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Defender
Friday, April 27, 2012
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — HOME OF THE CHECKERTAILS
Vol. 6, No. 9
WARRIOR BEACH RETREAT
Local airman
killed in Turkey
AFGHANISTAN VETERAN: THIS IS REALLY
A GREAT COMMUNITY
By RANDAL YAKEY
Gulf Defender Editor
522-5108 | @ryakey | ryakey@pcnh.com
By RANDAL YAKEY
Gulf Defender Editor
522-5108 | @ryakey |
ryakey@pcnh.com
PANAMA CITY — An airman
from Panama City
was killed in a vehicle incident
in Turkey on April
22, the United States Air
Force has confirmed.
Airman First Class
Floyd Glover, 21, died following
a motor vehicle
incident at Incirlik Air
Base, Turkey, the Air
Force reported.
Glover was transported
from the scene to
a hospital, where medical
staff pronounced him
dead.
Medical officials treated
and released another
airman, whose name is
being withheld pending an
investigation. The other
airman was involved in
the incident but reportedly
is recovering from
injuries.
Both airmen were
assigned to the 39th Security
Forces Squadron.
The cause of the incident
is under investigation.
Air Force officials
said more details would
be forthcoming when the
investigation concludes.
Attempts to reach
family members were
unsuccessful.
The Incirlik Air Base is
five miles east of Adana,
Turkey’s fifth-largest city,
and 35 miles north of the
Mediterranean Sea.
The U.S. Air Force and
the Turkish Air Force are
the primary users of the
base. The primary unit
stationed there is the 39th
Air Base Wing of the Air
Force, officials confirmed.
Incirlik has a United
States Air Force complement
of about 5,000 airmen,
with several hundred
British and Turkish
Air Force airmen also
present.
PANAMA CITY — Swords were presented
as the honored guests of the
Warrior Beach Retreat were met
with a standing ovation inside the
Worship Center of the First Baptist
Church on April 19.
Twenty-six individuals from various
branches of the military were
on hand for the ceremony.
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Randal
Dragon was the guest speaker.
“When America looks for its
heroes, they need not look any
further than the first three rows,”
Dragon said as he pointed to the
rows filled with the service members
being honored.
Dragon went on to thank the
founders of the Warrior Beach
Retreat, Philip and Linda Cope.
New York National Guard Sgt.
Christopher Paiser and his wife,
Mary, were cheered as they took
the podium. Christopher, who was
wounded in Iraq in 2004, talked
See RETREAT A2
The roar of the Raptor overhead
is like some mythological beast that
never gets old to me.
The power, the agility, the way
they seem to defy gravity and
dominate the sky is awe-inspiring.
But things do change.
Change is coming to Tyndall this
summer.
Earlier this year, Brig. Gen. John
K. “Jack” McMullen told a group of
Photos by ANDREW P JOHNSON | Florida Freedom
A motorcade of motorcycles and wounded warriors passes over
Hathaway Bridge as supporters wave fl ags on the roadside in
Panama City. Above, ROTC cadets from local high schools salute
servicemen during a wounded warrior salute at First Baptist Church in
Panama City on April 19.
ON THE WEB
For more information on the Warrior Beach Retreat,
visit www.warriorbeachretreat.com.
A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
Bay County residents up to 1,000
additional personnel will be coming
with a new combat F-22 squadron
that is set to begin arriving this
summer.
The new 325th Air Control
Squadron building’s grand opening
also was held this past winter.
“The new 36,000-square-foot
facility will provide the realistic
training environment necessary
to teach the fundamental skill sets
necessary for these young warriors
to be successful,” McMullen told the
group gathered in what will be the
hallway of the new facility.
Change has been occurring over
the past few years in the newspaper
industry as well.
When I came to the News Herald
See EDITOR A2
Prostitution scandal
hits home at Eglin
5 from 7th
Special
Forces being
investigated
By JUSTIN HEINZE
315-4443| @JustinHnwfdn
jheinze@nwfdailynews.com
EGLIN AFB — Five soldiers
from the Army 7th
Special Forces Group
(Airborne) are being
investigated in connection
with the Secret Service
prostitution scandal
in Colombia.
The Special Forces
soldiers came under
investigation after they
missed their curfew on
the same night Secret
Service agents are
alleged to have brought
prostitutes back to their
hotel.
“Missing curfew is a
violation of policy,” said
Jose Ruiz, a spokesman
for U.S. Southern Command,
which oversees
operations in Central
and South America. “An
investigation was then
established to see if any
additional policies were
also violated.”
The Southern Command
is investigating 12
members of the military
that were attached to the
Secret Service.
The entourage had
been sent to Cartagena
to prepare for President
Barack Obama’s arrival
at the Summit of the
Americas.
Prostitution in Colombia
is legal in what are
known as “tolerance
zones.”
An investigating officer
whom media reports
have identified as an Air
Force colonel returned
from Cartagena on Sunday
with a military lawyer.
They had been there
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A2 | Gulf Defender Tyndall Air Force Base
Friday, April 27, 2012
RETREAT from page A1
about the hard times his
family had gone through.
He acknowledged Mary
for standing by his side.
But it was Mary who gave
an emotional speech during
which she broke down
in tears more than once.
Christopher uses a leader
dog to get around.
“Any injury is not easy
to live with,” Mary said.
“Sometimes you wonder
when this is going to end,
but it’s never going to end.
This is life.”
Mary said she and Christopher
were happy to come
to the retreat.
“What a chance to come
to a place and actually
start over again,” Mary
said, tears in her eyes.
She noted the auto dealership
sponsors, resort sponsors
and the “five star”
accommodations.
“You all should be so
proud of yourselves,” she
said, referring to the Bay
County residents who welcomed
the warriors to
town.
U.S. Marine David
Noblit, 24, of Herndon,
Penn., was in awe of the
reception he received
from the Panama City
and Panama City Beach
communities.
“I can’t even explain it. I
can’t even put it into words,”
said Noblit, who uses a
wheelchair after stepping
on an improvised explosive
deivce in Helmand Province,
Afghanistan, in October
2010. “It is more than
I thought it would be. It is
really overwhelming. On
the way here, seeing all
the flags and all the people,
this is really a great
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Cyber criminals have
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all of us.”
U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony
Verra, 32, was on hand as a
guest speaker. Verra, from
Virginia, had been to the
Warrior Retreat last year.
“The first trip was overwhelming,
and this one is
probably more so,” Verra
said. “I think there was a
bigger turnout this time.”
Verra said the Bay
County area meant a lot to
him.
“It is a way to reconnect,”
he said. “After months and
months of therapy and hospitals,
surgeries and doctors,
it is really good to get
away from all that.”
Verra stepped on an IED
Sept. 22, 2010.
“I lost my left leg above
the knee,” he said. “It was
an amputation.”
His right leg is also gone,
as is part of his pelvis. His
hands also were damaged.
He now uses a wheelchair.
“Panama City is a place
everywhere else should
come to find a model of
what they should be like,”
he said. “The patriotism,
the love and sincerity and
compassion they have
here, it is unmatched.”
Earlier in the day, the
procession over the Hathaway
Bridge in to Panama
City was lined with residents
who welcomed service
members who had
come to the retreat.
Panama City Beach
Fire Chief John Daly was
out with a few of his firefighters
along the parade
route.
“Our department wants
to support the wounded
warriors,” Daly said.
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that are not actual
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Try using the following tips
for creating challenging
passwords:
• Use long passwords (8
or more characters)
• Use special characters
“These are the men and
women that defend our
country. This is just a little
something we can do to
show our support.
“This is the third time
we have done this, and it
never gets old,” Daly said.
“I think that Panama City
and Panama City Beach
really roll out the welcome
mat for these wounded
warriors.”
Barbara Blum waved
her American flag on the
Hathaway Bridge.
“One of the reasons is
I have a nephew over in
James Haley Hospital for
a spinal injury,” Blum said,
referring the veterans hospital
in Tampa.
Senior Airman 1st Class
Shelby Brinkley, 23, is stationed
at Tyndall Air Force
Base.
