April 19 - United States Air Force Academy

www.usafa.af.mil U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY IN COLORADO SPRINGS
April 19, 2013
‘HISTORIC’ COMEBACK
Superintendent announces curriculum
change. Page 2
SAVING ENERGY
Academy works to conserve.
Page 4
WARRIOR GAMES CAMP
Athletes prepare for competition.
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Academy
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OUT OF SITE!
Women’s rifle champs stay on target
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Innovations for security
Cadets
Cadets prepare for defense
technology competition
Airman 1st Class Veronica Ward
Academy Spirit staff writer
Two cadet teams are making final preparations
to increase their chances for success at
the 2013 National Security Innovation Competition
April 25-26 at the Cheyenne Mountain
Resort in Colorado Springs.
The competition, designed for graduate students
and undergraduates, focuses heavily on
national defense and Academy Senior Management
Course students have been working
since August to create projects that have the
potential to extend beyond the reach of their
classrooms and set the bar at the upcoming
competition.
One concept the cadets plan to showcase at
COURTESY PHOTO
1st Class David Carte (left) and Kyle Fitle build a “Pipe
Snake,” a surveillance robot designed to crawl through
sewer pipes. The cadets, members of the Unmanned Robotic
Infiltration Team, will compete at the National Security Innovation
Competition in Colorado Springs, April 25-26.
the competition is an underwater texting system
they’ve called the Titan.
“Cadet 1st Class Ethan Vokes came up with
the idea,” said Cadet 1st Class Gordon Broadbent.
“He’s a scuba diver who wanted to create
something that would let scuba divers better
communicate with each other. He basically told
his idea to Cadet 2nd Class Anthony Canino,
our tech guy, in first semester, bought parts,
and then Anthony started building.”
See CADETS Page 11
Academy lauded for quick accountability after Boston bombing
8 Airmen, 1 civilian safe
within hours after attack
By Don Branum
Academy Spirit staff writer
The Air Force Academy established
accountability for nine
personnel running in the Boston
Marathon within four hours of the
bombing Monday at approximately
3 p.m. Eastern Time.
Accounted for and safe were Julie
Henner, Captains. Stephanie Silva,
Jeffrey Hannon, Derek Portlock
and Charlotte Portlock, Cadets 1st
Class Ilma Calite, Zach Marx and
Loring Ross and Cadet 2nd Class
Jason Burbach.
“We felt (accountability) went extremely
well,” said Paul Ceciliani,
the Academy’s antiterrorism officer.
“Air Forces Northern gave us
some very positive feedback for reporting
our numbers so quickly.”
Hannon, who works in the Staff
Judge Advocate office here, said he
headed out of the marathon area
as soon as he finished the race.
“I grabbed my food, clothes and
water and immediately departed,”
he said. “I was in the subway about
20 minutes before the blasts occurred.”
His phone — and those of family
members who accompanied him
to Boston — started “lighting up”
See BOMBING Page 11

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Academy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
American History
returns to Academy’s
core curriculum
for fall 2013
By Lt. Gen. Mike Gould
Academy superintendent
On 10 April, the Academy Board
returned American history to its
core curriculum for a select group
of cadets starting in the fall semester.
The Board brought back
the course, previously part of the
core curriculum from 1962-1987,
amid concerns USAFA graduates
did not have a deep enough historical
understanding of the U.S.
Constitution and the nation they
are pledged to serve.
For several years, the Department
of History surveyed cadets
to determine if they were part of
a nationwide downward trend in
knowledge of American history
among post-secondary school
students. Not surprisingly perhaps,
the DFH found a substantial
number of cadets deficient in
the areas of basic U.S. history,
understanding the founding principles
of the United States (most
importantly the historical context
of the Constitution), the development
of American ideas regarding
democracy, the struggles for racial,
minority, and gender equality,
and the place of the U.S. in the
“ ethnic
History 200Z will
pay special attention
to those issues
involving racial and
minorities,
gender equality and
constitutional freedoms
in the development
of American
identities.
”
— Lt. Gen. Mike Gould
world. In addition, data suggests
a general decline in the knowledge
of the discipline across the four
years of the Academy’s academic
program.
The new “test” course, History
200Z, consists of a one-semester
examination of our nation’s history
from its colonial origins to
the present. Surveying the broad
landscape of America’s past, the
course will explore the people and
institutions that have helped shape
American political, intellectual,
social and economic change over
time. History 200Z will pay special
attention to those issues involving
racial and ethnic minorities, gender
equality and constitutional
freedoms in the development of
American identities. It will also
strengthen other courses in political
science, economics, geography,
and law in the core curriculum.
Tied directly to the outcomes of
Respect for Human Dignity; Civic
and Cultural Competency; and
strongly related to our commitment
to diversity and inclusivity,
this course will help selected cadets
arrive at a clearer and more
meaningful understanding of our
nation’s past and their responsibility
as citizen-Airmen in a free,
complex and changing society.
To avoid expanding the already
large core curriculum in the short
term, History 200Z is targeted to
150 cadets who demonstrate deficient
knowledge of American history
and have an opening in their
academic schedule. The dean of
faculty will simultaneously undertake
a longitudinal study to
evaluate the course’s efficacy,
benefits and costs with regard to
the entire core curriculum. Apart
from the selected group of cadets
enrolled, we will also offer the
course as an option to others who
desire more exposure to our nation’s
rich heritage.
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We could have maintained our previous
design for conformity’s sake, but
the new design means better quality
and a better paper overall. Why not
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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 3
Air Force survey looks at community programs’ effectiveness
By Air Force News Service
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas
(AFNS) — The 2013 Air Force Community Assessment
Survey launched earlier this month
and this time includes reservists, Guardsmen
and spouses.
The assessment is designed to assist chaplains
and people working in installation-level Airman
and family readiness centers, family advocacy
programs, health and wellness centers, mental
health clinics and child and youth programs, to
better meet the needs of service members and
their families.
“We need to make sure our programs are meeting
the needs of Airmen and their families,” said
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody.
“This survey is one way we can learn how well
we’re doing that. It’s every Airman’s responsibility
to provide some honest feedback to help.”
Topics covered in the survey include personal
and family adjustment, individual and family
adaptation, community well-being, resiliency,
post-traumatic stress and help-seeking stigma.
For the first time, the Community Assessment
Survey will be a total force survey. Approximately
160,000 active duty members, 40,000 reservists,
40,000 Air National Guard members,
160,000 spouses of active duty members, 10,000
spouses of reservists and 10,000 spouses of Air
National Guard will be randomly selected to
participate in the survey. All appropriated fund
civilians also will be asked to participate in the
survey. The survey will be available through
May 30 and is completely anonymous.
A notification letter including a link to the
Web-based survey will be sent out to the work
e-mail address of each service member selected
to participate. Spouses will be sent a postcard in
the mail with the Web link. Everyone selected is
encouraged to participate to aid in the success
of the project.
The survey should take service member and
spouse participants 30-45 minutes to complete.
Data collected from the survey will be analyzed
and briefed to wing and Air Force leaders.
The information will help make communitywide
program planning and resource allocation
decisions, which ultimately enhance the quality
of life, readiness and retention of Air Force personnel.
“Everything we do depends on our people, the
living engine of our Air Force. The entire Air
Force leadership team is committed to doing
all we can to support our Total Force Airmen
and their families. We know that through your
valuable input, the state of our Air Force will
remain strong, ready and capable of delivering
airpower, whenever and wherever the Nation
calls,” said Secretary of the Air Force Michael
Donley.
Previous survey results are credited with expanding
financial counseling programs to members
and their families, developing a user-friendly
support network for Air Force single parents
and setting up marriage-support seminars for
junior enlisted members and their spouses.
For more information, visit www.afpc.af.mil/
lifeandcareer2013.
