRICARE network. TRICARE Prime patients will have these authorizations initiated through their Primary Care Manager.

Humana Military Healthcare Services will send a letter to referred patients within 10 days of the approval of the authorization. Patients are responsible for scheduling their first appointment. For more information regarding TRICARE network referrals, contact 7946232/6233/6234. For general TRICARE information, call 794-6030.

Frequently Asked Questions: Who will initiate referrals for TRICARE Prime patients?

Primary Care Managers are responsible for initiating referrals for care in the TRICARE network. PCMs can be contacted at: 1. NHCC: Medical Home Port Gold Team – 794-6800

2. NHCC: Medical Home Port Blue Team – 794-6801 3. NHCC: Underseas Medicine Department – 794-6700 4. 628 Medical Group enrollees should call 963-6880 Who can I call to check on the status of my referral?

Patients may call the Referral Management Center at 794-6232/6233/6234 or the Humana Military Healthcare Services Customer Services line at 800-444-5445.

Where can I receive more information regarding TRICARE cost-shares and benefits?

1. Patients may call the Beneficiary Counseling and Assistance Coordinators at 794-6030.

2. Patients may also call the Humana Military Healthcare Services Customer Service at (800) 444-5445.

3. Patients may walk in to the TRICARE Service Centers located in both NHCC and the 628th Medical Group during normal business hours.

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Events Dec. 5 ❏ Annual Cookie Drop: The Team Charleston Spouses Club is hosting their annual Cookie Drop Dec. 6 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Base Chapel Annex. TCSC will be accepting cookie donations all day and is looking for volunteers. For more information or to volunteer, contact Sarah Jensen at 253590-7995 or Gloria Bishop at 803-464-3554. ❏ Medical Group Clinic: The clinic will be open Dec. 6 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It will be closed Dec. 13 and reopen Dec. 14 at 7:30 a.m.

Dec. 7 ❏ The TSP Simplified for Civilians and Military: Learn how the Thrift Savings Plan can help supplement your retirement income and how to invest based on the lifecycle financial planning concept Dec. 7 from 8 to 9 a.m. Call the A&FRC at 963-4406 to sign up. ❏ Spouse Employment Scholarship Orientation: Learn about free available resources, services, employment, resumes, the local job market, scholarships and other job search issues Dec. 7 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Call the A&FRC at 9634406 to sign up.

Dec. 9 ❏ Master Sgt. McMillin retirement: A retirement ceremony for Master Sgt. Patrick McMillin will be held in the Bldg. 709 auditorium Dec. 9 at 10 a.m.

Dec. 12 ❏ Joint Base Charleston Job Fair: The JB Charleston Job Fair is Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Charleston Club. The fair is free to all DoD civilians, military members and their dependents with military identification or Common Access cards. Come dressed in professional attire with multiple copies of your resume and gain labor market information, network and learn about new employment opportunities. For a list of participating employers, call Linda Lankosz at 963-5782 or George Ferguson at 963-5187.

Dec. 13 ❏ Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Workshop: Learn how to transition from the military to civilian life with ease Dec. 13 through 16.

The first three days are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the fourth day is from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Call the A&FRC at 963-4406 to sign up. ❏ Managing Job Stress: Learn to define stress and its effects Dec. 13 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Call the A&FRC at 963-4406 to register.

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Events

Dec. 12 ❏ Joint Base Charleston Job Fair: The JB Special Announcements Charleston Job Fair is Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 ❏ LEAN Awareness Class: Learn how to create p.m. at the Charleston Club. The fair is free to all a more efficient and effective environment in the DoD civilians, military members and their dependworkplace and learn proven techniques and methents with military identification or Common ods to eliminate waste in processes. The Lean Access cards. Come dressed in professional attire Awareness Class is held every Tuesday in Bldg. with multiple copies of your resume and gain labor 16,000, Mission Support Group Conference Room market information, network and learn about new from 8 to 11 a.m. Call George McDowell at 469employment opportunities. For a list of participat8378 for more information. ing employers, call Linda Lankosz at 963-5782 or ❏ Over Pricing (ZOP) Program: Per Air George Ferguson at 963-5187.

Mobility Command, everyone that orders parts Dec. 16 through the Department of Defense stock system is ❏ Exceptional Family Member Program requested to file a report when large discrepancies Support Group: Civilians and military members in prices exist for parts received. An example who are enrolled in the EFMP and their dependents would be a $5 part that costs $500. All personnel are invited to participate in this support group to should contact the 628th Logistics Readiness discuss concerns, share ideas and gain support Squadron Customer Service office to file a comDec. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. Call the A&FRC at 963plaint. For questions, concerns or further instruc4406 to register. tion on ZOP, contact Staff Sgt. Charles Brown at 963-4831.