“It is always important
to honor those who have
served and given and sacrificed,
whether it is the
ultimate sacrifice or being
injured fighting for the
freedoms of our country
and the brotherhood the
military has and the core
values we hold.”
The Warrior Beach
Retreat Inc. is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit established by
the Copes in 2009 to enable
wounded combat veterans
from the Iraq and Afghanistan
wars and their families
to bring honor and respect
to those who have served
their country. The Copes’
son Joshua was severely
wounded by an IED blast
in Baghdad, Iraq. He lost
both his legs from the knee
down, and both his hands
were injured, Linda Cope
said.
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letters with numbers and
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Tyndall to see reduction
of telephone operators
By Airman 1st Class Christopher
Reel
325th Fighter Wing Public
Affairs
TYNDALL AIR FORCEBASE
— Full-time base operator
services are now
only available Monday
through Friday, 5 a.m.
to midnight.
The changes are
part of the Air Education
and Training Command’s
Culture of Cost
Consciousness. Headquarters
AETC is looking
to achieve cost
savings by using technology
to eliminate the
use of full-time base
operator services.
These services
include Hearts Apart,
morale calls, conference
call hosting and
the elimination of directory
and base locator
services.
“Rest assured, service
to our customers is
still a priority for AETC
— we just think there
are smarter and more
efficient ways to provide
these services,”
said Rebecca Meares-
Jones, chief of AETC
Computer Systems
Squadron’s Services
Flight.
Hearts Apart and
morale calls will be handled
through the use of
PIN access.
“Deployed members
who previously
called back to their
home station through
our operators (morale
calls) will use their pin
to complete calls automatically,”
said Jerry
Flowers, 325th Communications
Squadron
chief of operations
flight.
These changes will
take effect in phases
through complete
implementation on Oct.
1.
Beginning May 1,
the base locator and
directory services will
only be available during
duty hours, 7 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through
Friday. All calls during
nonduty hours will
PROSTITUTION from page A1
the past week conducting interviews
and investigating the scene
firsthand.
“They provided the commander
(of Southern Command) with a summary
of the evidence-collection
efforts to date,” Ruiz said.
He added that the colonel and
lawyer now will conduct face-to-face
interviews with witnesses and the
suspected military members.
“It is important for our investigating
officer to interview potential subjects
in person, so that if the subject
requests, they can be represented in
the interview by legal counsel,” Ruiz
said.
It is estimated the interviews will
take one week. When they are concluded,
the evidence will be submitted
EDITOR from page A1
and accepted a job as the editor of
the Gulf Defender, I had a few ideas
in mind.
After consulting with a few of the
officials at Tyndall, changes were
made.
We’ve added entertainment
listings and have a wonderful young
columnist, Laura Eggers, who is
helping us see the military through
the eyes of somebody who lives on
the base.
The newest change is the one up
top, the flag. The banner that goes
across the top had been around for
a very long time. I asked to have it
changed, and it took a while, but I can
be handled by an automated
call tree.
“By Aug. 1, Tyndall
is expected to have
all phases complete
and eliminate the consolidated
telephone
operator services,”
said Daniel Moran,
325th Communications
Squadron deputy director.
“All calls will then
be handled through the
automated call tree.”
The 325 CS is working
in coordination with
AETC headquarters on
implementation and
will work to minimize
impacts to the base.
“Manpower constraints
will drive us to
reduce operating hours
before all of the automated
solutions are in
place,” Meares-Jones
said, “but we will ensure
all possible actions
are taken to minimize
impact to AETC’s mission
and personnel.”
For your reference,
the Tyndall Guide is at
www.militarymediainc.
com/tyndall/.
to Southern Command’s staff judge
advocate for a legal review, which
Ruiz said can be a lengthy process. It
will then be turned over to the commander,
who will decide whether
Southern Command will take action
or if the case will be forwarded to
individual military service branches,
giving those respective commanders
sole discretion on how to handle the
case.
“We just have to wait for the investigation
to run its course,” said Lt.
Col. James Brownlee, public affairs
officer for the 7th Special Forces at
Eglin. “Anything we say could have
an effect on them.”
Further details were not disclosed,
with officials citing an ongoing
investigation.
say it is finished.
Now, compromise is always
essential when you’re dealing with a
team. I have the pleasure of working
with a great team, and I mean great.
We made the changes with the help of
those at Tyndall Air Force Base and
our design team.
Thus we have the new look for the
Gulf Defender. We all hope you like it.
If you have any ideas or wishes
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me and I will try my best to get back
to you. I would like to thank all who
serve and have served.
Randal Yakey
Gulf Defender Editor
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Tyndall Air Force Base
Gulf Defender | A3
AMXS changes command
Medication take-back
initiative to be Saturday
U.s. AIR FORCE
Lt. Col. Melvin Baskerville assumed command of the 325th Aircraft
Maintenance Squadron from Lt. Col. Michael Ingersoll on April 20
during a change of command ceremony. Baskerville came to Tyndall from
Joint Base Langley-Eustis, where he served as the commander of the 1st
Maintenance Operations Squadron. Ingersoll will be leaving Tyndall for a
deployment.
By Airman 1st Class Christopher Reel
325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — The 325th
Medical Group Pharmacy, 325th Security
Forces Squadron and the Bay County
Sheriff’s Department will team up with
the Drug Enforcement Administration
to give the public an opportunity to prevent
drug abuse by ridding expired or
unused prescription drugs from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the Gulf
Power Parking lot on U.S. 98.
The service is free and anonymous,
and no questions will be asked.
According to the 2010 National Survey
on Drug Use and Health, more Americans
abuse prescription drugs than the
number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens,
heroin and inhalants combined.
Team Tyndall members can drop off
their old, expired or unused prescription
drugs until 2 p.m. Friday, April 27, at the
Tyndall Main Pharmacy lobby.
“This is the fourth time that this
national DEA initiative is being implemented
and the first time that Tyndall is
participating,” said Capt. Shamika Pryor,
325th Medical Support Squadron clinical
pharmacist.
This initiative addresses a vital public
safety and public health issue.
According to DEA officials, medicines
that languish in home cabinets
are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse
and abuse, which likely links to the
alarmingly high rates of prescription
drug abuse in the United States.
“Studies show that a majority of
abused prescription drugs are obtained
from family and friends, including from
the home medicine cabinet,” Pryor said.
“Americans are now advised that their
DROPOFF DATES
Friday, April 27
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Tyndall
main pharmacy lobby
Saturday, April 28
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Gulf Power parking lot on U.S.
98
usual methods for disposing of unused
medicines — flushing them down the toilet
or throwing them in the trash — pose
potential safety and health hazards.
“By getting rid of these items at
this event, our homes and community
becomes safer and it ensures that medications
are properly disposed of to minimize
any impact to the environment.”

A4 | Gulf Defender Commentary
Friday, April 27, 2012
Surviving sexual assault
By Airman Daniel B. Blackwell
20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AFNS)—
“That night, my whole world
turned upside down,” said airman
Samantha Smith, a sexual assault
survivor in the Air Force.
On the night Smith was
recalling, she became a victim of
sexual assault and took her first
of many steps down the road of
recovery.
That night, Smith attended a
party with people she believed to
be her close, trusted friends. Her
attacker knew her boyfriend and
accompanied her to the party.
Smith dismissed warnings from
other close friends about her
would-be attacker and his motives
for spending time with her.
“I should have noticed the
signs, but I was naïve,” Smith
said.
At the party, Smith drank
alcohol despite being underage.
She became drunk and chose to
leave with the male friend she
assumed she could trust. After
the party, he drove her back to his
apartment, where she spent the
night.
“When I awoke, he was having
intercourse with me,” she said.
“I knew what was happening, but
I was trapped in my own body,
paralyzed by fear. No one can
understand that feeling unless
they’ve been there. I couldn’t fight
back, I couldn’t scream, I couldn’t
move. Soon after, I blacked out.”
Smith woke up the next
morning at 9 a.m., and the man
had already left.
“I wish I could forget, but I
can’t,” Smith said.
She first confided in her
mother, then in her close friend,
as she felt those were the only two
she could trust.
