JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH 66th Year • No. 33 • AUGUST 17, 2012

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AUGUST 17, 2012PAGE 2 WINGSPREAD

COMMENTARY

By Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

Just before leaving Afghanistan in May 2011, I had to accomplish an online post-deployment health assess-ment and was fl agged because of my responses. I had to see Dr. Jeffery Peter-son, 48th Medical Operations Squadron clinical psychologist, my third day home. I felt our encounter was routine, but optimistically routine.

While downrange, I was involved in several close-range fi refi ghts, as well as living in constant threat of the near-daily attacks we repelled.

I was notifi ed that I had to do yet another post-deployment health as-sessment last August. What followed absolutely blew my mind.

After submitting the PDHA, I stopped by a co-worker’s offi ce to talk briefl y and returned to a ringing phone. A member of the 48th Medical Group staff was calling me merely 21 minutes after pressing the fi nal mouse click and sub-mitting the PDHA. I was amazed at how fast they reached out to me.

I was fl agged again and scheduled to see Peterson that same afternoon. I honestly dreaded having to go talk about my problems again, but was truly impressed at how the medical system was working like a well-oiled machine. The 48th MDG staff moni-tored my progress as if I were their only patient.

Once more, Peterson was very positive and he seemed exceedingly concerned about complications in my Purple Heart medal approval. Since then, he saw my Purple Heart come to fruition and has been in routine contact with me. I also received comprehen-sive treatment from another 48th MDG psychiatrist and Landstuhl Regional

Medical Center in Germany.Despite my care moving from the

family practice clinic to the mental health clinic, Peterson has kept in re-peated contact with me. It’s more than obvious he cares.

Top care isn’t limited to Peterson either.

Dr. Paul West, my psychiatrist, goes well-above and beyond when-ever I need a listening ear or pro-fessional advice.

Furthermore, the Air Force assigned me to Tom Sansone, a Wounded Warrior counselor at the Air Force Personnel Center.

Sansone has been involved in all aspects of medical care, and has called me at home and at work dozens of times. He’s an amazing counselor.

The truth is I never wanted to see Peterson, West, Sansone or the other medical staff. I didn’t volunteer; the Air Force redeployment system forced these people into my life, but I’m sure glad it did.

Luckily, many Airmen won’t see lives taken fi rst hand, much less take human lives or lose close friends to the enemy. Yet, others will. For those people, there’s help.

For service members thrown right into the mix of the darkest aspects of

war and inhumanity, I hope you fi ght well and stand your ground. I hope you keep our enemies at bay and keep the fi ght on foreign soil. Rest assured, as I now know, there are people here at home who care.

For me, that was my wife, the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program and the 48th MDG.

Through my rants and despair, my anger and sadness, my wife has al-ways been there. Still, there are some things I could never talk to her about; who’d want to put the worst on the ones they love?

In those times and for those subjects, I have professionals at nearby Royal Air Force Lakenheath. I’d be lying to say I always had complete confi dence in our medical system – I used to have my doubts. But no longer; now I have full faith that the system works and the professionals care.

I’ll permanently change station to a stateside base next month, and the professionals who cared for me at RAF Lakenheath will become people of my past. I admit that fact is trou-bling. Yet, I’ve seen fi rst-hand success of the Air Force medical system and the Air Force Wounded Warrior Pro-gram. I’ll be in good hands wherever I PCS to – I’m a believer.

SERVICE BEFORE SELF

Member applauds mental health care professionals"For service members thrown right into the mix of the darkest aspects of war and inhumanity, I hope you fi ght well and stand your ground. I hope you keep our enemies at bay and keep

the fi ght on foreign soil. Rest assured, as I now know, there are people here at home who care. "

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley passes the Chief of Staff fl ag to Gen. Mark A. Welsh III during a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 10. Prior to his new po-sition, Welsh was the commander of U. S. Air Forces in Europe. For the complete story, see page 4.Photo by Michael Pausic

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By Robert GoetzJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs

A career logistics offi cer who has had command positions at two air bases assumed leadership of the 902nd Mis-sion Support Group during a change of command ceremony Aug. 10.

Col. Christine Erlewine, who comes to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph from the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime in Columbus, Ohio, where she had served as director of land supplier operations since June 2011, succeeds Col. Scott Peel, who became 902nd MSG com-mander in August 2010.

Brig. Gen. Theresa Carter, JBSA commander, who presided over the change of command at the Kendrick Club, said Erlewine brings “superb credentials” to her new post.

“I can’t think of a better pedigree, a better background of somebody to come in and take the reins of leader-ship and the mantle of command for the 902nd MSG,” she said.

Carter said Erlewine, the Air Force Transportation Offi cer of the Year in 1997, understands “how to get the right thing to the right place at the right time for the people who need it.

“It’s taking that whole supply chain mentality and looking at things from getting them into the base, getting

them loaded on airplanes and getting them to the warfi ghter downrange when they need it so they can have the appropriate

effect on the battlefi eld,” she said.Carter said Erlewine established

herself “from the very beginning,” serving as combat readiness fl ight commander with the 438th Aerial Port Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., where she helped provide cargo support for Desert Shield and Desert Storm and her fl ight was the best in the 21st Air Force.

