TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE —
Well-being and mental health are significant players in what makes a person whole, content and full of zest. Though often ruts in the pavement do appear during a person’s travels along the road of life, a minor tune up may be required.
Getting back up on the pavement is the aim, just as this one man’s journey up and onward prepared him to do. It led him to counseling Reserve Citizen airmen who support and defend the United States of America.
“I have an open-door policy here,” said Fredrick Moore, director of Psychological Health, 349th Air Mobility Wing, at Travis Air Force Base. “As a civilian providing mental health services for our reservists assigned to the wing, I do not feel like these men and women should fear their careers could be in jeopardy,” Moore said. “I know I am going to have to break through some of those stigmas.”
The 349th Air Mobility Wing recently welcomed Moore as the new director of psychological health early this year. He is planning the wing’s roadmap to support and empower airmen and their families.
Moore said confidentiality is to be taken seriously. However,
in extreme cases, prevention and intervention are implemented. If one of these top three conditions exist, such as certain elements of violence and abuse of children, domestic spousal abuse in a marriage or relationship, and demonstration of homicidal or suicidal tendencies, they are reportable.
“I have to report homicidal ideation if there is a victim in order to protect them,” Moore said.
“There are some limitations with remaining confidential. We can implement safety plans for someone that might be at a moderate risk for suicide. Anxiety or depression is not considered a safety threat. Although, it is a risk factor.”
Moore begins a new counseling session with a formal introduction and a one-hour visit to establish a rapport, and to begin moving the member through the process to solve issues first at the front line.
As the wing’s director of Psychological Health, Moore has been through the field of weeds to get where he is today, holding a license as an independent social worker, a graduate degree in social work, and a stockpile of experience.
Moore was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. After four years of service, he worked as a psychiatric attendant. Moore realized this occupation was difficult for him, so he
ended up working in a factory.
“When I was in high school, I worked in a factory before joining the Air Force,” Moore said. “The factory went out of business, so I went to work in a kitchen cabinetry factory, where I worked for 17 years.”
It was during this period, Moore said, “I saw that my life was kind of spinning out of control. So, I decided to take a leap of faith and go back to school. At the time, I was 44 years old.”
Moore reflected on his journey and how his internal voice told him he had to make changes, or he was going to end up not being a productive member in society. He did not want to experience a relapse after coming so far.
“I’ve been clean and sober for approximately two years before it took me 18 months to build up the courage to go back to school,” Moore said thoughtfully. “That’s my past, but I still wear it, and I don’t look at it as a negative thing. I think I’ll look at it as something that made me who I am today.”
Moore put his foot to the pedal and earned his degree in human services and general studies. Counselors at the college put him on a good path forward. He transferred to Indiana University East in Richmond, Indiana, after he received his associate degree from Ivy Technical Community College, located less than a mile away.
limit, Moore completed his bach elor’s degree from the universi ty in 2010. A few years and miles later, he graduated after earning his master’s degree in 2013 from Arizona State University located in the city of Tempe.
Moore soon found himself heading west down the highway to accept a position with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He gained valuable experience doing a barrage of services in outpatient mental health as medical support assistance. After just four months of employment, Moore was promoted as an emergency room social worker.
Now that Moore parked himself in the director of psychological health spot at the 349th
and its reserve population, including spouses and children,” Moore said. “I will be here for drill weekends once a month, too.”
Moore’s office is in the 349th Air Mobility Wing headquarters building upstairs in Room 218. His normal duty hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. To schedule a time, call 707-424-1676.
“It gives me honor to have the opportunity to serve our Constitution by helping airmen and their families to be resilient whenever a life stressor may present itself,” Moore said.
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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The Army & Air Force Exchange Service and American Tattoo Society opened the third tattoo shop on a military installation at Travis Air Force Base on Feb. 17.
60th Mission Support Group Deputy Di rector Bobbie Campbell joined Travis Ex change General Manager Cathie Byrns in cutting the ribbon on the shop, located in the mini mall.
“Tattoos have a long tradition with the military, and now the Exchange is offer ing this service in a safety-focused envi ronment,” Byrns said in a press release. “Airmen and other members of the Travis community have a safe and convenient op tion without having to leave the base.”
