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Photo by Johnny SaldivarLeonard Gerlach, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland emergency medical technician fi refi ghter, conducts equipment inspections June 1 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s Fire Station 2. Members of the JBSA-Lackland Fire Emergency Services perform weekly inspections on all emergency equipment to ensure all is prepared to provide fi re prevention, structural fi refi ghting, technical rescue, hazardous materials response, aircraft rescue fi refi ghting and emergency medical services to prevent the loss of life, property and the environment for all JBSA locations.

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By 2nd Lt. Devon PilarowskiU.S. Army Medical Command

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Joint

Base San Antonio Family Advocacy Program looks to bring awareness to this issue, and provide support, assis-tance, and education in order to lower the numbers of domestic violence and mal-treatment complaints across all installations and among military families in general.

Throughout October, there will be numerous events across JBSA in order to promote awareness, show support for victims and their families and provide re-sources and education to the military community at large.

In an initiative that began Thursday and will continue throughout the month, one location at each installation will be illumi-nated with purple lights during hours of darkness.

The “I Can, We Can” proj-ect will also be held at the main medical facility on each installation on various dates. This hand-painted art project is sponsored by the Domestic Abuse Victim Advocates to raise awareness and preven-tion. This event will be held at the San Antonio Military Medical Center Tuesday, at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center Wednesday and at the Randolph Main Clinic Oct. 19 from 11 a.m.

to 2 p.m. at all locations.The final event of the

month will be the 5K Domestic Violence Awareness Run/Walk & Shelter Drive held at the Jimmy Brought

Fitness Center at Fort Sam Houston Oct. 24.

Registration begins at 7:15 a.m. and the run begins at 8:00 a.m. All participants are encouraged to wear

purple to show support. The U.S. military has

averaged fewer than 8,000 domestic violence complaints per year for the last five years.

These complaints came from families with at least one active duty service member. According to the Department of Defense, more than 2,500 of those complaints involved male victims and female of-fenders, which is higher rates than for civilians.

These numbers may also be skewed, since research shows that male victims are less likely to report for a number of reasons and may feel that services available are only targeted toward female victims.

Even though domestic violence complaints in the military dropped during the height of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, those numbers have been progressively creeping up over the last few years even though the num-bers for male victims has re-mained steady at 33 percent.

Some studies in the mili-tary actually suggest that women are more likely to be abusive in military re-lationships. And in many cases, there is mutual ag-gression from both par-ties in the relationship.

For more information, call the Family Advocacy Pro-gram at 292-5967 or stop by the fifth floor of WHASC.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

OCTOBER 2, 2015 TALESPINNER PAGE 3newsENLISTED CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Headquarters Air Education and Train-ing Command; the Airman Heritage Museum; Enlisted Character Development Center; and the 59th Medical Wing career assistance advisor is hosting an Enlisted Character Development series. The fi rst course is 7- 11 a.m. Wednesday at Arnold Hall, 5206 George Ave, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The seminar promotes character development through an individual’s stages of awareness, maturity, growth and un-derstanding of their mental, ethical and moral qualities and their alignment with universal, institutional and organizational expectations. The fi rst topic of the series will be “courage” and the guest speaker is Cory Etchberger, son of Medal of Honor recipient Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger. To sign up for the event, visit https://cs3.eis.af.mil/sites/OO-ED-AE-25/enlistedcharacterdevelopmentseries/Registration/Registration.aspx.

JBSA HOSTS RETIREE APPRECIATION DAY SATURDAY

Retirees will have access to ID card services, a San Antonio Military Medical Center health fair and more during the annual Retiree Appreciation Day to be held Saturday at Blesse Auditorium, building 2841, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Retirees will have access to medical care including fl u shots and consultation with various SAMMC medical department represen-tatives during Retiree Appreciation Day.

Representatives from multiple base agen-cies and vendors will also be available during the event to provide information, answer ques-tions one-on-one with participants and display products and offers of interest to the retiree community.

Attendees are encouraged to bring records of service, medical records and their current ID card.

For more information, call the JBSA retireeaffairs offi ces at 221-9004 for JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, 671-2728 for JBSA-Lackland or 652-6880 for JBSA-Randolph.

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES CORPS EDUCATION, COMMISSIONING PROGRAM APPLICATION WINDOW OPEN

Eligible Airmen interested in biomedical sci-ences education or commissioning opportuni-ties can now apply for any of the four available Biomedical Sciences Corps programs now ac-cepting applications. Available BSC programs include the U.S. Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology, the Inter-service

News in Brief

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From Washington AFNS,

The Air Force offi cially released the Air Force Future Operating Concept can be viewed at (http://www.af.mil/Portals/1/images/airpower/AFFOC.pdf) Sept. 15, which is the latest in a se-ries of strategic documents designed to guide the organizing, training, and equipping of the force over the coming decades.

The Air Force Future Operating Concept serves as a companion docu-ment to “America’s Air Force: A Call to the Future and the U.S. Air Force StrategicMaster Plan” and seeks to answer the question, “Where are we going?” It de-scribes an Air Force that is the prod-uct of two decades of implementation of the strategic guidance in A Call to the Future through the U.S. Air Force Strategic Master Plan.

Primarily written for Air Force plan-ners, the Air Force Future OperatingConcept explains how agility applies to Air Force warfi ghters, illustrating ap-plication of operational agility through the Air Force’s fi ve core missions in 2035.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III introduced the Future Operating Concept during his remarks at the Air Force Association Air Force Update Sept. 15.

“This is an internal challenge docu-ment,” Welsh said. “It’s intended to make Airmen think about where we should be 20 years from now and not get comfortable with where we stand today.”

The Air Force Future Operating

Concept broadly portrays how the Air Force will perform evolved core mis-sions twenty years into the future, as part of a joint, interagency, or multina-tional force, or independently in sup-port of national security objectives, to provide responsive and effective Global Vigilance, ‘Global Reach’ and Global Power in light of a projected future strategic and operational environment.

The Air Force Future Operating Concept provides a picture of fu-ture operations, rather than identify-ing specifi c capabilities, programs, or platforms, to provide context for futureforce development. The ideas in the concept are subject to testing, experi-mentation, evaluation and assessment to validate them and/or suggest better alternatives.

“The Air Force does not presume to forecast the future; instead, we seek to develop the agility needed to succeed amidst uncertainty,” said Maj. Gen. Jeff

Newell, Air Force Strategy, Conceptsand Assessments director. “In this document we’ve included illustrative vignettes that serve to stimulate the imagination and articulate the benefi ts of committing to a path of operational agility.”

The document closes with a series of implications and direct linkages to the goals and objectives of the United States Air Force Strategic Master Plan.

“We invite you to read this concept and visualize how its future forces will contribute to a strong National defense, support allies and partners, and help ensure a free and stable world for all,” Newell said. “The future will be rife with challenges and surprises, but the Air Force’s heritage has dem-onstrated the indomitable spirit of the American Airman.”

(Source: Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information.)

Air Force releases Future Operating Concept

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By David DeKunderJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs

Groups of volunteers will bring brooms, trash bags, rakes and gloves to help clean and spruce up Joint Base San Antonio for the annual Proud Week Fall Cleanup, Oct. 7-9.

“Volunteers from mission partners, organizations and agencies at all three JBSA locations, including JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph, are participating in

the cleanup,” said Chief Master Sgt. Katie McCool, 502nd Security Forces and Logistics Group superintendent at JBSA-Randolph.

McCool said the volunteers who will be helping to clean up areas at JBSA locations include active-duty members and their families, along with Depart-ment of Defense civilians.

JBSA members participating in the cleanup will be picking up trash, fallen tree limbs, brush and old furniture at buildings and recreational, McCool

said. Also, cleanup volunteers will be sweeping sidewalks and curbs, and cleaning fi elds, streets, parking lots and work.