Later, when the Air Force “was merging supply, transportation and lo-gistics career fi elds into a single new squadron,” Carter said, Erlewine had an opportunity to go to one of the fi rst logistics readiness squadrons, serving as 305th LRS operations offi cer, also at McGuire AFB.

“So I think she got a chance and a great insight into what it takes to build a new organization, such as the 902nd, which is really still in its infancy stages here,” she said.

Carter also said leading the 902nd MSG will give Erlewine an opportunity “to expand beyond her functional spe-cialty and look at the full breadth of what a mission support group does.”

Erlewine, who has served as 724th

Air Mobility Squadron commander at Aviano Air Base, Italy, and 380th MSG deputy commander, Southwest Asia, said it was a “great honor” to be se-lected as 902nd MSG commander.

“Every assignment brings with it new challenges, new adventures and many memories,” she said. “As I lis-

tened to General Carter’s and Colonel Peel’s comments, I wondered what the coming months will bring the 902nd Mission Support Group. I am confi dent whatever those challenges are, we will work together as a team and contin-ue to provide Joint Base San Antonio great mission support.”

Erlewine assumes command of 902nd MSGNEWS

Photo by Don Lindsey Brig. Gen. Theresa Carter, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, passes the guidon to Col. Christine Erlewine, the new 902nd Mission Support Group com-mander, during the change of command ceremony at JBSA-Randolph Aug. 10.

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NEWS

By Tech. Sgt. Shawn J. JonesAir Force Public Affairs Agency

The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service’s 20th chief in a ceremony Aug. 10.

Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, tak-ing over for Gen. A. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony.

“Mark is respected throughout the Air Force for his exceptional leadership and ability to connect with Airmen,” Michael Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, said.

Raised in an Air Force family, Welsh said he found a role model in his father, a decorated combat pilot.

“Today, I think he’d be proud of me,” Welsh said. “And any day a kid can make his dad proud is a great day.”

Welsh emphasized the need for Air-men to understand the importance of the other services in joint operations, but also said Airmen shouldn’t underestimate the combat capabilities of their own service in winning today’s fight.

“No one else can bring what we bring to the fight, and any real warfighter knows that,” he said. “Don’t ever doubt yourself or this service.”

Welsh also addressed his stance on is-sues affecting the well-being of Airmen.

“When it comes to Airman resiliency, suicide prevention, and sexual assault

prevention and response, I believe you’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the prob-lem,” he said. “There is no middle ground.”

Welsh also said the Air Force must shape the future and that will require innova-tive thinking and dif-ferent approaches to problems, along with modernization.

Welsh was nomi-nated by the president May 10 and confirmed by the Senate Aug. 2.

In his previous posi-tion as the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, he was in charge of Air Force activities in an area of operations cover-ing nearly one-fifth of the globe.

Welsh, a 1976 graduate of the Air Force Academy, has served in numerous operational, command and staff positions, such as commandant of cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy, vice commander of Air Education and Training Command and associate director for military affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency.

“When I became a squadron com-mander, I felt excited,” he said. “ When I became a wing commander, I felt proud. When I became a major com-

mand commander, I felt privileged and a little bit old. Today when I was sworn in as chief of staff of the Air Force, I felt hum-bled to be given the honor of leading its incredible Airmen.”

His experience includes nearly 3,300 flying hours, most of which came in the A-10 Thunderbolt II and F-16 Fighting Falcon.

As the ceremony ushered in a new chapter in Air Force history, it also served as the final chapter for Schwartz’s four years as the service’s senior uniformed leader and his more than 39 years of military service.

Schwartz’s career began in 1973 after graduating from the Air Force Academy. He has logged more than 4,400 flying hours and participated in military opera-tions in Vietnam, Iraq and Cambodia.

“Anyone looking for an example of Air

Force core values need look no further than Gen. Norty Schwartz,” Donley said. “Thank you for your lasting contribution to our Air Force and the character and quality of your service.”

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pre-sented Schwartz with the Defense Distin-guished Service Medal, which is awarded to service members who perform excep-tionally meritorious service in a position of great responsibility.

The award citation highlighted his success in restoring excellence in the Air Force nuclear mission, his efforts to partner with joint and co-alition teammates in support of op-erations worldwide, modernizing the Air Force’s air and space inventories, and care for Airmen and families. Schwartz’s wife Suzie was also rec-ognized for her devotion to Airmen and family support programs.

“The Air Force has afforded us an hon-orable and rewarding journey for the en-tirety of our adult lives,” Schwartz said.

Welsh ‘humbled’ to serve as Air Force chief of staff

Photo by Lori NewmanPeter Law, 502nd Air Base Wing historian, admires the new mural depicting San Antonio’s rich military history at the 502nd ABW headquarters on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Gen. Mark A. Welsh IIIAir Force Chief of Staff

“No one else can bring what we bring to the fight, and any real

warfighter knows that.”

New mural depicts San Antonio’s rich military historyBy Lori NewmanJoint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Public Affairs

A newly designed mural depicting the his-tory of the military in San Antonio adorns the upstairs hallway in the 502nd Air Base Wing headquarters on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

“We wanted to embrace the history of all the locations since JBSA is one big base now,” Peter Law, 502nd ABW historian, said.

The wing historian worked with the Fort Sam Houston Museum, Air Force resources and the Army Medical Department Museum to help com-pile the photographs for the mural.