American Tattoo Society at 461 Skymaster Circle, Building 650 and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information, call 707-803-5836.
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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Airmen and other Army & Air Force Exchange Service shoppers can score a PlayStation 5 prize package during the Military Star cardmember appreciation event.
Now through March 2, shoppers will automatically earn an entry into the worldwide sweepstakes every time they use their Military Star card. Five winners will receive a PS5 console and game bundle.
New cardmembers will also receive 10% off on all their firstday purchases, applied as a credit on the first monthly billing statements.
“The Military Star cardmember appreciation event is a chance to celebrate and thank our military community,” Travis Exchange General Manager Cathie Byrns said in a press release. “It’s an honor to serve those who serve with everyday savings and rewards.”
The Military Star card also offers one low APR for all cardmembers, regardless of credit score; never charges any annual, late or over-limit fees; and features budgeting tools such as Pay Your Way Plans, which offer fixed monthly payments at reduced interest.
The card is administered by the Army & Air Force Exchange Service and is accepted at all exchanges, commissaries and online at ShopMyExchange.com.
— Following the lead of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Air Force, the commander of Air Force Reserve Command and chief of the Air Force Reserve has rescinded the June 2022 memo that restricted participation and travel for Reserve citizen airmen not vaccinated against Covid-19.
“Effective immediately, Covid-19 vaccination status is not a barrier to service in the Air Force Reserve,” Lt. Gen. John Healy said in rescinding the memo dated June 21, 2022. “Individuals desiring to join the Air Force Reserve should contact a recruiter to determine eligibility in accordance with standard accession processes and policies. Additionally, previous limitations to
official travel and participation for Covid-19 unvaccinated mem bers have been lifted.”
Going forward, Cov id-19 unvaccinated military members may participate in ac cordance with applicable Depart ment of the Air Force instruc tions, policies and force health protection guidance. Additional ly, Air Force Reserve members involuntarily reassigned to the Individual Ready Reserve solely due to Covid-19 vaccination refusal who want to return to an actively participating status should contact a recruiter.
Standard accession processes, policies and waiver authorities apply.
“This rescission takes effect immediately and ends differentiation based on Covid-19 vaccination status when determining service and participation eligibility,” said Col. James Rigsbee,
chief of the Readiness and Integration Division within Air Force Reserve Command’s Directorate of Manpower, Personnel and Services. “This change bolsters our focus on building readiness and resiliency to deter and defeat adversaries in this generation and the next. It provides commanders the necessary authorities and flexibilities to complete training and currency requirements in accordance with standard process and policies.”
Crystal Ortiz SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS
(AFNS) — The Department of the Air Force’s capstone innovation campaign, Spark Tank, recently concluded submissions –and airmen and guardians may now vote for one of the top six selected ideas.
Visit the links below each selection for details on each idea. To vote for your favorite, visit the Guardians and Airmen Innovation Network website. First-time users will need to sign up for a free account using their government email addresses and Common Access Cards. Then click “Vote now” next to your favorite idea, limit one idea only. Voting ends March 8.
The semi-final round of Spark Tank completed Dec. 19, with six of 235 ideas advancing to the finals. Finals are
scheduled to take place at the Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium on March 8 in Aurora, Colorado.
Department of the Air Force senior leaders and two celebrity judges will review the ideas and select the winner in a live event.
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WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III released a memorandum, “Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care,” on Oct. 20, 2022, directing the department to take a series of actions to ensure service members and their families are able to access non-covered reproductive health care.
These policies reinforce the Austin’s commitment to taking care of our people, ensuring their health and well-being, and ensuring the force remains ready and resilient.
The Department of Defense released the directed policies Feb. 16 on command notification of pregnancy, administrative absence for non-covered reproductive health care, and travel allowances for non-covered reproductive health care. These policies will be effective within 30 days to allow the military departments time to implement and incorporate these policies into their service regulations, and to allow time for service specific guidance to be developed.
