TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — A 349th Air Mobility Wing aircrew from Travis Air Force Base opened the tail of their C-17 Globemaster III on Sept. 24 at Port Au Prince, Haiti, and deliv ered a nonmilitary cargo load: three yellow school buses.
The three buses will help Haitian children get to school safely, which became a priority for “Those Angels,” a nongovernmental organization locat ed in Oakland.
“I’m very grateful for Travis Air Force Base stepping up,” said Claude Joseph, founder of Those Angels. “We just made one phone call and it took off from there.”
When airmen at Travis received Joseph’s call, they were no strang ers to the Denton Humanitarian As sistance Program. According to U.S. Transportation Command, the pro gram helps move humanitarian cargo donated by U.S.-based NGOs “to de veloping nations to ease human suf fering.”
Active-duty aircrews at the 60th Air Mobility Wing have delivered nu merous aid packages under the pro gram over the past few years, includ ing one that delivered 90,000 pounds of aid to Honduras in August. When it was determined their aircrews were not available for the mission to Haiti, they turned to their Reserve partners at the 349th Air Mobility Wing to de liver the golden payload.
Capt. Neil Brown, 301st Airlift Squadron C-17 pilot, was undergoing
ABOVE: A school bus approaches a C-17 Globemaster III at March Air Reserve Base, Sept. 23, 2022. A Reserve aircrew from the 301st Airlift Squadron performed a threeday mission Sept. 23 – 25, to move humanitarian cargo to Haiti.
BELOW: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Talley, 301st Airlift Squadron pilot, conducts preflight operations at Travis Air Force Base, Sept. 23.
upgrade training to become an air craft commander when this mission came up.
“I was excited to do this,” he said. “It is hugely satisfying to know we can work with humanitarian missions like this and help people. This was a nokidding opportunity to do real good –bringing buses so kids can make it to school.”
But before Team Travis answered
Serving Travis Air Force Base and the surrounding community
1250 Texas St., Fairfield, Calif. 94533
707-425-4646 | Fax 707-425-5924
Publishers: Foy S. McNaughton
and T. Burt McNaughton
Advertising Director: Louis Codone
Distribution: Bob Franks
“You can’t just talk the talk when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI),” said Army veteran, Dr. Jennifer Peña. “You have to put that talk into action, and walk the walk.”
Peña, a former physician in the White House Medical Unit under both the Obama and Trump administrations, shared these sentiments during an online panel discussion in observance of Na tional Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 16.
The panel discussion, moderated by Uni formed Services University’s Latin American Medical Students Association, focused on diversi ty in health care. Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed National Military Medical Cen ter sponsored the presentation.
“Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation,” is this year’s theme for National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
“It’s not just having conversations about DEI because nowadays, everybody has a ‘DEI some thing.’ You actually have to put these things into concrete actions,” Peña said. In addition to Peña, the panel included Navy Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Sebas tian Lara, Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Jonathan Kolon, and Nely Argueta, a medical assistant at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center/Uniformed Services University.
The panelists agreed that medical practitio ners should reflect and be able to communicate effectively with the communities they serve, which calls for greater diversity in health care.
Peña, a native of Puerto Rico, explained that DEI within organizations can come from having
Editor: Glen Faison
Copy Editor: Todd R. Hansen
Layout : Robinson Kuntz
Photo Editor: Robinson Kuntz
Travis Tailwind is a publication produced by the Daily Republic. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form, in whole or in part, without written permission, is prohibited.
Content published in Travis Tailwind is not necessarily the official view of, nor is it endorsed by, the U.S. government, the Department of Defense or the Department of the Air Force.
The appearance of advertising in the publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of Defense, the Department of the Air Force or the Daily Republic of the products or services advertised.
Those off base who wish to receive home delivery of Travis Tailwind may call 707-427-6975.
For information on paid advertising, call 707-425-4646. Correspondence may be sent to: Travis Tailwind/Daily Republic, 1250 Texas St., Fairfield, CA 94533.
2 Cover story
12-13 Worship services
14 Classifieds
15 Parting shots
ON THE COVER A U.S. Air Force
C-17 Globemaster III sits on the flight line at Travis Air Force Base, Sept. 23.
Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell/U.S. Air Force
Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell/U.S. Air Force photosBASE — Medical capabilities within mobility support advi sory squadrons are foundation al to security cooperation ac tivities that strengthen national defense and strategic relation ships.
A mobility support adviso ry squadron has 60 air advisers, including a flight nurse, an in dependent duty medical techni cian and an aeromedical evacu ation technician.
Joint work by medics in the 571st Mobility Support Adviso ry Squadron at Travis Air Force Base and the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, are bolster ing an increasing network of allies and partners in U.S. Af rica Command and U.S. South ern Command by providing cus tom training related to global air mobility.