The JBSA-Randolph Multimedia Center de-signed and built the four 4-by-8-foot panels that comprise the mural.

The time line begins in the early 1800s when the U.S. Army first arrived in San Antonio and chronicles military achievements throughout the decades to today.

“The history of San Antonio’s military heritage began with the U.S. Army’s arrival at the Alamo in 1845 and if you look at (San Antonio’s) history as a whole, you will see that it’s constantly evolving to the needs of the military,” Law said.

The mural highlights the birth of aviation with the first military flight on Fort Sam Houston to the need for Kelly Field and Brooks Air Force Base followed by creation of Randolph and Lack-land Air Force Bases.

“Joint Base San Antonio is one installa-tion now and this panel covers all its rich history,” Law said.

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By Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press Service

The Defense Department is nearing completion of an agreement with post-secondary schools to ensure service members have the best possible experience in continuing their education, a senior Pentagon official said.

Later this summer, the department will release a memorandum of understanding to be signed by colleges, universities and technical schools to make costs, schedules and other particulars transparent to service members, Charles Milam, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for military commu-nity and family programs, said.

Milam made the comments at the Department of Defense Worldwide Education Symposium in Las Vegas, which is held every three years to improve and expand voluntary education for service mem-bers and their spouses.

An online draft of the new instruction says all schools providing high school completion and post-secondary education through the DoD Tuition As-sistance Program must agree to the multi-agency memorandum of understanding and have a signed copy on file with the DoD prior to service mem-bers receiving approval of tuition assistance. Each service determines eligibility for tuition assistance, which is capped at $250 per credit hour, or $4,500 per year, DoD officials said.

The DoD developed the memo with the depart-ments of Education, Veterans Affairs and Justice as well as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as part of an executive order, President Barack Obama announced at Fort Stewart, Ga., in April to ensure service members, veterans and their families can get the information they need about the schools where they spend their education benefits.

The executive order “will make it easier for mili-tary members and veterans to make informed deci-sions about financial aid and paying for college,” Milam said, and “it takes a number of steps to pro-tect our personnel.”

“The memorandum is meant to ensure service

members have the widest variety of choices for their continued education,” he added. “It puts important educational protections for service members and government oversight into writing.”

Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Nelson, supervisor of aca-demics at the Community College of the Air Force who attended the symposium, said continuing education is one of the most important benefits to Airmen. “I think education is at the forefront, as far as voluntary things they can do to go to school and get certifications.”

He said 23 percent of Airmen have at least an as-sociate’s degree and the Air Force would like to see every Airman have at least that level of education before they transition out.

Army National Guard Chaplain (Capt.) Chris Melvin earned his associate’s degree from the Community Col-lege of the Air Force before separating from active ser-vice. He later joined the Army National Guard, mostly to continue his education.

“It was my military education benefit that drew me back in that role,” he said. “I paid very little out of my own pocket for my education.”

Today, Melvin is an education services officer for the Army Nation Guard in Arizona where he over-sees guardsmens’ educational benefits, coordinates tuition assistance and provides counseling.

“I used every possible avenue I could” to continue education in the military, he said.

The Las Vegas symposium shows the department’s commitment to higher education for service members,

Milam said, and builds relationships between the mili-tary and educational institutions.

“We’ve set ambitious goals for this symposium, and hope to use this time to develop ideas that are imperative for delivering quality education pro-grams and forming critical partnerships across multiple sectors,” he said. “Together, we will ex-plore strategies to effectively deliver voluntary education programs that complement a service member’s capacity to serve while accomplishing their educational goals.”

Milam referred to a pledge made by Defense Secre-tary Leon E. Panetta, who said when it comes to benefits such as continuing education, the department “will not break faith” with service members and their families even during tight economic times.

Service members enrolled in more than 860,000 graduate and undergraduate courses in fiscal year 2011, Milam said, and most of those were online.

“Our military community will not always have the ‘normal’ college experience of living on campus and at-tending classes, but thanks to online courses and other distance learning methods, our service members have been able to pursue educational goals regardless of their location,” he said.

“We are at a point of transition where we are resizing our military, where we face competing budget priorities, and where we are facing a new type of technical warfare,” Milam said. “All will require a well-trained, well-educated force.”

DoD to improve voluntary education safeguards“Our military community will not always have the ‘normal’

college experience of living on campus and attending classes, but thanks to online courses and other distance learning methods, our service members have been able to pursue

educational goals regardless of their location.”Charles Milam

Principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family programs

Graphic by Rich McFadden

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Officials ease voting process for active duty, civiliansBy Robert GoetzJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs

With the 2012 general election less than three months away, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph active-duty members and civilian employees unsure of the voting process can find the help they need from the base’s voting assistance of-ficers.

These installation and unit representatives are trained to help people register to vote, request an absentee ballot and provide their local election of-ficials with a change of address.

“The main thing for active-duty folks is to make sure their contact information is correct and to not wait until the last minute,” Ernesto Canciller, instal-lation voting assistance officer, said.

Active-duty personnel who have not registered to vote can accomplish several tasks by completing a federal post card application, which allows them to register to vote and request an absentee ballot from local election officials in their state of legal residence, as well as submit a change of address, he said.