The policy on command notification of pregnancy provides service members the time and
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flexibility to make private health care decisions while accounting for the responsibility placed on commanders to meet operational requirements and protect the health and safety of those in their care. This policy standardizes and extends the timeframe for service members to inform their commanders about a pregnancy, generally allowing service members until up to 20 weeks of pregnancy to notify their commanders of their pregnancy status, with limited exceptions to account for specific military duties, occupational health hazards, and medical conditions.
The policy for administrative absence for non-covered reproductive health care provides service members the ability to request an administrative absence from their normal duty station to access non-covered reproductive health care without being charged leave. Service members may be granted an administrative absence to access, or to accompany a dual-military spouse or a dependent to access, non-covered reproductive health care.
Travel and transportation allowances may be authorized for service members and dependents to travel to access non-covered
reproductive health care. Travel and transportation allowances may be authorized when access to non-covered reproductive health care services is not available within the local area of the member’s permanent duty station, temporary duty location, or the last location the dependent
was transported on government orders. The non-covered reproductive health care is at the service member’s expense.
Our service members and their families do not control where they are stationed, and due to the nature of military service, are frequently required to travel or move to meet operational requirements. The efforts taken by the department today will not only ensure that service members and their families are afforded time and flexibility to make private health care decisions, but
will also ensure service members are able to access non-covered reproductive health care regardless of where they are stationed. For more information on the department’s actions on non-covered reproductive health care, visit https://www.health.mil/ News/In-the-Spotlight/EnsuringAccess-to-Reproductive-HealthCare.
For comprehensive information and resources visit https:// health.mil/MIlitary-HealthTopics/Womens-Health.
Janet A. Aker MHS COMMUNICATIONS
January 2023 marked 32 years since the start of the first Gulf War – Operation Desert Storm. For those who have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, anniversaries of traumatic events can be one of many triggers, even years later.
These “anniversary reaction” may cause PTSD symptoms, according to the Department of Veteran Affairs. “Those dates always just kind of come back,” said U.S. Army Iraq War veteran Guillermo Sanchez on the VA’s AboutFace program. “Even if you don’t ever make an effort to remember that date … it’ll just hit me out of nowhere.”
As a veteran of Desert Storm, or of Afghanistan or Iraq, you may or may not have sought out behavioral health resources for treating PTSD, mild traumatic brain injury, or other mental health impacts of traumatic events.
But if you need help, the
Defense Health Agency’s global inTransition program is here to assist you with your behavioral health information needs worldwide, 24/7/365 via phone, chat or email, helping to link service members and veterans to care.
The inTransition program is a voluntary, free, confidential program that offers specialized coaching and assistance for active-duty service members, U.S. National Guard members, reservists, veterans, and retirees who need access to behavioral health care while in a state of transitioning or any time after discharge.
Nicholas Polizzi, inTransition’s program manager who holds a doctorate in educational psychology, said the program “can help clients discern what services they’re qualified or eligible for. And then help get them connected to providers, wherever
and however they’re moving.”
Polizzi said, “We have that re ally narrow, but so important, scope of making sure people don’t fall through the cracks after tran sitioning because health care, es pecially behavioral health care, are what’s the first thing often to go by the wayside when some body is transitioning, or even just moving from one location to an other.”
One veteran who used the pro gram, retired U.S. Army Capt. Joel Serrano, said when he tran sitioned after 26 years in the U.S. Army, he felt a sadness and strug gled understanding why. “The in Transition Program . . . it gave me the stability, a type of mentorship guiding you to stay on the path.”
Continuity of care is important because “situations like these are
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precisely when behavioral health care is needed the most, due to the stressors of transitioning and being potentially more at risk as a result,” said psychiatrist Dr. Charles Hoge, the senior scientist at the behavioral health division of the Office of the U.S. Army Surgeon General, in Falls Church, Virginia. “InTransition is one of the safety nets.”
The inTransition program services are available to all military members regardless of length of service or discharge status, and there is no expiration date to enroll.
Most notably, inTransition supports service members and veterans who are transitioning between behavioral health care providers, mostly because they are leaving the Department of
Defense or separating from service or they’re retiring.