Air advisers work collabora tively with host nation counter parts to identify target areas for capability and capacity build ing. They then develop tailored
courses to meet established goals.
“Aeromedical evacuation and patient movement are nec essary to conduct any kind of contingency or emergency re sponse operation,” said Maj. Chantel Armstrong, 571st Mo bility Support Advisory Squad ron air adviser. “Partner na tions apply these capabilities to a range of activities, including peacekeeping operations, hu manitarian assistance and di saster relief.”
By supporting the medical aspect of security cooperation, medical mobility support advi sory squadron air advisers con tribute to the broader mission of Department of Defense glob al health engagement. Medical security cooperation opens up new doors, according to Maj. Malick Traore, a former mo bility support advisory squad ron air adviser and interna tional health specialist at U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forc es Africa, currently serving as the Global Health Engagement Branch chief of U.S. Central Command.
“These activities focus on improving life-saving care for
Courtesy photo A team with the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, based out of Travis Air Force Base, and Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel train on elements of Tactical Combat Casualty Care with Honduran military members at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Aug. 3, 2021.
military personnel and increas ing the ability to work handin-hand with the United States and other regional partners,” Traore said. “Offering this type of cooperation can create space
See ADVISORY Page 11
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — An independent review commis sion last year ordered by Secre tary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III put forth an array of recom mendations designed to stop sex ual assault and harassment in the military.
Today, the Defense Depart ment is well underway in im plementing those recommendations, said the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.
On Capitol Hill, Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr. told lawmakers at the House Armed Services Committee that the Defense Department now has a framework in place to track the implementation and effectiveness of its efforts and to provide regular progress reviews through senior leadership forums that includes membership from across the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the services.
“The level of oversight is a
significant departure from pre vious reforms efforts in this area, and not only are we mak ing progress, we’re building the infrastructure needed to make real, lasting change and rebuild trust with our service mem bers,” Cisneros said.
One part of that infrastruc ture, Cisneros said, is the devel opment of a professional sexu al assault and sexual harassment workforce.
“At full operating capacity [it] will include over 2,000 person nel stationed around the world,” he said. “The department has worked to create a targeted recruitment plan to support the services in their hiring efforts, and I established a dedicated direct hiring authority, which I signed out last week, to more quickly identify and onboard these prevention workforce pro fessionals.”
Co-chairing an ensuing pan el, “the Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones testi fied on the Department of the Air
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIOLACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) — Security forces airmen at installations across the Department of the Air Force are set to don the Security Forces Next Gen Helmet 2.0 later this year.
After a recent contract award by the Air Force Security Forces Cen ter, Helmet 2.0 includes the ability to mount a wider variety of accessories, features bolt-on accessory rails and a night vision goggle mount that’s easy to adjust or replace, and a chinstrap extender for gas masks.
The 2.0 effort is part of Air Force Security Forces Center’s “replace ment through attrition program,” and builds on the functionality of the Se curity Forces NextGen 1.0 helmet released in 2020, said Master Sgt. John Sutherland, individual protective
equipment program manager at the center.
“In modern society, we’re all famil iar with the urge to update our phones to the latest and greatest model, but this hasn’t translated to some of the most important things in our profes sion, like ballistic helmets,” Sutherland said.
“The rate of technological advance ments today is astounding, and pro duces emerging threats and require ments rapidly,” Sutherland said. “As the world’s preeminent air power, we make great strides to update and up grade airframes and other operation al technologies, so it only makes sense to modernize the equipment used by those that defend them.”
Part of that modernization includes listening to and implementing, where possible, feedback from security forc es airmen across the enterprise.
“Feedback from the field is critical
and is actually the reason that some of the characteristics for the 2.0 helmet were developed,” Sutherland said. “No amount of testing or technical evaluations will cover everything be cause at the end of the day, only de fenders know what defenders need.”
“The field has multiple avenues of approach from surveys, direct visits to installations and open lines of com munication like quarterly teleconferences and emails,” said Master Sgt. Raymond Santiago, Air Force Securi ty Forces Center’s security forces in dividual equipment manager.
The Air Force Security Forces Cen ter’s S-4 Individual Equipment Sec tion is a customer service entity and relies on the enterprise to provide feedback and submit issues, Santia go added.
“We can’t grow, if we don’t know,” Santiago said.
See HELMETS Page 5
From Page 4
“The best way to get feed back from the field is by putting our equipment through real-life practical scenarios that a de fender might face in every part of their career from year one all the way through retirement,” said Tech. Sgt. Travis Hillard, defender instructor supervisor with the 343rd Training Squad ron’s Security Forces apprentice course in San Antonio.
Hillard, other instructors and students were instrumental
in testing functionality before Air Force Security Forces Cen ter gave the modified helmet the thumbs-up.
The airmen put the hel mets through “rigorous testing” conducted during field train ing, which included mounted and dismounted operations, low crawl/high crawl and a variety of other air base defense training objectives, Sutherland said.