“My friend made me call
the sexual assault response
coordinator line,” she said. “I was
so afraid I would get in trouble for
underage drinking. I used to think
the SARC would record what you
say and tell your commander, first
sergeant and supervisors. I was
wrong.
“They explained to me the
difference between restricted and
unrestricted reports,” Smith said.
“I ended up doing a restricted
report at first but later decided to
do an unrestricted report.”
A restricted report must be
kept confidential and cannot
be investigated or prosecuted.
An unrestricted report allows
command notification and
engagement as well as the option
of investigation.
“After this, I signed a paper
and went to Columbia, (S.C.,) for a
sexual assault nurse examiner’s
Commentary by Chief
Master Sgt. Harold L. Hutchison
7th Air Force
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea
(AFNS) — Recently, I received
and reviewed, with great
concern, the alarmingly high
Air Force suicide rates for fiscal
2012. As of March 27, we have
had 30 suicides for the year
compared to 23 at this same time
last year.
One of the many things we
can do to reverse this negative
trend is employ increased faceto-face
communication with
airmen, to show we care.
Leaders need to get out from
behind the desk to visit, mentor
(investigation),” Smith said.
This type of forensic medical
exam may be performed at
hospitals and certain health care
facilities by a sexual assault nurse
examiner, sexual assault forensic
examiner or another medical
professional. The investigation
is complex and takes three to
four hours on average. These
medical and forensic exams are
comprehensive and attend to the
victim’s medical needs and any
other special attention the victim
might require.
“I went to work without telling
anyone what happened. I was
watching my back and not talking
to anyone,” she said. “If I did talk,
I would sound irate or cry for no
reason. I wouldn’t go anywhere
by myself, because I was scared.
Everything was triggering my
fear and anger.
“I kept blaming myself for what
happened,” Smith said. “It’s my
fault: my clothes were too skimpy;
I drank too much; why couldn’t I
fight back?
“That same week I started
counseling off base. I always
thought counseling was for crazy
people. I thought I could suck it
up and handle it on my own; I was
wrong, but my counselor really
helped get me through.”
Because Smith filed an
unrestricted report, she was
required to speak with the office
of special investigations, which
investigates major crimes in the
Air Force.
OSI officials instructed Smith
to write down all the details
she could remember about
her assault. After this, they
questioned her multiple times
about the events that took place
during and before the assault.
The initial process took more than
five hours, and Smith paid three
more visits to OSI in the following
weeks.
Air Force legal officials decided
to file a complaint under Article
120: Rape and Carnal Knowledge.
Shortly after pressing charges,
Smith received her medical exam
results back, which confirmed her
fears.
“I had about three pages of
evidence that this assault actually
occurred,” Smith said. “Most
people would find three pages
of evidence a victory on their
part, (but) I didn’t. I felt dirty and
disgusting.
“The legal process was long
and grueling,” she said. I felt like
a lab rat, with no privacy or rights.
Throughout this process, I found
out that I was not the first girl he
had raped. It made me so mad.”
“He assaulted (another) about
a year prior to me, and got away
with it. Knowing this gave me a
and socialize with our airmen.
Effective personal
communication is no small task
in the modern military. With
units consistently deploying,
issues associated with increased
family separation, long hours and
countless other factors, airmen
might feel a heavy physical and/
or mental burden to which no
rank is immune.
Within our military culture,
we have come to a crossroads
with regard to communicating.
Long forgotten is the talent of
the one-on-one, face-to-face
mentoring. Email has certainly
expedited the communication
process, but it has also hindered,
to some degree, the ability and
little more motivation to bring him
to court.”
The hearing was scheduled in
August, and Smith was given the
option not to testify. However, she
was told if she refused to testify,
her case had a high probability of
being thrown out.
“That day was so nervewracking
for me. I had to tell my
story again in front of more than
10 people, including my attacker,”
she said. “I could feel his eyes
burning through me as I talked
about what happened.”
One week following the initial
hearing, Smith received news
that they had enough evidence to
forward the case to court-martial.
“I didn’t want to testify again,”
she said. “When you’re on the
stand, they rip your story to
pieces. They try to make you
seem like the worst airman there
is, like the scum of the earth. I
debated whether or not I’d testify
up to the last minute. A week
before the court martial was to
take place, the Area Defense
Counsel representing my attacker
met with me and explained they
were opting to submit a package
for a bad conduct discharge.
“I agreed with it. As long as I
didn’t have to see him anymore,
I was happy,” Smith said. “The
ADC then sent the request up the
chain of command, where it was
later approved. The day I was told
he was being discharged, I cried
tears of joy. I had a weight lifted
off my shoulders. Justice had
been served.
“I received a letter of
reprimand for underage drinking,
which was deserved on my
part,” she said. “I was blessed
not to have received anything
worse. The LOR gave me more
motivation to do better for me and
the Air Force.
“To this day, I still have
flashbacks, night terrors and
memories,” Smith said. “It doesn’t
get any easier. I’m still judged
by this. I’m not the rape victim
you see on ‘Law and Order’; I’m
an average airman who’s been
through hell and back. So before
you judge someone because of
how they act (or) dress, think
about what they might have been
through.
“But more importantly, if
you’re a victim of rape, please
come forward to the SARC,” she
said. “The sooner the better.”
Editor’s Note: This story is
a personal, victim-submitted
account of an actual sexual
assault and its aftermath. The
names and identities of the
individuals involved have been
omitted or altered to maintain
confidentiality.
willingness of some of us to get
out from behind the desk. It’s
taken away from the time we
spend with our airmen because
we spend so much time emailing.
I’ve seen airmen send emails to
someone 10 feet away from them
in the same office. Is this the way
we want to communicate with
each other?
In a peacetime military
atmosphere, relying on email
to communicate is sufficient,
but a wartime force, with all the
demands placed upon it, needs
face-to-face communication.
An often neglected leadership
principle in today’s environment
of technology is getting to know
your workers and showing
I am sure many of you
have heard about Staff
Sgt. Robert Bales in the
news over the last couple
of months. I was not
surprised to hear that he
and his family had been
facing financial struggles.
Financial problems
alone could not lead
Bales to do what he
is accused of, but it
definitely added to
the stress he was
under.
Bales is
charged with 17
counts of murder
and six counts
of attempted
murder, along with
other charges, in
connection with a shooting
rampage in two southern
Afghanistan villages on
March 11. If convicted of
premeditated murder,
Bales could face the death
penalty.
A poor financial situation
at home only added to the
stress this man was faced
with. His wife put their
Washington home up for
sale only days before the
rampage. To say the least,
Bales was dealing with a lot
of stress in his life.
Poor finance is merely a
single example of an added
stress military members
face. Military life is difficult
enough without adding
more problems to the
mix, especially finances.
Financial stress alone,
even among nonmilitary
members, is the leading
cause for divorce.
It is key that military
families remain responsible
for finances with as little
debt as possible, preferably
none.
Many people make the
huge mistake of running
out and getting loans for
anything and everything.
But remember that you
will still have to pay that
money off eventually. Also,
credit cards can be good to
build credit, but if you have
sincere interest in their
problems, career development
and welfare. It’s hard to show
someone you really do care about
them in an email.
I believe today, more than
ever, we need to put more
emphasis back on face-to-face
communication. Gen. Ronald R.
Fogleman, a former Air Force
chief of staff, once said, “To
become successful leaders, we
must first learn that no matter
how good the technology or how
shiny the equipment, people-topeople
relations get things done
in our organizations. If you are
to be a good leader, you have to
cultivate your skills in the arena
of personal relations.”
NEED ASSISTANCE?
The Defense Department has established a place to go
whenever service members or family members need assistance
with any kind of problem. It’s called Military One Source, and
it is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This service
can help with everything from everday issues to more difficult
issues that might be pressing on your family.
The toll-free telephone number for Military One Source is
800-342-9647, international collect 484-530-5908.
Families also can get assistance from the Airman and
Family Readiness Center at Tyndall AFB. Contact 283-4204 or
visit www.tyndall.af.mil/.