“Taking pride in where you live and work is everyone’s responsibility,” Mc-Cool said. “Proud Week gives us an op-portunity to pause from our daily oper-ations and focus on maintaining a high beautifi cation standard throughout JBSA. Our installation is the largest

JBSA to participate in Proud Week Fall Cleanup Oct. 7-9

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‘Hear the beep where you sleep – every bedroom needs a working smoke alarm’

Fire department reminds residents:

By Anthony WillettJoint Base San Antonio Fire Emergency Services Fire Prevention Office

Working smoke alarms can make a life-saving difference in a fire. That’s the message behind the 2015 Fire Prevention Week campaign titled “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm”

Along with firefighters and safe-ty advocates nationwide, Joint Base San Antonio firefighters are joining forces with the National Fire Protection Association dur-ing Fire Prevention Week, Sunday through Oct. 10, to remind JBSA residents about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home and testing them monthly.

According to the latest NFPA re-search, working smoke alarms cut

the chance of dying in a fire by half. Meanwhile, almost two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with missing or malfunc-tioning smoke alarms.

Fire Chief Mark Ledford, 34-year veteran of the Air Force Fire Emer-gency Services, has seen the positive

effects of smoke alarms. “In a fire, seconds count,” Ledford

said. “Roughly half of home fire deaths result from fires reported at night between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most people are asleep. Home smoke alarms can alert people to a fire before it spreads, giving everyone

enough time to get out.”The 2015 Fire Prevention Week

campaign includes the following smoke alarm messages:

• Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area and on every level of the home, including the basement.

• Test alarms at least monthly by pushing the test button.

• Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old.

• Make sure everyone in the home knows the sound of the smoke alarm and understands what to do when they hear it.

According to recent NFPA reports, the death rate was much higher in fires in which a smoke alarm was present but did not operate than it was in fires in which the homes had no smoke alarms.

To learn more about smoke alarms and this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, visit NFPA’s Web site at http://www.firepreventionweek.org. For fire and life safety ques-tions, contact the operating loca-tion fire prevention offices at JBSA- Fort Sam Houston at 221-2727, JBSA- Lackland at 671-2921 and JBSA- Randolph at 652-6915.

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By Staff Sgt. Matthew Plew27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

After two days running through in-tense scenarios in the eastern New Mexico desert, a team from the 959th Medical Group captured first place in the 2015 Annual Emergency Medi-cal Technician Rodeo Sept. 17-18 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.

Medics from Joint Base San Antonio convened at Cannon for two days of in-novative, high-octane competition and bested 20 other teams of elite emer-gency medical technicians from 22 installations across the Air Force.

During this, the rodeo’s eighth con-secutive year, evaluators required all contenders to execute their lifesaving mission under greater pressure, strict-er guidelines and more austere condi-tions than ever before. The competition eatured 19 categories and each team demonstrated accurate techniques and effective implementation.

Winning the competition was a career high for many on the 959th MDG team, who were all observed under the critical eye of expert evaluators.

“Even after they announced JBSA, we were all in shock. It’s one thing to accomplish a personal goal, but to be a part of the best team in the Air Force was the highlight of my Air Force career thus far,” said Senior Airman Lindsey Hawkins, 959th Medical Operations Squadron.

Other members of the five-man team included Tech. Sgt. Warren Williamson, Senior Airman Bradley Gorman and

Senior Airman Ernesto Ramirez-Gar-cia, 959th Inpatient Operations Squad-ron; and Senior Airman John Van Dam, 959th MDOS. Williamson served as the team leader.

Teamwork was the key to the 959th MDG team’s success, Van Dam explained.

“Our team was successful because of our communication with one another.

We established our roles in the begin-ning and stuck to those roles through-out the challenge,” he said.

In order to accommodate more than double the number of competitors this year, planners split the rodeo into two alternating days, with events occurring simultaneously at nearby Melrose Air Force Range and the Cannon Clinic.

One of the most unique aspects of the competition was the commando challenge – a vigorous, interactive, scenario-based obstacle course during which competitors put multiple skills to the test.

“By far, the commando challenge was the best part of the competition. It was a very realistic deployment setting which challenged us both mentally and physically. Even completely exhausted, we had to apply lifesaving skills to as-sure the safety of ourselves as well as our patients,” Hawkins said.

The EMT Rodeo gave the 959th MDG technicians the opportunity to hone their craft as members of the 59th Medical Wing, whose primary mission is medical readiness and the develop-ment of warrior medics.

“Competing in the EMT Rodeo has helped me pinpoint weaknesses and what I can do to improve on those skills,” Van Dam said.

“This was an experience of a life-time and I couldn’t be more proud to be a part of such an awesome team,” Hawkins added.

Medics from the 959th MDG, work-ing alongside their Army counterparts at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, pro-vide first-class health care to more than 240,000 beneficiaries in the San Antonio area. The group is part of the 59th MDW headquartered at JBSA-Lackland.

(Editor's note: with contributions from the 59th Medical Wing Public Affairs Office.)

Active-duty beneficiaries no longer need a refer-ral from a primary care manager for evaluation and treatment in the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center’s chiropractic or physical therapy clinics.

For people experiencing neck pain, mid or lower back pain, or joint pain – including shoulder, elbow, wrist or hand, hip, knee, and ankle or foot pain – the chiropractic and physical therapy clinics offer a variety of treatment options and therapies to help reduce pain, minimize symptoms and maximize overall body wellness.

Because Department of Defense policy only au-thorizes chiropractic care for active-duty service

members, the 59th Medical Wing is unable to pro-vide the services to non-active duty beneficiaries. Self-referrals to the physical therapy clinic are also limited to active-duty personnel because of limited provider availability.

If you are an active-duty military member and would like to schedule an appointment with the chi-ropractic or physical therapy clinics, call the Con-sult Appointment Management Office at 916-9900; select option one, then option four for specialty care appointments.

Patients can also call the clinics directly: Wilford Hall ASC Chiropractic Clinic, 292-3715, or WHASC

Physical Therapy Clinic, 292-5040.Appointments can be made for other non-

urgent and non-emergent symptoms through MiCare, http://www.airforcemedicine.af.mil/MiCare; RelayHealth, http://www.relayhealth.com; TRICARE Online, www.tricare.mil, or by calling CAMO at 916-9900, and selecting option one, then option one again for primary care appointments.

Patients who believe they have a serious medical emergency should call 911 or seek medical atten-tion at the nearest emergency medical facility.

(Source: 59th Medical Wing Public Affairs)

959th MDG team wins EMT Rodeo

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Manuel J. MartinezEmergency medical technicians from the 959th Medical Group assess and treat a simulated patient during a scenario in the EMT Rodeo Sept. 18 at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M. Twenty-one teams of elite EMTs from 22 installations across the Air Force convened at Cannon for four days of innovative, high-octane competition. Throughout the rodeo, teams executed their life-saving mission under the critical eye of expert evaluators, demonstrating accurate technique and effective implementation.

No referral necessary at chiropractic, physical therapy clinics


Physician Assistant Program and the Direct Accession Program.

Each program has specifi c criteria, but ap-plicants for all programs should be U.S. citizens, meet the minimum commissioning age require-ments, meet fi tness standards and be medically qualifi ed for worldwide duty.

Physical Therapy Program applications will be accepted through Nov. 25 and the program begins in October 2016.

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Training Program applications can be submitted to the USUHS’s website through Dec. 1 and USUHS will submit them to Air Force Personnel Center. For more information, application instructions/submis-sions and general guidance, go to http://www.

usuhs.mil/mps/militaryprograms.html.Inter-service Physician Assistant Program

application packages must include worksheets, transcripts and SAT reports, which must be emailed to the AFPC Biomedical Sciences Corps Utilization and Education Branch by Jan. 25, 2016. For fi eld requirements and application procedures go to the Air Force Medical Service Knowledge Exchange page at https://kx.afms.mil/afbsceducation.