“These helmets were soaked in sweat and caked in sand, and after hours of use, each tester was fitted with a gas mask and jacket to ensure compatibility with the helmet,” he said.
Participants also completed
an extensive survey on the equipment and its functionality.
The NextGen helmet program is just one part of the greater Air Force Security Forces Center’s individual protective equipment effort to standardize and mod ernize security forces equipment across the Air and Space Forces.
“Helmet 2.0 is only one aspect of the initiative,” Sutherland said. “The Modular Scalable Vest and Female Body Armor . . . Model Defender, which will provide equipment such as pouches, holsters, duty belts and more for each and every member. These efforts ensure that defenders can expect technologically relevant
and high-quality gear no matter where they are performing their mission.”
“The need to innovate gear is important for the protection of our airmen and guardians,” San tiago said.
Hillard echoed those senti ments.
“It’s incredibly important to constantly update our equipment to meet both modern threats, and to best utilize the constantly upgrading technology available to security forces pro tecting installations around the globe,” he said.
Consistently rolling out new and updated equipment across
the enterprise “helps create the elite weapon systems defenders need to be in the modern operat ing environment.”
“Threats are increasing and evolving so it’s critical our team provides the enterprise with the latest technology to ensure mis sion capabilities aren’t hindered and our greatest of asset are pro tected,” Santiago said. “At (Air Force Security Forces Center), we continue to collect feedback and upgrade defender gear to defeat or deter any enemies that threaten our installations.”
JOINT BASE McGUIREDIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. — Maj. Gen. John Klein Jr., command er of the U.S. Air Force Expedi tionary Center, published a new strategy defining a roadmap for the enterprise on how and why airmen must prepare for the ‘next big fight.’
In support of the center’s higher headquarters, with par ticular focus on Air Mobility Command’s recently released
command strategy and the antic ipated Mobility Manifesto, Klein is accelerating change by focus ing efforts on organizing, train ing and equipping airmen for ex peditionary warfare.
“Over time, we’ve shifted our focus away from what warfare may look like with a direct competitor,” Klein said. “This new strategy is intended to realign our focus to a peer that may con duct warfare on a level similar to our own.”
The central theme through out Klein’s guiding document
is victory delivered by airmen. As such, Klein has charged his commanders to invest now in the airmen who deliver the flex ible, strategic options our nation needs to lead from a position of strength.
Maj. Gen. John M. Klein Jr.
The Expeditionary Center has a unique set of functions it fulfills.
The center has two air mobili ty operation wings that allow the
center to project the joint force globally; the U.S. Air Force’s only contingency response wing that helps the center respond to emerging situations at a mo ment’s notice, as well as fortify relationships with partners and allies through its advisers; the joint bases that allow the center to project forces and integrate seamlessly with sister services; and the Expeditionary Opera tions School, which helps to train
and educate the entire Air Force for expeditionary warfare.
“With the combination of these capabilities, I have no doubt we will fortify the warrior mindset within our airmen and empower them to accomplish anything necessary to win the next big fight,” Klein said.
With the release of this strate gy, Klein has initiated a one-year
U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Public Affairs
From Page 6
shot clock that will see to sever al key enhancements to the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Cen ter, mirroring that of Air Mobility Command.
“Next-generation tactics will be applied to our contingency re sponse and air mobility wings along with optimizing joint base structures and evolving our ex peditionary training to support
the joint force, Air Force force generation, and advance capabilities needed to win high-end peer conflict,” Klein said.
By initiating the tasks within the new U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center strategy, Klein is ensuring the 14,000 airmen with in the enterprise are committed to developing and maintaining a warrior mindset that is oriented toward the pacing threat of our peer competition. With a clear vision of where the enterprise is going, along with proper orga nizing, training and equipping,
Klein’s goal is to make sure the U.S. Air Force does not fail.
“With this strategy, I am em powering the men and women of the United States Air Force Expeditionary Center to take charge, engage and win in a high-end fight,” Klein said.
Read the full U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center strategy at https://www.expeditionarycen ter.af.mil/Portals/11/documents/ USAFEC%20Strategy%20Sep tember%202022.pdf?ver=TDa4g 3Z4xFfVkuVxIUAmew%3d%3d.
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — A C-141 reunion is scheduled Oct. 22 at the Travis Air Force Base Museum.
The reunion will open at 10 a.m. with group pictures at 11 a.m. and lunch from noon to 3 p.m. The cost to attend is $22 per person payable at the door.
Reservations are due via email to text starting Saturday and continuing through Oct. 19.
The museum staff plans to cook for an old-fashioned squadron party, with hot dogs and hamburgers on the menu. Potato chips, soft drinks, beer, wine and water will also be provided.