Don’t throw financial
stress into the mix
Defending the
home front
Laura E. Eggers
leggers@pcnh.
com
a problem relying on them
or spending more than you
have on a credit card, then
you are probably better off
without one.
A 2010 military survey
found that “27 percent
of service members said
they had more
than $10,000 in
credit card debt,
while 16 percent
of civilians do. The
study also found
more than a third
of military families
have trouble paying
monthly bills,
and more than 20
percent reported
borrowing money
outside of banks.”
Experts say families
are straining under
multiple deployments and
frequent relocations. To
make matters worse, it
can be difficult for military
spouses to keep a job. “The
unemployment rate among
military spouses is about
26 percent,” according to a
report from the nonprofit
group Iraq and Afghanistan
Veterans of America.
Taking all of this into
consideration, our families
are important as well as the
mental state of our airman.
It is essential that we live
as much as we can without
stress. Life likes to throw
little curve balls, so it is
important to be prepared
for the unexpected and to
be frugal and careful with
money.
If there is a topic you
would like for me to discuss
or if you would like to
comment on a past column,
email me at leggers@pcnh.
com with Defending the
Home Front in the subject
line. I would love to hear
from you!
Laura E. Eggers lives
at Tyndall AFB with her
husband, an Air Traffic
Controller in the United
States Air Force, and their
two dogs Kiah and Kay.
Leaders should walk and talk instead of click and send
I believe cultivating our interpersonal
skills is as simple as
taking the time to talk to your
subordinates and get to know
them. Show them you genuinely
care for them. A leader who
knows his airmen will be able to
recognize when one of them is
having problems, either in their
personal life or with assigned
tasks, and hopefully you will be
able to take steps and actions to
affect change in the situation. If a
leader doesn’t know what normal
behavior is from one of his or her
airmen, how will you know what
abnormal is?
Let’s face it, we cannot
provide the leadership required
from behind the desk.

Friday, April 27, 2012
Tyndall Air Force Base
Gulf Defender | A5
Missing personnel records affect more than promotions
MAINTAIN
YOUR RECORDS
Officials offered
the following tips for
personnel records:
• Check personnel
records frequently via
the Personnel Records
Display Application
on AFPC’s secure
website and the Air
Force portal.
• Keep copies of
anything you sign,
such as an evaluation
report, in a personal
file.
• If you are
meeting a board
(for promotions,
special assignments,
etc.) review your
record before the
board meets, leaving
enough time to fix
anything wrong.
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO
– RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) —
When Senior Master Sgt.
Randy Scanlan wasn’t promoted
to his current rank
the first time his records
met the board, he was a little
confused.
As a maintainer and an
aerial gunner, he deployed
often and received many
decorations. When he was
asked if he wanted to review
his records before they met
the board, he said no and
figured they were “good to
go.” However, they were far
from complete, and he later
discovered his records
were missing 14 medals.
“The board had no idea
what my capabilities and
experiences were, so that
may have prevented me
from making it the first
time,” said Scanlan, the Air
Force Personnel Center
Career Assistance Adviser
functional manager.
“I used to believe it
wasn’t my job to get items
into my records,” he said.
“After arriving at AFPC,
I realized your personnel
records affect every aspect
of your career. It is imperative
that you review your
own records for accuracy.
I thought it wasn’t my job,
but I was wrong — it was
my responsibility.”
Missing or inaccurate
enlisted or officer performance
reports, decorations,
awards and citations
can affect not only promotions,
but also could prevent
airmen from being
selected for special-duty
assignments, professional
development opportunities
or re-enlistment considerations.
This is why it’s
critical all airmen take the
time to review their personnel
records to ensure they
are complete and accurate,
officials said.
“Leaders need to
communicate to our
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youngest airmen, both officer
and enlisted, when they
first enter the service the
importance of reviewing
their personnel record as
they grow in their career,”
said Will Brown, the Air
Force Evaluations and Recognition
Programs branch
chief. “No one knows an
airman’s record better than
the airman the record pertains
to.”
As the Air Force continues
to draw down, having
accurate records also
is valuable during force
management measures to
reshape the force. Records
affect force management
programs such as high
year tenure, date of separation
rollbacks, selective
early retirement boards,
crossflow opportunities
for officers and retraining
opportunities for enlisted
members.
Missing or inaccurate
records also might affect
airmen when it is time to
retire or separate.
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“Civilian employers may
want to look at your performance
reports when applying
for jobs,” he said.
Officials offered the following
tips for personnel
records:
• Check personnel
records frequently via the
Personnel Records Display
Application on AFPC’s
secure website and the Air
Force portal.
• Keep copies of anything
you sign, such as an
evaluation report, in a personal
file.
• If you are meeting a
board, always review your
record before the board
meets in enough time to fix
anything wrong.
Airmen who notice discrepancies
in their records
should contact an installation
military personnel section
to help correct them.
For more information
about personnel records
and other personnel programs,
visit the Air Force
Personnel Services website,
https://gum-crm.csd.
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A6 | Gulf Defender Tyndall Air Force Base
Friday, April 27, 2012
Training for war: an ever-changing process
By SARAH ENGLISH
325th Training Support
Squadron
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE —
Training for war is a serious
business, an ever-changing
business, and one the 325th
Training Support Squadron
does not take lightly.
Since its activation Jan.
28, 2011, the squadron has
dealt with complete structure
transformations and
partnering of units. During
this spring season of
renewal with change of
command ceremonies happening
in abundance all
over base, this squadron is
no different.
Though many alterations
abound in the squadron,
one thing remains the
same: its people’s dedication
to world-class training.
The 325th TRSS touts
an eclectic mix of military,
Department of Defense
civilians and contractors to
run its mission of producing
America’s Air Dominance
Team of F-22 pilots,
air battle managers and
intelligence officers for
worldwide assignment.
“One element of our
squadron’s culture, since
our activation in January
2011, has been the need to
rapidly adapt to changing
environments,” said Lt.
Col. Douglas Kugler, 325th
Training Support Squadron
Commander. “Our unit’s
experienced personnel do
a great job anticipating
changes and taking initiative
to implement adjustments
for successful mission
accomplishment.”
The squadron is now
facing new additions with
the T-38 training mission,
including red-air adversary
flying operations. “Red Air”
is when one type of aircraft
is used to play adversary
for F-22 aircraft in training
missions. In this case, T-38s
or aircraft visiting Tyndall
are an integral part of the
mission. The TRSS will be
vital in the T-38 training
program as well. Using T-
38s as adversary aircraft in
training missions is a way
to save the Air Force and
American taxpayers millions
of dollars each year.
“At first glance, pitting
the world’s greatest
Air Dominance fighter,
the F-22 Raptor, against a
third generation trainer
aircraft, the T-38 Talon,
seems significantly unbalanced,
begging the question,
‘Why?’ ” said Lt. Col.
Jason Costello, Director
of Operations for the 325th
TRSS. “Along with fiscal
savings, providing a dedicated
adversary for F-22
training operations saves
precious Raptor flight
hours for combat training
and real-world contingencies.
Because of this, the
TRSS is thrilled to lead
this new flying operation
and important training
mission.”
As a part of the 325th
Operations Group, the
325th TRSS will transition
with the rest of the 325th
Fighter Wing from the Air
Education and Training
Command to the Air Combat
Command this fall.
“Certainly, the projected
MAJCOM conversion from
AETC to ACC will also
impact our daily operations
and assigned resources,”
Kugler said. “The key to
providing world-class training
is staying engaged daily
with the factors that typically
drive changes in training.
Members of the 325th
TRSS have mastered this
and routinely participate
in aircraft modernization
planning, tactics forums,
safety investigations, operational
deployment assessments,
budget discussions
and formal training feedback.
The fight to keep
training current and relevant
is engaged daily.”
In the mix of all of these
changes is the squadron’s
Change of Command Ceremony
on May 4, where
Kugler will be relinquishing
command to Costello.
“I am honored and humbled
to be given the opportunity
to command the newest,
yet most experienced
squadron at Tyndall AFB,”
Costello said. “The dedicated
professionals of the
325th TRSS Black Bears
truly impressed me during
my tour as their director of
operations.”