Budget request
provides for best
Air Force possible,
Welsh says
by Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone Marshall Jr.
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The
Air Force’s $114.1 billion fiscal
2014 budget request will provide
for the most capable airpower arm
possible, the Air Force chief of staff
said April 12.
Testifying with Secretary of the Air
Force Michael Donley, Gen. Mark
Welsh III told the House Armed
Services Committee his service’s
portion of the Defense Department’s
fiscal 2014 budget proposal
will support what he believes will be
a continuing demand for American
airpower.
“America’s foreign policy choices
reflect the conscious reliance on its
Air Force to help realize success,”
Welsh said. This, he said, currently
involves managing the airlift requirements
for a responsible drawdown
in Afghanistan, addressing
increasingly vocal international actors
in the Asia-Pacific region, and
satisfying the growing national reliance
on space-based capabilities, he
said.
The general said these choices are
also bounded by shifting fiscal realities
that will force the entire DOD
to focus on capabilities and missions
that are essential in the future.
“As an indispensable part of that
joint force, the Air Force intends to
continue operating in air, space and
cyber, and to prioritize those core
missions that have existed since our
birth as a separate service in 1947,”
Welsh said.
“America’s Airmen perform these
missions exceptionally well,” he
added. “And in doing so, they do
provide global vigilance, global
reach and global power for America.”
Welsh said
the fiscal 2014
budget request
does not fully
account for necessary
recovery
actions from the
current budgetary
turbulence,
and it doesn’t fully incorporate the
potential cuts for sequestration in
2014 and beyond.
The proposed budget, however,
does prioritize efforts to reverse
the Air Force’s declining readiness
trend, he said, noting that low states
of readiness negate many of the
strategic advantages of airpower.
“Flying hours are allocated to
maintain, and in some cases, incrementally
improve readiness levels
across the total force in this budget,”
Welsh said. “In the past, we’ve
relied on overseas contingency operations
funding to partially fund
those flying hour programs and to
maintain our current and substandard
readiness levels.”
The general said the Air Force will
continue to reduce its reliance on
OCO funding for the flying hour
program through 2015.
“At which point,” he said, “we
should have as much as 90 percent
of our peacetime flying requirement
back in our baseline budget.”
Additionally, Welsh said, the Air
Force has restored emphasis on its
training ranges, funding about 75
percent of the requirement in that
area, up from recent lows of only 25
percent.
After years of trading quantity for
quality, he said, the Air Force now
has fewer people in aircraft than at
any time since it became an independent
service.
“Unfortunately, while the numbers
have gone down, both the real cost
of personnel and their proportion
relative to the rest of the budget
has increased dramatically,” Welsh
said.
Meanwhile, “pay and benefits continue
to rise, as have the costs of the
DOD health care program, which
has grown approximately 270 percent
over the last 11 years,” he said.
Welsh said Air Force leadership
supports DOD’s request to limit the
military pay raise to only 1 percent
in this budget proposal and to explore
“meaningful” modifications
in the TRICARE health care system.
The Air Force will look to consolidate
infrastructure and reduce
excess capacity where allowed, he
said, and supports DOD’s request
for further base realignment and
closure authority in fiscal 2015.
“As difficult as a BRAC would
be for everyone, we can simply no
longer afford to retain unnecessary
overhead that diverts precious resources
from readiness and modernization,”
Welsh said.
Welsh said the Air Force’s portion
of the proposed fiscal 2014 budget
also strives to protect modernization
to support current defense
strategic guidance.
“The KC-46 (tanker), F-35 (Lightning
II) and long-range strike bomber
remain our top-three investment
priorities,” he said. “We need the
F-35. It remains the best platform
Secretary of the Air
Force Michael Donley
(left) gives his
opening statement
during a hearing with
the House Armed
Services Committee
in Washington April
12. Both Donley and
Chief of Staff Gen.
Mark Welsh III were
on Capitol Hill to discuss
the Air Force’s
fiscal 2014 budget.
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to address the proliferation of highly
capable integrated air defenses
and new air-to-air threats.”
And the long-range strike bomber
“will give our nation a flexible, credible
capability to strike globally with
precision on limited notice should
the national interest require,” Welsh
added.
The KC-46 tanker is the Air Force’s
highest modernization priority, he
said, and it will ultimately replace a
third of the current tanker fleet.
“(This) tanker fleet puts the ‘global’
in global vigilance, global reach,
and global power,” Welsh said. “It
provides strategic options for our
nation. We simply must modernize
it.”
The general also noted that four of
the Air Force’s 10 largest modernization
programs are space-based
platforms.
“We’ll also contend to invest in
our most important resource — our
Airmen,” Welsh said. “We’ll provide
the training, education, and professional
development opportunities
they need to be the best in the world
at what they do.
“If we can’t do that, they will
find other work,” he added. “We’ll
continue to do everything in our
power to care for our Airmen and
their families, while balancing the
resources required to do that, with
the understanding that our primary
job is to fight and win the nation’s
wars.

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Academy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
Academy creates energy research group to increase department
communication, maximize energy research opportunities
By Amber Baillie
Academy Spirit staff writer
Faced with the reality that the Air Force uses
48 percent of the Defense Department’s energy
resources, two Academy officers have formed
the Dean of Faculty Energy Research Working
Group to promote energy research across the
campus.
“There seems to be a lot of excitement behind
this group,” said Lt. Col. Robbie Passinault,
Chemistry Department director of faculty and
the working group’s co-chairman. “When we
floated this idea across some of the key departments
of energy research, the response was resounding
and people were like, ‘Hey, it’s about
time we did this.’”
The group held its first meeting on March 12
with 17 representatives in attendance, from 10
Academy departments, five research centers
and the Energy Analysis Task Force.
“The group is at a stage where it could morph
and transition to more involvement in future
meetings,” said Lt. Col. Mark Reimann, deputy
head of the Academy’s chemistry department
and co-chair of the group.
One of the group’s main objectives is to stay
informed with other departments to collaborate
internally with the dean of faculty, Reimann
said.
“If we have information on what outside agencies
are doing we can share it, make sure we’re
not wasting effort and getting the maximum
productivity out of our energy research by communicating,”
he said.
Cadets play a role in the group, conducting research
across the departments, Reimann said.
“They’re the workforce doing most of the research
and we’re doing the administration side
of it,” he said.
Passinault said their research has included cadets
working with senior researchers here on using
micro-biofuel cells as an energy source.
“The microbes create hydrogen, which then hydrogen
can fuel a battery and essentially a car,”
Passinault said. “It’s very cutting-edge.”
The group has initiated research collaboration
with the National Renewable Energy Lab and
plans to visit the Air Force Research Laboratory
next month to discuss potential energy collaborations,
Passinault said.
Earth Day observed Monday
By 1st Lt Brandon Baccam
Academy Public Affairs
Earth Day will be observed by
the Air Force Academy and other
Air Force installations around the
world Monday to enhance sustainability
by highlighting conservation,
pollution prevention, watersaving
technologies and other
facets of environmental care.
To support this year’s theme of
“Conserve Today – Secure Tomorrow,”
the 10th Civil Engineering
Squadron will be hosting its 8th
Annual Earth Day art/poetry contest
at Douglass Valley Elementary
school.
“It’s important (for the) young
children to think more about the
environment at a younger age,”
said Derek Damien, a 10th CES
environmental program manager.
“If they grow up thinking about
recycling, conservation and the environment
it will become second
(nature) to them.”
ELIZABETH ANDREWS
Cadet 3rd Class Stephen Beaton (right) and Cadet 2nd Class Zachary Bruhn (left)
talk to Colorado senator Mark Udall (center) on energy research here Jan. 15 in an
Academy energy research laboratory.