95620
Staff Sgt. Scott Warner/U.S. Air Force
Tech. Sgt. Spencer Villanueva, an 821st Contingency Response Squadron flight sergeant, tests out his radio equipment during Turbo Distribution 22-2 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, July 13.
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — While the Air Force will be op erating under a continuing resolution again for the start of fiscal year 2023, Lt. Gen. John Healy wants Reserve citizen airmen to know the continu ing resolution will not slow down Air Force Reserve Command.
“Although we are facing another continuing resolution for at least the first part of FY23, this does not mean we will be hitting the brakes on ex ecution,” Healy, the chief of the Air Force and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, said in a memo to all Reserve citizen airmen.
“(Continuing resolutions) are de signed to ensure the Department of Defense can function at a level as close to full capacity as possible, and we intend to do just that. My desire is to ensure all airmen continue to oper ate as planned and under normalized
conditions even while we experience the fiscal uncertainty of a (continuing resolution).”
The general went on to say he has instructed Reserve headquarters, numbered Air Force and wing leaders to continue normal operations in accordance with the priorities and objectives he outlined in Task Or der 2022-01, which went out to all Re serve citizen airmen soon after Healy took command of Air Force Reserve Command in August.
“As citizen airmen, you will have the ability to continue your participa tion without interruption as we con tinue to achieve the readiness man dated by the American people,” he said. “Your leaders are obligated to equip you and enable you to complete your mission.”
Healy’s strategic priorities for the command, as outlined in his ini tial task order, are “Ready Now!” and “Transforming for the Future.”
Lt. Col. Jon Quinlan/U.S. Air Force Air Force Lt. Gen. John Healy, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command; left, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard, discuss the air reserve component during a panel at the 2022 Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 19.Orca, the U.S. Navy’s mine-laying drone, is running at least three years late and 64% over original cost estimates be cause the service failed to determine that aerospace giant Boeing had the skills needed to build the seagoing vessel, ac cording to congressional auditors.
“These cost overruns and schedule de lays are attributable, in part, to the Na vy’s decision to not require the contractor to demonstrate its readiness to fabricate the prototype, as called for by leading ac quisition practices,” the Government Ac countability Office said in a report re leased Wednesday.
What was planned as a $379 million project to produce 70ton drones the size of a subway car is now at least a $621 million effort, with $504 million already spent, the GAO said. Although a contract called for the first of
five vessels to be delivered in December 2020 and the rest by this December, Boe ing and the Navy now “expect the con tractor to complete and deliver all five ve hicles between February and June 2024.”
The delay was reported by Bloomberg News in June.
Boeing “did not demonstrate its read iness to fabricate” the extra-large drone “because it was not required to do so” as the Navy sought “to field the vehicles quickly,” the GAO said. The Navy determined that Orca “was critical to fulfill ing an emergent need,” but the service “did not develop a sound business case, including cost and schedule estimates, to ensure that it could deliver the vehicles quickly to the fleet,” GAO said.
Investors are growing more concerned about Boeing’s struggles to fulfill military contracts, especially given the billions of dollars in charges the company has re corded for cost overruns on programs
such as the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker and new Air Force One.
“The commercial aircraft side of Boe ing continues to garner the most atten tion, but we are actually more concerned about the financial risk from the swathe of fixed-price development contracts in Boeing Defense,” Vertical Research Part ners analyst Robert Stallard said in a cli ent note before the GAO report was pub lished. Boeing faces a “risk of significant additional charges,” he said.
Boeing beat out aerospace rival Lock heed Martin Corp. for the project in Feb ruary 2019. Delays followed as Boe ing “struggled to fabricate” the Orca, which had key differences from an ear lier prototype, the GAO said. “Navy offi cials acknowledged that the contract’s” $281.5 million “ceiling price would likely be exceeded,” the auditors said, meaning Boeing is likely to absorb contract over runs.
According to Boeing, once it won the contact “to meet the Navy’s require ments, it had to revise the design for crit ical components, update subcontractor cost proposals for major sections such as the hull, pressure vessels and battery and alter manufacturing processes to ac count for the differences with Echo Voy ager,” the prototype, the GAO said. In a June statement, Boeing also cited the un certainties in developing “new, advanced technology” and Covid-related impacts in setting up production.
Frederick Stefany, a deputy assistant Navy secretary, said in brief remarks in the report that “based on performance to date, the Navy is collecting all cost, sched ule and capability data to inform our as sessment of contractor-proposed cost and schedules going forward and to inform consideration of potential trade-offs.”
It was the tail end of Febru ary when Bogdan Vuitsik turned on the television and realized he was in a real life nightmare. Russia had invaded Ukraine. Vuitsik, a Ukrainian native, liv ing and working in Krakow, Po land, needed to get his family to safety.
