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Seniors receive US Air Force career assignments Abner Bonilla Staff Writer
In their final year at Rutgers’ Air Force Reser ve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), five senior students discovered their career path as future leaders in the U.S. Air Force. Located on the College Avenue campus, AFROTC Detachment 485 — which is part of a larger web of 1,100 Air Force campuses across the U.S. — trains students in a three or four year leadership-based program that prepares cadets for militar y ser vice as commissioned officers. This year, five cadets were informed of their new careers. These students included Colin Chehanske who will be an intelligence officer, Sean Han who will be in cyberspace operations, Mallory Kusakavitch who will work in aircraft maintenance, Jackie Nazario who will work in personnel and Yesenia Padilla who will work in space operations. All five students will complete their four-year program and graduate in 2018. The cadets have worked together as a team for four years. The program starts out by teaching the first-year cadets the basics of the Air Force and their role in it, said Capt. Kayla Stevens, an active-duty Air Force officer and a Detachment 485 cadre (member of the training staff) that helps teach cadets. The biggest shift comes junior year, when the cadets become a
part of the Professional Officer Corp., and start teaching the underclassmen at Detachment 485 and begin to run the day-to-day ROTC operation, Stevens said. Along with this, the cadets were able to explore their new career as part of the Air Force. Han said officers in his field are cyberspace experts or “cyberwarriors,” who monitor the defense of computer networks and utilize new military technologies. “According to the articles I’ve been reading, the next war is going to be a cyber war, compared to what we’ve seen in the past, so I think it’s a very important career field I’m going into,” he said. Han said he does not have a background in computers, but the great thing about the Air Force is that it sends people to specialized schools after they graduate that will teach them the skill sets they need for their new role. Padilla, the first in her family to serve in the military, said she is excited to be a part of space operations — or the 13S career field — since she saw more investment from the Air Force going into it. Padilla said the space operations oversee space surveillance that works behind-the-scenes to command and control satellites that monitor threats which are constantly happening. “On one of the bases the motto is ‘The sun never sets on 13S,’” Padilla said. Nazario said she is animated for her new position not only for network
The Rutgers Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) teaches students basic Air Force training over four years. The program includes 1,100 campuses across the United States and prepares students to train younger cadets going into their junior years. ABNER BONILLA opportunities but also to help other officers reach their full potential. Personnel officers oversee Air Force office operations, handle paperwork and manage the organization’s structure, she said. Nazario will also be involved in developing educational programs and counseling available to Air Force officers.
“They have to know about everything,” she said. Kusakavitch said she will oversee up to 100 people that plan aircraft inspections, deliver combat support and perform airdrops. Kusakavitch, who currently attends Monmouth University, commutes to Rutgers for the program
and said ROTC taught her to always keep pushing herself to new limits and to build others up with her. “It’s not an individual effort, it’s all about the team,” she said. Each cadet said they came from a unique background, but looking See ASSIGNMENTS on Page 5
U. revisits procedure for reporting bias incidents HAYA ABDEL-JABBAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Despite acts such as the anti-Muslim flyers at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center in February, the University has not seen an increase in bias incidents compared to last year. Bias incidents include graffiti, offensive posters and flyers containing derogatory comments. DANTE DE LA PAVA
Graffiti, offensive posters and flyers containing derogator y comments are just a few examples of bias incidents that occur on campus. A bias incident is either a verbal, written, physical or psychological act that threatens or harms a person or group on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion and other categories according to Rutgers’ Bias Incident Response Protocol. Bias incidents have affected many minorities across the United States, including students at Rutgers. In February, a flyer that stated “Imagine a Muslim-free America” was posted on the front of Paul Robeson Cultural Center, created by the American Vanguard, a white supremacy group.
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“We have not seen an increase in reports this year,” said Anne Newman, the chair of the Bias Prevention and Education Committee. She said that although there has not been an increase in reports, there has been a shift in the types of incidents being reported since the Fall of 2016. Newman did not indicate whether this is related to the current political climate. If a student witnesses an incident like those referenced above, they should report the incident either in person or by phone to the Dean of Students Office, Residence Life staff or another member of the Student Affairs staff, according to the University Student Affairs website. Students can also report an incident using the online reporting form. If students believe that a See incidents on Page 5