Special Announcements ❏ Workforce Specialist: A workforce specialist ❏ LEAN Awareness Class: Learn how to create is now available by appointment on Tuesdays from a more efficient and effective environment in the 1 to 4 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon. The specialist can help with job referrals, resume and workplace and learn proven techniques and methinterview assistance and provide information about ods to eliminate waste in processes. The Lean educational opportunities for active duty, retirees, Awareness Class is held every Tuesday in Bldg. dependents, and Department of Defense civilians. 16,000, Mission Support Group Conference Room from 8 to 11 a.m. Call George McDowell at 469Call 963-4406 to schedule an appointment. ❏ Spouse Introduction to Joint Base 8378 for more information. ❏ Budget for Baby: The Navy Marine Corps Charleston: Held the first and third Wednesday of each month, this is a fun and fast-paced introduc- Relief Society offers a basic budgeting class for tion to JB Charleston for all military spouses who expecting mothers. Class is held the every second have recently PCS'd here. Meet other newly- Thursday of the month from 9:30 a.m. to noon. arrived spouses, connect with your sponsor's unit After completing the class, each mom will receive Key Spouse, learn where to shop, dine and play in a Layette filled with free baby items such as crib the Lowcountry. Get the information you need to sheets, onesies and a homemade blanket. Call 764make this your family's best assignment ever. Call 7662 or come in to sign up for the class. Our temporary office is located in Bldg. 301 (PSD), Room A&FRC at 963-4406 to register! ❏ Coupon exchange: The AFRC has a coupon 212. ❏ Work & Family Life Specialists: Work & exchange that is open to all ranks. Bring in your Family Life specialists are available by appointunused coupons between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday and help yourself to ment. Get help with job referrals, resume and intercoupons for you and your family. For more infor- view assistance, first move and information about educational opportunities for active duty, retirees, mation on the coupon exchange, call 963-4408. ❏ Sleep habits: Learn effective sleep habits and family members and Department of Defense civilhow to get your best z's during this workshop ians. Call the FFSC at 764-7480 for an appointwhich meets the fourth Wednesday of every month ment. ❏ Personal Financial Management: Let an from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the HAWC classroom.

This class is open to everyone. Call 963-4007 to FFSC certified financial specialists assist you in accessing and explaining your credit report. They sign up. can provide the tools and information to improve score and make the right decisions about colyour See more briefs at www.charleston.af.mil lections and debt. Call FFSC at 764-7480 for more

Family Events is dedicated to family activities. To submit an activity, send an e-mail to patriot@ charleston.af.mil. Make the subject line "Family Events." Submissions must be received no later than close of business the Friday prior to publication.

Movie Schedule: Weapons Station Movie Theater: Call 764-7516 for show times. Admission is free. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each showing. ❏ Contagion: Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m., Rated PG-13 ❏ The Smurfs: Dec. 3, 5 p.m., Rated PG ❏ Contagion: Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., Rated PG-13 ❏ Winnie the Pooh: Dec. 4, 2 p.m., Rated G ❏ Warrior: Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., Rated PG-13

Movie Schedule: Air Base Movie Theater: Call 963-3333 for show times. Admission is $4.50 for adults 12 years and older, and $2.25 for children 6-11 years old. Movies rated "G" are $2.25 for children 3-11 years old. Visit www.aafes.com for full movie schedules. ❏ Paranormal Activity: Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m., Rated R ❏ Footloose: Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., Rated PG-13

Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station ❏ Birthday bowling parties: Looking for something different to do for your next birthday party?

Marrington Bowling Center has birthday bowling parties that are great for kids of any age. Call the bowling center for party options and availability. ❏ Stroller Rollers offers "Fitness for Mom, fun for baby!" Attention new mothers, now there is a way to get fit while spending quality time with your baby. With the Stroller Rollers program, you'll shape up with a power walk and body sculpting while strolling with your baby. It's a great chance to interact with other new moms. Classes meet at the Naval Support Activity gymnasium on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Classes are free. Materials are provided. For more information, call MWR Fitness Director Nancy Haynsworth at 764-4067.

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information. ❏ Wise credit choices: Did you know that your credit score is a huge deciding factor for interest rates, mortgages, insurance costs, employability, loans, deposits, etc.? Call a personal financial manager at the FFSC for an appointment at 764-7480. ❏ Developing your spending plan: Let a financial education specialist at the FFSC on Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station provide you the tools and resources needed to develop a financial plan of your dreams. The purpose of a financial plan is for you to determine where you are now, where you want to go and how you plan to get there by starting today. Contact the FFSC 764-7480 for more information.

Meetings and Registrations ❏ Join the Redbank Plantation Golf Association: The Redbank Plantation Golf Association invites you to become a member at a cost of only $20 per year. Benefits of the Golf Association membership include: USGA Handicap, participation in monthly tournaments, participation in Association Club Championship and participation in the Association Blitz.