“The opportunity would be for cadets to go
there in the summer and do research hand in
hand with some of our best scientists in the Air
Force,” he said.
The group can also enhance the ability to target
energy saving and research opportunities in
the community and spread the word, Reimann
said.
“The Academy has a big impact on science,
technology, math and science outreach,” he said.
“Energy topics are a perfect way to get kids excited
about science and engineering topics, and
all of us have that interest in mind.”
Another prime objective of the group is making
sure Academy curriculum is the best it can
be in respect to energy lessons, Reimann said.
“In the future there could be a renewable energy
track that various majors could pick that
might funnel them on a path of taking energy
related classes,” Reimann said. “It’s a worthy
objective and we have the right people here to
get there.”
The Air Force is a big consumer of energy and
we want cadets to know that it’s a very relevant
topic,” Passinault said.
The children will be given an
Earth Day Brochure explaining this
year’s theme and focus, which also
serves as the art/poetry submission
form. The submissions are judged
and winners will be displayed at
the Community Center Library.
“(The 10th CES) has been participating
in Earth Day events for
the past seven years with Douglass
Valley Elementary,” said Damien.
The Academy is taking proactive
steps with the rest of the Air Force
to achieve goals established by the
DoD Strategic Sustainability Performance
Plan for improving water
resource management.
“The Academy has ongoing efforts
to mitigate storm water impacts
and protect water quality/habitat
in streams on USAFA,” said Dan
Follett, a water quality manager at
the 10th CES. “Some of the mitigation
includes stream improvements
in heavily eroded channels on the
eastern boundary.”
In fiscal 2012, the Air Force reduced
potable water intensity by
18.4 percent from the fiscal 2007
baseline. The Air Force also reduced
non-potable industrial,
landscaping and agriculture water
consumption by 4.6 percent from
the fiscal 2010 baseline.
Earlier this month, the Air Force
Academy began mandatory watering
restrictions on base housing in
accordance with Colorado Springs
Utilities provisions.
Colorado Springs Utilities has
information on their website that
provides additional information
and tips on other ways to conserve
water usage, said Damien.
“This information educates residents
and employees on how they
can help protect our watersheds,”
said Follett.
In addition to the art/poetry
contest, the Academy recognizes
Earth Day in other
various ways: Cadets with
the Falconry Club volunteer
to clean-up the Garden
of the Gods site every year,
and an electronic recycling
day is held annually. Also
“They’re going to be officers
in the future and we
need them to be aware of
it and to try to contribute
to solving the problem,”
Passinault said.
Capt. Michael Richards,
an engineering mechanics
instructor here
and the group’s director
of operations, said the
engineering mechanics
department has a 3.5
kilowatt wind turbine
they’re trying to set up
for future capstone projects
and groups.
“What will look nice
for the Academy is we’ll
have solar, wind and biological
projects, some of
the main drivers in renewable
energies,” Richards
said. “We can say,
‘We’re involved in all of
these and we’re preparing
cadets who are in a position to go into the
Air Force and say, ‘I’ve worked on that and it’s
not a good idea for the base, or this is a fantastic
idea for the base.’”
The Academy’s management department is
also involved in the cost-benefit analysis of the
energy research and projects here, Passinault
said.
“Part of this is not only making the technology
but then making it palatable to have it scaled
up, put out into manufacturing and integrated
it into the Air Force,” he said.
The group plans to hold at least four meetings
a year; its next meeting will be held April 29.
“I try to get people to think of energy as the
ultimate currency,” he said. “I tell my students
that energy is not simply a physics concept, it’s
everything to us. It defines what we value in life,
our quality of life and our quality life is defined
by how much energy we use.”
In all, about 200 cadets and 30 faculty members
are involved in energy research at the Academy.
Editor’s note: This is is the first story in a series
of stories to highlight the Academy’s energy
conservation efforts.
available is a household materials
“drop-n-swap” program.
“Anyone with base access can
come and drop off any used household
material such as paint, varnish,
water seal, cleaning liquids
and powders, and insect and lawn
chemicals,” said Damien. “Drop
offs (are accepted) at building 8125
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.”
Damien said to contact the 10th
CES at 333-3852 or 333-4691 with
any questions regarding the swap
program or other Earth Day information.

Academy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 5
Warrior Games camp
prepares Air Force team
Airman 1st Class Veronica Ward
Academy Public Affairs staff writer
Today is the last day of Warrior
Games Camp week at the Academy,
where Air Force athletes have
gathered to prepare for the Warrior
Games.
The Warrior Games, held May 11-
16 at the Academy and U.S. Olympic
Training Center, are a sport
competition for sick and injured
service members and veterans.
This year marks the largest number
of wounded warriors the Air
Force team has participating in the
games, said assistant head coach
Cami Stock.
Teams will compete in cycling,
shooting, sitting-volleyball, swimming,
archery, wheelchair volleyball
and track and field.
Team members come from all over
the states with different injuries and
limitations, said Marsha Gonzales,
the deputy chief of the Warrior
and Survivor Care Division at Joint
Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.
They also have a recovery team
on hand for each member participating
in the Warrior Games.
“We have varied team numbers,
depending on the sport, as well as
alternates and all participate in the
camp,” Stock said. “Coaches are
out here from 6:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
preparing.”
Coaches and athletes have been
in communication with each other
since January’s selection camp,
Maj. Jonathan Mason, Warrior
Games cycling coach, said.
“For the cycling team, selection
camp was a time to make bike selections
based on injuries and classification,”
Mason said. “Since then,
the athletes have received nutrition
and cycling information, and have
been riding 20-30 miles at a time,
three times a week. We want to prepare
them for a longer ride than the
actual race in practice.”
Athletes have also been given information
on strength training,
Stock said.
Warrior Games competitions are
free and open to the public.
While the official Warrior Games
schedule has not been released, the
games are scheduled to kick off
May 11. Competitions are open to
the public, but opening and closing
ceremonies are by invitation only.
For more information, visit
the Warrior Games website at
http:// bit.ly/Zuijxv.
JOHN VAN WINKLE
Retired Senior Airman Brandon Bishop practices a volley during a sitting volleyball
match at the Sports and Fitness center to prepare for the 2013 Warrior Games in May.
Cadet study
area opens
in library
Left to right: Brig. Gen. Dana
Born, Academy dean of the
faculty, Lt. Gen. Mike Gould,
Academy superintendent,
Cadet 1st Class Max Manley,
and Cadet 2nd Class Ashleigh
Hammer, cut the ribbon at the
new McDermott Library Group
Study room, April 15.
RAYMOND MCCOY
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a difference.
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Academy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
Instagram photo of the week
Here’s the Instagram
Photo of the Week.
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forward to highlighting
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in upcoming editions
of the Academy
Spirit. If you would
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published, upload it
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CREDIT: @rfleetwood
Prescription processing center upgrade will help thousands
By Airman 1st Class Veronica Ward
Academy Spirit staff writer
Academy firefighters volunteer
for 6-month deployment
The Pikes Peak Joint Refill Processing
Center at the Academy, the first Joint
Army and Air Force refill pharmacy in
the Defense Department, completed a
$1.2 million system upgrade last week
to allow the center to process 5,000 prescriptions
daily.
“This is an amazing system that will ensure
the 171,000 beneficiaries in the Colorado
Springs area continue to receive
high-quality, prompt, pharmacy refills,”
said Lt. Col. Gregory Feltenberger, the
10th Medical Support Squadron commander.
“More than 70 percent of refill
workload is completed by the JRPC and
the staff includes a mixture of personnel
from all the local military treatment
facilities - truly making this a very successful
joint activity.”
The JRPC used a robotic system, installed
in 2004, to refill prescriptions
for Academy, Peterson Air Force Base,
Buckley AFB and Evans Army Medical
Center customers, said Lt. Col. Melissa
Howard, the 10th Medical Support
Squadron pharmacy flight commander.