Vuitsik’s aunt, cousins, and mother-in-law all made the trek across the border. Seeking shel ter for them, Vuitsik, a senior artist at video game develop er Infinity Ward, heard from his boss, studio head Michal Drobot, that Activision would help with rent and hotel accommodations for a few weeks, until they could find a more permanent solution. But help from the developers at Infinity Ward’s new Krakow stu dio, opened to aid in the devel opment of the popular war sim franchise Call of Duty, did not end there.
For nearly two decades, the Call of Duty franchise has digi tally immersed hundreds of mil lions of players around the globe into increasingly realistic digital worlds of war. From the cartelcontrolled streets of Brazil to the castles of Scotland, the first-per son shooter game has featured numerous action-packed set tings carefully crafted by the ti tle’s development team. Now, the team in charge of creating some of the largest, most realistic bat tlefields in the gaming industry weren’t far from a real one, mere
miles away.
Back in 2018, Infinity Ward announced the opening of the Krakow studio to focus on re search and development for Call of Duty alongside a team based in Los Angeles. Drobot, then a principal rendering engineer, was tapped to lead the new of fice, which was full of eastern European talent. History has made it more challenging than anticipated. After the team’s ear ly years were disrupted by the covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion presented another chal lenge: the Poland studio is just over 500 miles from the Ukraini an capital of Kyiv.
At the start of the invasion, Infinity Ward engineer Wiktor Czosnowski recalled the narra tive being one in which Russia, “the second-greatest army in the world,” would overtake Ukraine in a matter of three days. Seven months later, the fighting contin ues with an endgame still hard to predict.
Shortly after the invasion began, hoardes of scared, dis placed Ukrainian refugees flood ed across the borders of Poland. Drobot and his team of more than two dozen sprang into ac tion, offering up their homes and resources, including those of the company, to protect people who left nearly everything behind. Drobot has seen blooms of fire from artillery explosions in the distance when working with ref ugees at the border.
Associate Principal Software Engineer Andrew Shurney and
his Russian-born wife, Aleksan dra Poseukova, lived near a train station where thousands of ref ugees had encamped. The en gineer, originally from Seattle, said he felt little hesitation al lowing refugees to utilize their apartment as long as neces sary, offering up supplies and a friendly smile when he could. Despite chaos around them, hos pitality was the least the couple felt they could offer to provide a bit of hope to those reeling from the conflict.
“Big picture-wise, there’s not much I can do, but I can at least help the person that’s sitting across from me, which maybe isn’t much, but it’s something,” Shurney said in a video inter view with The Washington Post.
Until a few weeks ago, Shur ney hosted an expecting moth er, nine-months pregnant, along with her seven-year-old son. When the mother, Katya, was preparing to go into labor, the couple was asked to do some thing Shurney never anticipated when moving to Europe weeks
earlier: take care of a child.
“[Katya] knew us for two weeks and she had to trust us to take care of her seven-year-old while she was at the hospital giv ing birth to her daughter,” said Poseukova. “We bonded quite quickly, but by force. It was a major adjustment for everyone.”
After returning with the new est addition to her family, Katya named Shurney and Poseukova the child’s godparents. The cou ple cracked a smile during a vid eo interview as they shared their new title, given by a woman with whom they had no prior relationship.
Shortly after Katya gave birth, Shurney and Poseukova relocated to a larger apartment with a guest bedroom. Shurney didn’t hesitate inviting Katya’s now family of three to stay with them in their new place until they could get settled more per manently elsewhere.
“The amount they’re hav ing to suffer is so much bigger than anything I can take on,” Shurney said in an interview on
Activision’s website last month. “If someone needs something, we’re going to do what we can. We’re giving them a room.”
Infinity Ward’s Czosnowski has taken comfort in how the people in Poland have responded to their new guests.
“This is the thing that is beau tiful in this whole situation,” Czosnowski said. “How natu rally two nations merge togeth er from the beginning. From day zero people started helping and maybe there were voices based on some historical issues between our countries, but it was drowned out by people who would like to help.”
Despite the small moments of happiness members of the Kra kow office experience from time to time, the gaps are filled with numbness, anger and at times, a sense of hopelessness as civil ians try to cope with the impact of the Russian invasion.
“There was a lot of fear and depression when the war start ed. I was personally afraid how it
AID Page 11
We service all makes and models of RV motorhome, 5th Wheel and Trailer Chassis, brakes, lights, engine, HVAC, transmission, steering, axles, bearings, suspension, tires etc. We also repair and service all trucks from a pick up truck to a Class 8 Big Rig.
Our team of Technician’s have over 150 years combined repair and diagnostic experience. We treat your vehicle like it is ours. There is no job too big or small, we invite them all.
Give us a call to schedule an appointment or just stop by we always have coffee brewed and popcorn popped. We look forward to meeting you and providing you with excellent customer service. Pt ThiAdf 10%Di
Mon.-Fri.,
Sat.,
Fairfield,
From Page 3
for new relationships that other wise may not exist.”
