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A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E 5 0 2 n d A I R B A S E W I N G<br />
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, TEXAS • Vol. 70 No. 15 • <strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>19</strong>, 2013<br />
Volunteers<br />
Age is just a number<br />
Commentary<br />
The reality of sequestration<br />
Page 2<br />
Milestone<br />
Tuition assistance restarted<br />
Page 3<br />
sports<br />
Fort Bliss wins military basketball tournament<br />
Page 15<br />
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin iinuma<br />
Trinidad Garcia explains to Demetris Hardy about insurance coverage for volunteers. Garcia has been a volunteer at the 59th Medical Wing’s Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center<br />
for more than 20 years and Hardy is a WHASC credential specialist. Volunteers at WHASC will be recognized by Maj. Gen. Byron C. Hepburn, 59th MDW commander, at a ceremony<br />
Wednesday as a part of National Volunteer Week. Story Pages 10-11.<br />
INSIDE | Commentary 2 News 3 Community Briefs 13 What’s Happening 14 Sports 15 ONLINE | http://www.jbsa.af.mil
commentary<br />
PAGE 2 TALESPINNER <strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>19</strong>, 2013<br />
Sequestration real, though<br />
effects not hitting home, yet<br />
<strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong><br />
Lackland<br />
Editorial Staff<br />
BR I G. GEN. THERESA C. CARTER,<br />
JBSA/502N D AIR BA SE WI N G,<br />
CO M M A N D E R<br />
TO D D G. WH I T E,<br />
JBSA/502N D AIR BA SE WI N G<br />
PU B L I C AF FA I R S DI R E C TO R<br />
By L.A. Shively<br />
JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Public Affairs<br />
Although the dreaded sequestration<br />
hit March 1, government offices remain<br />
open, looming furloughs have<br />
been delayed, curtailed military tuition<br />
assistance was reinstated and the federal<br />
government was funded through the rest of<br />
this fiscal year.<br />
As a result, much of the ballyhoo surrounding<br />
sequestration seems distant, even<br />
unreal, like the clamor rising from heated<br />
disputes between opposing political parties<br />
over how to manage the federal debt. But<br />
make no mistake, the battle is real, lines<br />
have been drawn and the outcome is not<br />
completely clear yet.<br />
So, what exactly is that dark cloud<br />
known as sequestration?<br />
The battle is over how the federal budget<br />
– revenue from income taxes, payroll<br />
taxes, corporate taxes, customs duties and<br />
excise taxes – is spent. Sequestration is an<br />
across-the-board series of automatic cuts to<br />
federal spending equal to $109 billion per<br />
year originally passed as part of the Budget<br />
Control Act of 2011 known also as the debt<br />
ceiling compromise. The intent of sequestration<br />
was to reign in federal spending<br />
that has reached nearly $17 trillion.<br />
Sequestration was originally slated to<br />
kick in Jan. 1 and cut $109 billion this<br />
fiscal year and for each of the next 10<br />
years. The idea was that these cuts were<br />
to be so burdensome that Congress and<br />
the president would quickly reach a deficit<br />
reduction agreement together. That never<br />
happened.<br />
Bergquist Gate Closure<br />
Bergquist Gate is closed for an extended period of time due to<br />
construction. Signal lights will be off and barriers will be in<br />
place to prevent traffic from entering through the gate. Camp<br />
Bramble access will be maintained. All traffic is directed to<br />
Gateway East Gate.<br />
According to Jeffrey Zients, deputy director<br />
for management of the Office of Management<br />
and Budget, bipartisan majorities<br />
in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate<br />
voted for sequestration as a mechanism to<br />
force Congress to act on further deficit reduction<br />
and sequestration itself was never<br />
intended to be implemented.<br />
“Yet, a year and a half has passed and<br />
the Congress still has failed to enact balanced<br />
deficit reduction legislation that<br />
avoids sequestration,” Zients wrote in a letter<br />
to House Speaker John Boehner March<br />
1.<br />
Labeling sequestration a “blunt and<br />
indiscriminate instrument” Zients described<br />
the cuts required as deeply destructive to<br />
national security, domestic investments and<br />
core governmental functions.<br />
Lawmakers listened and those original<br />
$109 billion in cuts slated for this fiscal<br />
year were lowered via a House continuing<br />
resolution that settled on $85 billion<br />
in cuts instead and gave agencies more<br />
flexibility with allocating their funds. That<br />
legislation expired March 27, but the House<br />
passed another resolution providing funding<br />
through September.<br />
Both resolutions are good news, but<br />
agencies will still have to trim programs<br />
and furlough employees in order to balance<br />
the federal budget as per sequestration<br />
over the next 10 years. Sequester cuts<br />
are slated to trim $109 billion each year<br />
through Fiscal Year 2021 and are supposed<br />
to amount to $1.2 trillion in total budget<br />
cuts.<br />
No programs are supposed to be cut,<br />
only scaled back under sequestration.<br />
Cuts are supposed to be distributed evenly<br />
between domestic and defense programs,<br />
with about half affecting defense discretionary<br />
spending such as funds for purchasing<br />
weapons, base operations and construction.<br />
Certain low-income programs such as aid<br />
for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and<br />
the Low Income Home Energy Assistance<br />
Program are subject to cuts.<br />
Mandatory spending on programs like<br />
Social Security, Medicaid, low-income programs<br />
like Temporary Assistance for Needy<br />
Families or TANF (welfare) and the Supplemental<br />
Nutritional Assistance Program<br />
(food stamps) are exempt from sequestration.<br />
Military salaries are exempt but some<br />
benefits such as TRICARE could be affected.<br />
Federal civilian personnel will be furloughed.<br />
According to the Congressional<br />
Research Service, sequestration may not<br />
reduce the pay rate of a federal employee.<br />
But a furlough, which is unpaid time off,<br />
is basically a pay cut and may affect leave<br />
accrual.<br />
Widespread economic constriction has<br />
not been felt as a result of the sequester.<br />
The U.S. stock market recently rose to a<br />
See EFFECTS Page 8<br />
OS CA R BA L L A DA R E S,<br />
JBSA-LAC K L A N D PU B L I C AF FA I R S CH I E F<br />
ALEX DE L GA D O<br />
IN T E R N A L CO M M U N I C AT I O N S CH I E F<br />
MA N AG I N G ED I TO R<br />
671-4111<br />
MI K E JO S E P H,<br />
SE N I O R WR I T E R<br />
JO S E T. GA R Z A, III,<br />
SP O RT S/STA F F WR I T E R,<br />
DO RO T H Y LO N A S,<br />
DE S I G N/LAYO U T<br />
Office<br />
1701 Kenly Ave. Suite 102<br />
Lackland AFB, Texas<br />
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Commander’s Action Line:<br />
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<strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>19</strong>, 2013 TALESPINNER PAGE 3<br />
Ne w s in Brief<br />
Tuesday<br />
top III sponsors career fairs<br />
Three defense technology and intelligence<br />
career fairs take place next week<br />
at <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong> locations.<br />