“Refills are provided through the AudioCare
automated telephone system
instead of people having to drive to the
pharmacy and wait,” she said.
The processing center used robotics to
fill and label prescriptions; couriers collect
the refills and deliver them to the
various base pharmacies in the Colorado
Springs area for costumers to pick
up the next day, Howard said.
“The upgrade includes robotic arms
being replaced with ones that run more
smoothly, lengthening the conveyor belt
and adding a checking station,” she said.
“This will allow us to keep up with the
current workload and take on more in
the future.”
The refill system offers huge savings
in manpower and reduces human error,
with checks and balances in place to add
an extra layer of safety, Howard said. It
also leaves space in the pharmacies for
customers waiting to get a new prescription
filled.
Currently, the JRPC is staffed by 13
contract and civilian employees who
process approximately 600,000 prescriptions
annually, a 70 percent increase
in customer service from 2004,
when a staff of 10 processed approximately
180,000 prescriptions annually,
Howard said.
By Amber Baillie
Academy Spirit staff writer
Six Academy firefighters deployed to Kyrgyzstan earlier
this month to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
The Airmen, assigned to the 10th Civil Engineer Squadron
Fire Department, all volunteered for the six-month deployment
to Manas Air Base.
“I think they all see it as an opportunity to contribute to
their nation,” said Ken Helgerson, 10th CES fire chief.
The Airmen will serve their country in a vastly different environment
than they’ve experienced at the Academy, to include
working on and around a flight-line, Helgerson said.
“When they deploy, they go back to a traditional 10,000-
foot runway and deal with other components related to aircraft
that they don’t necessarily see at the Academy, such as
refueling and unique hazards of working on a flight line,”
he said.
The firefighters will also focus on their professional development
while deployed.
“They’re not just there responding to incidents,” Helgerson
said. “They’re participating in upgrade training and earning
additional certifications. We also have them call back once a
week to capture their activity.”
The deployed Academy firefighters are Staff Sgt. Barry
McNeil, Senior Airmen Steven Rousseau, Donnie Brown,
Sean Kaufmann, Tylor King and Airman 1st Class Daniel
Garcia.
Firefighters across the Air Force have nicknamed Manas
Air Base “Peter J. Ganci Air Base” after Ganci, the highestranking
New York City firefighter to be killed in the 9/11
attacks, Helgerson said.
For more information on the 10th CES, visit www.usafa.
af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=8318.

Academy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 7
Korean War
vet, pilot,
visits
cadets
Retired Lt. Gen. Charles
Cleveland shakes hands
with Cadet 1st Class
Valerie Bachand at the
Staff Tower in Mitchell
Hall Tuesday. Cleveland
visited the Academy
as part of the Defense
Department’s “Year of the
Korean Veteran” program,
designed to thank
and honor Korean War
veterans, and spoke with
history majors about his
Korean War experience.
In 2008, Cleveland was
awarded the Silver Star
and recognized by the Air
Force as a jet fighter ace
55 years after the end of
the Korean War.
SARAH CHAMBERS
CLUES ACROSS
1. Leave out
5. Salt water candy
10. Suffragist Carrie
Chapman
14. Northeastern
Pennsylvania
15. Be in accord
16. 6th Jewish month
17. Young sheep
18. Mary mourning
Jesus
19. Wolf (Spanish)
20. A public promotion
21. A lyric poem
22. City of Angels
23. Annual
27. Cinctures
30. Military mailbox
CLUES DOWN
1. Applied over
2. Gettysburg Union
Gen.
3. Inches per minute
(abbr.)
4. The bill in a
restaurant
5. Draw on
6. Currency exchange
fee
7. 19th C. Polish
composer
8. A festival or feast
9. Affirmative
10. UC Berkeley
11. Rapid bustling
movement
12. Dining, coffee or
game
13. Region surrounding
ancient Troy
24. Rad squared
Solution on page 11
31. One and only
32. Rushed
35. Press onward
forcibly
38. Apprehends
42. Guinea currency to
1985
43. Master of ceremonies
44. Swiss river
25. An old phonograph
record
26. Sang in a Swiss
folk style
27. Guided the car
28. Exclamation of
surprise
29. A senate member
32. Very fast airplane
33. Myanmar monetary
unit
45. W. Samoan
monetary unit
46. Los Angeles team
member
47. Native of Bangkok
48. One point E of due N
50. The self
52. Humiliated
54. Disposed to take
34. Right angle
building wing
36. Returned
merchandise
authorization
37. “Rubber Ball”
singer Bobby
39. Express pleasure
40. Women’s
undergarment
41. 3rd largest whale
risks
57. Atomic number 13
58. Foot digit
60. Three-toed-sloth
61. Chopped beef and
potatoes
64. Spanish appetizers
66. Crust-like healing
surface
68. Mild yellow Dutch
cheese
69. Slides without
control
70. Add alcohol
beverages
71. Showing
72. Medieval merchant
guild
73. Current units
49. Exist
51. The 4th state
52. Expressed pleasure
53. Cutting part of a
knife
55. Civil Rights group
56. Makes taunting
remarks
58. = 100 paisa in
Bangladesh
59. American steam
engineer James
62. Golfer Snead
63. Type of health
insurance
64. Thyroidstimulating
hormone
65. Point midway
between S and SE
66. Patti Hearst’s captors
67. E. British University
river
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4-19-13

8
Academy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
Academy receives
Tree City designation
By Academy Public Affairs
The Academy was designated as a 2012
Tree City by the Arbor Day Foundation
for its commitment to effective urban forest
management on April 16.
“It was an honor receiving the Tree City
USA 20-year designation on behalf of the
Academy from Mr. Andy Schlosberg of
the Colorado State Forest Service and the Arbor
Day Foundation,” said Lt. Col. Patrick Carley, the
10th Civil Engineer Squadron commander. “This
two-decade designation clearly shows that the Air
Force Academy is committed to a sustainable environment
for our cadets, residents, workers and
all who visit the Academy.”
The Academy achieved its Tree City recognition
by meeting the Arbour Day Foundation’s four requirements:
a tree board or department, a treecare
ordinance, an annual community forestry
budget of at least $2 per-capita, and an Arbour
Day observance and proclamation.
“Everyone benefits when elected officials, volunteers
and committed citizens in communities like
the Academy make smart investments in urban
forests,” said John Rosenow, chief executive of the
Arbour Day Foundation “Trees bring shade to our
homes and beauty to our neighborhoods, along
with numerous economic, social and environmental
benefits.”
DIANE STROHM
Cadets 2nd Class Brian Andre (left) and Kevin Wise plant Ponderosa Pine seedlings to commemorate Arbour Day on April 16, in the Douglass Valley burn area to replace pines
that have died due to the area’s current drought conditions. The planting was part of the Academy’s Arbour Day activities.

Academy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 9
Lorenz on Leadership:
A chance encounter
Commentary by retired Gen. Stephen Lorenz
As a leader, you must always
be observant of what is going on
around you. Literally you need to
observe, listen and sense in a 360
degree circle in real time. To truly
be effective, you need to have your
radar up and running at all times
because you never know when you
can make a difference.
Recently, I was walking to my car
after a meeting with the Air Force
Academy Director of Athletics
and I chanced upon a cadet walking
back to the cadet area. She
seemed deep in thought and very
preoccupied. I turned and asked
her how she was doing. I could
tell she was thinking, “who is this
stranger and I don’t have time to
talk to him.”
I persisted and once again asked
how she was doing. She said
“fine”, but I could tell something
was wrong. I introduced myself
and reminded her that I had talked
about leadership with her cadet
class about six months before.
She seemed to remember and then
finally told me about her recent
academic and discipline challenges.