Traore recalls one of his first missions as a mobility support advisory squadron air adviser to Rwanda to help the country de velop an aeromedical patient movement capability.
“Because the Rwandans were planning to get air assets, we tailored the proposal us ing a collaborative approach that included medical training,
biomedical engineering, air craft maintenance, and logistics air advisers to maximize utiliza tion potential of these aircraft,” Traore said. “This opened the floodgate for a range of cooper ation between Rwanda and the United States, including the Af rican Peacekeeping Rapid Re sponse Partnership, a multiyear security cooperation initiative.”
The expansion with Rwandan counterparts served to build sus tainable capabilities, which is a priority for advisers when devel oping security cooperation.
From Page 2
the call, the San Diego Board of Education did the same by voting to donate 10 decommissioned buses for the children in time for their first day of school on Oct. 3.
“For those of us in education, nothing hurts our hearts more than the suffering of children, whether they live in San Diego or anyplace else,” said San Diego School District Board President Sharon Whitehurst-Payne in a recent district newsletter. “We are grateful for the opportuni ty to provide the children of Hai ti with a source of hope for years to come, and we hope to inspire others to join us, because San Di ego is a generous community.”
Reservists at March Air Re serve Base also played an impor tant role in the aid mission when airmen from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing took delivery of the
three buses at the Southern Cal ifornia base Sept. 10 and pre pared them for the incoming Travis C-17 aircrew.
Joseph said acquiring trans portation for aid is one of the greatest difficulties NGOs face, but through the Denton Program and airmen who are committed to making a difference, “thou sands of students have been safely taken back and forth to school” since their humanitarian efforts began.
“Together, we have now delivered three of the 10 buses San Diego Unified donated, which will make an immeasurable im pact,” Joseph said. “These buses are heaven sent.”
Online applications and ad ditional information about the DoD Humanitarian Assistance Programs, Denton and Funded Transportation’s Programs are available at http://hatransport ation.ohasis.org.
From Page 10
was going to roll out,” said Czos nowski, whose tone darkened when discussing civilian vic tims in Mariupol from an attack called a “war crime” by the Or ganization of Security and Co operation in Europe. “Now, six months after, I think there is more anger with how things are going on and how Russia as a country is behaving.”
The tragedies of the invasion have continued to hound Ukrai nians who have escaped across the border.
A family taken in by Czos nowski came to Poland because the son had previously lived in the country, but his mother was undergoing chemotherapy and needed to return to Kyiv for her treatment.
“A week ago she passed away [while in Ukraine],” Czos nowski said. “And now [her
son] cannot even go to her fu neral because if you go [back into Ukraine], he cannot come back here [due to a declaration of martial law]. It’s [expletive] horrible. When you see how people’s lives go upside down and it’s a war without any big ger reason from the Russianside, it makes me angry.”
Poseukova echoed that senti ment. For her part, she’s trying to offer whatever work she can to help refugees earn money.
“I’m trying to hire Ukrainian people for different types of ser vices, whether it’s tailoring or watching after the dog or cleaning. Every week, I have people who come in to help with clean ing. One individual was a rela tively successful travel agent, another one was a manager at a mortgage company and another one is a high school teacher. So it makes you humble to see how life can just crumble.”
Multiple individuals who spoke to The Post said that
despite opening up their homes to complete strangers, offering up their own resources and do nating dozens of hours to help ing at fulfillment centers, they felt could be doing a lot more to make a difference.
“I think it’s just kind of an Eastern European thing,” Drobot said, regarding the views of his employees. “We don’t always take as much pride as we should with things we do.”
Despite the horrors the In finity Ward team members have seen firsthand or heard by word of mouth, Czosnowski said he’s taken heart in some of the things he’s seen recently at the macro level (he referenced the budding friendship between Po land President Andrzej Duda and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zel ensky) and the societal level. As he walks his dog each day, he said he sees books now be ing printed in Ukrainian to help those experiencing a language barrier.
We can EASILY close a VA loan transaction in 19 - 22 days here locally, So if you want to get it done Quickly at a Great Rate and Low Fees, with the same person from the beginning till the end, Let’s Talk.
We have NO OVERLAYS! We can do a VA Loan 2 yrs after a Short Sale, Foreclosure or Bankruptcy AND we can do scores down to 580 and ratios up to 65%!
We have been able to successfully get COE’s approved when other companies cannot get your eligibility restored!
We regularly beat other lenders quotes and we are right here Locally near the ‘In and Out Burger’.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT to our Valued Veterans!! Sellers are now giving credits again towards your closing costs!! That means you can Purchase with $0 money out of pocket if your Realtor, who we can refer you to, can get you enough seller credits to Zero our your Costs, Let’s Talk!