Membership is open to all military and civilian golf patrons. Membership applications are available in the golf course club house. Applications and payment may be placed in the silver locked box near the Pro Shop. For more information, contact Tournament Chairman Tina Bohannon at tinab@sc.rr.com or call the Pro Shop at 764-7802.

Recreation ❏ BINGO: If you like to play BINGO, Marrington Bowling Center has two great ways for you to play! Enjoy Quick-Play (electronic) BINGO in our game room or stop by the front desk to purchase Bonanza Bingo cards where the numbers change daily. ❏ RV/boat storage area: Morale Welfare and Recreation operates the Recreation vehicle and boat storage area located on Fletcher Street, across from the Housing Office. There are currently 54 sites available at a cost of $35 per month (paid quarterly). Reservations are handled at the Auto Skills Center located on Fletcher Street, directly across from the storage site. ❏ Disc Golf Course: There's more going on these days at Locklear Park than just baseball and softball. A nine-hole disc golf course runs throughout the park with many varied and challenging holes. Disc golf is played just like traditional golf, with a Frisbee-like disc substituting for the golf ball and club and a basket acts as the golf hole.

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Air Force leaders collaborate on total force future

By Col. Bob Thompson Air Force Reserve Public Affairs WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Air Force senior leaders are looking at ways to balance the ratio of regular and Reserve Component Airmen to create the most effective and efficient combat capability in austere budget times.

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley is leading collaborative efforts between active, Reserve and Guard leaders to find the right force composition that will ensure the total force remains healthy and viable.

"Finding the right balance of regular, Reserve and Guard forces is the key to maintaining future Air Force capabilities during dramatic period of budget austerity," said Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz.

Of the forces serving on active duty today in the combat air forces, 58 percent are active-duty Airmen and 42 percent are from the reserve component - made up of Air Force

Reserve and Air National Guard - according to Donley in a speech to the Air Force Association in September.

The total force leaders are working together closely to determine the right mix for the active and reserve components which is economical, sustainable and meets the nation's and combatant commanders' requirements.

"One of our biggest lessons learned is that we do have access to reserve component Airmen on short notice," Schwartz said. "They have stepped up to the plate every time we've called to perform both daily operations, as well as strategic surges."

Another key link to maintaining the right mix of regular and reserve component Airmen is to make it easier to move in and out of active-duty status so our Airmen can serve our country, retain successful careers and still save taxpayers' money, Schwartz said.

as well as Undersecretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Daniel Ginsberg, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Phillip M. Breedlove, Gen. Craig R. McKinley Jr., the chief of the National Guard Bureau; Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., the chief of the Air Force Reserve; and Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, the director of the Air National Guard.

U.S. Air Force graphic/Sylvia Saab "We need to capitalize on the incredible synergy we gain from "Our Reserve and Guard programs are exceptionally efficient and cost-effective," he reserve and regular Air Force Airmen worksaid. "Twenty years of combat have taught us ing as one team," Schwartz said. "With the that we rely on Reserve Airmen to answer the proper balance, I know we can create the call of service when our nation needs them." strategic depth and an immediate-response At a recent meeting at Bolling Air Force force that is efficient, effective and has a Base, Md., Donley conferred with Schwartz combat capability second to none."

Chairman dismisses notion of military in decline

By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In two venues here today, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff emphatically dismissed the notion that the U.S. military is in decline.

During an interview on the BBC program â&#x20AC;&#x153;Newsnight,â&#x20AC;?

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey bristled when Jeremy Paxman began the interview by asking, â&#x20AC;&#x153;General, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it like to take over the military at a time when it is in decline?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not in decline,â&#x20AC;? Dempsey asserted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The incline or decline is not an affect of size, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a function of capability.â&#x20AC;?

Dempsey explained that the U.S. military has learned much over the past 10 years of war. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We tend to face adversaries who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mass against us â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they decentralize,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to become a network to defeat a network.â&#x20AC;?

The chairman cited other examples, noting that before 9/11, responsibility was hoarded at higher levels in the U.S. military. Today, he said, the impetus is to push responsibility down to those who need it.

In addition, Dempsey said, the U.S. military is a joint force in ways that service members who served even as recently as the Persian Gulf War wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recognize. Navy electronics warfare officers routinely deploy with Army and Marine Corps units to help defeat threats posed by roadside bombs; and soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines work alongside civilians in provincial reconstruction teams in Afghanistan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can find a way to rebalance ourselves to find capabilities that we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have 10 years ago, and still be a military very much where it needs to be for the world,â&#x20AC;? Dempsey said.

Budget challenges do exist, and the U.S. military will do its part to help the nation over the deficit crisis, the chairman

said. The military is cutting $450 billion in spending over the next 10 years, he noted, a level of cuts he said is manageable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything more and it risks being unmanageable,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see that far yet.â&#x20AC;?