The Lackland fairs are Tuesday, 10<br />
a.m.-2 p.m., at the Kisling Community<br />
Center on Security Hill and Thursday, 10<br />
a.m.-2 p.m., at the Gateway Club.<br />
Other fairs at JBSA locations include<br />
Wednesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Parr<br />
Officers Club, Randolph; and <strong>Apr</strong>il 26, 10<br />
a.m.-2 p.m., at the Sam Houston Community<br />
Center, Fort Sam Houston.<br />
Sponsored by the Lackland, Randolph<br />
and Fort Sam Houston Top III Associations,<br />
the fairs are open only to military,<br />
government civilians and contractors who<br />
already have access to military installations<br />
with a valid Department of Defense<br />
identification card.<br />
For more information, visit http//:www.<br />
TransitionCareers.com.<br />
Wednesday<br />
fiesta in blue concert<br />
The United States Air Force Band of<br />
the West’s annual Fiesta in Blue concert<br />
is Wednesday, 7 p.m., in the Bob Hope<br />
Theater at <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong>-<br />
Lackland.<br />
The performance is free; however tickets<br />
and base access are required. Tickets<br />
are available at the JBSA-Lackland and<br />
JBSA-Randolph Information, Travel and<br />
Ticket offices, or the JBSA-Fort Sam<br />
Houston ticket office.<br />
For more information about Fiesta<br />
in Blue or other USAF Band of the West<br />
performances, visit http://www.bandofthewest.af.mil<br />
or http://www.facebook.<br />
com/bandofthewest.<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il 27<br />
prescription drug ‘take back’ d ay<br />
The Drug Enforcement Agency “Take<br />
Back” Day on <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong>-<br />
Lackland is <strong>Apr</strong>il 27.<br />
Old, outdated or unwanted prescription<br />
medications can be turned in for disposal<br />
at the Satellite Pharmacy parking lot,<br />
between the main base exchange and the<br />
commissary, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.<br />
For more information, call Charles<br />
Nail, 559th Aerospace Medicine Squadron,<br />
at 671-9470/83 or Lisa Frantz, 802nd<br />
Security Forces Squadron, at 671-2262.<br />
See related story, Page 8<br />
Air Force empowers families to<br />
triumph over childhood violence<br />
By Capt. Megan Fitzsimmons<br />
59th Medical Wing Pediatric Clinic<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il is Child Abuse Prevention<br />
month, and the Air Force is empowering<br />
families to triumph over childhood<br />
violence.<br />
According to experts from the National<br />
Center for Injury Prevention<br />
and Control, more than 740,000 children<br />
are treated in emergency rooms<br />
as a result of violence every year; that<br />
is more than 84 children each hour.<br />
Every year, more than 3 million reports<br />
of child abuse are received by<br />
state and local agencies – a staggering<br />
six reports every minute.<br />
The key to avoiding childhood violence<br />
is prevention. Families who<br />
have stable and nurturing relationships<br />
are less likely to experience<br />
childhood violence in their homes<br />
than families who are unstable.<br />
Children need parents who can<br />
identify and provide for their needs.<br />
Parenting can be difficult and stressful,<br />
and sometimes they need support,<br />
resources, and guidance to take the<br />
best possible care of their children.<br />
Air Force, Army restart tuition assistance<br />
By Staff Sgt. David Salanitri<br />
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs<br />
The Air Force and Army have officially<br />
restarted military tuition assistance,<br />
effective <strong>Apr</strong>il 10.<br />
The services restarted the program<br />
as a result of the Consolidated and<br />
Further Continuing Appropriations<br />
Act of 2013, where Congress called<br />
for the military tuition assistance program<br />
to continue in the current fiscal<br />
year.<br />
As a result of the restart, the programs<br />
will resume the same benefits<br />
as before.<br />
Airmen and Soldiers are eligible<br />
for up to $4,500 per fiscal year and a<br />
maximum of $250 per semester hour<br />
or quarter hour equivalent to cover<br />
tuition and allowable fees, which is<br />
There are several protective factors<br />
that can help lower the incidence<br />
of child abuse:<br />
• Build a strong bond with your children<br />
by making time to do activities<br />
together.<br />
• Find the best positive coping strategies<br />
for your family.<br />
• Enforce discipline with clear limits<br />
and boundaries for children older<br />
than 15 months of age – with expectations<br />
based on their age and development.<br />
• Understand the basic development<br />
for a child’s age.<br />
• Recognize your own limitations<br />
and know when to ask for help.<br />
• Be socially active! Being active<br />
is healthy for both the parents and<br />
children.<br />
• Have a good support system and<br />
know who to call if there are questions<br />
or problems.<br />
These protective measures are important<br />
for families since they reinforce<br />
one another.<br />
Resources available to military families<br />
include:<br />
• Military One Source (available 24/7,<br />
365 days a year): 800-342-9647<br />
• <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong>-Lackland<br />
Family Advocacy Program: 292-<br />
5967<br />
• Child Welfare Information Gateway<br />
website: http://www.childwelfare.gov<br />
• National Parent Helpline: 1 (855)<br />
427-2736 or http://www.nationalparenthelpline.org<br />
• Born Learning: http://www.bornlearning.org<br />
• Parents Anonymous: 903-629-7588<br />
or www.parentsanonymous.org.<br />
unchanged from before.<br />
Military tuition assistance is not<br />
available retroactively to cover courses<br />
taken and paid for using any other<br />
funding source during the suspension<br />
of military tuition assistance.<br />
“Military tuition assistance will be<br />
the same program service members<br />
are used to,” said Russell Frasz,<br />
Director of Force Development,<br />
Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower<br />
and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air<br />
Force. “The same policies and procedures<br />
will be in place.”<br />
With this change, current and future<br />
Airmen and Soldiers will be given<br />
another tool to develop professionally<br />
through advanced education.<br />
“Voluntary education and military<br />
tuition assistance programs continue<br />
to be integral to the recruiting, retention<br />
and readiness of Airmen and<br />
contribute to institutional competencies,”<br />
said Kim Yates, the Air Force<br />
Voluntary Education chief.<br />
“Fiscal constraints create a challenge<br />
that Air Force leadership continues<br />
to work through,” Frasz said.<br />
“We strive to meet the needs of Airmen<br />
and the Air Force.”<br />
According to the Deputy Chief of<br />
Staff of the Army, Soldiers can request<br />
tuition assistance for the remainder<br />
of fiscal year 2013 by accessing the<br />
GoArmyEd portal at https://www.<br />
goarmyed.com/Login.<br />
For more information, call 221-1738<br />
(Air Force) or 221- 0853 (Army).<br />
Information for this article came<br />
from the offices of the Secretary of<br />
the Air Force for Public Affairs and<br />
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army.