We can also do a VA JUMBO purchase anywhere in CA to $2Million at $0 Down!to a
Nancy
For advertising information about this director y,
First Assembly Of Godof Fairfield
Lead Pastor: C. Eric Lura
•9:15 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL
•10:30 AM * MORNING WORSHIP
•KID’z CHURCH Grades K-5th
•10:00 AM WEDNESDAY SENIOR PRAYER
• 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Adult Bible Study Girl’s Club
Royal Rangers Revolution Youth
*Nursery Care Provided 707425-3612
2207 UNION AVE., FAIRFIELD www.1agff.org
email: info@1agff.org
Live Stream on:
Dr. Claybon Lea, Jr. - Senior Pastor
Fairfield Campus
1735 Enterprise Drive, Bldg. 3 Fairfield, CA 94533
Sunday Worship Services 7:00am & 10:00 am
Bible Study Tuesdays at 12 noon (virtual)
Suisun Campus 601 Whispering Bay Lane, Suisun City, CA 94585
707-425-1849 www.mcbcfs.org for more information
Live Stream on:
Classifieds at 707-427-6973
email: cgibbs@dailyrepublic.net
1050 North Texas Street
The All Together Different Church
Fair eld, CA 94533-0624 707-425-3138 www.holyspiritfair eld.org
Weekend Mass: Saturday • 5:00 pm & 7:00 pm (Spanish) Sunday • 6:00am (Spanish), 7:30, 9:00, 10:30am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm (Spanish), 7:00pm (Spanish)
CHURCH of CHRIST Meetsat Rockville Cemetery Stone Chapel
4221 Suisun Valley Rd, Fairfield
9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Bible Study
9:50 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship
5:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Bible Study
We welcome and encourage you to come and hear the good news of the gospel of Christ, and to learn about eternal salvation for all mankind that is offered through Jesus.
1127 Davis Street, Vacaville 707-448-6209 www.fbcvv.com
Daily: M-F • 7:00am & 9:00am Saturday • 9:00am; Tues & Fri • 7:00pm (Spanish); Wed • 7:00pm (English) OLPH Confessions in
English: Saturday • 3:00-4:30pm
Spanish: Tues & Fri • 4:00pm-6:00pm
1405 Kentucky Street Fair eld, CA 94533
Rev. Dr. Terry Long, Pastor
Sunday Sunday School: 11:00 a.m.
Morning Worship Service: 12:00 p.m.
Children’s Church: 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday Prayer Meeting: 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Bible Study: 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Web Site: www.stpaulfair eld.org
Email: stpaulbcfair eld@comcast.net
Church Phone: 707-422-2003
Sunday Morning Worship 10AM
“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
Bring a heart and mind willing to hear God’s Word and to do His great will...
For more information or directions, please visit our website at www.rockvillecofc.com
From Page 3
Force’s efforts to ensure airmen and guardians live and work in an environment safe from sexual harassment and sexual assault.”
“To successfully fulfill our mission to protect and defend our nation, addressing sexual harassment and sexual assault must be a top priority,” Jones
said. “This is a warfighting issue, a readiness issue and a leader ship issue.”
The DoD is also working with the military services to profes sionalize the victim response workforce, Cisneros said. Pro fessionalization of that task means the Defense Department and services would no longer need to rely on military members who may be doing that same work now as a collateral
duty in addition to their regu lar military job. Additionally, as part of an effort to regain the trust of victims of sexual assault and harassment, that workforce will be outside the chain of com mand.
Cisneros also told lawmak ers the department would soon reach initial operating capability with its Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Training and Education Center of Excellence.
“Another significant under taking at the [Defense] Depart ment is military justice reform, through the implementation of the Offices of Special Trial Coun sel,” Cisneros said. “This effort will ensure independent exper tise and prosecutorial decisions and is essential to the restoring of trust and to hold perpetrators of sexual assault accountable.”
According to Cisneros, the Offices of Special Trial Counsel
will ensure independent, spe cialized expertise in prosecu torial decisions for the covered offenses of sexual assault, do mestic violence and related crimes.
“The department has clearly heard from our service members that action and change are des perately needed, and the depart ment is answering that call,” Cis neros said.
For advertising information about this director y, call Classifieds at 707-427-6973 or email: cgibbs@dailyrepublic.net
9:30 am Sunday 310 Parker Street Vacaville, CA 95688
Visit sonrise-v v.org for info
Bible-Based Expository Preaching Sunday Worship Services 9:00 & 10:45 AM
Pastor Jon Kile 192 Bella Vista Road, Vacaville 707-451-2026
Sunday school for all ages is provided during both services. Visit our website for information on other ministries offered at www.vacavillefaith.org
“To know Him, and to make Him known”
490 Brown Street Vacaville, CA 95688 707-446-8684
Sundays: Sunday School (9:45 am) Worship Service (11:00 am) Fellowship Lunch (12:30 pm)
Thursdays: Prayer Meeting (7:00 pm) Bible studies throughout the week.