I listened carefully, paused
and related to her some similar
challenges I faced 40 years before
when I was cadet. We talked about
the struggles of having to study
harder to make better grades, and
that when you break the rules you
must be a leader and accept the
consequences of your bad decisions.
I asked her what her personal
goals were
and she said she
wanted to graduate
from the
Academy and be
commissioned
an officer in the
Air Force.
I remember
all those many
years ago when I
was restricted to
my room studying
and serving
confinements. I
would get depressed
and
start feeling sorry
for myself. To
keep my motivation
up, I would
look at a picture
of my class ring
and remind myself
why I was
at the Academy.
It helped me on my darkest days.
This cadet was still a year away
from ordering her ring, so I gave
her my tie tack which had the Air
Force symbol on it. I told her that
she must never give up on her goal
and that when she was down in the
months to come, she should hold
that small Air Force symbol in her
hand and let it remind her why she
was at the Academy. She took it,
said thank you and said she had to
get back to class. As she walked
away, I realized that I never even
got her name. I told my wife about
this encounter and put this chance
“The next time you are
out among people, even if
you are just walking down
the street, take the time
to notice each one as an
individual. You may have
the chance to make a
huge difference.”
meeting out of
my mind.
However,
much to my
surprise, two
days later I
received an e-
mail from the
cadet’s father.
In part it said:
“Hello Mr.
Lorenz, I have
not had the
honor of meeting
you, but…
my daughter,
though, has
had the opportunity.
You see, my
daughter was
the cadet you
- Retired Gen. Stephen Lorenz
came across
two days ago
outside Clune
Arena. Although
you may believe it was a
chance encounter, she believes it
was something quite different. Her
exact words to her mother and I
was that running into you was “a
sign.” What you told her and said
to her had a huge impact on her,
one that she will never forget. You
helped her to reaffirm her commitment
to the Academy and why
she went there. After a hard day
with some difficult conversations
and the normal struggles that
most cadets face, she was starting
to question whether she belonged
at the Academy. Suddenly, you appeared,
and were kind and compassionate
enough to realize she
was in need of a sympathetic person
who could relate to her. Your
conversation impacted her greatly,
and she left your encounter more
determined and intent on graduating
because she received (your
message) when she needed it most.
Her mother and I live close to 650
miles away. We couldn’t be there
for her at that moment, but we
want to thank you for taking the
time to stop and help someone in
need. Taking time and having the
patience to listen, be understanding,
sympathetic, and impacting a
stranger’s life forever. This is not
an exaggeration, but a fact we feel
strongly about. There was a reason
you were there to help her and,
for that, we will always be thankful
to you. We just wanted you to
know the influence you had on
our daughter and that you made
a difference in her life that day …
Thank you again!”
Let me emphasize that this story
is not about me. I was just there
and asked the cadet how she was
doing. It is about observing those
around you and making a difference
when you least expect it. If
you are observant, even chance encounters
provide an opportunity
to make a difference in someone’s
life. So, the next time you are out
among people, even if you are just
walking down the street, take the
time to notice each one as an individual.
You may have the chance
to make a huge difference.
Echoes of an Air Force legacy: the story of ‘Falcon Fight’
Commentary by Airman 1st Class Kevin Cerovich
Air Force Academy Band unit public affairs representative
Getting to speak with the wife of the composer
of the Academy’s fight song, “Falcon Fight”
was an incredible opportunity. Discovering the
man whose entire life embodied the heritage of
the Academy as a professional musician and instructor
was even more intriguing.
What’s amazing is that retired Tech. Sgt. Forrest
Ray didn’t realize until years later he had
composed the Academy’s rallying cry for all
graduates in the Academy’s long blue line.
Since its inception in 1956, the Air Force Academy
has evolved into the No. 1 regional college
in the western United States. The long blue line
has grown to 43,901 graduates since the 1959
class at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver. Let’s
travel back in time with an Airman who wrote
the most beloved Academy song all those years
ago.
How did an Academy Band member seize the
chance to compose the song that has lifted spirits
and bolstered institutional pride?
Forrest Ray’s wife, Virginia Ray, said “Because
he was initial cadre at the Academy, he was
privileged to be part of a close-knit group of
musicians who dubbed themselves ‘The 55ers.’
The 55ers were called on to train cadets because
there were no upperclassmen. There was a contest
to get the Airmen to compose an alma mater
and fight song. My husband came up with a
fight song, but he missed the deadline due to the
rigors of music composition and editing. Nevertheless,
he did get it finished and turned in.”
“A few months before his death, a
salesman friend teased him about
playing music for a living to which
Forrest replied, ‘When’s the last time
you turned on the radio to listen to a
used car salesman?’”
— Virginia Ray
wife of Forrest Ray,
composer of “Falcon Fight”
Hearing nothing he liked better, the first Academy
Band Commander Capt. Carl “Costy”
Costenbader approved it to become became
the Academy’s official fight song. Virginia Ray
said.
“Forrest never knew until some 40 years later
when I was surfing the Internet and came across
it,” she said. “ I asked him if he recognized the
tune, and he replied that it sounded familiar.
‘Well,’ I said, ‘it says here you wrote it.’”
Born Jan. 28, 1930 in Huntington, W.Va., Forrest
Ray faced numerous challenges. After his
father’s death, his mother was admitted to a
tuberculosis sanitarium when Forrest was 10
months old, and he was placed in an orphanage
in Ohio. Forrest Ray began playing various
instruments but by high school was an avid
tuba player. He later earned a job playing in the
Army Air Corps in 1947. After assignments in
Florida, Hawaii and Washington, D.C., Ray
was transferred to the Academy Band.
The Rays first met in Colorado Springs in
1961.
“I landed a job teaching at Harrison High
School; Forrest was stationed at the Academy,”
Virginia Ray said. “Both of us were contacted
by the pastor of a local church to assist with the
music program. We were married in February
of 1965.”
Upon retiring in 1968 from the 9th Air Force
band in Sumter, S.C, the Rays stayed heavily
involved in their community. In addition to
bringing military and civilian bands to Sumter
for years, Forrest Ray helped start a 5k benefit
run, still held today.
After his death Feb. 9, 2007, Virginia Ray remained
active in her community. Recently, she
brought The Jazz Ambassadors from the Army
Field Band in Washington D.C., the Wind Ensemble
from The Air Force Heritage of America
Band, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. and the
U.S. Air Force Academy Band Falconaires to
Sumter.
Forrest Ray was always a strong proponent of
the power of music to connect with people, Virginia
Ray said.
“A few months before his death, a salesman
friend teased him about playing music for a living,”
Virginia Ray said, “to which Forrest replied,
‘When’s the last time you turned on the
radio to listen to a used car salesman?’”
I draw inspiration from Forrest Ray’s story,
both in breadth of career and ability to do what
every musician aspires to do: change our world
for the better. The next time you watch the Falcons
play, listen for “Falcon Fight” and remember
the man whose legacy echoes through the
concert hall, a legacy that will now echo for generations
to come.

10
AIR FORCE NEWS
Academy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
Part of the U.S. Air
Force Seven Summit
team smiles for
a group photo in
front of a Himalayan
mountain range
in Deboche, Nepal.
A team of six
active-duty Airmen,
including four
Academy graduates,
is currently on their
way to climb Mount
Everest, the highest
mountain on Earth.
COURTESY PHOTO
4 Academy grads make progress in bid for Everest
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) —
A team of Air Force mountaineers began their
journey to ascend and summit Mount Everest recently
as the final expedition of the independent
Air Force Seven Summit Challenge.
The team of six Airmen, including Academy
graduates Maj. Rob Marshall and Captains
Kyle Martin, Marshall Litzke and Colin Merrin,
is underway on a 50-day journey to the highest
mountain on earth, completing a project that
began eight years ago with the goal of reaching
the highest mountains on each of the seven continents,
to plant the American and Air Force flags.