PAGE 4 TALESPINNER <strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>19</strong>, 2013<br />
Early preparation paves way for smooth PCS<br />
By Alex Salinas<br />
JBSA-Randolph Public Affairs<br />
With military members expected<br />
to permanently change stations most<br />
often from May to August, they are<br />
encouraged to think early about<br />
moving, one step at a time.<br />
“The first thing is to be really flexible<br />
with your schedule,” said Staff<br />
Sgt. Ryan Kerkove, 802nd Logistics<br />
Readiness Squadron Personal Property<br />
Processing Office assistant NCO<br />
in charge. “During peak PCS season<br />
especially, give yourself time for all<br />
appointments.”<br />
As soon as members get their orders,<br />
the Department of Defense’s<br />
Defense Personal Property System<br />
portal website at http://www.Move.<br />
mil is a good first stop.<br />
“Members set up their own applications<br />
for self-counseling that<br />
generate important paperwork to<br />
take to PPPOs,” said Senior Airman<br />
Raymond Hogan, 802nd LRS transportation<br />
assistant.<br />
Online self-counseling informs<br />
members about monetary allowances<br />
to help them decide if they want a<br />
government-assisted general household<br />
goods shipment or if they want<br />
to move themselves, formally called<br />
a personally procured move.<br />
The website also gives members<br />
the option to file and settle a claim<br />
directly with transportation service<br />
providers, which are moving companies<br />
that are listed.<br />
A permanent change of station<br />
stateside or overseas may determine<br />
what baggage items to take,<br />
what items to place in a household<br />
goods shipment and what items to<br />
store away.<br />
“DPS is a great resource, even<br />
before you get orders,” said Tech.<br />
Sgt. Stacy Parker, 802nd LRS PPPO<br />
NCO in charge. “I recommend looking<br />
at (http://www.)Move.mil before<br />
visiting our offices.”<br />
Parker said an online session with<br />
the DPS portal website is a “proactive<br />
approach” that can help other<br />
people moving gather questions to<br />
ask before the big move.<br />
Along with having a flexible<br />
schedule, members should also give<br />
themselves at least three weeks<br />
to fill out their online moving application,<br />
schedule any necessary<br />
appointments and work on their<br />
separate Military Personnel Flight<br />
out-processing checklist among other<br />
things, Kerkove said.<br />
Kerkove added that people need<br />
to set aside time to clean up by getting<br />
rid of unwanted items, holding a<br />
yard sale or donating items to charity.<br />
Members should contact PPPO<br />
staff immediately when they receive<br />
their orders, Hogan said.<br />
For more information, call JBSA-<br />
Randolph at 652-1848 or 1849; JB-<br />
SA-Lackland at 671-2821 or 2823<br />
and JBSA-Fort Sam Houston at 221-<br />
2812 or 1605.<br />
U.S. Army photo<br />
As soon as members get their orders, the Department<br />
of Defense’s Defense Personal Property<br />
System portal website at http://www.Move.<br />
mil is a good first stop.
<strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>19</strong>, 2013 TALESPINNER PAGE 5<br />
Congratulations to the<br />
following 64 Airmen<br />
for being selected as<br />
honor graduates among<br />
the 728 Air Force basic<br />
military trainees who<br />
graduate today.<br />
320th Training Squadron<br />
Flight 279<br />
Nicholas Cottrell<br />
Benjamin Holyoak<br />
Taylor Mcintosh<br />
Dylan Newbrough<br />
Justin Sneed<br />
Flight 283<br />
Seth Balla<br />
William Byrd<br />
Ryan Labat<br />
Flight 284<br />
Kelsy Babbitt<br />
Jamie Holden<br />
Elizabeth Loader<br />
Flight 289<br />
Viraj Chitnis<br />
Jacob Evans<br />
Troy Parker<br />
James Privateer<br />
Daniel Spear<br />
Mark Yearby<br />
321st Training Squadron<br />
Flight 283<br />
Seth Balla<br />
William Byrd<br />
Ryan Labat<br />
Flight 284<br />
Kelsy Babbitt<br />
Jamie Holden<br />
Elizabeth Loader<br />
Flight 289<br />
Viraj Chitnis<br />
Jacob Evans<br />
Troy Parker<br />
James Privateer<br />
Daniel Spear<br />
Mark Yearby<br />
Flight 290<br />
Nicholas Althouse<br />
William Hyatt<br />
Ryan Potts<br />
Matthew Starbird<br />
Joshua Sutton<br />
Scott Taylor<br />
322nd Training Squadron<br />
Flight 287<br />
Devin Tillman<br />
323rd Training Squadron<br />
Flight 277<br />
John Hulsey III<br />
Patrick Keith<br />
Tylan Murray<br />
Robert Nash<br />
Quintin Salazar<br />
Flight 278<br />
Jordan Lapo<br />
Joshua Lewandowski<br />
James Rogers<br />
Flight 281<br />
William Wells<br />
Flight 282<br />
Jacob Baker<br />
Raul Chong<br />
Derrick Flitcroft<br />
Tyler Powers<br />
Ian Radandt<br />
Robert Schweibold<br />
Jacob Stubblefield<br />
326th Training Squadron<br />
Flight 275<br />
Mark Jamison<br />
Landen Jiral<br />
Rexall Williams<br />
Flight 276<br />
Tess Brackemyer<br />
Brittany Saiers<br />
Alexandra Teubel<br />
331st Training Squadron<br />
Flight 285<br />
Elias Baase<br />
Blake Coble<br />
Donovan Kennedy<br />
Christopher Mazza<br />
DaleRansom<br />
Richard Shank<br />
Flight 286<br />
Adam Baker<br />
Tyler Christensen<br />
Hunter Ervin<br />
Kyle Forsyth<br />
Christopher Goldberg<br />
Peter Harig<br />
Sean Kennedy<br />
Trenton Lefaive<br />
Zachar Manzella<br />
Trevor Morgan<br />
Michael Nemec<br />
Michael Ray<br />
Top BMT Airman<br />
Nicholas Cottrell<br />
320th TRS, Flight 279<br />
Most Physically Fit<br />
Male Airmen<br />
Caleb Savage-Buck<br />
320th TRS, Flight 279<br />
Isaac Hansen<br />
323rd TRS, Flight 282<br />
Dakotah Zacot<br />
323rd TRS, Flight 277<br />
Patrick Culhane, Jr.<br />
321st TRS, Flight 289<br />
Female Airmen<br />
Samantha Moade<br />
326th TRS, Flight 276<br />
Kristian McMahon<br />
322nd TRS, Flight 288<br />
Kibby Werner<br />
320th TRS, Flight 280<br />
Lauren Lozano<br />
320th TRS, Flight 280<br />
Male Flights<br />
320th TRS, Flight 279<br />
331st TRS, Flight 286<br />
321st TRS, Flight 283<br />
331st TRS, Flight 285<br />
Female Flights<br />
326th TRS, Flight 276<br />
321st TRS, Flight 284<br />
320th TRS, Flight 280<br />
322nd TRS, Flight 288<br />
Top Academic Flights<br />
331st TRS, Flight 286<br />
331st TRS, Flight 285<br />
326th TRS, Flight 275<br />
321st TRS, Flight 283<br />
323rd TRS, Flight 278<br />
323rd TRS, Flight 277<br />
323rd TRS, Flight 281<br />
326th TRS, Flight 276<br />
323rd TRS, Flight 282<br />
321st TRS, Flight 290
PAGE 6 TALESPINNER <strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>19</strong>, 2013<br />
Lackland ISD to accept off base high school transfers<br />
By Mike Joseph<br />
JBSA-Lackland Public Affairs<br />
Transfer applications to Stacey<br />
High School for the 2013-14 academic<br />
year will be available at the<br />
high school beginning May 1. A limited<br />
number of students for grades<br />
9-12 will be accepted.<br />
“The Lackland Independent School<br />
District is facing severe budget cuts<br />
due to the sequestration,” said Dr.<br />
Bernie Roper, Lackland Independent<br />
School District superintendent.<br />
“Opening a limited number of transfer<br />
slots at the high school will allow<br />
the district to generate additional<br />
state funding and a small percentage<br />
of increased federal aid.”<br />