“They’re leaving the DoD and that culture, becoming a civilian, and pursuing behavioral health care in the civilian sector,” Polizzi said. “We help them find resources in their geographic area, and then support them until they are connected to the resources providers who are working for them. And then we follow up to make sure they’re happy with the care.”
“We won’t rest until we help you get connected to care that works for you,” he said.
You can also just “kick the tires” at inTransition if you don’t want help now, Polizzi said, “It’s good for you to know that inTransition remains as a service should you wish to use it in the future.”
If your situation or mental health changes, “just reach out to us anytime day or night to get that ball rolling again,” he said.
The inTransition coaches, who
are licensed behavioral health care professionals steeped in military culture, work with clients to create specific goals for getting them connected to care. Those goals depend on where the service member or veteran is in terms of his or her desire to get connected or how motivated they are, Polizzi said.
“The service member or veteran identifies what’s important to them, what their goals are, in terms of getting connected to care. And then the service member or veteran and the coach come up with a mutually agreed upon action plan, a game plan, that the veteran or service member is going to engage in between now and the next coaching call,” Polizzi said.
That could involve as few as one to three goals, such as “Contact the VA.”
The power is in the client’s hands: “We’re not telling the service member or veteran what to do; we are mutually coming to
an agreed-upon number of goals to address between now and the next coaching session. And they are all designed to help move the ball down the field,” Polizzi said.
PTSD has been around since wars began under various names, such as battle fatigue and shell shock.
But in the past 30 years because of Iraq and Afghanistan, “there has been a huge leap both in the awareness of the problem, as well as the efforts to help people to feel more comfortable coming into care, as well as the types of treatment, and the diversity of treatments that are now available that were never available before,” Hoge said.
A retired U.S. Army colonel, Hoge is the former head of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research military psychiatry program, which was responsible
for measuring the psychological and neurological consequences of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He still serves as an attending psychiatrist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, providing treatment to warriors and family members. He authored the first paper to describe PTSD in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in 2003, deployed to Iraq in 2004, and then deployed to Afghanistan (as a civilian) in 2011 to improve combat stress care in the field. Hoge said PTSD therapy can work, but noted that there is still a stigma attached to seeking help.
“People are always concerned that mental health care is going to make them viewed differently by their peers or leaders, or that it might affect their ability to perform their job or their security clearance. These are the fears which we’ve tried to address and dispel the stigmatizing perceptions,” Hoge said.
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LEFT: U.S. Air Force Col. Derek Salmi, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, speaks to the crowd during the 2023 State of the Base event at Travis Air Force Base, Feb. 16. The State of the Base is an event hosted by the 60 AMW to highlight the past year, inform and educate local and state leaders about significant base accomplishments and further bolster community relationships.
BELOW: U.S. Representative John Garamendi, center, walks with Joseph Dingman, left, 60th Air Mobility Wing executive director, and U.S. Air Force Col. Ryan Garlow, 60 AMW vice commander, during the 2023 State of the Base event at Travis Air Force Base, Feb. 16.
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However, many patients drop out of mental health treatment for a variety of reasons, Hoge said. “Because of that, I think the most important thing is trying to help service members or veterans become comfortable coming into care, and also feeling comfortable staying in care.”
“One of the biggest priorities of treatment needs to be focused on retention in treatment rather than on any particular type of treatment being used,” Hoge said, adding: “Research has shown that there are a whole lot of treatments that are about equally effective, both those that are specific for PTSD (trauma focused) as well as non-trauma focused therapies and medications.”
For inTransition (https:// health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centers-of-Excellence/Psychological-Health-Center-ofExcellence/inTransition), its 20 FAQs (https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centersof-Excellence/PsychologicalHealth-Center-of-Excellence/ inTransition) are a helpful introduction to the program. You can call 800-424-7877, or at 800748-81111 in Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan and South Korea only. You can also email the program at dha.ncr.j-9.mbx.inTransition@health.mil.
The Military & Veteran Crisis Line (https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/), text-messaging service and online chat provide free support for all service members, including members of the National Guard and Reserve, and all veterans, even if they are not registered with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) or
enrolled in VA health care.
n Call: 988 and press 1.
n Text: 838255.
n Click to Chat at https://www. veteranscrisisline.net/get-helpnow/chat/.