Dempsey said he believes a psychology contributes to talk about decline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are neither in decline nor are we victims,â&#x20AC;? he said at the Colin Cramphorn Memorial Lecture following his talk with the BBC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are simply responding to what one might argue is a historic cycle of resources.â&#x20AC;?

Historically, Dempsey said, the U.S. military has expanded during times of conflict and shrunk following the conflicts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The key,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is that we have to ensure that what we do in contraction is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;expansible,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; so if we get the future wrong â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which, by the way, we have an uncanny capability to do that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have enough capability to get through the initial challenge and then be able to expand the force.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Extreme Makeoverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; seeks military families for holiday episode

By Elaine Sanchez American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The cast of ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Extreme Makeover: Home Editionâ&#x20AC;? would like to brighten the holidays for a deserving military family this year.

The reality show is seeking nominations for military families in desperate need of a home makeover. The selected family will be featured in an upcoming holiday episode. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to do a holiday-themed episode thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even bigger and more extreme than ever,â&#x20AC;? David Shumsky, the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s casting director, said in an ABC news release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In order to pull

off such a huge venture, we need the support of the entire community. We know that the military communities will come out to help one of their own.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really want to help families whose homes present major problems for the family -- those big issues that affect the family's quality of life on a daily basis,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to find deserving people who just don't have the resources, ability or time to fix those serious issues without our help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For this special episode weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love it if the holiday season had some special significance to the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe they have unique holiday traditions or volunteer in an organization specifically geared toward the season.

Ultimately, we want to give this family the best holiday theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had.â&#x20AC;?

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Navy announces updated special duty assignment pay rates Courtesy of Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs MILLINGTON, Tenn. – A Navy message released Nov. 22 announced revisions in special duty assignment pay.

NAVADMIN 356/11 lists updated SDAP levels for active-duty and Reserve component full-time support and qualified selected Reserve Sailors on active duty. Increases to

existing SDAP levels are effective immediately and reductions are effective 60 days from release of NAVADMIN 356/11.

Sailors whose SDAP will be eliminated will receive half of their previous SDAP entitlement for 12 months, or until the Sailor completes the tour, whichever comes first.

The SDAP program is an incentive pay ranging from $75 to $450 a month used to entice qualified Sailors to serve in designated

billets that are considered extremely difficult or entail arduous duty. Program levels change to reflect the current environment associated with each billet and to sustain adequate manning levels.

In order to qualify for SDAP, Sailors must be assigned to and working in a valid billet on the Command Manpower Authorization Listing. This billet must be authorized by the Bureau of Naval Personnel as a special duty

assignment billet. Commands holding SDAP billets are required to complete an annual recertification.

NAVADMIN 356/11 supersedes previously released SDAP rates.

More than 25,000 Sailors currently receive SDAP. Sailors can read OPNAVINST 1160.6 and talk with their command career counselor to learn more about SDAP.

Survey shows growing gap between civilians, military

By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON – A new report confirms a concern defense and military leaders have long recognized: There’s a growing disconnect between Americans and their military.

The report, published last week by the Pew Research Center, notes that a smaller share of Americans currently serve in the armed forces than at any time since the peacetime era between World Wars I and II. Just one-half of 1 percent of Americans served in uniform at any given time during the past decade – the longest period of sustained conflict in the country’s history – the report says.

Meanwhile, as the military shrinks in size, the connections between military members and the broader civilian population “appear to be growing more distant,” the report says.

The report was based on surveys of more than 2,000 civilian adults and almost 1,900 veterans, more than 700 of whom served after 9/11.

Among the respondents, most said they have family members who are serving in the armed forces or have served in the past. However, older Americans were considerably more likely to have close military ties.

More than three-quarters of civilian adults ages 50 and older reported having an immediate family member – a spouse, parent, sibling or child – who served or serves in the military. For many, that service took place before the end of the draft and the introduction of the all-volunteer force in 1973.

Only 57 percent of civilian respondents ages 30 to 49 said they had an immediate family member who served. The percentage dropped to one-third among respondents ages 18 to 29.

The report appears to confirm that for many Americans, military service is a family tradition. Seventy-nine percent of veterans surveyed reported that an immediate family member is serving or has served in the military. That compares to 61 percent among the civilian respondents.

Decisions to serve also appear to be influenced by race, region and political preference, the report showed. Sixty-eight percent of whites, 59 percent of blacks and 30 percent of Hispanic respondents reported having immediate family members who serve or have served in uniform.

Sixty-four percent of Southerners reported immediate family ties to the military. The percentage for those living in the Northeast was 56 percent, and in the West, 57 percent. City dwellers were somewhat less likely than those in the suburbs or rural areas to say a family member served in the military.

Political party also appeared to be an influencing factor.

Seventy-three percent of Republicans, 59 percent of Democrats and 56 percent of Independents said an immediate family member served in the military.