LISD altered its high school transfer<br />
policy in response to reduced federal<br />
funding from sequestration. The<br />
district receives approximately half<br />
of its annual funding from the federal<br />
government. LISD is not allowed<br />
to collect tax revenue because it is<br />
located on federally-owned land and<br />
receives Impact Aid in lieu of collecting<br />
tax revenue.<br />
Previous policy allowed only students<br />
who lived on <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong>-Lackland<br />
or the Medina Training<br />
Annex to attend Lackland schools,<br />
although students who met certain<br />
exceptions could request a transfer<br />
By Alex Salinas<br />
JBSA-Randolph Public Affairs<br />
With summertime approaching,<br />
Department of Defense identification<br />
cardholders 18 years and older can get<br />
to one of the district’s schools.<br />
“We will still have some exceptions<br />
for off base students,” Roper<br />
said. “Students in PK-8 who move off<br />
base during the school year will be<br />
allowed to remain at their school for<br />
the remainder of the grading period<br />
or longer if space and instructional<br />
staff are available; however, they will<br />
not be allowed to stay past the current<br />
academic year.<br />
“All students who were on an approved<br />
transfer as of Dec. 18, 2009<br />
will also be allowed to apply for a<br />
transfer each year until graduation,”<br />
he said. “Off base high school students<br />
who complete the ninth grade<br />
with us are also eligible to apply for<br />
a transfer annually until graduation.<br />
Regardless of the situation, students<br />
must submit a transfer application<br />
and meet the transfer eligibility criteria<br />
each year.”<br />
District officials said the updated<br />
high school transfer policy allows students<br />
who meet the eligibility criteria<br />
to be considered for enrollment.<br />
Transfer applications are for one<br />
academic year at a time and are not<br />
guaranteed for subsequent years.<br />
However, officials also said a student<br />
who continues to meet eligibility<br />
criteria can expect to have their<br />
transfer renewed if instructional<br />
space and staff are available.<br />
a boating license valid at <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Antonio</strong>’s Recreation Park at Canyon<br />
Lake by completing a two-hour safety<br />
and education course.<br />
The course, offered at all JBSA locations<br />
for $2, consists of an educational<br />
Prospective transfer students must<br />
meet all of the following eligibility<br />
criteria:<br />
Provide evidence (current report<br />
card and high school transcript) that<br />
demonstrates a grade of 75 or higher<br />
in each course for math, English, science<br />
and social studies. Exceptions<br />
may be considered for more rigorous<br />
courses such as AP, IB, or dual credit.<br />
In addition, applicants must have<br />
a grade of 70 or above in all other<br />
courses, including electives.<br />
Be able to graduate on the Recommended<br />
High School Plan within four<br />
years of beginning the ninth grade,<br />
unless otherwise indicated by a student’s<br />
current Individual Education<br />
Plan.<br />
Provide evidence that indicates<br />
passing scores on required state<br />
standardized tests from the state in<br />
which the student was previously enrolled.<br />
Provide evidence of satisfactory<br />
conduct grades.<br />
Provide discipline records to indicate<br />
the student has not been assigned<br />
to multiple in-school suspension<br />
consequences or any higher level<br />
consequence such as out-of-school<br />
suspension, disciplinary alternative<br />
education program or expulsion<br />
within the current and previous<br />
school year.<br />
movie produced by the Texas Parks and<br />
Wildlife Department and a written test<br />
of multiple choice and true/false questions.<br />
Jennifer Meyers, 902nd Force Support<br />
Squadron recreation assistant,<br />
said the course helps to produce a<br />
savvy customer base.<br />
“The course assures guests using our<br />
equipment are fully knowledgeable in<br />
how to operate it,” she said.<br />
“When people are prepared, they are<br />
more inclined to be calm and are more<br />
familiar with watercraft as they are<br />
getting safety briefs when they check<br />
out the equipment,” said Jonathan<br />
Clifton, JBSA Recreation Park general<br />
manager.<br />
“The course goes to great lengths to<br />
get people familiar with safe practices,<br />
rules of the water and how to handle<br />
Provide attendance records that indicate<br />
the student has achieved a 90<br />
percent or higher attendance rate in<br />
the current and previous school year.<br />
Applicants whose attendance rate<br />
falls between 85-89 percent may be<br />
reviewed for consideration if all the<br />
above criteria have been met.<br />
“The new transfer policy is an excellent<br />
opportunity for off base high<br />
school students to attend Stacey High<br />
School and receive a great education<br />
in a small school environment,” Roper<br />
said. “We are proud of our academic<br />
success and hope that off base<br />
military-connected students will take<br />
advantage of this opportunity.<br />
“Lackland ISD has not determined<br />
how many students will be accepted<br />
at each grade level, 9-12,” the superintendent<br />
said. “We will have a better<br />
idea of how many slots will be available<br />
after we conduct new student<br />
registration in August. Our priority<br />
continues to be our on-base students.<br />
Acceptance of transfers will be on a<br />
first come, first served basis.”<br />
Transfer applications will be time<br />
and date stamped upon receipt and<br />
will be considered in the order in<br />
which they are received until all<br />
available slots are filled. For information<br />
on eligibility criteria or the<br />
transfer process, contact Stacey High<br />
School at 357-5101.<br />
Course issues JBSA-wide boating license<br />
Photo illustration courtesy JBSA-Randolph FSS<br />
many common situations and problems,”<br />
Clifton added.<br />
“Additionally, the information in the<br />
movie is what will be on the test,” Clifton<br />
said. “Customers should expect to<br />
spend about two hours to accomplish<br />
the course.”<br />
Upon completion, DOD members receive<br />
a two-year license that enables<br />
them to rent and operate motorized<br />
watercraft at Canyon Lake.<br />
Registration for the course is not required.<br />
“Customers just need to show up<br />
within normal business hours, have<br />
their DOD ID card and ample time to<br />
complete the course before the testing<br />
site closes,” Clifton said.<br />
The course is available from 9 a.m.<br />
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MOTORCYCLE SAFETY RALLY<br />
Photo by Robbin Cresswell<br />
Senior Airman Mackenzie Orgren negotiates the limited space maneuvering skills<br />
challenge during the Motorcycle Safety Rally held at the <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong><br />
Motorcycle Training Range <strong>Apr</strong>il 12. More than 80 motorcyclists participated in<br />
the rally, which was sponsored by the <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong> Safety Office.