For more information about Air Force personnel programs go to the myPers website at https://mypers.af.mil/. Individuals who do not have a myPers account can request one by following the instructions on the Air Force Retirees Services website at http://www.retirees.af.mil/mypers/index.asp.

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Congratulations to the following 67 Airmen for being selected as honor graduates among the 679 Air Force basic military trainees who graduated today:

320th Training Squadron–Flight 517Bryson Anderson Brandon Gamble Joseph Malone Cedar Martin Hunter Robinson Daniel Taylor–Flight 518Kyle Jans Bradley Lutz Kyle Mason Parker Sheffi eld–Flight 521Zachary Castro Brandon Cooper Johnathan Evans Joshua Hannon Aaron Holt Gary Jeffrey Brandon Leonard Nathaniel Long Drew Manaska Daniel Ruzicka Kevin Shelor Obrien Wacks–Flight 522Sandra Hammitt Brianna Perkins-Marquier

321st Training Squadron–Flight 525Gabriel Passen Kahry Wright–Flight 526Portillo Hernandez William Sharpe–Flight 529Dorion Boesch Gary Butzlaff Gabriel Farias Samuel Garcia

Campbell Mackay Jonathan Miller Ian Quichocho Kozlowski Rodriguez Xzavier Spriggs Eric Weigel–Flight 530Lynnlee Kirkessner Sidney Shaw

322nd Training Squadron–Flight 519Trace Coleman Eric Dewell Jack Gidaro Jeffery Mccaskill Jake Newman Michael Overly Edward Wobensmith–Flight 520Kristopher Cox Cody Dwyer Stuart ElbertJuan Enriquez Robert Higgs Keith Jones Hayden Kudela Brett Mills Ronnie Morris–Flight 523Samuel Glass–Flight 524Alicia Arredondo Brayli James Rivas Lambdin Katie Maines

323rd Training Squadron–Flight 527Paul Amparan Paul Carmen Joshua Montano Kevin Thompson Jr–Flight 528Shelbi Duncan Allie Staffen

Top BMT Airman Martin Cedar 320th TRS, Flight 517

Most Physically Fit–Female AirmenMiriam Barquero-Molina 323rd TRS, Flight 528 Vondeeshia Humphries 323rd TRS, Flight 528 Shelbi Duncan 323rd TRS, Flight 528 Allie Staffen 323rd TRS, Flight 528 –Male AirmenJoshua Nicolls 320th TRS, Flight 518Bryce Spelts 321st TRS, Flight 529 Joseph Malone 320th TRS, Flight 517 Martin Cedar 320th TRS, Flight 517

–Female Flights323rd TRS, Flight 528 322nd TRS, Flight 524 321st TRS, Flight 530 320th TRS, Flight 522–Male Flights320th TRS, Flight 521 320th TRS, Flight 517 322nd TRS, Flight 519 321st TRS, Flight 525 322nd TRS, Flight 523 320th TRS, Flight 518 323rd TRS, Flight 527 321st TRS, Flight 526 322nd TRS, Flight 520 321st TRS, Flight 529

Top Academic Flights322nd TRS, Flight 520 320th TRS, Flight 521 322nd TRS, Flight 519 321st TRS, Flight 529 320th TRS, Flight 517 323rd TRS, Flight 527 321st TRS, Flight 525 321st TRS, Flight 530 322nd TRS, Flight 523 322nd TRS, Flight 524 321st TRS, Flight 526 320th TRS, Flight 518 323rd TRS, Flight 528 320th TRS, Flight 522

Be Responsible!Seat Belts Save Lives!Buckle Up And Wear Yours!


By Lisa YoungU.S. Army Public Health Center (Provisional)

Get up, get out and get moving! This is what the World Health Organization recommends as part of their global strat-egy on physical health and activity.

Regular physical activity can reduce your risk of hypertension, diabetes and depression and it can improve your bone health and cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness.

As the summer season ends, do not let the changes in weather and daylight keep you from staying active. Commit to maintaining your health through regular activity during all the seasons of the year by not limiting your idea of physical activity.

Leisure time events, transportation, occupational tasks, household chores, play, games, sports and planned exer-cise throughout your daily, family and community activities all count.

“Your work hours and family commit-ments may challenge you, but it is all about making a decision to take control of your own life, and sticking with it,” said Col. David Bitterman, U.S. Army Public Health Center (Provisional). “It’s about rounding up your family on the weekends and visiting Enchanted Rock State Park, or walking the Mission Reach Trail or playing soccer with your kids instead of watching them play.

As a unit, command, Soldier or family, the Army Performance Triad encourages us all to achieve 15,000 steps a day, use proper resistance train-ing techniques and prevent injuries.

Doing something convenient and that you enjoy, makes staying active easier. Walking, jogging, cycling, swimming, muscle strengthening and endurance

resistance training are some of the ways to be physically active.

Staying physically active can:• Increase energy• Tone muscles, easing back pain• Reduce stress, helping you relax and

sleep better• Manage body weight by burning

more calories and controlling appetite• Reduce risk of heart attack and type

2 diabetes• Manage high blood pressure and

diabetes• Slow osteoporosis bone lossBe sure to consult a healthcare pro-

vider so that there is no health problem or physical reason that would limit your exercise. The following points are impor-

tant to keep safe and ensure your activity is effective:

• If you are walking or running, choose safe places with several differ-ent routes for variety.

• Schedule time in your daily routine that will be the most consistent.

• Find a partner or group of people to exercise with you.

• Wear athletic shoes that fit well, will cushion your feet and absorb shock.

• Wear clothes that will keep you dry and comfortable.

• Wear a hat - a warm knit cap in the winter and a baseball cap in the summer.

• Begin with a warm-up, for five to seven minutes. A focused and tailored warm-up can increase performance and

decrease the risk of injury. Gradually in-crease your activity to a moderate pace for the main routine. Cool down by end-ing with slower activity for five minutes.

• Stretch the major muscle groups (back, chest, hips and legs) afterwards. Hold each stretch for 20 seconds.

• Exercise most days of the week, but plan for at least three to five. To prevent injury, do not increase your intensity and your distance or time in the same week. If you exercise less frequently, progress more slowly.

• Drink water before, during and after you participate in an activity.

• Stay aware of your surroundings.• Wear bright colors or reflective tape

after dark so that motorists can see you. A successful physical activity program

that lasts throughout the year takes com-mitment. As motivation, purchase an ac-tivity tracker to count how many steps you take, the distance you go and how long it takes.

An activity tracker might help you go an extra lap around the neighborhood to get to 15,000 steps. They are able to detect body motion, count footsteps, display calories burned, distance walked and time elapsed. Joining a fitness group can also be fun and a way to make new friends.

Things will interrupt your plans to stay physically active. Don’t let a few days off sabotage your dedication to stay fit and maintain good health. Keep from getting discouraged by setting realistic goals. In-clude simple lifestyle changes that will increase your daily activity, like taking the stairs, parking at the end of the park-ing lot or walking the dog twice a day.

Even though staying active can be dif-ficult with changes in the weather or job schedules, keep your goals in mind.

Keep in step to stay active and healthy

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joint base in the Department of De-fense, and we receive visitors from across our Air Force and entire nation weekly. Our bases’ appearances are a refl ection of all us and we want to put our best image forward.”

Antony Person, 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron chief of operations fl ight, said the squadron will provide tools and accessories to volunteers for the cleanup on a fi rst-come, fi rst-serve basis at JBSA locations. Tools and ac-cessories being provided by the 502nd CES include rakes, brooms, trimmers, trash bags, wheel barrows, gloves and safety goggles.

Tools and accessories can be picked up at the following 502nd CES loca-tions: building 4197 at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston; building 5495 at JBSA-Lackland; and building 891 at JBSA-Randolph. The squadron store loca-tions open at 7:30 a.m. Volunteers are required to sign out for any tools or accessories they will use.