Canciller said copies of the FPCA are available from him and Randolph’s unit voting assistance of-ficers. He also said the Federal Voting Assistance Program website, www.fvap.gov, is a user-friendly way to navigate the voting process.

Voters who have already registered may simply

request a federal write-in absentee ballot, or FWAB, by using the FVAP website, Canciller said. By follow-ing prompts on the website, users are provided a completed form that must be printed, signed, dated and returned to election officials.

According to the FVAP website, states and terri-tories are required to mail ballots at least 45 days before an election. Voters who have not received their ballot 30 days before the election should con-tact their election official.

Another form available on the FVAP website is the national mail voter registration form, which should be used by active-duty members if they are separat-ing, retiring or residing in their voting jurisdiction to inform local election officials they are registering to vote or changing their address.

Canciller said learning the voting process is es-pecially important for active-duty members because of disruptions caused by permanent changes of sta-tion and deployments. Service members who are deployed during an election must use the absentee process if they wish to vote, while active-duty per-sonnel and eligible family members, especially after a recent move to a new duty station, may have to vote absentee.

“We present the information during newcomers’ orientations,” he said. “Deployers have a separate briefing.”

Active-duty members at Randolph whose “legal

voting residence” is Texas may vote locally, but they must be registered as well.

According to voting information provided on the Air Force Personnel Center website, the legal voting residence “can be the state or territory where the service member last resided prior to entering mili-tary service or the state or territory that a service member has since claimed as the legal residence.” Active-duty personnel and their family members can also “choose to change their legal residence every time they change permanent duty stations.”

Canciller said Randolph’s voting assistance office is planning an absentee voting drive the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 4.

“We will have a booth set up at the base exchange and have blank forms to help people fill out,” he said. “We want people to complete and mail their absen-tee ballots so local election officials receive them in a timely manner.”

Canciller urged people who plan to vote to reg-ister if necessary and be aware of absentee voting requirements.

“It’s important that they check with their state as soon as possible,” he said. “They should start now, because as we get closer to the election, those offices will get busier and busier.”

For more information, contact the voting assis-tance office at 652-2727/8959 or Randolph.vote@us.af.mil.

By Robert GoetzJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs

A dangerous designer drug with an innoc-uous name is growing in popularity, causing concern in the military and in the civilian world.

Marketed as “bath salts,” these retail products contain chemicals that are synthetic derivatives of cathinone, a central nervous system stimulant, and are known to ef-fect users in a variety of ways, from agitation, insomnia, irritability and dizziness to depression, paranoia, delu-sions and suicidal thoughts, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

“Mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone, also known as MDPV, are derivatives of cathinone and they’re found in a number of retail products,” Kathryn McLemore, 359th Medical Operations Squadron drug demand reduction program manager, said. “These prod-ucts are believed to be manufactured in China and India for wholesale distribution in Eastern Europe.”

McLemore said 34 states have a legislative ban on bath salts and the remaining 16 are part of an emer-gency federal ban.

“With this legislation, consuming or possessing bath salts is illegal,” she said.

In October 2011, the DEA published a final order in the Federal Register exercising its emergency schedul-ing authority to control three synthetic stimulants used

to make bath salts: mephedrone, MDPV and methylone.

McLemore said bath salts come in crystallized powder form.

“Mephedrone is a fine white, off-white or slightly yellow-col-ored powder,” she said. “It can also be found in tablet form. MDPV is a fine white or off-white powder.”

Bath salts are typically sold in plastic bags or foil packages of 200 and 500 milligrams under various names – street names like Bliss, Blue Silk, Cloud Nine, Ivory Wave and White Dove. They are usually labeled “Not for human consumption.”

“They’re mostly sold on the Internet, in convenience stores and in head shops,” McLemore said.

Bath salts are ingested by sniffing or snorting.“They can also be taken orally, smoked or put into a

solution and injected into veins,” she said.In addition to effects such as agitation, depression,

paranoia and suicidal thoughts, users report impaired perception of reality, reduced motor control and de-creased ability to think clearly, McLemore said. The effects of bath salts have been likened to those of am-phetamines, cocaine, LSD and ecstasy.

“Because the chemicals in bath salts are a central ner-vous system stimulant, users experience rapid heart rate, which may lead to heart at-tacks and strokes; chest pains; nose bleeds; sweating; nausea; and vomiting,” she said. “It’s pretty serious stuff.”

No calls regarding bath salts were made to U.S. poison con-trol centers in 2009, but sta-tistics from the National Drug

Intelligence Center showed that the American Associa-tion of Poison Control Centers received 2,237 bath salts-related calls from 47 states and the District of Columbia between Jan. 1, 2011, and May 12, 2011.

McLemore said she has seen no evidence of bath salts use by Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Airmen.

“I have had no positives here, and we test pretty regu-larly,” she said.

McLemore said the Air Force’s stance on bath salts and similar substances is clear: zero tolerance.

Air Force Instruction 44-120 says the “knowing use of any intoxicating substance, other than the lawful use of alcohol or tobacco products, that is inhaled, injected, consumed or introduced into the body in any manner to alter mood or function is prohibited.”

AF addresses use of ‘bath salts’ with zero tolerance

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Medical professionals recommend year-round immunizationsBy Robert GoetzJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs

August is National Immunization Aware-ness Month, the time of year when many parents rush their children to the doctor’s offi ce or clinic for their shots because of school requirements.