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EFFECTS from Page 2<br />
record high in March and home prices are rising.<br />
Some job growth has been noted in the private sector.<br />
During an <strong>Apr</strong>il 2 press conference, White House<br />
spokesman Jay Carney insisted that the effects of<br />
The 2013 sequester includes the following for a<br />
total of $85.4 billion in cuts:<br />
• $42.7 billion in defense cuts (a 7.9 percent cut)<br />
• $28.7 billion in domestic discretionary cuts (a 5.3<br />
percent cut)<br />
• $9.9 billion in Medicare cuts (a 2 percent cut)<br />
• $4 billion in other mandatory cuts (a 5.8 percent<br />
cut to nondefense programs and a 7.8 percent cut<br />
to defense programs)<br />
The following budget cuts under sequestration are<br />
not all-inclusive; figures are estimates based on information<br />
from the Office of Management and Budget:<br />
• Aircraft purchases by the Air Force and Navy are<br />
cut by $3.5 billion<br />
• Military operations across the services are cut by<br />
about $13.5 billion<br />
• Military research is cut by $6.3 billion<br />
• The National Institutes of Health get cut by $1.6<br />
billion<br />
sequestration were hard to measure because the<br />
budget cuts were a “moving picture.”<br />
“When you’re dealing with these kinds of acrossthe-board<br />
forced budget cuts in the middle of a<br />
fiscal year and you’re having to make all sorts of<br />
adjustments to account for them and to reduce your<br />
expenditures accordingly,” Carney said adding, “that<br />
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br />
are cut by about $323 million<br />
• Border security is cut by about $581 million<br />
• Immigration enforcement is cut by about $323<br />
million<br />
• Airport security is cut by about $323 million<br />
• Head Start gets cut by $406 million, removing<br />
70,000 kids out of the program<br />
• FEMA’s disaster relief budget is cut by $375 million<br />
• Public housing support is cut by about $1.94<br />
billion<br />
• The FDA is cut by $206 million<br />
• NASA gets cut by $970 million<br />
• Special education is cut by $840 million<br />
• The Energy Department’s program for securing<br />
our nuclear weapons is cut by $650 million<br />
• The National Science Foundation gets cut by<br />
about $388 million<br />
can be on the plus side where furloughs may take<br />
place a little later, or on the minus side where things<br />
may be more immediate.<br />
“There are constant adjustments being made at<br />
each agency as they deal with their budget in terms<br />
of what the impacts of sequester are,” Carney said.<br />
“But they are real.”<br />
• The FBI gets cut by $480 million<br />
• The federal prison system gets cut by $355 million<br />
• State Department diplomatic functions are cut by<br />
$650 million<br />
• Global health programs are cut by $433 million;<br />
the Millennium Challenge Corp. sees a $46 million<br />
cut, and USAID a cut of about $291 million<br />
• The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is cut by<br />
$55 million<br />
• The SEC is cut by $75.6 million<br />
• The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum<br />
is cut by $2.6 million<br />
• The Library of Congress is cut by $31 million<br />
• The Patent and Trademark office is cut by $156<br />
million<br />
Courtesy OMB<br />
prescription drug Take Back day observed april 27<br />
By Chanel S. Weaver<br />
Army Public Health Command Public Affairs<br />
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will<br />
be observed locally and nationwide <strong>Apr</strong>il 27.<br />
Sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration,<br />
the day is specifically set aside to allow an<br />
opportunity to empty medicine cabinets, kitchen<br />
drawers, purses and pillboxes of unwanted, unused<br />
and expired prescription drugs, and take<br />
them to authorized collection sites in local communities.<br />
Brooke Army Medical Center will have two locations<br />
to turn in prescription drugs from 10 a.m.<br />
to 2 p.m. The first is at the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong> Military<br />
Medical Center medical mall area and also at the<br />
<strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong>-Fort Sam Houston Refill<br />
Pharmacy, located in Building 2401 on Scott and<br />
Harney Roads.<br />
At JBSA-Lackland, people can drop off these<br />
items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wilford Hall<br />
Ambulatory Surgical Center Satellite Pharmacy,<br />
located between the main base exchange and the<br />
commissary.<br />
At JBSA-Randolph, turn in unwanted prescription<br />
drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. <strong>Apr</strong>il 27 at the<br />
main base exchange satellite pharmacy, Building<br />
1040, in the BX mall area.<br />
There will be certified law enforcement personnel<br />
physically present at the drop-off locations for<br />
the duration of National Prescription Take-Back<br />
Day activities, per DEA protocols.<br />
Drug overdoses and brain damage linked to<br />
long-term drug abuse killed an estimated 37,485<br />
people in 2009, the latest year for which preliminary<br />
data are available, according to a report by<br />
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<br />
“Drugs now kill more people than motor vehicle<br />
accidents in the U.S.,” said Maj. Clifton Dabbs, a<br />
physician and epidemiologist at the U.S. Army Public<br />
Health Command.<br />
Prescription drug use has increased over the<br />
years in the military. About 17 percent of military<br />
personnel reported misusing prescription drugs,<br />
including stimulants (other than methamphetamine),<br />
tranquilizers/muscle relaxers, sedatives/<br />
barbiturates, pain relievers, anabolic steroids, and<br />
erectile dysfunction drugs, according to the 2008<br />
Department of Defense Survey of Health-Related<br />
Behaviors.<br />
As in the civilian population, pain relievers were<br />
the most commonly misused/abused type of prescription<br />
drug across the military services and in<br />
the Army specifically.<br />
According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and<br />
Mental Health Services Administration’s National<br />
Survey on Drug Use and Health, more than 70<br />
percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers<br />
got them through friends or relatives, a<br />
statistic that includes raiding the family medicine<br />
cabinet.<br />
Dabbs said that the abuse of opiates is becoming<br />
more prevalent across the Army.<br />
“Our surveillance shows that there is a rapid increase<br />
in the numbers of Soldiers being diagnosed<br />
with opiate dependence or abuse since 2005,” said<br />
Dabbs.<br />
Opiate drugs are narcotic sedatives that depress<br />