Person said trash that is collected should be taken to collection points at designated dumpsters at JBSA loca-tions. For any large debris that volun-teers are unable to transport safely to designated dumpsters, 502nd CES will provide curbside service to pick those items up.

Any items or debris that is set aside for pickup by members of the 502nd CES should be placed at curbs for easy access, Person said. Any items, trash or debris should not be placed in streets.

JBSA organizations, tenant units, agencies and mission partners that need curbside service during the cleanup can contact the 502nd CES at 671-5555, 671-2288 or 671-2289.

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By Andy HinojosaJBSA-Lackland base energy manager

October is Energy Awareness Month and Join Base San Antonio is committed to reducing energy con-sumption to meet all conservation directives.

The JBSA Energy Program is de-signed to comply with federally man-dated energy goals while maintaining a healthy and productive workplace. Energy reduction goals are specifi ed by the new Executive Order 13693, and EISA 2007 which requires federalinstallations to reduce its energy use by 2.5 percent every year for 10 years. The goal is to reduce energy per square foot by a total of 25 per-cent by fi scal 2025, based on a fi scal 2015 baseline.

With the start of a new fi scal year, 2016 begins the new energy reduc-tion goal of 2.5 percent per year going through 2025. Everyone is encouraged to be vigilant and persis-tent in our efforts to reduce energy consumption in fi scal 2016. Keep conservation in mind at all times, not only to meet base goals, but to be-come good stewards of our natural resources for generations to come.

San Antonio and JBSA utility pro-viders are planning to promote en-ergy awareness month by setting up energy conservation display tables at some of the installations through October.

City Public Service Energy, San

Antonio Water System and the 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron will be handing out pamphlets on energy and water conservation, including informational tips on how to con-serve our natural resources. Keep in mind; Air Force theme for energy awareness campaign continues to be “Power the Force. Fuel the Fight. I am Air Force energy.”

Here’s a simple checklist with ideas you can do in your offi ce or work area to reduce energy:

• Buy Energy Star certifi ed appli-ances such as refrigerators, micro-waves, desk lighting, etc.

• Turn off offi ce equipment (mon-itors, printers, copy machines, fax machines) at night and on weekends.

• Report energy wastes, includ-ing water leaks, building defi cien-cies, and energy abuses.

• Check the age and condition of your major appliances, especially the refrigerator. You may want to re-place it with a more energy effi cient model.

• Survey your incandescent lights for opportunities to replace them with compact fl uorescents and light-emitting diodes lighting. LED lighting can be more effi cient, durable, ver-satile and longer lasting. LEDs are now being incorporated into bulbs and fi xtures for general lighting ap-plications. Some LED light fi xtures have LEDs built-in as a permanent light source.

Remember, do not over-cool air conditioned spaces and report all en-ergy problems in your building to the facility manager or energy monitor.

For more information about en-ergy conservation, call base energy managers at JBSA-Fort Sam Houstonat 671-1537 or JBSA-Randolph and JBSA-Lackland at 671-0252.

Power the force. Fuel the fi ght.


A “goniometer” sounds like some-thing from a science fiction movie. For the hundreds of intelligence analysts who relied on its life-saving results, it was a very real and tremendous ad-vance in technology for its time.

Its time is passing, but will never be forgotten, thanks to the latest his-torical display unveiled Thursday at 25th Air Force Headquarters here. Maj. Gen. Bradford Shwedo, 25th Air Force commander, pulled down the black covering before a large group crowded into an entry hall, unveiling the largest and heaviest display ever created for the 25th headquarters.

The goniometer was a part of the high frequency circular disposed an-tenna array, or AN/FLR-9, affection-ately known as an “elephant cage” because each antenna array covered 36 acres. Each goniometer weighed 300 pounds, stood about 5-feet tall, and measured 31 inches in diameter at its widest point.

As he revealed the goniometer dis-play, Shwedo said the timing couldn’t have been better.

“I’m really excited to be a part of this because this kicks off our activi-ties for our alumni week ... and we’ll have the ability to talk to a lot of people who ran this system,” Shwedo said as he mentioned the annual anni-versary events through Sept. 26, hon-oring the 67-year legacy of 25th Air Force. He congratulated and thanked the 25th AF History Office for its hard work to acquire the goniometer and create the elaborate display detailing its significance.

Shwedo told the crowd that one of the 25th’s predecessor organizations, U.S. Air Force Security Service or USAFSS, used the “elephant cage” arrays to collect signals during the Cold War, and the arrays remained operational for more than half a cen-tury. Only one remains operational, at Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.

According to Gabriel Marshall, one of the historians at 25th Air Force,

the goniometer was “a radio receiver and antenna used as a system for determining the angular direction of incoming radio signals.” They were housed in small buildings at the center of each elephant cage, and massive, heavy-gauge cabling for each of the three frequency spectrums captured by the array ran through waterproof or water resistant tunnels from the ar-ray to the operations building, some-times located more than a mile away.

The six elephant cage arrays were located at Royal Air Force Chicksands, England; San Vito Air Station, Italy; Karamursel, Turkey; Clark Air Base, the Philippines; Misawa Air Base, Ja-pan, and at Elmendorf. The arrays en-abled a very accurate high frequency direction finding capability as well as a significantly enhanced ability to col-lect radio communications. They were also used as a navigation aid and pro-vided direction finding assistance to search and rescue.

“The goniometer display was a huge team effort and could not have been done without the help and support of several organizations,” Marshall said. “Marc Putney, from 25th AF Logistics, Installations and Mission Support directorate located the goniometer at the Cryptologic Support Depot. The depot loaded and transported the heavy equipment from their warehouse to storage space on JBSA-Lackland, and the public affairs office designed the display graphics.”

Marshall pulled together the unclas-sified historical information about the goniometer and the array to include in the display.

“Just as Patton called the M-1 Garand rifle the single greatest bat-tle implement of World War II, the goniometer and AN/FLR-9 emerged as a major intelligence achievement in the Cold War,” Marshall wrote for the display.

(Source: 25th Air Force Public Affairs)

Cold War-era collection ‘goniometer’ unveiled

Photos by William Belcher/ReleasedMr. Gabriel Marshall, 25th Air Force Directorate of History and Research, fields questions and explains the function of the goniometer to Airmen attending the unveiling on September 25 in the main hallway of Building 2000, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Mr. Gabriel Marshall, 25th Air Force Directorate of History and Research, explains the function of the goniometer to Maj. Gen. Bradford J. Shwedo, Commander, 25th Air Force, and the crowd of Airmen attending the unveiling.


By Tech. Sgt. Lindsey Maurice433rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Alamo Wing leadership had the exciting task of surprising three of the wing’s top performers with new rank Sept. 12.

Master Sgt. Richard Popp of the 733rd Training Squadron will officially be promoted to senior master sergeant, while Staff Sgts. Richard Slifer of the 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Jason Takai of the 433rd Maintenance Group will officially be promoted to technical sergeant Oct. 1 as part of the Air Force Reserve Command’s Stripes for Excep-tional Performers II program.

“Please join me in congratulating each of these Airmen on their outstanding achievement,” said Chief Master Sgt. Brian Pinsky, 433rd Airlift Wing command chief master sergeant. “Selection for promotion by this board is very competitive. These Airmen are not just competing with those in their own career field; they are competing with Airmen

across the Air Force Reserve Command. They are the best of the best.”

Popp was one of only 20 Airmen in the command selected for promotion to senior master sergeant, while Slifer and Takai were two of only 50 Airmen selected for technical sergeant.

Pinsky noted that the selectees had similar responses to the leadership’s news of promotion selection.

“All three of them were very subdued and hum-bled when we broke the news,” Pinsky said. “They were quick to credit their peers and leadership, and they understood that a lot of people helped them get to where they are today.”

Popp said he was especially lucky to have some amazing mentors along the way.