The report confirmed perceptions by civilians as well as veterans that the American public doesn’t understand the problems faced by those in the military. Seventy-seven percent of veterans and 71 percent of the general public shared this view.

Retired Navy Adm. Mike Mullen spoke frequently during his tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about what he called a “worrying disconnect” between civilians and the military.

Speaking earlier this year at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Mullen expressed concern that civilians don’t fully understand the sacrifices military members make.

"Our work is appreciated, of that I am certain,” he told members of the 2011 graduating class. “But I fear [civilians] do not know us. I fear they do not comprehend the full weight of the burden we carry or the price we pay when we return from battle.”

This is important, Mullen said, “because a people uninformed about what they are asking the military to endure is a people inevitably unable to fully grasp the scope of the

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7,995

2004 Nissan Quest Loaded, leather, moonroof, xtra clean $

10,969

$$

7,995

8,995

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38 38 MPG MPG

2005 Saturn VUE Leather, one owner, like new $

2004 Ford Explorer XLT Moonroof, loaded $

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9,995

8,995

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15,956

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10,995

11,995

MSRP MSRP$16,865. $16,865.Includes Includes$500 $500rebate, rebate,$500 $500 Military, Military,$2000 $2000Cash/Trade Cash/Trade

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2006 Ford F-150 Lariat Customized, loaded $

12,995

16,995

$$

12,995

MSRP MSRP$21,295. $21,295.Includes Includes$2000 $2000rebate, rebate, $500 $500Military, Military,$2000 $2000Cash/Trade Cash/Trade

2009 Mazda 5 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS Auto, power package, oneStarting owner V6, auto at Starting at $ $

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12,995

13,995

17,759

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2009 Honda Civic LX-S Auto, sunroof, one owner $

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13,995

13,995

$

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2010 Nissan Altima 2.5s Only 19k miles $

2010 Mazda 3 Auto, loaded

14,995

14,995

97 97Cadillac CadillacDeVille DeVille

02 02Ford FordFocus Focus

V8, V8,auto, auto,power powerseats, seats,power power locks, locks,AM/FM/CD, AM/FM/CD,driver’s driver’spackage, package, SYNC, SYNC,&&trailer trailertow, tow,&&much muchmore. more.

3,995 3,995

3,995 3,995

2005 Dodge Ram Rumble Bee Loaded, extra clean, one of kind $

15,995

08 JeepPatriot Patriot 08Jeep

08 08Kia KiaSorento Sorento

06 MercedesC230 C230 06Mercedes

10 10Ford FordE350 E350Van Van

18,995 18,995

10 10Honda HondaAccord Accord

21,995 21,995

14,995 14,995

2009 Honda CRV EX Moonroof, auto, one owner $

08 08 08Mazda MazdaCX-7 CX-7 08Chrysler ChryslerSebring SebringConv.

Conv.Ltd Ltd 18,995 18,995 V6, V6,auto, auto,loaded, loaded,better betterthan thannew new Leather, Leather,moonroof, moonroof,xtra xtraclean clean

09 09Mercury MercuryMilan Milan

$$

15,995 15,995

15,995 15,995

Leather, full Leather,2008 fullpower powerChevy

$$

16,995 16,995

Auto, Auto,power powerpkg, pkg,priced pricedtotosell sell Crew CrewCab CabZ85 Z85 2010 Ford Taurus SEL Silverado $$ $$ Lloaded, extra clean Crew cab, 4x4, loaded $ $

10 10Mercury MercuryGrand GrandMarquis MarquisLS LS

17,995 17,995

10 10Toyota ToyotaCamry CamryLE LE

17,995 17,995

07 07Ford FordF150 F150Crew CrewCab Cab XLT XLTpkg, pkg,V8, V8,auto auto

19,995 19,995

V6, V6,auto, auto,loaded loaded

19,995 19,995

23,995

08 08Nissan NissanPathfinder Pathfinder Auto, Auto,3rd 3rdseat, seat,xtra xtraclean clean

21,995 21,995

17,995 17,995

10 10Ford FordEscape EscapeXLT XLT $$

2010 Ford Edge Limited V6, Leather, CD/MP3 $

$$

08 08GMC GMCCanyon CanyonSLT SLT

21,995

21,995

$$

22,995

Only Only3k3kmiles, miles,auto, auto,like likenew new

$$

07 07VW VWTouareg Touareg

Loaded, Loaded,must mustsee, see,priced pricedtotosell sell

$$

19,995 19,995

2011 Ford Flex SE Loaded, extra clean, fact. warranty $

10 10Jeep JeepGrand GrandCherokee Cherokee

22,995

10 10Chevy ChevyCamaro CamaroLTLT

4x4, 4x4,loaded, loaded,priced pricedtotogo! go!

$$

21,995 21,995

Auto, Auto,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

22,995 22,995

2010 Ford Mustang GT 2010 Chevy Silverado Z-71 2011 Infiniti G37 (2) Loaded, only 3K miles 10 Lincoln MKZ Save big, 2 to choose from Crew cab, leather, loaded 10 10Ford FordFlex FlexSEL SEL 10 Lincoln MKZ 08 08 08Honda HondaPilot PilotEX-L EX-L 08Land LandRover RoverLR3 LR3 $ $ $ Loaded, New Loaded,moonroof, moonroof,lthr, lthr,11owner, owner,xtra xtraclean clean Newtires, tires,loaded, loaded,priced pricedtotosteal! steal!