activity of the central nervous system, reduce pain<br />
and induce sleep. When misused, opiates can become<br />
deadly.<br />
“Opiates act centrally on the nervous system and<br />
can actually suppress your ability to breathe,” said<br />
Dabbs.<br />
For this reason, it is important to get rid of painkillers<br />
as soon as possible.<br />
“It is highly recommended to flush any narcotic<br />
pain killer down the toilet when they are no longer<br />
needed for the treatment of pain in which they<br />
were prescribed,” said Dabbs. “This is because<br />
the risk of someone stealing them, taking them<br />
by accident, and or the temptation to use them<br />
recreationally when drinking is too high and the<br />
consequences can be deadly,” said Dabbs.<br />
While flushing is not a recommended disposal<br />
method for many drugs, Dabbs’ advice about opiates<br />
is seconded by authorities such as the Food<br />
and Drug Administration.<br />
Dabbs also pointed out that drugs can lose<br />
potency and effectiveness if they are stored<br />
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BOATING from Page 6<br />
to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday at Randolph’s Community<br />
Services Mall, Building 895 and 9 a.m. Monday<br />
and Thursday and 1 p.m. Tuesday and Friday at<br />
JBSA-Lackland’s Outdoor Recreation, Building 871.<br />
At JBSA-Fort Sam Houston’s Outdoor Equipment<br />
Center, Building 1111, the course is available from<br />
11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and 8<br />
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. The course can also be taken<br />
starting at 8:30 a.m. every day to take the course at<br />
the JBSA Recreation Park.<br />
For more information, call JBSA-Fort Sam Houston<br />
at 221-5224, JBSA-Lackland at 925-5532, JBSA-<br />
Randolph at 652-5640 and the JBSA Recreation Park<br />
at 830-226-5065.<br />
Edwards Aquifer Level<br />
in feet above sea level<br />
STAGE II<br />
CURRENT LEVEL 648.8'<br />
Normal - above 660’<br />
Stage I - 660’<br />
Stage II - 650’<br />
Stage III - 642’<br />
Stage IV - 640.5’<br />
Stage V - 637’<br />
For water restrictions, visit www.jbsa.af.mil<br />
FOSTER a<br />
PUPPY<br />
Call<br />
671-3686<br />
TAKE BACK from Page 8<br />
improperly or kept too long.<br />
Since the opportunity to dispose of unwanted<br />
and expired medications comes around only once<br />
a year, Dabbs thinks it’s an opportunity that should<br />
be seized.<br />
“In the interests of both health and safety, it’s<br />
best to rid homes and barracks of unneeded prescriptions,”<br />
Dabbs said. “Disposing of old prescriptions<br />
through the Take Back program removes the<br />
risk of misuse and precludes accidental overdose<br />
by children or pets.”<br />
For personnel who are unable to visit an authorized<br />
collection site, the Food and Drug Administration<br />
recommends disposing of prescription<br />
medication by taking the medication out of<br />
its original container and mixing with kitty litter<br />
or used coffee grounds, then double bagging the<br />
item, and putting out with the trash.<br />
Past Prescription Drug Take Back Days have<br />
been very successful, according to the DEA. More<br />
than 488,000 pounds of unwanted or expired<br />
medication was collected at 5,263 take back sites<br />
Sept. 29.<br />
For more information on National Prescription<br />
Drug Take Back Day or to locate a local collection<br />
center, visit the Drug Enforcement Administration<br />
website at http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/<br />
drug_disposal/takeback/index.html or the Food<br />
and Drug Administration website at http://www.<br />
fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/UnderstandingOver-the-CounterMedicines/ucm107163.pdf
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Ordinary people doing<br />
extraordinary things<br />
National Volunteer Week runs Sunday through <strong>Apr</strong>il 27. It highlights<br />
the vast contributions volunteers make every day to improve communities<br />
across the nation.<br />
“Some volunteers might say they volunteer to keep busy, feel a sense<br />
of accomplishment, gain work experience, refresh their skills, camaraderie<br />
or various other reasons,” said Terryca Fuller, Wilford Hall<br />
Ambulatory Surgical Center Office of Volunteers director.<br />
“Most of our volunteers will tell you they want to give back to their<br />
community,” Fuller said. “I think the tasks most of our volunteers<br />
accomplish are invaluable. It frees up the staff to focus solely on the<br />
patient.<br />
“And by volunteering, you could change a life – maybe your own.”<br />
The director says<br />
“Trinidad is a wealth<br />
of knowledge...<br />
Nate brings a<br />
youthful eagerness...”<br />
Terryca Fuller<br />
Photos by Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma<br />
Above: Trinidad Garcia, a Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center volunteer for more than 20 years, greets a visitor to the center. Garcia volunteers at WHASC four days a week. Right: Nate Olech<br />
discusses a point with Terryca Fuller, WHASC Office of Volunteer Services director. Olech, a high school junior, is a WHASC volunteer.<br />
By Mike Joseph<br />
JBSA-Lackland Public Affairs<br />
Age is only a number at opposite<br />
ends of the timeline for two Wilford<br />
Hall Ambulatory Surgical<br />
Center volunteers.<br />
The difference in age between Trinidad<br />
Garcia, soon to be 93, and Nate Olech, 17,<br />
is just that – a number.<br />
Terryca Fuller, WHASC Office of Volunteer<br />
Services director, welcomes Garcia’s<br />
experience and Olech’s youthfulness.<br />
“Trinidad is a wealth of knowledge since<br />
my assistant and I are fairly new to our<br />
jobs,” said Fuller, who came to WHASC<br />
position last year from the Airman and<br />
Family Readiness Center at <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Antonio</strong>-Lackland.<br />
“She can always tell us how something<br />
might work or where to go in the center<br />
to find different offices,” Fuller said.<br />
“She never minds performing the smallest<br />
tasks. She’s an example of professionalism<br />
to both young and old.<br />
“Nate brings a youthful eagerness to<br />
learn any aspect of our office and he’s<br />
very willing to carry out any task given<br />
to him.”<br />
Garcia and Olech are bound not only as<br />
volunteers but by the Air Force and their<br />
desire to help others.<br />
Garcia is a retired Air Force NCO, a<br />
World War II veteran and a WHASC volunteer<br />
for more than 20 years. She has also<br />
been honored with a Volunteer Excellence<br />
Award from the Air Force Chief of Staff.<br />
Olech is the son of an active duty Air<br />
Force major, a pharmacist assigned to<br />