However, emphasizing the importance of a regular immunization schedule is part of the everyday mission of health care professionals at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Medical Clinic.

“With back to school, every parent’s fi rst thought is to get their children’s immunizations updated, but these aren’t ‘fall’ immunizations,” Capt. (Dr.) Cheryll Clark, 359th Medical Operations Squadron pediatrician, said. “Immunizations are recommended at certain intervals in a person’s lifetime and are a routine part of a child’s health care, so we promote immunization awareness year-round.

“It should be an everyday thing,” she said. “We take the time to counsel all our patients on the importance of staying current with their immunizations.”

Clark said immunizations play a vital role in health care.

“They’re the reason we don’t see children dying from measles or being paralyzed by polio as we did in the past,” she said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood vaccines also prevent diph-theria; hepatitis A and B; human papillomavirus, or HPV; mumps; pertussis, or whooping cough; ru-bella, or German measles; tetanus; and varicella, or chickenpox.

In the fi rst 18 months of their lives, children should receive initial doses of the vaccines for tetanus, diphthe-ria and pertussis; polio; mumps, measles and rubella; and chickenpox. Booster doses of these vaccines are rec-ommended between 4 and 6 years old. Recommended vaccines for 11- and 12-year-olds are for Tdap and meningococcal disease.

“We always encourage parents to take an active role in their child’s health care by asking questions and keep-ing well informed, particularly in respect to immuniza-tions,” Clark said. “These vaccines are studied for years and continually monitored by the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration.”

Another recommended vaccine is for HPV, the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States, which is linked to genital warts and cervical cancer.

“It’s a prevention measure that’s recommended

for both sexes between the ages of 11 and 26,” Clark said.

Clark said adults should also remain current with their immunizations, including vaccines for infl uenza; Tdap; zoster, or shingles; and pneumonia.

With fall approaching, it’s also time to start thinking about the fl u vaccine, Clark said. This year’s dose targets the H1N1, H3N2 and infl uenza B strains.

“We get most of our supply in the September-October timeframe,” she said. “We never know how virulent fl u will be, so it’s important to get the fl u vaccine every year.”

Clark said non-active duty clinic benefi ciaries have the opportunity to obtain their fl u vaccine at a TRICARE-approved pharmacy at no additional cost.

“But patients should bring verifi cation of all immu-nizations received at outside facilities to ensure their

immunization record is current,” she said. Staff Sgt. Caroline Mejia, 359th MDOS immunizations

clinic acting NCO in charge, concurred with Clark that parents should not wait until August to have their chil-dren immunized.

“Due to the back-to-school season, immunizations have increased tremendously,” she said. “It causes pa-tient wait time to increase, which can be an inconve-nience to them, especially if they are limited in time.”

However, she said parents can avoid the rush, espe-cially at lunch time, by bringing their children to the clinic as early as possible.

The immunizations clinic’s hours are 7:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Smallpox vaccinations are reserved for 3-4 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.

For more information, call 652-3279.

Photo by Don LindseyStaff Sgt. Caroline Mejia, 359th Medical Group, receives an immunization from Staff Sgt. Alex FarFan, 359th Medical Group allergy immunization technician, at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Clinic April 2.

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By Air Force News Service

Beginning Sept. 1, Air Force med-ical officials will take new strides to get Airmen running safely.

The Air Force Telehealth Of-fice will conduct a six-month study to investigate the outcome and efficiency of online running instruction.

The study will examine the ef-fectiveness of a newly developed set of computer-based training

modules currently in the final stages of testing and expected to

be available to Airmen soon, offi-cials said.One year ago, Army leadership

banned the use of “toe shoes” during in-uniform physical training sessions after encountering a change in Soldiers' clothing habits.

Air Force policies have taken a slightly different turn. While no running tech-nique is officially endorsed or any style of

running or running shoe mandated, offi-cials said they recognize that wear of mini-

malist shoes, with flat, flexible soles that lack traditional cushioning, has increased

among Airmen. To prevent injuries among those who make the transition on their own

accord, an education program will offer basic instructions so service members can transition safely and effectively.

Separated into three distinct parts, the Web-based training will have one Airmen-oriented module, one “train the trainer” module and one that will “educate the educator.” Each module will offer information tailored to the needs of their re-spective target groups.

Running injuries happen regularly in the Air Force, Lt. Col. Mark Cucuzella, Air Force Reserve physician and coach of the Air Force running

team, said. Second only to basketball, running is one of the leading causes of injury while on duty. The direct costs of medical treatment for running injuries, and indirect costs such as missed work days and decreased job perfor-

mance, are considerable.“While running seems like a natural thing, many

people do not know much about proper running tech-nique,” Cucuzella said.

Air Force officials have considered running training since the re-establishment of the run portion of the Air Force physical fitness test, however, the need for injury prevention among the new “minimalists” may have accelerated that development. Therefore, proper tran-sitioning to this form of running is at the heart of the modules.

“Humans have run in bare feet since the beginning of time,” Lt. Col. Antonio Eppolito, Air Force Telemedicine chief, said. “The paradox is that while there are many indicators minimalist running can benefit Airmen in the long term, they run the risk of experiencing injuries by transitioning too quickly.”