Leather, Loaded, Leather,loaded, loaded,xtra xtraclean clean Loaded,factory factorywarranty, warranty,like likenew new $$

26,995

24,995 24,995

05 05Suzuki SuzukiVerona Verona Auto, Auto,power powerpkg, pkg,low lowmiles miles

$$

26,995 27,995 $$ $$ 25,995 25,995

24,995 24,995

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15,995

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07 07Chrysler ChryslerPT PTCruiser Cruiser

02 02Mazda MazdaMillennia Millennia

Touring, Touring,auto, auto,loaded, loaded,xtra xtraclean clean

Leather, Leather,sunroof, sunroof,only only50k 50kmiles miles

$$

7,995 7,995

$$

6,995 6,995

2006 Honda Odossey EX-L Moon roof, leather, one owner $

16,995

02 02Acura AcuraMDX MDX

$$

7,995 7,995

2007 Dodge Nitro SLT/RT 4x4, moonroof, extra clean $

$$

10,995 10,995

2008 Ford Escape Auto, clean, owner Auto,xtra xtra clean,one one owner XLT $$ package, auto,loaded $$ Power $

2010 Chrysler Auto, xtra Auto, xtraclean clean

V8, V8,auto, auto,xtra xtraclean clean

12,995 12,995

17,995

$$

10,995 10,995

05 05Toyota ToyotaSienna SiennaLE LE

12,995 12,995

17,995

08 08Ford FordEscape Escape

06 06VW VWPassat Passat

Loaded, Loaded,xtra xtraclean, clean,like likenew new

13,995 13,995

13,995 13,995

06 CadillacCTS CTS 06Cadillac

10 ToyotaTacoma Tacoma 10Toyota

Loaded, Loaded,xtra xtraclean, clean,must mustsee see

Auto, Auto,air, air,only only10k 10kmiles, miles,like likenew new

$$

14,995 14,995

14,995 14,995

2007 Ford Expedition EL LTd Nav., DVD, loaded $

18,999

12,995 12,995

17,995

Loaded, Loaded,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

13,995 13,995

2008 Dodge Nitro SLT/RT Lth, Moonroof, 1 owner, low miles $

18,995

07 ToyotaCamry Camry 07Toyota Leather, Leather,sunroof, sunroof,28k 28kmiles miles

$$

15,995 15,995

2006 Ford F-150 Extra clean, 4x4, one owner $

07 07Mazda MazdaRX8 RX8Coupe Coupe 6spd, 6spd,loaded, loaded,one oneowner owner

$$

15,995 15,995

2009 Toyota Prius Touring Loaded, nav., one owner $

07 07Jeep JeepWrangler WranglerXX 20,995 06 20,995 PontiacSolstice Solstice 06Pontiac Auto, Auto,air, air,one oneowner, owner,xtra xtraclean clean Only Only21k 21kmiles, miles,loaded, loaded,11owner owner

05 05Ford FordMustang MustangRoush Roush Loaded, Loaded,xtra xtraclean clean

13,995 13,995

18,995

18,995

05 05Lincoln LincolnTown TownCar CarSignature SignatureLtd Ltd

Only Only28k 28kmiles, miles,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

2007 Ford Edge SEL Lloaded, one owner, extra clean $

2008 Ford Edge Loaded, power package, like new $

$$

10,995 10,995

06 06VW VWBeetle BeetleConvertible Convertible

07 MINICooper Cooper 07MINI

Auto, Auto,power powerpkg, pkg,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

$$

Loaded, Loaded,leather, leather,moonroof moonroof

$$

300 Loaded, Touring Nissan Altima Moonroof, lthr, new, Moonroof, lthr,like like new,garage garagekept kept Loaded,xtra xtraclean, clean,11owner owner 2011 $ clean Loaded, chrome wheels,$extra Auto, Power$$package, extra clean $ $

04 04Chevy ChevySilverado Silverado2500 2500HD HDLS LS

12,995 12,995

7,995 7,995

16,995 16,995 06 HondaAccord AccordEX-L EX-L 06Honda 05 05Ford FordF150 F150Crew CrewCab Cab

Auto, Auto,loaded, loaded,xtra xtraclean clean

10,995 10,995

08 08Suzuki SuzukiReno Reno

Low Lowmiles, miles,one oneowner owner

$$

2005 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4, V6, auto $

05 05Chrysler ChryslerCrossfire CrossfireLtd Ltd

Leather, Leather,moonroof, moonroof,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