“I have had many great mentors throughout my career, but my previous supervisor, Senior Master Sgt. Marc Gibson (also assigned to the 733rd TRS) was determined to see me get a STEP promotion. I’m thankful for all of their guidance and support.”

Slifer was quick to credit his leadership and peers as well.

“Honestly, the ones who have helped me receive this promotion where the men and women of the 433rd Maintenance Group,” he said. “There are de-cades of aircraft experience here, and without them, I would have never been able to accomplish half the goals I set out to reach on this flightline.”

The STEP II program, formally known as the Promotion Enhancement Program, is a commander’s program designed to promote outstanding and well-deserving Air Force Reserve Airmen in Category A, members assigned to a unit, and Category B, Individual Mobilization Augmentees to one grade above the authorized grade for their position, ac-cording to the AFRC Personnel Center. STEP II also applies to Category E or Participating Indi-vidual Ready Reserve members for technical ser-geant through chief master sergeant promotions. Headquarters AFRC establishes STEP II quotas, which are determined by manning levels.

Reserve weekend kicks off with promotion surprise for three Airmen

Photos by Tech. Sgt. Lindsey MauriceMaster Sgt. Richard Popp, 733rd Training Squadron deputy operations superintendent, was recently selected for promotion to senior master sergeant under the Air Force Reserve Command Stripes for Exceptional Performers II program. He officially put on his new rank Thursday.

Staff Sgt. Richard Slifer (right), 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical environmental craftsman, runs through a checklist with Staff Sgt. Eldry Nunez, 433rd AMXS air-craft electrician Sept. 13 on the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland flightline. Slifer was recently selected for promo-tion under the Air Force Reserve Command program. He officially put on his new rank Thursday.

Staff Sgt. Jason Takai, 433rd Maintenance Group Maintenance Operations Center aircraft production con-troller, was recently selected for promotion to technical sergeant under the Air Force Reserve Command Step II program. He officially put on his new rank Thursday.

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By Staff Sgt. Ian HoachlanderAir Force Personnel Center Public Affairs

Eligible Airmen interested in bio-medical sciences education or com-missioning opportunities can now apply for any of the four available Biomedical Sciences Corps pro-grams now accepting applications.

Available BSC programs include the U.S. Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychol-ogy, the Interservice Physician Assistant Program and the Direct Accession Program.

Each program has specific crite-ria, but applicants for all programs should be U.S. citizens, meet the minimum commissioning age re-quirements, meet fitness standards and be medically qualified for worldwide duty.

“The BSC depends on the acquisi-tion of personnel with current mili-tary experience to enhance the de-velopment of the next generation of leaders in biomedical sciences,” said Kevin Smith, Air Force Personnel Center medical force management branch. “Additionally, providing a path for enlistment to commission is a critical force development objec-tive for our specialties.”

Doctor of Physical Therapy Training Program

The Army Baylor University doc-toral program in physical therapy provides students with entry-level competence in traditional physical therapy skills. The program is open to Air Force active duty members who have a bachelor’s degree or are in the final semester of school for their degree.

Applicants must have a Graduate Record Examination score of 297, with a minimum score of 150 in the verbal portion; at least 100 obser-vation hours in a variety of clinical settings; an undergraduate grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale;

and prerequisite courses including anatomy, physiology, biology, phys-ics, chemistry, psychology, social sci-ences and statistics.

Applications will be accepted through Nov. 25 and the program begins in October 2016. Additional information, application instructions and contact information are avail-able on the myPers website and on the Air Force Medical Service Knowledge Exchange page http://www.airforcemedicine.af.mil.

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Train-ing Program

The USUHS graduate training program in military clinical psychol-ogy is designed to prepare broad-based Ph.D. clinical psychologists and to emphasize appreciation and understanding of the needs of the military.

The program is open to active duty officers, enlisted, Guard and Reserve members with a GRE of 302. GRE scores must be no older than two years from the application date.

Applications can be submitted to the USUHS website through Dec. 1 and USUHS will submit them to AFPC. For more information, ap-plication instructions and general guidance go to http://www.usuhs.mil/mps/militaryprograms.html.

Interservice Physician Assistant Program

Airmen who meet IPA admission criteria and successfully complete required training are awarded a qualifying degree as a physician assistant. The program is open to active duty officer and enlisted members, Air Force Reserve Offi-cer Training Corps cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy cadets and Guard members with applications due be-tween Nov. 1 and Jan. 25, 2016.

Enlisted applicants must be air-men first class through senior mas-ter sergeants who have 2-14 years active military service as of Aug. 1, 2017. Active duty officers must have fewer than five years time-in-service by Aug. 31, 2016. AFROTC and

USAFA cadets must be released by the AFPC line officer accessions branch before they can begin the application process and USAFA cadets must be endorsed by the USAFA Health Professions Advisory Committee before applying. Air Na-tional Guard members are only eli-gible for Guard allocations.

All applicants, including those with undergraduate and graduate degrees, must submit their Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, which must be no more than five years old. The minimum combined score for criti-cal reading, verbal and math must be 1,425. Candidates must also have a minimum of 60 semester hours of transferable college credits with a 2.5 or higher GPA. Additional scho-lastic requirements are available on myPers.

Application packages must in-clude worksheets, transcripts and SAT reports, which must be emailed to the AFPC Biomedical Sciences Corps Utilization and Education Branch by Jan. 25, 2016. Submis-sion instructions are also available on myPers.

Direct accessionsDirect commissioning opportuni-

ties are also available in the three career fields for Airmen who meet eligibility requirements.

Applicants must meet require-ments for consideration in aerospace physiologist, biomedical laboratory officer, social worker, public health officer or bioenvironmental engi-neer Air Force specialties. For field requirements and application pro-cedures go to the Air Force Medical Service Knowledge Exchange page at https://kx.afms.mil/afbsceducation.

For details about Air Force personnel programs go to the myPers website at https://mypers.af.mil/. Individuals who do not have a myPers account can request one by following the instructions on the Air Force Retirees Services website at http://www.retirees.af.mil/mypers/index.asp.

Biomedical Sciences Corps: Educational program application window open


By Tech. Sgt. Meredith MingledorffSecretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information

Hispanic Americans have been a vital part of American society since before the country unified. William Edward Cordero was welcomed into one of these pioneering families on July 20, 1935, in Santa Barbara, Calif.

William's father, Walter Cordero, and mother, Helen, had early Spanish explorer roots in California which were traceable back to the 1700s. Perhaps it was this lineage that gave William the ambition to seek new opportunities and test boundaries.

Walter and Helen had limited educations. They worked multiple jobs to support their young family dur-ing the Great Depression, but Walter was best known as a blacksmith and Helen as a mom raising William in humble surroundings. Eventually William had a step-mother, Ida, who spent the majority of her time work-ing for Catholic charities. All three parents instilled a faithful, devoted work ethic in the young man.

As he grew, William was an avid Boy Scout and developed an interest in sports, becoming a high school football player. Despite being an average student, he had aspirations of higher education and saw the op-portunity when Loyola University introduced him to the ROTC. Here he received both a solid college education and a career with the Air Force. As luck would have it, this path led him to his wife.

William met Kathleen at a dance for Air Force ROTC students and nursing students from Mount St. Mary’s College. They were married in December 1957 and immediately began their life together as an Air Force family.

Their first assignment was in Texas, where the fam-ily began to grow. Their first two children were born in the Lone Star state, before the young family found themselves assigned to Oxnard Air Force Base, Calif., in 1961. There, the family of four became a family of six, as two more Corderos were born into the world.

Just before Thanksgiving 1963, Cordero, a captain at the time, left his growing family in the U.S. for a deploy-ment to South Vietnam as an adviser with the 1st Air Commando Group. For nearly a year, his family would live without him; but in the summer of 1964, an assignment to Clark Air Force Base, Philippines, reunited the family.

“In the brief time he had with us, he doted on us,” recalled William's son, Tony Cordero. “He took us to Sunday mass. He made sure we had a ‘nipa hut’ play-house when we arrived at Clark. He even took us on vacation in the Philippines.”