Costello also spoke
about upcoming changes
for the squadron in the
next six months, citing that
it will be preparing for the
ACC conversion, sans the
325th Air Control Squadron,
which will remain
under AETC yet still continue
to play a role in supporting
the ACS mission of
training air battle managers,
which he says will create
unique organizational
challenges of its own.
“Tyndall’s conversion to
ACC brings with it new mission
growth in the TRSS as
we build upon our current
mission areas and add professional
flying operations
to our already robust portfolio,”
said the incoming
commander. “However,
in the midst of mission
growth and reorganization,
the Black Bear core
competency remains rock
solid ... we will continue to
provide expert management
of shared resources
and unrivaled training support
in the development of
tomorrow’s Air Dominance
warriors.”
Shortly after his departure
from the squadron,
Kugler will be retiring.
He also had some words
about the incumbent
commander.
“Lt. Col. Costello brings
an impressive resume of
experience and leadership
skills to shape the future of
the squadron and the 325th
Fighter Wing,” Kugler said.
“His command strategy
and leadership philosophy
have been developed during
several operational flying
assignments, service
as an air liaison officer with
the 3rd Armored Cavalry
Regiment, an Air Combat
Command F-15 East
Coast Demonstration Pilot
tour, service on the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and a variety
of educational opportunities.
We extend our best
wishes to Lt. Col. Costello
and his family as they begin
this exciting command
assignment.”

Friday, April 27, 2012
Tyndall Air Force Base
Gulf Defender | A7
U.S. supports pushback against Lord’s Resistance Army
By KAREN PARRISH
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON — The United
States is part of a successful
effort to help counter the
Lord’s Resistance Army in Central
Africa, but a four-pillared
approach to neutralizing the
terrorist group must continue,
senior defense, diplomatic and
aid officials told senators here
April 24.
That approach, officials
explained, includes increasing
protection for civilians in LRAaffected
areas, apprehending
and removing Joseph Kony and
other LRA leaders, disarming,
demobilizing and reintegrating
remaining LRA fighters, and
sustaining humanitarian relief
to affected areas.
Amanda J. Dory, deputy
assistant Secretary of Defense
for African affairs, joined Donald
Yamamoto, principal deputy
assistant Secretary of State for
African affairs, and Earl Gast,
U.S. Agency for International
Development assistant administrator
for Africa, in testimony
before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee’s African Affairs
Subcommittee yesterday.
The LRA is composed mostly
of kidnapped children forced to
conduct Kony’s terrorist tactics
over the past 20 years, administration
officials have said. Tens
of thousands of people have
been murdered, and as many as
1.8 million have been displaced
by the LRA, they said.
President Barack Obama
announced April 23 that a U.S.
military advise-and-assist mission
to Central Africa, begun
in October, will remain in place
with periodic review.
“Our advisers will continue
their efforts to bring this madman
to justice and to save lives,”
the president said in announcing
the mission’s extension.
The 100-member U.S. team
of trainers is working to help
nations affected by the LRA to
“help realize a future where no
African child is stolen from their
family and no girl is raped and
no boy is turned into a child soldier,”
Obama said.
Dory described U.S. contributions
to the effort, which include
training local forces and assisting
in intelligence and logistics
coordination.
“The militaries of Uganda,
the Central African Republic,
South Sudan and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, in
collaboration with the African
Union, continue to pursue the
LRA and seek to protect local
populations,” she said. “They
are leading this effort.”
U.S. advisors in Uganda synchronize
and oversee the department’s
counter-LRA efforts and
coordinate with Ugandan forces,
she said, while other U.S. service
members work in field locations
with forces from Uganda,
the Central African Republic
and South Sudan.
Yamamoto said the State
Department’s role in the counter-LRA
mission largely involves
multinational coordination.
“We are coordinating closely
with the United Nations peacekeeping
missions in the region,
especially to promote civilian
protection,” he said. “We have
encouraged the U.N. to scale up
its efforts when possible. We are
also working very closely with
the African Union to increase its
efforts to address the LRA.”
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A8 | Gulf Defender Tyndall Air Force Base
Friday, April 27, 2012
From budgets to robots
Gov. Scott visits Tyndall Elementary
By CHRIS SEGAL
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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE —
Many generals have
marched the halls of
Tyndall Elementary
School, but on Monday
a governor visited the
school for the first time.
Gov. Rick Scott toured
the elementary school
with Rep. Jimmy Patronis,
R- Panama City, and Sen.
Don Gaetz, R-Niceville,
to talk to students and
learn about one of the top
educational institutions
in the state. Tyndall
Elementary School has
received an “A” school
grade for the past 11
years, something only 2
percent of schools in the
state have accomplished,
according to Gaetz.
“This is a great school,”
Scott said. “I am visiting
schools that have done
well.”
Scott is touring
schools around the state
to discuss his budget
that includes $1 billion
in funding for education.
Critics of the budget
point out that education
spending was cut by more
than $1.3 billion the prior
year.
Although education
funding was the topic, it
was not the focus of the
governor’s time at the
school. While on campus
he visited with secondgraders
to discuss what
they wanted to be when
they grew up, talked
to fifth-grade science
students who were
using an interactive
board to study for the
Florida Comprehensive
Assessment Test and
watched the robotics
club demonstrate their
inventions.
“I think he sees what
amazing things that
are happening here at
Tyndall,” said Principal
Susan Ross.
Fifth-grade students
C.J. Brown and Sehyun
Chung, both 11, are in
the robotics club. They
built a Lego Mindstorm
robot that could travel
around a board, deliver a
ball to a predetermined
location and avoid
obstacles. Following
the tour, the governor
spoke of his highlights,
which were the Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Mathematic,
(STEM) opportunities he
witnessed at the schools.
Photos by ROBERT COOPER | Florida Freedom Newspapers
Gov. Rick Scott watches as a student adds effervescent
tablets to make a “lava” lamp at Tyndall Elementary
School on Monday. Left, State Sen. Don Gaetz, R-
Niceville, left, and Scott visit Jan Dykes’ fifth-grade
science class. Sehyun Chung, 11, and C.J. Brown, 11,
demonstrate a robot they have been working on for a
class assignment.
“I learned about all the
STEM they have here,”
Scott said. “It’s hard to
see if you always have the
right funding, but this is
the future for all of us.”
The students all
spoke about their
excitement to spend
time with the governor,
as did the teachers and
administrators.
“I am thrilled,” said
teacher Jan Dykes, about
her classroom visitor.
“I think it’s a great
opportunity to learn what
is needed and what is
going on at schools.”
The governor
concluded his visit at the
school by participating
in a science experiment
with the students. He and
some of the students used
a water bottle, oil, water
and Alka-Seltzer to create
a lava lamp.

Friday, April 27, 2012
Tyndall Air Force Base
Gulf Defender | A9
U.S.-Afghan security pact sends warning to al-Qaida
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —
A new strategic partnership
that commits the U.S.
to defend Afghanistan militarily
for 10 years after
most foreign forces leave
in 2014 is intended to signal
that the U.S. will not tolerate
a resurgent al-Qaida or
attacks launched by militants
from neighboring
Pakistan.
The agreement, parts of
which were read out April
23 in the Afghan parliament,
is big on symbolism
but light on substance. It
leaves out specifics, including
how much funding the
U.S. will provide to support
Afghan security forces or
how many U.S. troops will
stay on after the withdrawal
deadline.
Afghanistan, for its part,
insisted on approving any
American military operations
after 2014 and barred
the U.S. from using its soil
to attack other countries,
such as neighboring Pakistan,
where the Taliban, al-
Qaida and al-Qaida-linked
militants all have staging
bases.
“In the end, of course,
the U.S. and allied interests
differ from those of most
Afghans,” said Andrew
Exum, a senior fellow at the
Center for a New American
Security, a think tank in
Washington.
“The United States is
most concerned with dismantling
al-Qaida, while
Afghans are most concerned
with what infrastructure
and financing the
United States and its allies
will provide beyond 2014.”