05 05Dodge DodgeRam Ram1500 1500SLT SLT

2008 Nissan Sentra SE-R Loaded, one owner, extra clean $

2009 VW Beetle Leather, moonroof, auto, and more $

15,995

Auto, Auto,loaded, loaded,sunroof, sunroof,xtra xtraclean clean

2008 Hummer H3 Loaded, hard to find $

$$

08 08Suzuki SuzukiGrand GrandVitara Vitara

14,995 14,995

$$

Loaded, xtra SAVE Loaded, xtraclean, clean, SAVEBIG BIG 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT $$ Quad cab, V8, auto, pwr package$$ $

$$

13,995 13,995

Leather, Leather,moonroof, moonroof,11owner owner

$$

2009 Ford Mustang GT Leather, low miles, one owner $

06 06Nissan NissanMurano Murano

12-passenger, 12-passenger,XLT XLTpkg, pkg,loaded loaded

Auto, Auto,only only6k6kmiles miles

18,995

Auto, Auto,like likenew, new,save savebig! big!

14,995 14,995

2010 Ford Escape XLT V6, Auto, Loaded $

10 10Nissan NissanVersa Versa $$

2006 Honda Ridgeline RTL Loaded, moonroof, one owner $

10 10Nissan NissanCube Cube

Moonroof, Moonroof,loaded loaded

$$

13,995 13,995

20,995

13,995 13,995

17,995

10 10Toyota ToyotaCorolla CorollaLE LE

12,995 12,995

16,995

Auto, Auto,power powerpkg, pkg,low lowmiles miles

2006 Ford F-150 King Rancher Crew Cab, loaded, like new $

$$

04 04Acura Acura3.2TL 3.2TL

06 06Nissan NissanAltima Altima2.5S 2.5S $$

13,995 13,995

Auto, Auto,air, air,power powerpkg, pkg,one oneowner owner

16,995 16,995

11,995 11,995

16,995

07 07Pontiac PontiacTorrent Torrent

17,995

10 10Dodge DodgeJourney Journey

06 06Mercury MercuryGrand GrandMarquis MarquisLS LS

Leather, Leather,moonroof, moonroof,11owner owner

2007 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, leather, like new $

15,995 15,995

Fusion SEL 2010 Ford Explorer Leather, power Loaded, xtra must Leather,XLT powerpackage, package,xtra xtraclean clean Loaded, xtraclean, clean, mustsee see $$ clean $$ sunroof V6, leather, Pwr pkg, moon roof, extra $ $

Ford 2008 V6, like V6,auto, auto, likenew new

$$

13,995 13,995

9,995 9,995

9,995 9,995

11,995 11,995

$$

$$

$$

06 06Suzuki SuzukiGrand GrandVitara VitaraSport Sport

Auto, Auto,power powerpkg, pkg,loaded, loaded,xtra xtraclean clean

Loaded, Loaded,xtra xtraclean clean

Leather, Leather,moonroof, moonroof,11owner owner

9,995 9,995

16,995

6,995 6,995

16,995 04 04Dodge DodgeDurango DurangoSLT SLT 05 05Jeep JeepGrand GrandCherokee CherokeeLtd Ltd 16,995

$$

11,995 11,995

V8, V8,auto, auto,11owner owner

$$

2008 Nissan Pathfinder Auto, 3rd seat, xtra clean $

2011 Toyota Camry LE Power package, auto, loaded $

2008 Chevy Silverado Loaded, clean, see Loaded,xtra xtra clean,must must see $$Clean, auto, loaded, low miles$$ Extra $

18,995

4,995 4,995

03 03Ford FordExcursion ExcursionLimited Limited

9,995 9,995

Auto, Auto,loaded, loaded,like likenew new

$$

Lthr, Lthr,loaded, loaded,xtra xtraclean, clean,just justserviced serviced

$$

$$

Auto, Auto,very verylow lowmiles, miles,xtra xtraclean clean

MSRP MSRP$34,000. $34,000.Includes Includes$4500 $4500Rebate Rebate$1,000 $1,000FMC FMCdealer, dealer, $500 $500military $1,000trade militaryrebate, rebate,$2000 $2000cash/trade, cash/trade,$1,000 tradeasst. asst.

2007 Toyota Sienna LE Loaded, like new $

00 00Ford FordF150 F150Ext ExtCab Cab

00 00Saturn SaturnSL1 SL1

Auto, Auto,air, air,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

$$

Leather, Leather,loaded, loaded,xtra xtraclean clean

15,995

$

Loaded, Loaded,xtra xtraclean, clean,must mustsee see

05 05Mercury MercuryGrand GrandMarquis MarquisLS LS

2010 Chrysler Sebring Touring V6, Convertible, extra clean $

Loaded, extra clean

14,999

$

23,859

$$

Auto, Auto,cruise/tilt, cruise/tilt,air, air,power powerpackage, package, AM/FM/CD, AM/FM/CD,Mykey Mykey&&much muchmore. more.