These injuries can be prevented, Dan Kulund, for-mer Air Force Medical Support Agency chief of health promotions, said.

“Aircraft maintenance maintains aircraft with preven-tive care,” Kulund said. “We took that idea and formed runner maintenance. We want to apply preventive care rather than wait for problems to develop.”

Because many runners have experienced injury or discomfort during training, Cucuzella recommends ap-proaching the Web-based training gradually. People need to approach the training from their starting point – from experienced runners to novices, he said.

“During running, you experience approximately three times your body weight upon impact,” Kulund said. “So if there are any deficiencies in the mechanics, they are ex-aggerated. What we try to do is to optimize the approach to running for each Airman and enable them to either validate their technique or discover problems.”

To understand where some of these problems lie, the training aims to educate runners about basic ergonomics of the foot and physics of running.

“The arch of our feet collapse when we run, sort of like a 'spring' – that is normal,” Cucuzella said, stressing the importance of landing with a mid-foot strike. The spring-like motion of feet and knees, combined with smaller, quicker steps absorbs the energy of the impact.

“What happened in our culture is that we now wear shoes that brace the foot and changes movement pat-tern and foot structure early in foot development,” Cucuzella said. “It’s like an aircraft during landing: If everything is locked out, then all the impact energy is

going to be absorbed by areas of the body that are not designed to do so.”

This changes running form and prevents many runners from running softly without impact protection from soft-soled shoes. The development of large shoes may have seemed like a good idea to prevent harsh impacts, Cu-cuzella said. The increased padding was supposed to en-able runners to extend their stride, but ultimately reduces the body’s natural spring-like movement.

However, the development of running shoes has fol-lowed a pendulum motion, Kulund said. While sportive running started natural with old-fashioned racing flats that offered little support and allowed natural foot movement, shoe companies started adding little nu-ances ending up with bulky shoes that have been in use until recently.

“It’s just a matter of the pendulum swinging back,” Kulund said.

Many runners want to know why running with “less shoe” is more effective and some are apprehensive.

“The burden of proof should be on the athletic shoe manufacturers,” Eppolito said. “There has not been a single study which proves that cushioned running shoes significantly improve performance or prevent injury in runners.”

But buying different shoes may not be necessary right away. Kulund developed the Basic Aerobic Train-ing Tool as a memory aid to train Airmen in natural running, before changing footwear.

“If Airmen wear a shoe with a lower heel, they au-tomatically improve their running form,” Kulund said. “But not every Airman will necessarily want to change shoes right away. The Basic Aerobic Training Tool helps them find a natural form even when not wearing lower-heeled shoes.”

The feedback from Airmen using the BATT method has been positive, Kulund said, who hopes once they memorize the technique, Airmen will pass the figurative “baton” and inspire others to improve their running.

Some Airmen are already espousing the benefits of the training.

Before the development of the online training, the three experts travelled to bases across the nation to conduct running clinics – helping Airmen, face-to-face, understand the basics of proper running.

“Cucuzella had a unique perspective because he was both a medical professional and a long distance runner,” Tech. Sgt. Carl Lund, 29th Intelligence Squadron language

analyst, who attended a training session with Cucuzella, said. “We took our shoes off and went through some ac-tivities of posture and movement. Running without shoes was a new concept.”

Lund said he was initially surprised, but once Cu-cuzella explained the physics of minimal running, it made sense to him. He now thinks differently about his running technique.

“It’s definitely something I’m cognizant of now,” Lund said. “It’s hard to get out of bad habits, but I think I made progress toward better technique.”

Lund has purchased different shoes after the class, but he said he doesn’t use them much yet. “It’s definitely a different style of running and you have to acclimate to it,” Lund said.

While the training aims to improve Airmen’s running and prevent injuries, the efforts also intend to educate the professional health staff on minimalist running.

“Minimalistic running has actually been well estab-lished,” Eppolito said. “It’s been around for a long time, but has only now regained popularity in the last few years. That may make it seem like a faddish occur-rence. The fact is sports medicine has done a lot of research on the subject.”

Medical professionals tend to follow conventional wis-dom, Cucuzella said. But when properly trained, they too can learn how to better advise their patients in prevent-ing rather than treating injuries.

“We have the science and proof on the side of exer-cise physiology that this is the proper way to train and to become healthy, fit and a better endurance runner,” Cucuzella said. “It’s not about running faster, but about going back to a natural movement pattern that was lost.”

To ensure that both Airmen and health profession-als get the most out of this training, data gathering on its effectiveness is a priority for the near future, Cucuzella said.

“Ideally we would like to see Airmen improving by sim-ply learning from the computer-based-training,” Cucuzella said. “But if that doesn’t work, we will need to find out how else we can standardize the training process.”

While it is still unclear whether the CBT will have the desired effect, Cucuzella is optimistic.

“We hope it can help people,” he said. “It’s a lot of new information. But like any skill, if Airmen have patience, practice and become their own coaches, they’re going to intuitively feel which changes work and are ultimately go-ing to feel better while running safer.”