After 10 years of U.S.-
led war, insurgents linked
to the Taliban and al-
Qaida remain a threat
and as recently as a week
ago launched a largescale
attack on the capital,
Kabul, and three other cities.
Both groups operate
from within Afghanistan,
as well as from across the
border in Pakistan.
It took 18 months of
painstaking, often tense
negotiations to hammer
out the accord, which was
reached April 22 and lays
out for the first time the
relationship the U.S. will
have with Afghanistan once
the majority of U.S. troops
have gone home. It builds
on hard-won understandings
reached recently on
the controversial issues of
control over detainees and
the conduct of night raids
by U.S. special forces.
Exum said the Obama
administration had hoped
to have the agreement
finalized last summer, but
Afghan leaders — notably
President Hamid Karzai
— were reluctant to agree
to a continued U.S. military
presence beyond 2014.
“The United States and
the government of Afghanistan
were able to find
enough common ground to
get an agreement on tough
issues such as detainees,
basing rights and the socalled
night raids. This is
a real diplomatic achievement
for the Obama administration,”
Exum said.
The accord is meant to
reassure the Afghani people
that the U.S. won’t abandon
them, to send a warning to
the Taliban and to serve
notice to Pakistan, which
many analysts believe has
been waiting for a U.S. withdrawal
that would allow the
Taliban to reassert power,
giving Islamabad strategic
control over its neighbor.
There have also been
fears that Afghanistan’s
rival ethnic groups, including
those that make up
the Northern Alliance that
defeated the Pashtun Taliban,
would again fight for
power and influence. A
similar struggle after the
Soviets left Afghanistan in
1989 nearly destroyed the
country.
“This continued international
military presence,
however, will hopefully
arrest some of the momentum
toward another civil
war and will also hopefully
force Pakistani decision
makers to re-examine their
own long-standing assumptions
about the long-term
U.S. and allied commitment
to Afghanistan,” Exum
said.
The Afghan parliament
got a first look at the agreement
after the country’s
national security adviser
read out portions of it April
23 in the lower house. The
full agreement has not been
made public.
The document, which
still has to go through internal
reviews and be signed
by Presidents Barack
Obama and Karzai, commits
the U.S. to defend
Afghanistan from any outside
interference via “diplomatic
means, political
means, economic means
and even military means,”
national security adviser
Rangin Dadfar Spanta told
the assembled parliamentarians.
He stressed that
any such actions would
be taken only with Afghan
agreement.
The draft was initialed
by U.S. Ambassador Ryan
Crocker and Spanta on
April 22 and is to be signed
before a NATO summit in
Chicago on May 20-21.
Many Afghans have
expressed worries that
the U.S. wants permanent
bases, a setup that would
make it more of an occupying
force than an ally.
Spanta said specific decisions
about bases will be
left to the later deal.
The agreement also
addressed the countries’
mutual commitment to the
stability of Afghanistan and
to human rights. It also
says the U.S. has no plans
to keep permanent military
bases in Afghanistan.
There have been fears
that Afghanistan will fall
apart after most foreign
troops leave, and there
have been worries about
the long-term economic
commitment the impoverished
nation needs to stay
afloat.
Though specific troop
numbers and other military
details are not included in
the agreement, the U.S.
has said it expects to keep
about 20,000 troops in the
country after 2014. They
would mentor and train the
Afghan National Security
Forces while also taking
part in counterterrorism
operations.
Those details are
expected to be included in
a bilateral technical agreement
to be negotiated over
the next year, but the partnership
deal is the basis for
the long-term relationship
between the two countries.
It also sends a strong
message to Taliban insurgents
that the United States
will remain inside the country
in support of the fledgling
Afghan security forces.
More importantly, it tells
neighbors such as Pakistan
that they have to become
more active in finding a
peaceful solution to a war
that has entered its 11th
year.
Most insurgent groups
retain safe havens in Pakistan’s
lawless tribal areas,
and the United States has
for years pressed Islamabad
to do something
about the militants — who
also threaten Pakistan’s
security.
The only concrete limit
the pact puts on the U.S.
military is a pledge that
the United States will not
launch attacks from Afghan
soil. Afghan officials have
said previously they would
not allow their country to
be used to launch drone
attacks into Pakistan or
other neighboring countries
after 2014.
The agreement also says
the U.S. will continue to fund
the 352,000-strong Afghan
security forces after 2014.
It does not specify amounts,
but U.S. officials have said
they expect to pay about
$4 billion a year, though
funding would have to be
approved by Congress.
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A10 | Gulf Defender Tyndall Air Force Base
Friday, April 27, 2012
Airman tackles NFL dream
By Staff Sgt. Brian Valencia
375th Air Mobility
Wing Public Affairs
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.
(AFNS) — At 6 foot, 6 inches
tall and 305 pounds, 2nd
Lt. Ben Garland looks
more like a football player
than a typical Air Force
officer. That’s because
he’s a defensive lineman
contracted to play for
the Denver Broncos and
currently attending the
team’s conditioning and
tryout camps, which last
through mid-June.
While the 23-year-old Air
Force Academy graduate
waited for official word
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from the Secretary of the
Air Force on being released
from active duty through
the Palace Chase program,
which was recently
approved, he spent his time
at Scott Air Force Base
in a disciplined balancing
act to meet both the Air
Force and the NFL physical
fitness requirements.
“To play defensive
lineman you have to be a
pretty big guy. I need to be
around 300 pounds to stay
competitive, and that’s not
really the Air Force body
type where you’re going to
run a mile and a half really
fast and you’re going to
have a small waist,” said
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the 375th Air Mobility Wing
Public Affairs chief of media
operations. “Even with
the pushups and sit-ups,
you’re pulling and pushing
a lot more weight than the
average Air Force member,
so it makes the testing
extremely difficult.”
But Garland’s no
stranger to achieving
tough things, as he aced
his most recent fitness
assessment with an overall
score of 90.4, though he
admits that meeting the
waist measurement is the
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For maximum points, his
waist needed to be less
than 35 inches, and in order
not to fail it had to be no
more than 39 inches. He
measured 38 inches.
The Air Force has been
his No. 1 priority ever
since he dreamed about
becoming an Air Force
officer. He had scholarship
offers from several
division one schools but
instead worked to earn
an Academy appointment
purely on academics and
leadership.
“I wanted to earn it. I
did not want to be given
a waiver or an exception
because I was a football
player. I wanted to be
evaluated and accepted in
every area and get in on my
own merit; it meant more to
me that way,” Garland said.
During his successful
career at the Academy,
where he majored in
systems engineering
management and became
well known for his on-field
intensity and relentless
pursuit of the big hit,
several pro teams showed
interest in signing him.
Though Garland had
been preparing to become a
pilot, when the opportunity
came to play professional
football, he made “the
tough call.”
“I dreamt of flying for
the Air Force ... and playing
in the NFL for the Broncos
... it was a tough choice
but I ultimately decided to
play for my home team,”
Garland said.
The Broncos gave him
a three-year contract and
placed him on inactive
reserve status so he
could complete his Air
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Force commitment. As
an Academy graduate,
Garland was committed to
serving two years active
duty before being eligible to
separate.
He arrived at Scott AFB
in July 2011, and it didn’t
take too long for people to
start noticing the big guy on
campus.
“No one let on they
knew, and if they did, I
didn’t see it at first. But,
then I would be training at
the gym, and people would
ask me questions about
football, about Tim Tebow,
(former) quarterback for
the Denver Broncos, or
someone would just ask for
fitness tips.” Garland said.
He kept his workouts
consistent no matter what
obstacles got in the way.
Even when tired or sick,
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Gulf Defender | A11
VA chief visits joint base clinic, discusses progress
By BILL ADDISON
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
Public Affairs
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKE-
HURST, N.J. — The Secretary for
the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs, retired Army Gen. Eric
K. Shinseki, along with Rep. Jon
Runyan, visited the Community
Based Outpatient Clinic here
April 13.
Shinseki, the former Army
Chief of Staff, came to Joint Base
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to tour
the facility and discuss VA’s progress
in one of the department’s
top priorities: expanding access
to VA care and service.