MSRP MSRP$22,995. $22,995.Incldues Incldues$2000 $2000rebate, rebate,$500 $500 Military, Military,$2000 $2000Cash/Trade Cash/Trade

12,995

V6, V6,Auto, Auto,Power PowerPkg, Pkg,Tilt, Tilt, Cruise, Cruise,AM/FM/CD/MP3, AM/FM/CD/MP3,&& much muchmore. more.Pre-Owned, Pre-Owned, Low Lowmiles. miles.

Auto, Auto,air, air,power powerpackage, package, tilt, tilt,Mykey Mykey&&much muchmore. more.

2007 Jeep Liberty Limited Leather, moonroof, loaded $

10,995

Auto, Auto,air, air,AM/FM/CD/MP3, AM/FM/CD/MP3,power power package, package,tire tirepressure pressuremonitor monitor &&much muchmore. more.

Air AirConditioning, Conditioning,tilt tiltsteering steeringwheel, wheel,power power doorlocks/remote doorlocks/remotekeyless, keyless,ABS ABSbrakes brakes

2005 Chrysler PT Cruise GT Convertible, leather, extra clean $

2007 Saturn Ion Power package, one owner $

13,870

$$

08 08Honda HondaCRV CRV

Auto, Auto,11owner, owner,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

$$

16,995 16,995

16,995 16,995

$$

16,995 16,995

$$

16,995 16,995

Power Loaded, Captain 3rd Powerside sidedoors, doors,loaded loaded Loaded,xtra xtraclean, clean,low lowmiles miles Captainseats, seats,dual dualpower powerdoors, doors,loaded loaded 3rdseat, seat,11owner owner 2011 Ford Mustang Conv. $ 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew 2010 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer $$ $$ $$ $ Leater, auto Dual power sidedoors, auto Leather, loaded, priced to sell $ $ $

07 07Nissan NissanQuest Quest

07 07Ford FordEdge EdgeSE SE

18,995 18,995

18,995 18,995

21,995

06 06Dodge DodgeRam Ram2500 2500Crew CrewCab Cab 4x4, 4x4,only only34k 34kmiles, miles,like likenew new

Auto, Auto,Extra ExtraClean, Clean,11Owner Owner

$$

20,995 20,995

$$

19,995 19,995

2008 Toyota Highlander One owner, limited edition, loaded $

10 10Nissan NissanMaxima Maxima3.5 3.5

XLT, XLT,11owner, owner,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

22,995 22,995

22,995 22,995

2011 Cadillac STS Loaded, nav., much more 07 07Chevy ChevyAvalanche AvalancheLTLT $ Leather, Leather,only only14k 14kmiles miles

30,995

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09 09Honda HondaAccord AccordEX EX Loaded, Loaded,11owner owner

$$

20,995 20,995

2011 Ford F-150 Auto, power package, only 1K miles $

24,995

08 08Wrangler WranglerUnlimited UnlimitedSahara Sahara

08 08GMC GMCSierra Sierra1500 1500Crew CrewCab Cab

4x4, 4x4,Auto, Auto,hardtop, hardtop,must mustsee see

4X4, 4X4,Loaded, Loaded,one oneowner, owner,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

24,995 24,995

$$

24,995 24,995

2011 Ford Explorer XLT 2011 Chevy Camaro SS 6.2L Leather, Ford my touch,MKS loaded Lorenzo wheels, ground effects2500 Laramie 07 10 07Dodge DodgeRam Ram 2500 Laramie 10Lincoln Lincoln MKS $ Sunroof, Mega Sunroof,only only400 400miles miles MegaCab, Cab,only only19k 19kmi, mi,11owner owner $ Dual Dualmoonroof, moonroof,loaded, loaded,only only16k 16kmimi

31,995 $$ 27,995

26,995 26,995

27,995

31,995 $$ 29,995

29,995

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20,995 20,995

11 11Chevy ChevyCamaro CamaroLTLT $$

26,995 26,995

18,995 18,995

Auto, Auto,V8, V8,only only12K 12Kmiles miles

$$

24,995

09 09Ford FordF150 F150Super SuperCab Cab

Moonroof, Moonroof,auto, auto,xtra xtraclean clean

$$

08 08Ford FordExplorer ExplorerXLT XLT

22,995

09 09Nissan NissanTitan TitanCrew CrewCab Cab

2008 Lincoln MKX Moonroof, navigation, loaded $

24,995

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21,995

10 10Ford FordMustang MustangConvertible Convertible

$$

10 10Dodge DodgeGrand GrandCaravan CaravanSXT SXT

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