Pastor Ben Smith www.vacavillebiblechurch.com office@vacavillebiblechurch.com
1011
95687
Horse Creek Drive Vacaville, CA 95688 (707) 455-7790
www.tfh.org
Service Times Sunday: 9am & 11am Live Stream at tfhvacaville tfhvacavilletfhvacaville
401 Fir St., Vacaville, CA 95688 (707) 448-5085
Minister: Elliott Williams Sunday Morning Bible Study 9:30 AM
Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 AM Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 PM Wed. Evening Bible Study 7:00 PM www.vacavillecofc.com
If you would like to take a free Bible correspondence course contact: Know Your Bible Program
401 Fir Street • Vacaville, CA 95688 (707) 448-5085
Orchard Ave, Vacaville – 447-0521
unityvv@pacbell.net www.unityvacaville.org
707-479-9022.
0637
707-483-6472
splitter. 27 ton. $530.00. 707-422-0119
707-422-0119
0641
$230.00 707-422-0119
0709 BOATS/WATER-
$530.00 707-422-0119
RIGHT: Team Travis family members participate in Walk of Hope, a Childhood Cancer Awareness event, at the Military and Family Readiness Center, Travis Air Force Base, Sept. 21. The event was filled with activities, games, food for all attendees and booths full of resources for families battling cancer.
BOTTOM LEFT: Ashley Miguel, center, Military and Family Readiness Center community readiness specialist and 349th Force Support Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of readiness, shares her son’s cancer journey during Walk of Hope, a Childhood Cancer Awareness event, at the Military and Family Readiness Center, Travis Air Force Base, Sept. 21.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Team Travis family members play a game during Walk of Hope, a Childhood Cancer Awareness event, at the Military and Family Readiness Center, Travis Air Force Base, Sept. 21, 2022.
Chustine Minoda/U.S. Air Force photos
Page 2
employee resource groups and similar forums where ideas can be discussed and presented for change, and leadership is recep tive to change. “When it comes to [the organization], it’s about making sure you’re [effectively representing] your patients and employees,” Peña said.
“I’m pretty much a believ er of ‘If you see one, you can be one,’ and if you don’t have [diverse] representation at the top levels of your organization, then it doesn’t bode well in terms of your company painting itself as inclusive and diverse,” she said.
“As I advertise the Depart ment of Defense to [applicants of the] Health Professions Schol arship Program, something that I say is, ‘In the private practice world, you don’t have to have equal opportunity (EO),’ ” said Kolon, a Uniformed Services University dental professor. He added EO is mandated through out DoD.
“It’s an honorable and very good thing. I tell people if [EO] is important, add it to the equa tion when it comes to, ‘Should I stay in or get out?’ Some people value [EO] so much, they stay. There’s absolutely wonderful things in that,” said Kolon, who has worked in private practice in addition to his military career. His ancestry is from Spain.
Lara, whose father came from Mexico and mother from Argen tina, said Spanish is one of his passions, and Peña added it was her first language growing up in Puerto Rico.
Kolon said deploying on hu manitarian missions to Latin American countries afford ed him the opportunity to gain knowledge of some Spanish medical terminology, which helps him better serve his pa tients whose primary language is Spanish.
“When it comes to the deliv ery of care to Spanish-speaking patients, as a practice manager, it’s important you make sure the quality of the care is the same
as you would in delivering care to an English-speaking person,” Peña said. “This is why it’s im portant to recruit physicians and other health-care practitioners who speak various languages.”
Lara said there are family members from Spanish-speak ing countries who come to Wal ter Reed National Military Med ical Center for care when their military spouses are assigned here. Some come understanding very little English.
“It’s been a benefit and an honor to help out these families, and you can visibly see how they relax when you walk in the exam room and you’re able to just say, ‘Hello’ and ‘Welcome to the hos pital’ in Spanish,” he said.
Peña said it’s also important to have diverse representation in clinical trials and studies for better outcomes of new medica tion and therapeutics across var ious populations. She explained that it’s often a challenge to get individuals from Black and La tino communities to participate in medical studies because of a general distrust among those populations towards the medical community. She explained that this can be attributed to medi cal practitioners’ inability to ef fectively communicate with the individuals who live in these communities, as well as past histories of how the medical com munity treated these communi ties.
“During the pandemic, there was misinformation given to un derrepresented minorities, and there was a higher prevalence of Covid and Covid-related compli cations in Black and Latino pop ulations. It’s going to take a long time to come back from that,” Peña said. “Sometimes, alter nate therapies can be lifesav ing, but there’s still this precon ceived notion that they’re still experimental.”
She said this often makes people in communities of color feel like they’re being treated as guinea pigs.
“It comes back to communi cation and education, and trying to regain that trust [with the in dividuals in those communities]. It is challenging,” Peña said.