Tony recounts dinners at the officer’s club and trips to the base swimming pool, leaving the memory of an attentive, committed and patriotic father on the young boy.

The time apart from his father was difficult on his family, recalled Tony, who was four years old at the time. His mother was not particularly happy her hus-

band volunteered to navigate a late night mission on June 21, 1965.

On that evening, Cordero climbed into his B-57 Canberra with his pilot, Capt. Charles K. Lovelace. The pair departed Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, at approximately 5 p.m. accompanied by their wingmen in another B-57, Capt. John J. Adler and 1st Lt. Russell H. Bonner Jr.

According to Bonner, the three-hour flight to Da Nang, Vietnam, was uneventful. There the two crews; JADE 21 and JADE 22 were briefed on their Rolling Thunder mis-sion, armed-reconnaissance flight number 19G-5. They were heavily loaded with bombs, and were to be aided by a C-130 Hercules, AZTEC 2. They were briefed the weather would be overcast, and at 11: 40 p.m. they departed Da Nang.

The three aircraft stayed together, traveling between 6,000 to 10,000 feet along the way. Despite scattered clouds, they maintained visual contact with one another most of the flight. At approximately 1:15 a.m., AZTEC 2, the C-130, began dropping flares.

JADE 22 radioed to JADE 21, “Are you clear down there?”

JADE 21 replied, “Yes, but it’s raining.” As the weather worsened, the three found themselves

in increasingly heavy cloud cover, with smoke from the first bombing run hindering their vision even further. The two crews made a couple of additional orbits, then began their ascent, according to Bonner.

JADE 21 radioed to JADE 22 for a fuel check and got no response and after another try, still silence. JADE

21 then asked AZTEC 2 if they can radio JADE 22, to which they replied, there was no answer.

Kathleen, then pregnant with the couple’s fifth child, would live with that silence for four long years. Her husband, a loving son, caring father and devoted Airman, was missing in action.

The family eventually flew back to California, send-ing regular care packages to the Red Cross with the hopes Cordero was being held as a prisoner of war. The family grew numb, according to Tony, waiting for word to come. When the casualty report was delivered in March 1969, the family felt isolated. The political cli-mate and negativity surrounding the Vietnam War left them feeling that they couldn’t share their father’s story outside of the home.

“My dad saw himself as an Airman first,” Tony said. “He didn’t think about being Hispanic when approach-ing his duties, but he was descended from Spanish ex-plorers, indigenous peoples, sheep shearers and black-smiths. All were marginally educated. He grew up to navigate a jet bomber with some of the Air Force’s most advanced technology of that time. He was a trailblazer.”

According to Dr. Richard Wolf, Air Force Historical Support Division director, statistics for the Vietnam War did not generally break out demographics as the Air Force does today. Wolf’s office ran a search of casual-ties from 1960 to 1965 and found almost no Hispanic surnames at all – none in the officer corps. At the time, Hispanic Airmen were thought to make up only 4.5 per-cent of the Air Force population, putting Cordero among one of the first hispanic officers killed in Vietnam, if not the first.

Today, Tony feels his father opened the door for other Hispanic men and women following in his footsteps. Tony is a college graduate and has started Gold Star Sons and Daughters in Touch. The support group is for children of the Vietnam War – children who, like him, missed out on growing up with their parents.

Cordero was promoted to the rank of major posthu-mously, and 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of his and Lovelace’s loss. Cordero would have been 80 years old this year.

Tony said he believes his father would tell the Airmen of today, “Everything is possible.”

A look back at Maj. William Edward CorderoHispanic Heritage Month:

Courtesy Photo1st Lt. William Edward Cordero

TALESPINNER OCTOBER 2, 2015 communitySATURDAYAFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY MONTH

The Joint Base San Antonio kick-off meeting for the African American Heritage History Month will be at 11:00 a.m. at the JBSA-Lackland Gateway Club in the Gateway Room. For further information, call 671-1750.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS CHEERLEADER CHEER CLINIC

The Kansas City Chiefs cheerleadersare hosting a cheer clinic 9-11 a.m. at the Arnold Hall Community Center at 1560 Stewart Street. The Cheer Clinic is open to military members and dependents ages 3-18 years old. The cheerleaders will be showing the children how to do cheers, jumps and similar activities.

To register, contact Cathy Kimbrell at 674-6465. Please provide ages and a contact number when regis-tering for clinic.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS CHEERLEADER HOSTING FASHION SHOW, MEET AND GREET

The Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders

are in town and will be hosting a fashion show followed by a meet and greet at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Main Exchange.

The fashion show is 1:30-2:30 p.m. and the meet and greet is 3-5 p.m.

TUESDAYNATIONAL NIGHT OUT

The 802nd Security Forces Squad-ron is scheduled to host a National Night Out event from 6-8 p.m. at the Balfour Beatty Community Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

For questions or concerns call 671-1601.

WEDNESDAYU.S. ARMY SOLDIER SHOW IS PERFORMING IN SAN ANTONIO

Come out and enjoy this special, one night only performance of the U.S. Army Soldier Show production, We Serve, which features song and dance covers and mash-ups of today’s hits from artists like Bruno Mars and Beyoncé.

The performance is Oct. 12 at Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Show starts at 7 p.m. and doors open at 6 p.m. It is a free general admission event, but tickets are necessary for entrance.

For information and to reserve tickets, visit http://www.tobincenter.org/box-offi ce/2015-10/us-army-soldier-show.

Call 210-466-2020 for more information.

JBSA PROUD WEEK FALL CLEAN-UP

Joint Base San Antonio conducts a JBSA-wide fall cleanup operation Oct. 7-9.

Proud Week provides a specifi ed time period where resources are allocated to conduct general area building maintenance, environmental maintenance (landscaping) and clean-up of work areas in order to promote pride and maintain a high beautifi cation standard throughout Joint Base San Antonio.

Mission partners, organizations and agencies participating in the JBSA Cleanup operation will be responsible for providing manpower to clean areas, bag and bundle all trash as appropriate and transport trash to collection points at desig-nated trash dumpsites.

For information, call 671-3015.

THURSDAYFLU VACCINES NOW AVAILABLE

Flu vaccines are now available in

the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center atrium for patients 9 years of age and older. The hours of service are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Vaccines will not be available weekends, federal holidays or family down days. The pediatric vaccine for children 3 to 8 years old is available in the primary care and immuniza-tions clinics. The pediatric vaccine for children 6 months through 2 years old is not yet available. Active duty members can retrieve shot records for themselves and any dependent under 16 at https://imr.afms.mil/imr/myimr.aspx.

For additional information, call 292-4278.

OCT. 9HISPANIC HERITAGE LUNCHEON

AT GATEWAY CLUB

The Joint Base San Antonio Hispanic Heritage Committee hosts the 2015 Hispanic Heritage Luncheon at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Gateway Club from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Guest speaker is Command Chief Master Sgt. Jose LugoSantiago from the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. Price is $15 and

menu includes salad, pernil (pulled pork), Spanish rice, fried plan-tains and fl an. The 2015 theme is “Hispanic Americans: Energizing Our Nation’s Diversity.”

Dress is uniform of the day for military and business casual for civilians.

For additional information, call 218-1682 or visit https://einvitations.afi t.edu/inv/index.cfm?i=256403&k=0064440D7B54.

INFORMATIONALVOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT AIRMAN’S ATTIC

The Airman’s Attic needs volunteers 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Mondays through Wednesday. This facility is strictly run by volunteers.

Call 977-5227 for additional information or to volunteer.

PERSONAL FINANCIAL READINESS

Personal Financial Readiness offers guidance to aid with fi nancial matters such as budgeting, debt reduction, and basic investment planning. Services are designed to address money management issues and range from basic spending plans to long-term investments.