Collectively, teams of the Summit Challenge
have already scaled the more than 104,337 vertical
feet on Mount Elbrus, Mount Kilimanjaro,
Mount Aconcagua, Mount McKinley, Mount
Vinson and Mount Kosciuszko.
The summit team is accompanied by four trekkers
and three wounded warriors (two pararescuemen
and a combat rescue officer) who will
not make a summit attempt but support the team
in their feat.
The team reached Nepal March 31, and began
the final stages of the trip. After spending a few
days in the region getting used to the increased
elevation, the team pushed on to Everest.
By April 10, most of the team had moved up
to base camp facilities at Lobuche, a mountain
peak near Everest. The group then moved on to
the Everest Base Camp to acclimatize at further
increased elevation and practiced important procedures
such as crevasse rescues and ladder handling.
At Everest Base Camp, Marshall, one of the
co-founders of the AF Seven Summits challenge
and the leader of the team, was able to make a
call home early April 15.
“We were having an awesome day today,” he
said shortly before his data connection was interrupted.
“We had our Puja, a big spiritual blessing
(ceremony), where we ask Mount Everest and
essential the spirit of the mountain to bless the
team and give us good luck.”
With a view of the Khumbu icefall, a precarious
gateway on the ascent to Everest, Marshall
said the team grew more excited — looking at the
mountain they’ve prepared so hard to climb.
Scaling Mount Everest is not a quick affair.
Marshall said the group will move at a slow pace
to improve their chances of getting as many people
as possible to the summit.
“You can climb Everest at a faster pace, but
from our research, we are giving ourselves the best
chance to acclimatize and the optimal amount of
time to reach the top,” he said.
Health is an especially difficult issue for expeditions
in the Himalayas. Most of the team fell ill
with intestinal “bugs,” shortly after their arrival
in Nepal, due to the foreign food and living conditions.
The team since returned to Lobuche, which with
nearly 20,161 feet elevation is already higher than
any point in the continental U.S. They plan to ascend
the lower peak April 16 for a “shakedown
climb,” giving everyone the important chance to
check out their gear on a lower elevation, lower
risk climb before making their first trip through
the Khumbu icefall and up to Camp 1 on
Everest.
The mountaineers plan their final ascent to
Everest for mid-May, but the team’s anxiety is
rising.
“The stakes of this climb are the highest (no
pun intended) of my life,” Marshall wrote online.
“There is a lot of personal pride and no shortage
of money on the line here.”
They climb to promote camaraderie and team
spirit among Airmen, raise money for charity
and to honor and commemorate the fallen.
Though not on an official military mission, if
successful in their endeavor to scale 29,029-foot
Mount Everest, the crew will become the first
team of active-duty American military members
to have reached Everest’s summit.
Others on the team are Staff Sgt. Nick Gibson
and Capt. Andrew Ackles.
Air Force officials announce civilian reduction in force
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — In
a continuing effort to meet the
Department of Defense funding
targets in the FY12 President’s
Budget and rebalance the civilian
workforce, approximately 60
Air Force installations will implement
civilian Reduction in Force
authorities effective through about
Aug. 23, to assist in the placement
of employees not assigned against
funded positions, termed “surplus
employees.”
These actions started in FY12
and are not related to the current
sequestration actions.
To meet the funding targets in the
FY12 President’s Budget, the Air
Force was required to reduce more
than 16,000 civilian positions. The
Air Force was able to successfully
reduce approximately 15,000 positions
minimizing adverse impact to
civilian personnel,
but now needs to
use RIF authorities,
which will provide
options to help
place most of the
remaining civilians
on unfunded positions.
RIF procedures allow greater flexibilities
for employees to be placed
at their installations and still retain
their grade or pay. In addition, the
use of RIF procedures allows for
eligible employees who cannot immediately
be placed in local vacancies
to be registered in the Priority
Placement Program.
“Voluntary efforts to balance the
civilian workforce in FY12 have
gotten us significantly closer to
funded levels, but we still have a
way to go in placing the number of
surplus employees
to funded
vacancies, and
RIF authorities
will enable
us to achieve
that goal,” said
Brig. Gen. Gina
Grosso, the director
of force management policy
for the Air Force. “The Air Force
recognizes and strives to balance
the invaluable contributions of our
civilian workforce with the fiscal
realities under which the Defense
Department and the government as
a whole are operating. We continue
to focus on minimizing the impact
on our current civilian workforce
and their families.”
As the Air Force continues to
shape the work force, starting the
RIF procedures will provide installations
greater flexibilities to
further realign and rebalance the
civilian force.
“Usually a reduction in force has
negative perception, but the use of
RIF procedures will allow many
employees to be retained and continue
employment with the Air
Force,” Grosso said. “We want to
assure everyone involved with this
process that we remain committed
to minimizing the impacts during
these times of transition.”
The processes available use reduction
in force procedures to determine
employee placement rights
into vacancies as well as provide the
flexibility to waive qualifications to
create more placement options.
RIF implementation is separate
from current sequestration actions.
For more information, visit
https://mypers.af.mil.

Academy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 11
Cadets
From Page 1
According to the project plan,
created by Cadets 1st Class Chelsie
Lehmann and Mikhail Legaspi,
the purpose of the Titan is to “affordable
socialize” the scuba diving
experience while also giving select
groups involved in national defense,
such as the Navy Seals, cheaper alternatives.
“The scuba diving industry
amounts to $425 million a year,” Lehmann
said. “And Navy SEALs are
currently using either hand signals
or full face masks that allow them
to talk but cost more than double
what our product would cost. This
would allow for a cheaper alternative
and better communication in
the water and to people above the
surface.”
The cadet group, Trident Systems,
recently took second place at the
Elevator Pitch Competition, which
focused on the business side of their
project, including projected profits
and market research.
“What is great about this is that
we are working for something real;
it’s hard work we can see,” Legaspi
said. “This is for national defense,
so it is extremely relevant.”
Cadet 1st Class David Carte, a
member of the Unmanned Robotic
Infiltration team, hopes to see their
projects make a difference.
“Our team is working on two projects
simultaneously, but both are
meant to try and figure out a way
to infiltrate hard and deeply buried
targets, such as underground
bunkers or tunnel systems.” Carte
said. “The Adhesive Pellet Projectile
is something small that can be
deployed and has little hooks on it
that will allow it to attach to clothing
of people moving in and out of
these locations. We hope that this
will help to map out the area that
we can’t see in these HDBTs.”
Bombing
From Page 1
once word of the bombing spread.
“I received a phone call from one of the other
captains in the office who had heard about it,”
he said. “She immediately contacted me.”
First Air Force (Air Forces Northern) is one
of eight numbered air forces assigned to Air
Combat Command. Under its Defense Support
of Civil Authorities mission, it assists civilian
agencies before and during emergencies
and natural or man-made disasters in order to
COURTESY PHOTO
From left to right: Cadets 1st Class Chris Calderone, Nathan Davies, David Carte, Kyle Fitle, and Nathan Tangeman, work on a prototype
design for a surveillance robot for the National Security Innovation Competition.
Their second project, the Pipe
Snake, is a robot that can climb
sewer pipes in a motion similar to
an inchworm.
“Right now, our goal is for these
two prototypes to be used for intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance.”
Carte said. “We did
interviews with Air Force Research
Laboratories and the Defense
Threat Reduction Agency to see
what it is they needed and we’ve
done our best to come up with
something that could be used.”
The Unmanned Robotic Infiltration
team and Trident Systems
will have 20 minutes to
present their ideas at
the competition and will
then take questions from
the judges aimed to expose
weaknesses in their
plans, Broadbent said.