WHASC. The home-schooled teenager, a<br />
high school junior, has planned out his<br />
future. It includes becoming a psychiatrist<br />
and joining the Air Force.<br />
A WHASC volunteer since January,<br />
Olech also has an impressive accomplishment:<br />
achieving the rank of Eagle Scout,<br />
the highest rank in Boy Scouts of America.<br />
He was 16 years old when he became an<br />
Eagle Scout, a level accomplished by only<br />
one in 100 who enters scouting.<br />
Both Garcia and Olech have a wry, playful<br />
sense of humor.<br />
“Nate has a great sense of humor that<br />
keeps all of us laughing,” Fuller said. “He<br />
loves to talk with Miss Trinidad about her<br />
military and lifetime experiences.”<br />
“Miss Trinidad is hilarious,” said Olech.<br />
“It’s been a lot of fun; she’s probably the<br />
most fun person I’ve ever talked to. She<br />
has many great stories. It’s a kind of different<br />
spectrum because there’s 75 years<br />
between us.”<br />
Then Olech’s humor came out.<br />
“I guess we get along because she hasn’t<br />
decked me yet,” he said.<br />
Garcia said being a volunteer “keeps my<br />
mind busy. I’ve got to be busy.”<br />
Her dedication and passion as a volunteer<br />
jump out immediately. However, her<br />
ability to relate life experiences and also<br />
make light of a situation or herself like<br />
a standup comedian also endears her to<br />
others.<br />
On why she volunteers: “I don’t like<br />
soap operas.”<br />
On her age: “You know, I’m going to<br />
be 93. Do I look 93?” Told no, she quips<br />
back “How old do I look?”<br />
On how being a volunteer keeps her<br />
young: “I guess so. But I’ll tell you a secret.<br />
Talking to seniors bores me. I live in<br />
a retirement community and you have to<br />
be at least 55. The people I associate with<br />
there are those young ones.”<br />
On her office duties: “I do a little<br />
bit of everything. But right now I’m at a<br />
standstill. I have macular degeneration in<br />
my left eye, my hearing is bad, my knee<br />
hurts and I have a walker. I tell you, I’m<br />
falling apart.”<br />
On office errands: “I do errands. Even<br />
though my knee hurts, I just take one step<br />
at a time – I don’t give up. Of course when<br />
I do errands, it takes me forever and a<br />
day.”<br />
On giving up driving: “I gave it up seven<br />
years ago. When I started seeing double,<br />
the doctor told me to give up driving or<br />
before I knew it, I’d be pushing up daisies.<br />
When I gave up my car, oh, did I cry! But<br />
I didn’t want to push up daisies.”<br />
Olech said he feels a little pressure from<br />
family, friends and “Miss Trinidad” to set<br />
a good example.<br />
“My brother’s 14 and almost an Eagle<br />
Scout, so he understands; my sister’s only<br />
six years old,” said Olech.<br />
Then, without skipping a beat, he<br />
quipped, “she’s only 4 feet tall so she has<br />
to look up to us.”<br />
Olech then turned serious, speaking<br />
words of wisdom beyond his years.<br />
“Being a volunteer here and helping<br />
people is awesome,” he said. “You do it<br />
because you want to, not because you<br />
have to.”<br />
Bythenumbers<br />
239 54<br />
33,064<br />
current volunteers<br />
volunteer equivalent of full-time employees<br />
46,638<br />
61,132<br />
$<br />
4<br />
passengers transported in 2012 by<br />
Step Savers<br />
people helped by the clinic information<br />
desk in 2012<br />
amount Youth Employment Skills program students can<br />
bank in grant funding per volunteer hour<br />
$<br />
7,000<br />
$ 1,000,000<br />
volunteer hours in 2012<br />
proceeds from volunteer auxiliary popcorn sales<br />
dispersed to various military organizations<br />
savings generated by volunteers
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TRICARE expands assistance<br />
to reduce tobacco use<br />
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.<br />
American Forces Press Service<br />
The Defense Department is committed<br />
to helping troops, their families and<br />
all beneficiaries of the TRICARE health<br />
care plan reduce their reliance on tobacco<br />
products, a TRICARE official said<br />
here today.<br />
During an interview with American<br />
Forces Press Service and the Pentagon<br />
Channel, Paul Fitzpatrick, TRICARE’s<br />
“Quit Tobacco” program manager, said<br />
TRICARE has increased tobacco cessation<br />
aid for beneficiaries.<br />
Tobacco cessation medications and<br />
prescription medications now are available<br />
to TRICARE patients through military<br />
treatment facilities, pharmacies,<br />
and TRICARE’s mail-order pharmacy<br />
program.<br />
“And we’re very excited to be able to<br />
offer these cessation aids to help people<br />
quit smoking (and) quit dipping,” Fitzpatrick<br />
said.<br />
A Code of Federal Regulations final<br />
rule, effective March 29, authorizes the<br />
health care organization to implement<br />
a more comprehensive program.<br />
“The DOD is committed to creating<br />
and maintaining a healthy fighting<br />
force,” Fitzpatrick said. “We know that<br />
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines<br />
use tobacco at a higher rate than the<br />
American public.”<br />
Fitzpatrick, who is a retired Army officer,<br />
noted that troops’ tobacco use is<br />
at a 5- to 10-percent higher rate than<br />
that of the public, depending on the age<br />
demographic.<br />
“TRICARE estimates that more than<br />
$500 million are devoted to tobacco-related<br />
illnesses and diseases. And those<br />
are not just the long-term illnesses like<br />
cancer and emphysema. It also includes<br />
the short-term consequences of tobacco<br />
use, which include an increased number<br />
of sick days and longer healing time for<br />
those who are smokers and dippers,”<br />
he said.<br />
“With promotion of a healthier lifestyle,<br />
we expect that more people will<br />
See TRICARE Page 16
community<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>19</strong>, 2013 TALESPINNER PAGE 13<br />
LocAL Briefs<br />
Wednesday<br />
retIred enlIsted assocIatIon meetIng<br />
Retired Enlisted Association<br />
Chapter 80 meetings are held at the<br />
Gateway Club every fourth Wednesday<br />
of the month at 1 p.m.<br />
For more details, call 658-2344.<br />
THursday<br />
wIreless sale at eXchange<br />
The spring mega wireless sale<br />
at the Lackland and Troop Store<br />
North Exchange mobile centers<br />
ends Thursday. Video-capable smart<br />
phones with 4G LTE connectivity will<br />
be available. Shoppers can also enter<br />
for a chance to win one of three<br />
55-inch televisions to be given away,<br />
along with other prizes. No purchase<br />
is necessary to win, but shoppers<br />
must enter in person to be eligible.<br />
May 2<br />
safetalk traInIng class<br />