For additional information, call 671-3722

Air Force Aid Society 671-3722Airman & Family Readiness Center 671-3722Airman’s Attic 671-1780American Red Cross 844-4225Base Post Offi ce 671-1058Bowling Center 671-2271DEERS 800-538-9552Exceptional Family Member Program 671-3722Family Child Care 671-3376Legal Offi ce 671-3362Library 671-3610Medical Appointment Line 916-9900MPF ID Cards 671-6006Outdoor Recreation 925-5532TRICARE Info 800-444-5445Thrift Shop 671-3608

Enlisted Spouses’ Club http://www.lacklandesc.orgForce Support Squadron http://www.lacklandfss.comLackland ISD http://www.lacklandisd.netOffi cers’ Spouses’ Club http://www.lacklandosc.orgJBSA Public website http://www.jbsa.milMy Air Force Life http://www.MyAirForceLife.com

JBSA-LACKLAND KEY FAMILY SUPPORT RESOURCES CHAPEL SERVICES

For more details, contact Freedom Chapel - 671-4208 • Gateway Chapel - 671-2911

—PROTESTANT WORSHIP SERVICESFreedom Chapel – Building 1528Contemporary Service Sun. 9:30 a.m.

Religious Education Sun. 11:00 a.m.

Gospel Service Sun. 12:30 p.m.

Spanish Service Sun. 3:00 p.m.

LITURGICAL SERVICEAirman Memorial Chapel – Building 5432 Sun. 8:00 a.m

CHURCH OF CHRISTNew BMT Reception Center – Building 6330 Sun. 7:30 a.m. (Rm. 175)

SEVENTH - DAY ADVENTISTGateway Chapel – Building 6300 Sat. 12:30 p.m.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCENew BMT Reception Center – Building 6330 Sun. 7:30 a.m. (Rm. 112)

—ORTHODOX CHRISTIANAirmen Memorial Chapel – Building 5432 Sun. 9:30 a.m.

—WICCANew BMT Reception Center – Building 6330Sun. 9:00 – 11:00 (Auditorium)

Freedom Chapel – Building 1528Wicca Open Circle 1st Tues. 6 – 7 p.m.

—REFUGE STUDENT CENTERBuilding 9122 (Tech Training & TDY Students) Wednesday 6 – 8 p.m.

Thursday 6 – 8 p.m.

Friday 6 – 11 p.m.

Saturday 12 – 9 p.m.

Sunday 11 – 5 p.m.

—JEWISHAirmen Memorial Chapel – Building 5432Sabbath & Kiddush Fri. 4:30 p.m.

Religious Education Sun. 1:30 p.m.

—ROMAN CATHOLICFreedom Chapel – Building 1528Religious Education Sun. 9:00 a.m.

Mass Sat. 5:00 p.m. Sun. 11:00 a.m.

Reconciliation Sat. 4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Daily Mass Mon., Tues. & Thur. 11:30 a.m.

Note: Reconciliation(s) may be scheduled by appointment

—ISLAMICGlobal Ministry Center – Building 7452Jumu'ah Prayer Fri. 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

—BUDDISTNew BMT Reception Center – Building 6330 Sun. 10 a.m. (Rm. 175)

—ECKANKAR Gateway Chapel – Building 6300 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturdays 12:30 p.m.

—BAHA'IGateway Chapel – Building 6300 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sun. 11:00 a.m.

—THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTSGateway Chapel – Building 6300Religious Education Tues. 6:30 p.m.

LDS Institute Thurs. 6:30 p.m.

LDS Service Sun. 1:00 p.m.

LocAL BRiEFS


Tech. Sgt. Cory Williams Unit: 502nd Contracting SquadronDuty title: Contracting offi cerTime in service: 7 yearsHometown: Vale, N.C.

“Tech. Sgt. Cory Williams established the fi rst-ever contracting training team. He was directly responsible with guiding 13 new contract specialists, both military and civilian, through 16 acquisi-tion training modules. These modules established their contracting foundation and thanks to this training, environment specialists are more effi cient and acquisition lead times have been streamlined. Williams was also hand-picked as the contracting lead for the upcoming Joint Base San Antonio Airshow. His expertise steered the way for 23 requirements valued at $250,000 and postured event success for an estimated 200,000 guests. He also found time to give back to the local community by recruiting 10 contracting Airmen to volunteer as Lackland Independent School District mentors. The team’s collective mentorship benefi tted 20 at-risk youth by offering Big Brother or Sister type services. It is for these reasons and the scope of his impact that Williams is truly ‘Diamond Sharp.’”

– Master Sgt. Kevin C. Walker502nd Contracting Squadron First Sergeant

Friday • 6 p.m. Hitman: Agent 47 (R)

Saturday • Noon Sinister 2 (R) • 3 p.m. Hitman: Agent 47 (R) • 6 p.m. American Ultra (R)

Sunday • Noon Hitman: Agent 47 (R) • 3 p.m. American Ultra (R)

Thursday • 4 p.m. American Ultra (R)

Sunday Movie Line: 671-3985 or View schedules at:https://www.shopmyexchange.com/reel-time-theatres/

Program NoteLocate the Day of the Week and Date and Read across for specific show times.We have one movie screen, one movie per show time. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each show time.

FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAYFriday

Saturday • Noon • 3 p.m.

Friday

Saturday • Noon • 3 p.m.

Joint Base San Antonio

For more information, contact Alberto Jorge-Sanchez at 652-8676 or [email protected].

JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph 5-8 p.m. Oct. 29

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31.

Due to the Joint Base San Antonio Airshow and Open House slated for Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, JBSA’s trick-or-treat schedule will be as follows:

Trick or Treat


By Tony HearstJBSA-Randolph Public Affairs

The Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston graduates an average of 11,000 Air Force medics and Navy corps-men from the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Pro-gram annually.

During their training, the future medics and corps-men learn to react, and to be ready for any emergency like Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone.

On Aug. 21, Stone tackled and disarmed a suspected terrorist saving countless lives aboard a high speed train headed to Paris, France.

After using a choke hold to neutralize the gunman, Stone’s instincts as a trained medic took over as he rushed to save the life of a fellow passenger who was bleeding from a bullet wound.

Realizing the need to stop the bleeding, Stone put his fingers into the open wound on the victim’s neck and applied pressure directly on the artery to stop the bleeding.

Stone, who was recently promoted to staff sergeant by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, was able to react to the situation and use his life saving skills be-cause of the training he received as a BMTCP student. The 14-week program consists of a variety of lec-

tures, repetitive hands on instruction and clinical prac-tice to ensure the medics in training can perform life saving measures when called upon.

“We’re creating the next generation of medics,” Staff Sgt. Amber Langsteiner, BMTCP instructor, said. “We are insuring that our knowledge continues on. Each of the instructors here have anywhere between five and 15 years of experience. We’ve learned a lot and we have a lot to teach these students; ensuring they have the tools necessary to go out and apply their skills elsewhere.”

To complete the course, students must remain fo-cused, be willing to learn and have the ability to react to any situation at all times.

“We want to make sure our students understand (their training) is not just for them to deploy,” Tech. Sgt. Lakisha Mosley, BMTCP instructor said. “They can be in the commissary, the exchange, a local mall or grocery store and need to assist someone.”

By training the next generation of medics for the department of defense, the instructors at BMTCP are able to impact lives around the world.

“Having our students apply what they learn here is the most rewarding part of our job,” Langsteiner said. “We teach 11,000 students every year; if every student saves one life, that is a lot of lives saved.”

METC prepares future medics for any situation

Photo by Lisa BraunBasic Medical Technician Corpsman Program students practice patient assessment skills Sept. 11, at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The BMTC Program graduates an average of 11,000 Air Force medics and Navy corpsmen annually.

By Staff Sgt. Chelsea Browning59th Medical Wing Public Affairs

The 59th Medical Wing Simulation Center is equipping deploying military personnel to treat the combat-related injuries of one of the Air Force’s most precious resources – the military work-ing dog.

