Friday, Oct. 14, 2011

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Heart Link SpouseOrientation

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Altus hosts 57thAirlift Squadronreunion tour

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Youth Center andClub Altus events

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Tradition meetstechnology in AF libraries

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Natural RunningSymposium held

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Altus hostsseminar on servantleadership

All enlisted airmen andtheir families are invited toa free luncheon held at theFreedom CommunityCenter on the first Thursdayof each month. It is spon-sored by the ArmedServices YMCA.

For more informationcall 481-6523.

Free luncheon heldmonthly for enlistedAltus AFB families

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla -- Just as theArmy and Air Force rely on one another in real-worldcontingencies, Altus AFB is scheduled to hostSoldiers from Fort Sill, Okla. as they complete aPatriot missile culmination training event until Oct.21.

The 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery, sta-tioned at Fort Sill, Okla., will bring two Patriot missilebatteries and about 250 Soldiers to Altus AFB to com-plete a 5-day training event that is designed to testcommunications between multiple battery sites anddispersed equipment. No missiles will be fired duringthis training and only communication equipment willbe tested. Residents in the area of Altus may notice theSoldiers and extra military vehicles in the area beganon Oct. 11 and lasting for the duration of the event.

"The support provided by the Air Force ensures theArmy can train its Soldiers on equipment in situationssimilar to what they would encounter in a deployedjoint environment," said Army Maj. Jay Taylor,Brigade Public Affairs Officer. "This joint trainingand geographically distant location from Fort Sill is avery realistic simulated combat environment for theSoldiers and will complete their months of hardwork."

In addition to the missile communication equip-ment testing, a credentialed media day will be offeredOct. 17. Members of the press who wish to participatein the event are asked to contact 97th Air MobilityWing Public Affairs at (580) 481-7700 no later than 3pm. Oct. 14.

Altus AFB hostingFort Sill Patriot missile culminationtraining event

Altus supports National Fire Prevention WeekALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Airman 1st Class Jonathan Kidd,97th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, talks to Rivers ElementarySchool students about fire safety Oct. 11, 2011, as part of NationalFire Prevention Week Oct. 9-15, 2011. The focus of this week will bepromoting fire safety and prevention by demonstrations, classes anda parade in base housing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt.Marianne E. Lane/ 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs-Released)

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by Erin Tindell Air Force Personnel, Services and

Manpower Public Affairs

SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) -- Air Forcelibraries continue to adapt to emergingtechnologies and changes in the wayAirmen and families want information.

Whether a customer wants to check outa printed publication, download the latestbestseller novel for their e-reader or find aquiet place to study, Air Force librariescontinue to meet the literary needs of cus-tomers in an evolving digital world.

"All of us, including our customers, areon the move these days," said MelindaMosley, the Air Force Services Agencyadministrative librarian. "We're usingmobile devices like tablets, netbooks and

smart phones more than ever; we're inter-ested in providing service to our customersanywhere, anytime, in addition to provid-ing face-to-face services at our libraries."

The explosion of the Internet as aninformation medium serves librarians asboth a flexible resource and a useful tool,said Rodolfo Rodela, the supervisinglibrarian at Randolph Air Force Base,Texas.

"Through the Web, we make the libraryavailable at the point-of-need and nearlyfree of the restrictions of time and space,"Rodela said. "It's a common event nowa-days: an Airman lives and works in Cairo,yet can still 'visit' and do research at an AirForce library in Texas through our Web-based journals and books."

While Airmen and families can "visit"

online libraries at their convenience, thevalue of installation librarians has notdiminished, Rodela said.

"Librarians build bridges and removebarriers to information," Rodela said."Nothing improves your searching prowesslike expert guidance from an experiencedlibrarian. Search engines return too manyquestionable sources for efficient research.We'll show you how to use the library's e-journals to find only relevant and vettedsources."

Air Force librarians have also embracedsocial media as a way to reach out toAirmen and families. Social networkingsites, such as Facebook and Twitter, areused to inform customers about newDepartment of Defense programs, eventsand local happenings, said Dorothee

Bennett, a library technician in charge ofoutreach, programs and marketing for thelibrary at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

"We see more and more Air Forcelibraries using social media," she said."Many of them have Facebook pages,YouTube accounts and some write theirown blogs. With more acceptances of thesemediums by the Air Force, base librarieshave been able to capitalize on what we dobest -- connect our customers and the infor-mation they want with the information wehave."