“We have been able to
come up with our product,
from concept generation
to development,” Carte said.
“This is our opportunity to see if
our project can be operationally
employed, represent the Academy,
and show what we are developing
here.”
save lives, relieve suffering, prevent property
damage and provide humanitarian assistance
when and where it is needed most.
Three people were killed and another 176
people were injured in two blasts near the Boston
Marathon’s finish line roughly four hours
after the start of the marathon’s third wave, according
to news reports Tuesday.
The FBI is investigating the attack as an act
of terrorism, President Barack Obama said in
a Tuesday morning news conference.
“What is great about this is that
we are working for something
real; it’s hard work we can see,”
- Cadet 1st Class Mikhail Legaspi
The National Homeland Defense
Foundation was established
in 2004 as a nonprofit forum to
prepare and respond to natural
disasters and terrorism around the
country.
“This was a heinous and cowardly act,” the
president said. “Any time bombs are used to
target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror.
“We will find whoever harmed our citizens,”
Obama added. “And we will bring them to justice.”
He also praised responders and volunteers
for their quick action and their kindness.
“If you want to know who we are, what
America is, how we respond to evil, that’s it:
selflessly, compassionately, unafraid,” he said.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
Sophmore Meredith
Carpentier competes
in the Womes’s Air
Rifle Final of the National
Junior Olympic
Shooting Championships
at the U.S.
Olympic Shooting
Center April 10.
Carpentier walked
away with the championship
title.
Freshman Kevyn
Stinett earned the
bronze medal.
ELIZABETH ANDREWS
Falcons win National Junior Olympic Shooting championships
By Academy Athletics
When the smoke settled at the Women’s Air
Rifle Final of the National Junior Olympic
Shooting Championships at the U.S. Olympic
Shooting Center in Colorado Springs April 10,
two Academy Falcons would claim two of the
event’s top-three prizes.
Sophomore Meredith Carpentier showed her
mettle throughout the two-day 90-shot event
and walked away with the championship title.
Freshman Kevyn Stinett earned the bronze
medal just .3 shy of second place. The women’s
air rifle featured collegiate competitors from
Air Force, Nebraska and Texas Christian University.
Carpentier shot a 396/400 to open up a fivepoint
lead on second-place qualifiers and National
Junior Team members Elizabeth Grantz
from Illinois and Haylea Broughton from Oklahoma.
Carpentier was the only one of three to
survive the medal push of the other event finalists,
as the second through fifth-place finishers
would be determined by a mere .7 points in the
end.
At the Academy, Carpentier is a rising star
in women’s air rifle; she recently finished seventh
overall at the 2013 NCAA Rifle National
Championships and her Junior Olympic qualifying
score of 399 is a world-class result in any
competition. As an Air Force cadet, she’s no
UPCOMING FALCON
SPORTS EVENTS
GOLF: April 26-27 for the PING Cougar Golf
Classic in Provo, Utah.
LACROSSE: Noon (MT), Saturday to take on
12th-ranked Ohio State.
MEN’S GYMNASTICS: 7 p.m. (MT) Saturday and
2 p.m. (MT) Sunday for the NCAA National
Gymnastics Championships.
MEN’S TENNIS: Noon (MT), Sunday to take on
New Mexico in the regular season final.
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD: Today and Saturday
for the Beach Invitational in Cerritos, Calif.
WOMEN’S TENNIS: Saturday to battle San
Diego State and Sunday to close out the 2013
regular season against UNLV.
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD: Today for the Mount.
SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. and Saturday for the
Beach Invitational in Cerritos, Calif.
stranger to uniform and the greater meaning
behind it. As Carpentier was awarded her USA
Shooting National Team Jacket, she commented
on the significance of her accomplishment.
“That’s a big deal. I’m used to representing the
Air Force and everything, I get that all the time,
‘Be on your best behavior wherever you go’
when I’m representing the Air Force, but now I
have a big old ‘U.S. of A’ on my back and that’s
an even bigger deal,” she said. “That means representing
the whole country so that takes my
whole self-image thing to a whole other level.”
Bronze medalist Stinett shot a 102.7 in the
finals to finish third with 887.7 overall points,
just .3 shy of second-place finisher Sasha Perez
(888.0), and finished with the same margin
ahead of fourth-place finisher Elizabeth Grantz.
Stinett is both the Colorado state champion and
silver medalist in the 2013 State Junior Olympic
Shooting Championships. She won the women’s
50-meter 3-postion (3x2) championships
match (563) and won the silver in the women’s
air rifle (387) in January at the USOSC. Stinett
finished 19th in air rifle with 587 points at the
NCAA Rifle Championships in March.
Qualifying for the National competition begins
at the state level as State Junior Olympic
Championships included competition in 47
states utilizing 80 different USA Shooting clubs.
The 2013 competition consisted of over 2,200
individual participants in rifle and pistol events.
State champions and
those who qualify via high scores are invited to
Colorado Springs to compete in the NJSOC
The competition takes place over a three-week
period with over 500 of the finest junior shooters
in attendance. The top-two finishers in each
event earn a spot on USA Shooting’s National
Junior Team. The 17-day event features shooting
matches in Men’s & Women’s Pistol (Air/
Sport) and Rifle (Air/Smallbore).
Falcon rifleman leads
in men’s competition
The Academy’s Tyler Rico moved into
third place in the men’s air rifle championships
with 1177 overall points on
April 16 when he shot a 583 on day 2
of the National Junior Olympic Shooting
Championships at the U.S. Olympic
Shooting Center in Colorado Springs.
Rico shot a 594 on Monday and was
the day’s top competitor.
The NJOSC ends today with the men’s
3-Position Smallbore Championships at
the USOSC.
2013 Academy football schedule released
By Dave Toller
Academy director of athletics
The just-released 2013 Air Force football
schedule features seven home games at Falcon
Stadium.
The Mountain West scheduling format
for the new 12-member football lineup consists
of five interdivisional games and three
cross-divisional contests annually. Each institution
will play four home and four road
conference games each season.
Air Force opens their new season when
they host Colgate on August 31, followed by
another home game against new conference
by hosting new conference foe Utah State
on September 7.
After a road game at Boise State September
13, the Falcons host Wyoming, September
21.
The Falcons play at Nevada on September
28 and then travel to meet service academy
rival Navy on October 5.
Air Force returns home October 10 to face
San Diego State, followed by a home game
at Falcon Stadium on October 19.
National power Notre Dame comes to the
Academy October 26, followed by Army on
November 2.
The Falcons play their second Friday night
game of the season November 8 at New
Mexico followed by the second off-week of
the season.
Air Force hosts UNLV November 21 and
concludes the regular season at Colorado
State, November 30.
The 2013 Mountain West schedule will play
out over 15 weeks, concluding December 7
with the inaugural Mountain West Football
Championship Game at the home stadium
of the divisional champion with the highest
BCS ranking.

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Women’s B-team wins contest, Men’s A-team places 4th in Academy collegiate road races
By Academy Public Affairs
More than 150 racers from 12
colleges competed in the Collegiate
Races at the Academy April
13-14 with the women’s B-team
taking first place, beating runnerups
Colorado School of Mines by
nearly a minute.
Air Force women fielded a B-
team with two C-riders this week,
as the only A-rider, MacKenzie
Paul, was recovering from an injury.
Men’s A-team cyclists Zeb Hanley,
Stefan Zavislan, Karl Schroeder
and Garrett Braun continuing
their dominance by taking fourth
overall and first in the division.
The Men’s B-team placed fourth
overall and second in D2, seven
seconds behind Colorado College.
The C-team took fifth place in a
six-team race. Andrew Cady took
sixth place overall in the race.