Airmen learn to run strategically with online instruction

Basic Aerobic Training Tool(The BATT Method)

A technique for runners developedby Dan Kulund

Former Air Force Medical Support Agency Chief of Health Promotions

Fall forward from your ankles in order to enlist gravity

Visualize a helium balloon attached to your head toaid in running softly

Look where you are going, not at your feet

Swing you arms quickly from relaxed shoulders withelbows bent at 90 degrees and your thumbs andindex fingers touching lightly

Imagine being reeled in on a big fishing lineattached to your belly button

Expand your lower abdomen like a balloon,then squeeze the air out

Keep your knees slightly bent

Land on the middle of your foot to reduce any braking that would occur from crash landing early on your heels

Imagine running on hot coals witha quick cadence

Think of your foot slipping backward on abanana peel

Picture helium balloons lifting your heels

Move your ankles in little circles as if they were wheels

Photo illustration by Maggie Armstrong

AUGUST 17, 2012PAGE 10 WINGSPREAD

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Today at 7 p.m.

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11:30 a.m. - Bldg. 102Saturday

5:30 p.m. - Bldg. 102Sunday

8:30 a.m. - Bldg. 10211:30 a.m. - Bldg. 102

ConfessionSaturday

4:30 p.m. - Bldg. 102

• PROTESTANTTraditional

Sunday Service8:15 a.m. - Base theater

ContemporarySunday Service

11 a.m. - Base theater

Randolph Chapel

Schedule

"Tyler Perry's Madea'sWitness Protection" (PG-13)

Tyler Perry, Eugene LevySaturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.

Base thrift shop opens for tax-free shopping The Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Thrift Shop will be honoring “tax-free” shopping from 9 a.m.-2 p.m today. For more information, contact 658-5990.

Base African-American Heritage Committee seeks volunteers

The 2013 African-American Heritage Committee will hold its fi rst committee meeting 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 22 in Bldg. 902, on the third fl oor of the Robinson Conference Room. For more information, contact Maj. Mario Verrett at mario.verrett@us.af.mil or 652-4527, or Tech. Sgt. LeTosha Shepherd at letosha.shepherd@us.af.mil or 652-6658.

Chapel and A&FRC to hold retreatActive-duty married couples are in-

vited to attend a Marriage Care Retreat Aug. 24-26 at the T Bar M Ranch in New Braunfels.

To sign up, contact the Airman and Fam-ily Readiness Center at 652-5321.

Munitions staff conduct inventoryThe 902nd Logistics Readiness Squad-

ron munitions offi ces and the munitions storage area will be closed to normal business Sept. 4-7 to conduct its semian-nual 100 percent inventory of ammunition and explosives. Only emergency issues can be honored during this period. For more information, contact 652-3361/6780.

Committee holds Air Force Birthday Ball The Air Force Birthday Ball takes place at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Omni Hotel, 9821 Colonnade Blvd., San Antonio, Texas. For tickets: An e-invite link will be sent to your respective command chief’s offi ce. Each respective organization has an allotted number of tickets.

Red Cross seeks volunteers The American Red Cross seeks volunteers to serve the base community at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Medical Clinic. For more details, contact the Red Cross desk at 652-6372.

'All' personnel affect environmental management systemsBy Alex SalinasJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs

One of the primary goals for Tiffany Ev-ans, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph En-vironmental Management Systems coordinator, is to get base members familiar with EMS by improving commu-nication. Based on results from her department’s 2011 external Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and Management Program, in-terviewees were not familiar with EMS, Evans said.

“EMS is how we manage our environmental aspects on the installation,” she said. “It’s more than just Air Force compliance; it’s how we do business.”

Randolph self-declared EMS conformance on Dec. 1, 2005, which Evans said initiated a “framework for continual program and process improvement through clearly defi ned environmental roles and responsibilities, planning requirements, budgeting, effective implemen-tation and operation, and management review.”

There are 17 elements that defi ne EMS, categorized into four phases: plan, do, check and act.

Additionally, three signifi cant aspects comprise EMS: energy conservation, chemical oxygen demand ex-ceedances and the water treatment plant.

These aspects are essentially tied to everyone’s work area on base, so everyone plays a role within the envi-

ronmental management framework. “All JBSA personnel impact the installation’s EMS,”

Evans said. “Utilities are common resources that all of the base populace utilize. Simply cutting on lights, pow-ering copy machines and running computers directly have an effect on one of our signifi cant aspects: energy conservation.”

In Randolph’s case, under the guidance of Ruben Ramos, Randolph energy manager, energy conservation has been a large success.

Per Executive Order 13423, the Air Force was re-quired to reduce its energy intensity – energy divided by square feet – from a 2003 baseline to 2012 by 30 percent, Ramos said.

“The reduction goal started in 2006 and a reduction of 3 percent per year is required until 2015,” he said. “We are estimated a reduction between 12-15 percent for this year.”

Altogether, Ramos said Randolph’s energy program is saving the Air Force $222,000 using the current rate for gas compared to 2003; $92,000 using the current rate for electricity compared to 2003; and more than $115,000 annually for current capitalization energy projects.

Assisting the executive order is an Air Force Instruc-tion as well.

AFI 32-7001 requires that all Air Force personnel and contractors know the environmental requirements

that apply to their daily duties, are aware of the envi-ronmental policy and procedures of the management system, know their roles and responsibilities in achiev-ing regulatory compliance and conformity with the re-quirements of the management system, and are aware of the installation’s signifi cant aspects.

“Our goal is to bring as much attention to EMS so that personnel are familiar with the concept when asked,” Evans said.