An innovative design to four canine manikins is helping the 341st Training Squadron provide a more realistic training course for MWD handlers. The simulators better prepare them to save the lives of their companions if needed.

MWDs are used in many ways on the battlefield. Because of their tremendous impact, providing immedi-ate, life-saving care when an animal suffers injuries downrange is critical to the success of the mission.

MWD handlers and their dogs of-ten deploy to hostile environments where veterinary services are not readily available, said Mark Tuazon, 59th MDW Simulation Center medical simulation specialist.

“Canines have their own distinct anatomy and physiology, which is vast-

ly different from human patients. This leaves the majority of veterinary care in the hands of the MWD handler when a dog is injured,” Tuazon said.

Tech. Sgt. Richard Maricle, 341st Training Squadron instructor who helps train Department of Defense military working dogs, also teaches their handlers the emergency veteri-nary care skills they may need to save their dog. He recognized a need for more realistic training and presented the canine manikin project to Tuazon and his team.

Tuazon repurposed the simulators, which were inadequate and scheduled to be destroyed. The new canine simu-lators are the first their kind to be used in the DOD.

“The mannequins can simulate many battlefield injuries including abdominal wounds, fractures, penetrating wounds and open chest injuries. Handlers can also practice starting an intravenous line,” Tuazon said.

“We were using antiquated stuffed animal simulators that provided limited realism for combat injuries,” Maricle said. “Now with the new ca-

nine simulators, we can mimic actual injuries and provide a more realistic

model for proper wound and injury management.”

Innovative simulators improve care for military working dogs

Photo by Staff Sgt. Chelsea BrowningStudents from the Military Working Dog Handlers Course treat simulated military working dog injuries Sept. 10. The innovative design of the MWD simulator is helping the 341st Training Squadron provide a realistic training course for MWD handlers and better prepare them to save the life of their canines if needed.

OCTOBER 2, 2015 TALESPINNER PAGE 17sportsTHREE-4-FIVE SPECIALBowl three games, shoes included for $5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Tuesday at the Skylark Bowling Center as part of the Three-4-Five special. Call 671-1234 for details.

WEDNESDAY BOWLING SPECIALVisit the Skylark Bowling Center and bowl for $1 per game and $1 shoe rental Wednesdays all day long. Call 671-1234 for details.

ZUMBAZumba is offered at four Joint Base San Antonio fitness centers. The class is offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Kelly Fitness Center, 9-10 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Medina Fitness Center, 4:15-5:15 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Warhawk Fitness Center and 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Gillum Fitness Center. All classes are $2 per person, per session. Call the Kelly Fitness Center at 925-4848, the Medina Fitness Center at 671-4477, the Warhawk Fitness Center at 671-2016 and the Gillum Fitness Center at 977-2353.

SPIN CYCLINGCycle your body to new and improved form during Spin Cycling classes Tuesdays at 5 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. at the Warhawk Fitness Center. The cost is $2 per person, per session. Call 671-2016.

UpcomingStory and photo by Jose T. Garza IIIJBSA-Lackland Public Affairs

The U.S. Armed Forces Men’s Basket-ball Team will seek their first Counsel International du Sport Militaire World Bas-ketball Title since 2008 in Mungyeong, South Korea starting Friday.

The team conducted a two-week training camp at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in preparation for the tournament, which con-cludes Oct. 15.

CISM organizes more than 20 Military World Championships annually for different sports, in which 134 member nations com-pete with the goal of promoting world peace by uniting their armed services through ath-letics.

The U.S. team is one of the favor-ites to win the tournament after cap-turing the 2014 Supreme Headquar-ters Allied Powers Europe International Basketball Championship in Belgium.

Head coach Tech. Sgt. Ricardo Bachelor, 495th Fighter Wing arm and sys-tems technician at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., is confident the team can meet expectations.

“Some of our guys have played Division I basketball and have played against national and international semi-pro competition,” he said. “CISM is the equivalent to the Olympics so we take it seriously.”

Bachelor will be leaning on 6-foot-6-inch forward Capt. Matthew Holland, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center program manager at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., and two-time SHAPE Most Valuable Player to lead the team back to CISM basketball glory.

Holland played in several basketball leagues in Boston in order to stay in shape for training camp and tournament play.

He has been selected to the Armed Forces Men’s Basketball Team five times as a result of his outstanding play at the Armed Forces Men’s Basketball Tournament.

“It is very important for us to represent the different services in the Armed Forces well and enter the tournament with a good

attitude and play hard,” he said. “We want to be competitive and win.”

His teammate 6-foot-3-inch guard Capt. Evan Washington, AFLCMC project manager at Hill Air Force Base, Utah and also a former AFA player; agreed.

“I would like to come back to my unit, show them my CISM gold medal and have my fellow Airmen be proud of me,” he said.

Bachelor believes the key to bringing the gold back home is to move the ball around and play up-tempo basketball, citing the success of NBA teams whom have used that formula in their favor.

Holland feels the team also has to be scrappy on defense to be successful.

“We have to communicate on the defensive end and be in the right positions to box out and get rebounds,” he said. “Every loose ball has to be ours.”

Bachelor mentioned it would be a “top honor” to be rewarded with a gold medal for the team’s hard work on the court.

“I take pride in being afforded the oppor-tunity to coach these guys,” he said.

Holland and Washington also would be honored wearing a gold medal in represen-tation of their country.

“We take pride in wearing the red, white and blue,” said Holland, who noted this year is more than likely his last year playing mili-tary basketball. “It would be great to repre-sent my unit by winning a gold medal.”

“Everyone is going into CISM with a chip on their shoulder and looking for-ward to the chance to represent our coun-try and armed services by winning gold,” Washington added.

Armed Forces Men’s Basketball Team goes for gold

U.S. Armed Forces Men’s Basketball Team guard Capt. Evan Washington, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center project manager at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; attempts a jump shot during practice Sept. 22 at the Chaparral Fitness Center.

By Jose T. Garza IIIJBSA-Lackland Public Affairs

The Intelligence Corps Football Club from the United Kingdom defeated the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Warhawks men’s varsity soccer team, 2-1, in a friendly exhibition matchup Sept. 16 at the South Texas Area Regional Soccer Complex in San Antonio.

The ICFC visited Texas for a week to compete in exhibition matchups against the Warhawks, Medina Annex and Fort Hood men’s varsity soccer teams in preparation for their

regular season.ICFC Center/forward Cpl. Nick Foster,

2 Military Intelligence Battalion intelli-gence analyst, and Maj. Aaron Coppald, 4th Military Intelligence Battalion counter intelligence operator, each chipped in a goal in the first and second half respectively.

The ICFC made crisp passes and ag-gressively pushed the ball to maintain possession and score points.

Warhawks remained scoreless un-til the middle of the second half when forward Andrae Blake, 59th Dental Training Squadron dental technician,

scored an open centerline goal to tie the game.

Coppald’s descending goal off the net occurred late in the second half to clinch the team’s victory.

“We were a little nervous after Blake scored, but we composed ourselves and knew we had another goal in us,” Coppald said.

Warhawks midfielder Airman 1st Class Jonathan Lopez, 502nd Force Support Group Judge Advocate para-legal, was complimentary of the ICFC’s teamwork.

“Their vision, touch and creativity

were on point,” he said. “Their chemistry is tight because they

have been playing together awhile so ev-eryone knows where they are positioned,” added Warhawks coach Nana Saahene, Air Force Post Graduate Dental School Prosthodontics Flight chief.

Coppald reciprocated the praise.“The Warhawks have excellent work

rate and pressed the ball really well,” he said.

Lopez feels the team’s performance against an experienced international club was a morale booster.

“We played real well and finished strong,” he said. “Our play gave us a sense of accomplishment. The passion for the game kept us playing hard.”

Intelligence Corps Football Club command victory over Warhawks

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