In all, 18 cadets participated in
two-to-four races each with three
of four time trial teams finishing
first in Division 2. Nine cadets finished
in the top three among D2
racers, eight in the top 10 overall
category, and three with outright
wins.
Hanley, Zavislan and Schroeder
teamed up with a Colorado School
of Mines rider for an impromptu
team time trial effort that was
enough to keep them from getting
pulled and allowed them to take
17th, 19th and 21st respectively in
a field of 52 riders.
Following the TTTs, the racers
participated in the conference’s criterium
course: A four-turn, nontechnical
route on paved roads, in
the stadium parking lot. The hill,
wind and cracks in the asphalt
kept riders on their toes.
On April 14, Hanley took seventh
and Zavislan took 12th place
in the Sunday men’s A-races; C-
team men’s racer Dennis Cook
took sixth in the open category
4/5 race, which qualified him for
the B-team in time for conference
finals. Joe Esswein finished 10th
overall in the C-road race.
Kalie Plasier won the Women’s C
race, with Ashley Thrower taking
third place overall.
ABOVE: The Academy Cycling Club’s Kalie
Plasier won the women’s C-team Race April
14 at the two-day Collegiate Races held at
the Academy April 13-14.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Academy Cycling
Club racers Zeb Hanley, Karl Schroeder and
Stefan Zavislan ride in a time trail during
Collegiate Races hosted by the Academy
April 13-14.
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Asian Pacific American Celebration
The Asian Pacific Obvance Committee invites
all Academy memebers and their family to the
2013 Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration
at the Arnold Hall Ballroom May 8 from
noon to 1 p.m.
Enjoy Asian Pacific-inspired poetry, music,
dance, food and the unique perpsective of guest
speaker Lt. Col. Melissa Howard.
Event cost in $10 and the feautured menu consists
of Hawaiin Barbeque Chicken, Kalua Pork
and cabbage, Chicken Katsu, steamed white rice
and salad.
To RSVP before May 3, call 808-315-0634.
Avalanche military appreciation night
The Information, Tickets and Tours office has
deeply discounted tickets for the Colorado Avalanche’s
military appreciation night Sunday.
Tickets start at $22 for the Avalanche’s game
against the St. Louis Blues.
For more information, contact ITT at
333-7367.
AFAF continues through May 3
The 2013 Air Force Assistance Fund is underway
through May 3. The campaign raises
annual funds for affiliated charities supporting
Air Force families, dependents and surviving
spouses who face emergencies or other forms of
financial need.
The Air Force goal is $6.55 million, and the
Academy hopes to contribute $78,992.
Cadet Chapel
BUDDHIST
Sundays, 10 a.m.; Thursdays, 6:20 p.m.
PROTESTANT
Traditional: Sundays, 9 a.m.
Contemporary: Sundays, 11 a.m.
CATHOLIC
Mass:
Sundays, 10 a.m.
Mondays, 6-6:20 p.m.
Tuesdays, 6:45-7:15 a.m.
Wednesdays, 6:30-7 p.m.
Thursdays, 6:15-6:45 a.m.
JEWISH
Shabbat: Fridays, 7 p.m.
MUSLIM
Jum’ah: Fridays, 12:30-2 p.m.
Community Center Chapel
CATHOLIC WORSHIP
Mass: Saturdays, 4 p.m.; Sundays,
9 a.m.; Tuesdays-Fridays, 11:30 a.m.
Reconciliation: Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.
Formation Classes: For students in
grades K-8. Sundays, 10:15-11:30 a.m.
PROTESTANT WORSHIP
Evangelical: Sunday, 10:15 a.m.
Gospel: Sunday, 11:30 a.m.
PROTESTANT RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION
Sundays, 9 a.m.
community
For more information, visit www.afassistancefund.org.
10th MDG offers stress relief
Stress Relief Through Yoga: April 24, 2-2:30
p.m. This is a basic yoga class; Health and Wellness
Center staff will attend to answer questions.
For more information, call 333-5177.
Stress Relief: Three sessions will be held April
25: 2-2:30 p.m., at the Community Center, and
2-2:30 p.m., and 3-3:30 p.m., in the 10th Medical
Group conference room.
HAWC Events
Tobacco Cessation: The HAWC is available for
tobacco cessation counseling.
Those wishing to quit using tobacco can call
333-3733 to schedule a personal session where
HAWC staff will guide them through behavioral,
casual and supportive training to end their
tobacco habit.
Walk-in appointments are available from 1-3
p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Patients
interested in using medication to help
break their tobacco habit must visit their primary
care manager prior to visiting the HAWC.
Once customers receive a briefing by HAWC
staff, they will receive a certificate to get their
prescription filled.
DEA drug take-back day
Academy personnel are invited to get rid of
their expired medication at the South Gate Pass
and Registration Center April 27 from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
The event is part of the Drug Enforcement
Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take-
Back Day to give customers a chance to properly
dispose of unneeded, unused or expired
medication. Academy customers may also drop
off unneeded medication at a drop box located
in the 10th Medical Group’s pharmacy during
normal duty hours on weekdays.
For more information, visit www.deadiversion.
usdoj.gov.
Warrior Games needs volunteers
Volunteers are needed to assist the U.S. Paralympics,
a division of the U.S. Olympic committee,
with the 2013 Warrior Games, May 11-17,
at the U.S. Olympic Training Center and the Air
Force Academy.
The Warrior Games are a sport competition
for sick and injured service members and veterans.
For more information or to apply, visit
http://bit.ly/WExMLz.
Women’s Equality Day
The Women’s Equality Day Luncheon committee
is seeking volunteers to help plan this
year’s luncheon, scheduled for August. For
more information, call 333-5503.
A&FRC events
Résumé writing workshop: April 30, 1-4 p.m.
One of the most important steps in the job
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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
search process is writing a solid résumé that
gets an employer’s attention.
An effective résumé will open the door to an
interview and possibly your next career. The
course will also discuss cover letters.
Learn budgeting for baby, nutrition basic
parenting skills. Dads are encouraged to attend.
For information on Airman and Family
Readiness Center events, call 333-3444.
10th ABW chaplains need input
The 10th Air Base Wing Chaplain seeks input
from the Air Force Academy community as it
compiles the Fiscal Year 2014 Plan and Budget.
The survey takes only a few minutes to complete
and can be found at www.surveymonkey.
com/s/LPTDJZ5.
AFSA events
5k run: Air Force Sergeants Association Falcon
Chapter 1180 invites all cadets, retirees
and active-duty service members to participate
in a 5k run/walk at the par Course every
third Wednesday following the monthly AFSA
meetings., 3:30 p.m. at the Falcon Club.
Runners who participate in six runs will receive
a free AFSA Club T-shirt. Enlisted Airmen
who are not AFSA members will receive
a one-year membership after completing eight
runs.
Participants can sign in at the blue track located
behind the fitness center.
For more information, call 333-8999 or
333-3026.
Retiree Office needs volunteers
The Southern Colorado Retiree Activities
Office is in need of volunteers to assist with a
variety of projects, such as computer database
work, newsletter creation, tax preparation,
etc.
The RAO is manned by volunteers weekdays
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To volunteer, call 556-
7153 or email rao.peterson@us.af.mil.
Volunteer recognition ceremony
The Academy will hold a volunteer recognition
ceremony at the Falcon Club Thursday
from 3-4:30 p.m.
For more information and to RSVP, call the
Airman and Family Readiness Center at 333-
3444.
Aero Club special
The Academy’s Aero Club offers two sessions
with two hours of pre-flight instruction and two
hours of in-air instruction for $250.
For more information, contact the Aero Club
at 333-4542.
Graduation Week
Graduation Week is May 23-May 29 and ends
with a graduation ceremony at Falcon Stadium.
Visit www.usafa.edu/superintendent/graduation
for more information.

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