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in Philadelphia with patients
here. The program is currently
installed at 150 VA medical centers
and 782 clinics and was
designed to reduce the need
for patients to travel to VA’s
regional medical centers for
routine consultations according
to VA.
“Obviously we want to make
the care as good as it is in person,”
Dr. Jayne Wilkinson said
to Shinseki over the Telehealth
system. Wilkinson, a neurologist
who leads a VA center for
Parkinson’s disease, coordinates
the Telehealth project in
Philadelphia.
The system has been in place
at the clinic here since last year,
and there are plans to expand
the programs they cover. Wilkinson
said medical professionals
at VA are still in discussions to
determine clear guidelines as
to the right level of care the systems
can provide.
Shinseki said the program is
an important example of how
technology is being used to
increase access to patient care.
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expanding health care access,
he also touched on another priority
within his department —
ending homelessness among
veterans. Shinseki said he’s not
one to speak in absolutes, but is
adamant that no veteran should
be without a home. He has even
set a target to get all veterans
off the streets by 2015.
He said the problem of veteran
homelessness can’t focus
solely on rescuing currently
homeless veterans, but must
also look toward preventing
future homelessness among
veterans as well. Shinseki said
the department helped prevent
homelessness in 83 percent of
the veterans who defaulted on
their home loans last year.
Shinseki said on-site visits
like this one are critical to helping
him understand how his
department can better serve its
growing veteran populations.
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provide the resources,” he said.
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A12 | Gulf Defender Navy News
Friday, April 27, 2012
Live on U.s. Navy facebook
It’s Fleet
Week Port
Everglades
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Though he did not specify the specific
type of ship, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has
asked the U.S. Navy to name a ship after
Panama City. The Navy plans to build
the littoral combat ship over the next five
years.
By Mass Communication Specialist
2nd Class (SW) Greg Johnson
Navy Region Southeast Public Affairs
PORT EVERGLADES, (NNS) — Fans of the U.S.
Navy Facebook page can follow the activities
of Sailors, Marines and Coastguardsmen participating
in the U.S Navy’s largest community
outreach effort in south Florida through
an innovative live broadcast beginning April
25.
Leveraging social media technology and
platforms to reach a broader audience, the
first of five daily broadcasts from Fleet Week
Port Everglades begins at 10 a.m. eastern
time.
According to Fleet Week Port Everglades
Livestream Broadcast Producer Mass Communication
Specialist 2nd Class Xander Gamble,
the broadcast is designed to familiarize
viewers from around the world with the capabilities,
missions and people of America’s sea
services.
“This gives people the opportunity to see
what Fleet Week Port Everglades and the
Navy is all about,” he said. “Even if they can’t
come to Port Everglades, they still have the
ability to experience this event.”
Each installment of the 10- to 15-minute
broadcast is scheduled to include interviews
with sailors and Marines about the jobs they
perform, provide a look at the capabilities of
the ships and highlight the talents and skills
of the individuals manning some of the most
advanced vehicles and vessels in, on and
beneath the ocean. Additionally, an interactive
chat function will allow viewers to ask questions,
which Gamble and his team will pose to
the people they interview.
More than 1,000 men and women of the
armed forces will participate in the Fleet Week
Port Everglades celebration of the maritime
services, providing the citizens of South Florida
an opportunity to meet sailors, Marines
and Coastguardsmen, as well as learn firsthand
about the multiple missions and roles
our maritime services perform around the
globe, such as supporting combat operations,
humanitarian assistance and disaster
response, coastal search and rescue and maritime
interdiction and security.
Sailors aboard the multi-purpose Amphibious
Assault Ship USS Wasp (LHD1), the
Ticonderoga class guided missile destroyers
USS San Jacinto (CG 56) and USS Gettysburg
(CG 64), the Oliver Hazard Perry Class frigate
USS DeWert (FFG 45), the U.S. Coast Guard
cutter Bernard C. Webber, the Los Angeles
class fast attack submarine USS Dallas (SSN
700) as well as U.S. Marines from the 26th
Marine Expeditionary Unit are scheduled to
participate in a number of community outreach
activities as well as enjoy the hospitality
and tourism of South Florida during the weeklong
port visit.
Also providing a local look at the visiting
ships to Fleet Week Port Everglades will be a
live broadcast from KISS Country 99.9 FM, a
local radio station.
Service members will participate in events
throughout the South Florida region including
community relations projects, a visit to Joe
DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and a work day
at Feeding South Florida. Social events will be
held throughout the week, including a kickoff
party at Seminole Hard Rock.
For more information on Fleet Week Port
Everglades 2011, visit the Navy Region Southeast
Public Affairs Center’s Navy NewsStand
page at www.navy.mil/local/nrse/.
A great honor
Nelson asks Navy to name ship after P.C.
By RANDAL YAKEY
Gulf Defender Editor
522-5108 | @ryakey
PANAMA CITY — A Navy ship could
represent Panama City in the near
future.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has written
to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus
and requested to have a Navy ship
be named after Panama City.
According to a letter dated April
19, “Panama City has a long history
in Mine Warfare beginning in 1945
when the Navy moved the U.S. Navy
Mine Countermeasures Station to
Florida.”
The mission, size and
responsibilities for this major
research, development, test and
evaluation laboratory for the Navy
continually have expanded to meet
the increasing requirements for the
military, according to the letter.
Most recently, this wealth of local
experience in the engineering and
scientific disciplines has been a key
contributor to development of the
Littoral Combat Ship Mine Hunting
and Mine Neutralization missions,
the letter continued.
“If leadership decides a ship of
the line is to be named Panama
City, we would, of course, be elated,”
said Naval Surface Warfare Center
Panama City Division Commanding
Officer Capt. Scott Pratt.
“It would be a positive reflection
of the mutual respect and
cooperation the community and our
base personnel have enjoyed since
the day the base gates opened in
1945. Our service members, civilian
employees and their families are a
major part of this community, and
we have a vested interest in its
health because we live, work and
play in this community, too.”
Panama City hosts Tyndall Air
Force Base and Naval Support
Activity Panama City, and the
Greater Northwest Florida
community is home to Eglin Air
Force Base, Hulburt Field, NAS
Whiting Field and is home of
the Navy Explosive Ordinance
Device schoolhouse and the NAS
Pensacola.
The Navy plans to build 16
littoral combat ships over the
next five years. The Littoral was
designed to operate in dangerous
shallow or near-shore waters while
in enemy seas. The ship is able to
drift close to shore, launch drone
or helicopter assault teams like
the one that took down Osama bin
Laden and swiftly evacuate from
the shoreline after the mission is
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Navy News
Never forget, WWII veteran urges
Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony held
By JESSICA McCARTHY
747-5073 | @PCNHJessica
jmccarthy@pcnh.com
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Local
businessman Hy Wakstein shared
his story of living in hardship during
the Battle of the Bulge and the
unforgettable memories of walking
into the Buchenwald concentration
camp, during the Holocaust
Remembrance Day at Naval Support
Activity Panama City on April 18.
He said he had hoped what he
went through in the battle, such as
being out of fuel and ammunition
and almost out of food, would have
prepared him for the camp, but it
didn’t.
“It happened 67 years ago last
week,” Wakstein said. “When we got
there (Buchenwald), there were still
hundreds of bodies, uncremated, in
the ovens. There were hundreds and
hundreds of bodies in the pit out back.
All of this was traumatic, I was a 21-
year-old kid, but we helped them out.”
Wakstein found out later that 22
members of his family did not survive
the concentration camps. His mother
and father had emigrated to the
United States in 1905, but all of their
siblings and all of their children still
lived in Poland when Hitler came to
power.
“It was especially emotional after I
found out that we had been liberating
people that could have been my
family,” Wakstein said. “None of
them were there; they were in other
camps.”
Wakstein said after Battle of the
Bulge was over, his unit, the 778th
AAA Battalion, received orders to
another location and during the trip,
happened on the concentration camp.
He was part of the group that assisted
survivors out of barracks and tried
to reassure the victims they weren’t
coming to slaughter them as they had
been told.