Current EMS policy is summarized by the acronym SOAR: stop pollution, obey laws, always improve and reduce waste.

Part of Randolph’s soaring to greater heights within environmental management is the ability for all CAC holders to access additional information on EMS on the eDASH website, https://eis.af.mil/cs/edash/aetc/randolph/default.aspx.

“The website is a one-stop shop for anybody in the environmental world,” Evans said. “Whether you need to see a permit by-rule for a piece of air equipment or want to learn about one of our programs like Green Procurement, the site is continuously updated.”

In upcoming months, Evans said all three JBSA oper-ating bases are slated to transition into one JBSA eDASH website.

For more information about EMS, contact the envi-ronmental section at 652-4668.

WINGSPREADAUGUST 17, 2012 PAGE 11

By Gary SheftickArmy News Service

Air Force family member Janay DeLoach leaped 6.89 me-ters Aug. 8 at Olympic Stadium in London to take the bronze medal in women’s long jump.

USA teammate Brittney Re-ese won the gold with a jump of

7.12 meters and Russia’s Elena Sokolova earned the silver with a jump of 7.07.

DeLoach said Reese moti-vates her to improve and pro-vides advice.

“She helps me get on the board,” DeLoach said of her fi rst-place teammate.

Reese isn’t her only sup-

porter, though.“My dad’s here with me,

cheering me on,” DeLoach said. “He’s been there the whole way through. He’s always supported me in all my endeavors.”

Her father is retired Chief Master Sgt. William DeLoach, whose last assignment was at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and he now works as a contrac-tor with the 416th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards.

His daughter began compet-ing in long jump at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, at age 13.

“I didn’t get too many meets in, but you know, it set the stage for where I am now,” DeLoach said of competing in track and fi eld at Ben Eielson High School.

She went on to compete in track and fi eld at Colorado State University, but said she didn’t really get serious about long jumping until last year.

“That was the year that I won indoors,” the 26-year-old 5-foot-5-inch athlete, said. De-Loach won the World Indoor Championship last year with a jump of 6.99.

Then fi ve weeks ago, at the Olympic Track and Field Tri-als in Eugene, Ore., DeLoach earned the number-three spot on the USA team with a jump of 7.03 meters.

At the long-jump fi nals in London, DeLoach was in third place early with her fi rst at-tempt of 6.77 meters.

Then the second jump for Brittney Reese of the United States put her in fi rst place with a 7.12-meter leap. This dropped

DeLoach to fourth place. After three jumps, DeLoach

remained in fourth place with her longest jump still the initial 6.77 meters. But it was enough to put her in the top eight and give her an opportunity for three more attempts.

On her fourth jump, DeLoach leaped 6.74 meters, still just short of her fi rst attempt and still in fourth place.

On her fi fth attempt, howev-er, DeLoach soared through the air for a jump of 6.89 meters. She got up out of the sand pit with a smile.

After judges registered the distance, DeLoach realized she was one centimeter in front of Latvia’s Ineta Radevica for the bronze. The Latvian had jumped 6.88 meters on her fi rst try in the fi nals.

On her fi nal attempt, Re-devica fl ew across the sand and planted her feet close to DeLoach’s best of the day. But judges measured it at 6.79 me-ters, 10 centimeters short of the bronze.

“Oh, I was crumbling,” De-Loach said. “I was like, ‘please God, let me have this bronze medal.’ I knew she could do it, but it just didn’t happen at this point. I inched her out by just a centimeter.”

Then Russia’s Anna Nazo-rova made her last attempt, again looking close to the mark DeLoach set. But the jump was measured at 6.62 and DeLo-ach threw her hands up in joy, realizing she had the bronze medal.

Fitness center seeks varsity basketball coaches

The Rambler Fitness Center is accepting ap-plications for men’s and women’s varsity basket-ball coaches. The season runs September through March and coaches must be available for all games and practices. For more information and to apply, contact Rikk Prado at richard.prado@us.af.mil or 652-2955.

Little Renegades set soccer registration Little Renegades is a parent/child program that helps build confi dence in children 3-5 years old while they are having fun and learning basic soccer skills. Register at Joint Base San Antonio-Ran-dolph Youth Programs, Bldg. 585 through Aug. 31. For more information, contact 652-3298.

Fitness center offers training run

The Randolph Rambler Fitness Center offers an 18-mile training run 6 a.m. Aug. 25 at Eberle Park for all runners training for a marathon. For details, call 652-7263.

Teams forming for Rambler 120

Teams are now form-ing to compete in the seventh-annual Rambler 120 Team Challenge at Canyon Lake. The competition takes place Oct. 20 and participants will bike, raft and run to the finish line.

To sign up a team or for more details, call Steve Knechtel at 267-7358.

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AF chief’s daughter takes bronze in Olympic long jumpSportsSportsSportsBRIEFSBRIEFSBRIEFS

Photo by Adrian Dennis/GETTY IMAGESUSA's Janay Deloach competes in the women's long jump fi nal at the athlet-ics event of the 2012 Olympic Games Aug. 8 in London.

“My dad’s here with me, cheering me on. He’s been there the whole way through. He’s

always supported me in all my endeavors.”Janay Deloach

2012 Olympic Games women's long jump bronze medalist

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Graphic by Lino Espinoza