Connecting customers to what theywant doesn't stop at social media posts. AirForce libraries also use an online librarycalled OverDrive that allows Airmen andfamilies to 'check out' e-books, audio

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ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.— Ian Adamson, director of research and edu-cation for the Newton Running Company, talks to participants about the impor-tance of running correctly during the Natural Running Symposium Oct. 6, 2011.The Newton Running Company gave a three-day Natural Running Symposium,Natural Running Form Clinic and a Natural Running Form Coaching Certificationclass free of charge to all who attended. (U.S. Air Force photos by SeniorAirman Leandra D. Stepp / 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs / Released)

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.— Lt. Col. Mark Cucuzzella, Air ForceMarathon Office chief medical consultant at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, demon-strates the importance of flexibility and balance to participants of the NaturalRunning Symposium Oct. 6, 2011. The Newton Running Company gave a three-day Natural Running Symposium, Natural Running Form Clinic and a NaturalRunning Form Coaching Certification class free of charge to all who attended.

books, music and movies. Customers keepthe items from three to 14 days and mayhave five items checked out at any onetime, Mosley said.

"Since we started the program in 2007,there have been more than 56,000 check-outs," she said. "We've been adding titleseach year. In the last 12 months, there havebeen more than 25,300 checkouts, so ouruse has increased greatly in the last yeardue to additional titles, more publicity and

the popularity of digital devices."To keep pace with the latest digital

devices, some Air Force libraries also hosttechnology fairs to teach Airmen and fami-lies about the latest mobile applications,devices and resources they can use to meettheir reading needs. The Eglin AFB libraryhosts a semiannual "Technology PettingZoo."

"We highlight e-book readers, tabletsand smart phones and answer questions

about the devices as well as e-books avail-able for check out on OverDrive," Bennettsaid. "We also post new developments one-book technology on our Facebook page.For example, we post updates on new e-readers that are now compatible withOverDrive."

While Air Force libraries continue toreshape their programs around evolvingtechnology, the main mission of a librarianwill continue to be the same, Rodela said.

"We collect and organize information;we advocate free speech and open access toinformation; we foster literacy in youngand old, and we support every individual'sdesire for self-development and educa-tion," Rodela said.

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Altus hosts seminar on servant leadershipALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.— James C. Hunter, national leadership consultant and author, speaks to participants at the ServantLeadership Seminar at the Freedom Community Center Oct. 6, 2011. Servant Leadership is based on skill, power, authority,service/sacrifice, love and will. Hunter speaks on Servant Leadership to audiences around the world and has personally coached over2,000 executives in developing the skills of Servant Leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Leandra D. Stepp / 97th AirMobility Wing Public Affairs / Released)

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Services and ManpowerPublic Affairs

RANDOLPH AIR FORCEBASE, Texas (AFNS) -- AirForce officials have approvedexpanding the deploymentopportunities for Airmen whotypically had limited opportuni-ties to deploy in support of airand space expeditionary forceoperations.

Last month, the 602ndTraining Group Provisional atKeesler Air Force Base, Miss.,began accepting Airmen withrestrictive deployment avail-ability codes to fill openings inits operations center and attraining detachments.

"The overarching intent is tosupport 2nd Air Force withoutreducing the Air Force's abilityto meet combatant commanderrequirements," said Col. HenryPolczer, the director of AEFand Personnel Operations at the

Air Force Personnel Center."We will accomplish this bysourcing to a name thoseAirmen who would otherwisenot be able to deploy."

The 602nd TRG (P) pro-vides support to Airmen attend-ing Army combat skills train-ing, combat Airman skills train-ing and the basic combat con-voy course, officials said.These courses provide Airmenspecific training to preparethem for their deployment andmeet the needs of the combat-ant commander. The AEF andPersonnel Operations direc-torate will use the MilitaryPersonnel Data System tosource those individuals withdeployment availability codeswhich makes them normallyunavailable for worldwidedeployments.

"The use of MilPDS tosource these individuals is rela-tively new," said WandaDavies, the deputy chief of

scheduling division for AEFand Personnel Operations. "It isusually done by sourcing to theunit type code which requiresthe commander to select per-sonnel from their unit to fill theAEF requirement."

The key is for those Airmenwith medical DAV codes, andtheir supervisors, to understandthey might be selected for state-side taskings and to be pre-pared, Davies said. TheseAirmen will either work in the602nd TRG (P) operations cen-ter or at one of the trainingdetachments. This new selec-tion process currently coversapproximately 100 require-ments.

For more information aboutthe AEF process, visit AEFOnline at https://aef.afpc.ran-dolph.af.mil. To get informa-tion about personnel issues,visit the Air Force personnelservices website at https://gum-crm.csd.disa.mil.

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