A great place to start any search is Military OneSource (https://www.militaryonesource. mil/), the DoD’s 24/7 gateway to trusted information for service members and families that provides resources and confidential help. Call 800-342-9667.
The Military Health System has many other mental health resources available to help any service member, families or veteran beneficiaries who are struggling with mental health challenges. Read Mental Health is Health Care (https://health.mil/News/Inthe-Spotlight/Mental-Health-isHealth-Care) for a complete list of resources for immediate assistance or to make appointments.
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The Defense Department and Microsoft are investigating an error that exposed at least a terabyte of military emails including personal information and conversations between officials, people familiar with the matter said, an episode that highlighted the security risk of moving sensitive Pentagon data to the cloud.
The Pentagon’s Cyber Command has taken the lead on the investigation with Microsoft, which operates the Azure
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Investigators have no sign yet that the exposed data was accessed but were still working to assess the fallout from the leak, the people said. A U.S. Cyber Command spokesperson declined to comment but said defensive
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The Defense Department is advising U.S. military personnel to be mindful of a substance that could derail their careers: poppy seeds.
In a memo published Tuesday, Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, warned service members that eating
poppy seeds could result in a failed drug test.
“The Military Departments are hereby directed to notify Service members to avoid consumption of all poppy seeds,” Cisneros wrote. That includes in bagels, muffins, rolls and other baked goods.
Navy Cmdr. Nicole Schwegman said in an email to The Washington Post that the Defense
Department became aware of the poppy seed problem last year. She said the department reviewed studies and worked with a laboratory to analyze codeine and morphine levels in poppy seed brands.
New data shows some poppy seeds varieties “may have higher codeine contamination than previously reported,” Cisneros’s memo states.
“Consumption of poppy seed products could cause a codeine positive urinalysis result and undermine the Department’s ability to identify illicit drug use,” he wrote.
The impact of poppy seeds on drug tests has long been debated, but research has shown the food ingredient, which comes from the plant that produces opium, can have unintended effects.
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support to the country of Turkiye after the region was struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
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after eating a poppy seed muffin. But there have also been dozens of real-life instances in which people said they failed a drug test after eating poppy seeds.
In 2020, an Alabama woman lost custody of her newborn after she said poppy seed bread caused her to fail a drug test. Women in Maryland, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania have endured similar problems.
As a precaution, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency encourages
athletes to avoid poppy seeds before and during competitions.
Gary M. Reisfield, a professor with the University of Florida’s college of medicine, told The Post that most poppy seeds won’t affect a drug test. But he said uncontrollable factors to the consumer, such as how the poppy seeds were grown and processed, can affect whether opiates remain in the seeds when they’re served.
Reisfield said that poppy seeds are more likely to contain opium if they haven’t been washed and that opium becomes less prevalent in the seeds after they’re processed.
“If you happen to be unlucky enough to choose the wrong poppy seed product, and if you eat that poppy seed product close enough to the drug test, then you can find yourself with an opiatepositive drug test result,” Reisfield said.
Service members are required to participate in random urinalysis testing. Cisneros acknowledged in his memo that the concern about poppy seeds affecting those tests isn’t new. The military has tried to distinguish morphine and codeine from poppy seeds, he wrote, but the seeds can be contaminated during harvesting.
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cyber operators scan and mitigate the networks they manage.
The Defense Department is in the early stages of assessing the reports of exposed emails, and “we just don’t comment on the security of our systems,”
Sabrina Singh, a department spokeswoman, told reporters at the Pentagon.
The emails contained conversations between Pentagon officials as well as completed SF-86 forms, which government
employees are required to fill out to obtain security clearances, according to screenshots of the emails shared by Anurag Sen, an independent security researcher who discovered the leak. The incident was reported earlier Tuesday by TechCrunch.
The exposure may have resulted from a configuration error with Microsoft’s server that left it publicly accessible, two of the people said. They had differing assessments on who was at fault, with one saying it was the fault of a Pentagon employee and another saying Microsoft was to blame.