“They were in fear constantly,
and we were trying to make them
understand that we were Americans,”
Wakstein said. “I being Jewish, I kept
saying I am Jewish in Yiddish, trying
to alleviate some of their fears.”
He said after 67 years, he can still
ROBERT COOPER | The News Herald
Local businessman Hy Wakestein was the guest speaker at April 18’s
National Day of Remembrance at the Naval Support Activity Panama
City. Above, Base Chaplain Diane Hampton thanks Wakstein for
being a part of the ceremony.
smell the odor of bodies in pits and in
the crematorium ovens that had yet
to be burned.
While he was in Buchenwald, his
Italian commander handed him the
dress dagger of the Buchenwald
commandant and told him to keep
it because in the years ahead he
would want to remember. That’s
why Wakstein shares his story with
people, he said.
“It should never be forgotten,”
Wakstein said. “Things are rolling
along right now where it could
happen again. You see all sorts of
craziness going on in the world.”
He said it’s also important to
remember what happened during
the Holocaust and the sacrifices
people made during that time to fight
the Nazis. Without those efforts, life
would be very different right now, he
said.
“Without those sacrifices then, we
could all be speaking German right
now, if wasn’t for those of us in World
War II that won the war,” Wakstein
said. “We came precariously close
to losing that war; the Battle of the
Bulge was the turning point of the
war.”
He added that Congress has since
named that battle as the greatest
land battle the U.S. ever fought and
won.
The day of remembrance is
the fourth annual for NSA PC and
Chaplain Diane Hampton.
“The National Days of
Remembrance are an important
national tradition, and carrying out
those traditions are important to
us,” Hampton said. “We added the
candle-lighting ceremony, invited
the Jewish community and we just
hope to keep doing it because it’s so
important.”
The candle-lighting ceremony
included seven candles, six for the
6 million Jews killed during the
Holocaust and the seventh for the
millions of others persecuted and
killed during Adolf Hitler’s reign.
Before each candle was lit, excerpts
were read from the stories of people
who lived during and resisted
Hitler’s campaign.
Gulf Defender | A13
Resident Energy
Conservation Program
to launch Navy-wide
From Commander, Navy Installations
Command
Public Affairs
WASHINGTON (NNS) —
The Commander of Navy
Installations Command
will expand the scope
of the Resident Energy
Conservation Program
(RECP) for Public Private
Venture (PPV) housing in
the U.S. in phases beginning
in October.
RECP transfers the
responsibility for payment
of utilities from the PPV
project to the residents,
consistent with OSD policy.
Research indicates
that residents use less
when their rent does not
include utilities.
In 1998, OSD established
policy requiring
the transfer of responsibility
for the payment
of utilities from our PPV
project owner to the residents.
RECP was created
to promote the responsible
use of energy in Navy/
Marine Corps PPV housing.
RECP focuses on utility
conservation efforts to
reduce electricity and gas
usage in PPV housing.
In January 2011, the
RECP pilot program
transferred responsibility
for payment of utilities
to residents living in PPV
housing in Hawaii and in
Marine Corps Housing at
Parris Island and Beaufort,
S.C. The pilot program
reduced electricity
usage by almost 10 percent
and generated savings in
excess of $1 million to reinvest
into the PPV housing
project to fund reserve
accounts used to sustain
the financial health of the
projects.
“RECP was a great
success in Hawaii and
Beaufort because our service
members and their
families increased their
awareness of their electricity
use resulting in conservation
of energy without
sacrificing comfort,”
said Corky Vazquez, CNIC
Housing Program manager.
“When we reduce our
energy consumption, we
save money. The money
we save will be reinvested
into the housing communities
in which our sailors
and their families live.
These funds will be used
to improve the homes and
neighborhoods.”
The RECP methodology
works like this: like
type groups of homes are
metered and their utility
usage is measured
monthly (water excluded)
to develop an average
usage. A buffer of 10 percent
is applied above and
below the average to create
an average usage band
— residents with usage
above the band for their
like type group pay and
those under will receive
a rebate. The program
starts with a communication
phase followed by a
mock “trial” billing period
that prepares residents
for “live billing.”
The schedule for the
RECP Navy-wide rollout
will be in phases depending
upon whether meters
are in place and the project
is ready to implement.
During 2013 all PPV projects
will start live billing.
2013
For more specific information
about when the
RECP will roll out for a
specific installation contact
your local Navy housing
office; a master list
of all Navy installation
housing offices is available
at www.cnic.navy.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Tyndall Air Force Base
Gulf Defender | A15
Doolittle raiders honored for 70th anniversary of historic mission
By Tech. Sgt. Matthew Bates
Defense Media Activity
DAYTON, Ohio (AFNS) — The
five remaining members of
the famous Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo Raid were honored
in a banquet at the National
Museum of the United
States Air Force on April 19.
Four of the raiders were
in attendance, Staff Sgt.
David J. Thatcher, Maj.
Thomas C. Griffin and Lt.
Cols. Richard E. Cole and
Edward J. Saylor. The fifth,
Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite, was
unable to attend for health
reasons.
The banquet
commemorated the 70th
anniversary of the Doolittle
raid, during which the
crews of 16 B-25 bombers
took off from the deck
of the USS Hornet and
dropped bombs on several
locations in mainland
Japan. After the mission,
the crews didn’t have
enough fuel to return
home, and 15 of the B-25s
were either crash-landed
in Japanese-occupied
China or abandoned when
their crews bailed out. The
final B-25 landed safely
within the borders of the
Soviet Union and was the
only plane to survive the
mission.
The mission, though
daring, was important
because it marked the first
time the United States was
able to take the offensive
against Japan after the
Japanese military attacked
Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7,
1941. The raid forced the
Japanese to change their
tactics and boosted the
morale of America and its
allies.
“It was a hard mission,
but we got away with it,”
said Saylor, who served as
a gunner with crew 15. “And
we always knew it would
help morale.”
The banquet not only
honored the brave men
of the Doolittle Raid, but
gave those in attendance a
chance to show their respect
and meet the living legends.
“We are honored to
host the raiders on the
70th anniversary of such
a historic event,” said Lt.
Gen. (ret.) Jack Hudson, the
museum’s director. “And we
are grateful these amazing
men chose to come here to
commemorate this famous
World War II mission.”
During the banquet, the
raiders were honored with
a special movie featuring
Hollywood stars such as
Gary Sinise and Jon Voight,
who all thanked the raiders
for their service and praised
them for their courage.
Several representatives
from the Chinese Embassy
were also on hand, as
well as Hu Daxian, from
Zhejiang, China, whose
husband, Li Senlin, aided
the rescue of Doolittle
Raider crew number
two, after they landed in
Japanese-occupied China.
The banquet culminated
a week of events held at the
museum and throughout
the local area, including a
flyover of 20 B-25s, the most
in one flight since World War
II, and several autograph
sessions and luncheons with
the raiders.
Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III | U.S. Air Force
Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, co-pilot of Gen. Jimmy Doolittle’s B-25 plane
No. 1, signs autographs during a meet and greet with the raiders for their
70th reunion April 19 at the Hope Hotel in Fairborn, Ohio. At 96, Cole is
the oldest of the remaining five Raiders and says the attention they receive
still surprises him.
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A16 | Gulf Defender Tyndall Air Force Base
Friday, April 27, 2012
Air Force names Hall of Famers
Six named to 2012 Cyberspace Operations and Support Hall of Fame
By Staff Sgt. Tiffany Trojca
Air Force Public Affairs Agency
WASHINGTON (AFNS) —
Six individuals are scheduled
to be inducted into the
Air Force Cyberspace Operations
and Support Hall of
Fame during a ceremony
June 27 at Andrews Air
Force Base, Md.
Induction into the Cyberspace
Operations and Support
Hall of Fame honors
individuals who made significant
contributions, both
to the Air Force and their
career field, while serving
in the public and private
sectors, according to the
program’s website.
The program began
in 1999 and originally was
dubbed the Communications
and Information Hall
of Fame.
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female commander of a
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Texas. Barth served from
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James pioneered the
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