A SafeTALK training class is May<br />
2, 8-11 a.m., at Freedom Chapel.<br />
The class teaches Airmen to recognize<br />
suicide warning signs.<br />
Pre-registration is required. To<br />
register, call 671-4208 or email<br />
C H A P E L SERVICES<br />
PROTESTANT<br />
Freedom Chapel -Building 1528<br />
Sunday<br />
Contemporary Service 9:30 a.m.<br />
Religious Education 11 a.m.<br />
Gospel Service<br />
12:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday<br />
AWANA<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Hope Chapel -Building 10338<br />
Sunday<br />
Contemporary Service 11 a.m.<br />
Spanish Service<br />
12:30 p.m.<br />
Airmen Memorial Chapel -Building 5432<br />
Sunday<br />
Liturgical Service<br />
8 a.m.<br />
DENOMINATIONAL<br />
BMT Reception Center –Building 7246<br />
Sunday<br />
Church of Christ<br />
7:30 a.m.<br />
Gateway Chapel -Building 6300<br />
Saturday<br />
Seventh-day Adventist 12:30 p.m.<br />
Education Classroom -Building 5200<br />
Rm. 108<br />
Sunday<br />
Christian Science<br />
7:30 a.m.<br />
natalia.guajardo.ctr@us.af.mil.<br />
May 10-11<br />
l pa g to perform musIcal<br />
Tickets are on sale at Arnold Hall<br />
Community Center for “Quit Trippin’<br />
– It’s the ‘80s,” a musical comedy<br />
production by the Lackland Performing<br />
Arts Group.<br />
Performance dates are May<br />
10-11 and May 17-18, 7 p.m. each<br />
evening. Ticket prices, which include<br />
light hors d’oeuvres, are $20 each<br />
for adults; $15 each for age 65 and<br />
older; $10 each for technical training<br />
students; and $5 each for children<br />
under 12.<br />
For details, call 671-26<strong>19</strong>/2352.<br />
May 18<br />
parkIng lot flea market<br />
A flea market in the Warhawk<br />
Fitness Center parking lot is from 8<br />
a.m.-noon.<br />
Vendor spots are $10 or $15 with<br />
table.<br />
Call the Skylark Community<br />
Center at 671-3<strong>19</strong>1 to register or for<br />
more information.<br />
inForMaTional<br />
aIr force assIstance fund<br />
The Air Force Assistance Fund<br />
ROMAN CATHOLIC<br />
Freedom Chapel -Building 1528<br />
Sunday<br />
Religious Education<br />
9 a.m.<br />
Mass<br />
11 a.m.<br />
Monday – Friday<br />
Daily Mass<br />
11:30 a.m.<br />
Hope Chapel -Building 10338<br />
Saturday<br />
Reconciliation<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Mass<br />
5:30 p.m.<br />
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN<br />
Airmen Memorial Chapel -Building 5432<br />
Sunday<br />
Religious Education<br />
8 a.m.<br />
THE CHURCH OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS<br />
Hope Chapel -Building 10338<br />
Tuesday<br />
Religious Education<br />
Thursday<br />
LDS Institute<br />
Sunday<br />
LDS Service<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
8 a.m.<br />
JEWISH<br />
Airmen Memorial Chapel -Building 5432<br />
Friday<br />
drive at <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong>-<br />
Lackland continues through May 3.<br />
For campaign information or to<br />
make a donation, contact 1st Lt.<br />
Ryan Nichols at 925-5721 or a Unit<br />
Project Officer.<br />
m a d hatters Volunteers<br />
The Mad Hatters, a group of male<br />
and female volunteers, use their<br />
needle skills to make hats for recovering<br />
cancer patients dealing with<br />
hair loss from therapy in support of<br />
the military community.<br />
The group not only makes adult<br />
hats but has expanded to pediatric<br />
patients. The Mad Hatters also<br />
make bonnets, mittens and bunting<br />
along with lap afghan blankets for<br />
wounded warriors.<br />
The Mad Hatters meet every<br />
second Tuesday of the month, 9:30<br />
a.m.-1:30 p.m., at Freedom Chapel.<br />
Persons interested in joining the<br />
group can call Patti Bouchard at<br />
673-5185, the Wilford Hall Ambulatory<br />
Surgical Center Office of<br />
Volunteer Services at 292-6591 or<br />
email wnifc6164@att.net.<br />
logIstIcs readIness contact InformatIon<br />
The 802nd Logistics Readiness<br />
Squadron Customer Service<br />
Sabbath & Kiddush 4 p.m.<br />
Sunday<br />
Religious Education 12:30 p.m.<br />
ISLAMIC<br />
Global Ministry Center -Building 7452<br />
Friday<br />
Jummah Prayer 1:15 p.m.<br />
Sunday<br />
Religious Education 9 a.m.<br />
WICCA<br />
BMT Reception Center –Building 7246<br />
Sunday<br />
Military Open Circle 12:30 p.m.<br />
Freedom Chapel –Building 1528<br />
1st Tuesday<br />
Military Open Circle 6 p.m.<br />
OTHER FAITH GROUPS<br />
BMT Reception Center –Building 7246<br />
Sunday<br />
Buddhist<br />
10 a.m.<br />
Gateway Chapel -Building 6300<br />
First, third and fifth Saturdays<br />
Eckankar<br />
12:30 p.m.<br />
First, third and fifth Saturdays<br />
Baha’i<br />
11 a.m.<br />
For more details, contact Freedom Chapel - 671-4208 • Gateway Chapel - 671-2911 • Hope Chapel - 671-2941<br />
is the primary focal point for all<br />
supply-related questions, concerns,<br />
complaints, Zero Overpricing Program<br />
and Defense Reutilization and<br />
Marketing Office transactions.<br />
For additional information, call<br />
customer service at 671-2575/<br />
3611/3801, 925-1490/1049/1048<br />
or email 802lrs.customerservice@<br />
lackland.af.mil.<br />
resIdency program seeks patIents<br />
The Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical<br />
Center Endodontic Residency<br />
Program, Air Force Postgraduate<br />
Dental School Department of Endodontics<br />
is offering free treatment<br />
for patients who require root canal<br />
therapy.<br />
The service is available to<br />
military retirees, their immediate<br />
family members and family members<br />
of active duty service members.<br />
Patients must have been diagnosed<br />
recently with an endodontic condition<br />
requiring root canal therapy.<br />
Eligible patients should obtain<br />
a written consultation from their<br />
referring dentist and bring it to the<br />
dental clinic during normal duty<br />
hours, or fax it to 292-6431. Patients<br />
will be selected based on the needs<br />
of the endodontic training program.<br />
For additional information, call<br />
292-7831/3974.<br />
dental program seeks patIents<br />
Dunn Dental Clinic is screening<br />
patients for dental care limited to<br />
surgical treatment of gum diseases<br />
and defects.<br />
All eligible Department of Defense<br />
beneficiary categories will be<br />
screened for potential treatment as<br />
teaching cases, including dependents<br />
of active-duty members and<br />
retirees.<br />
Patients who have been informed<br />
by a general dentist that they require<br />
extensive periodontal therapy, such<br />
as advanced gum treatment or gum<br />
surgery, are eligible for evaluation.<br />
Routine dental cleanings are not<br />
accepted.<br />
To schedule an evaluation<br />
appointment, call 671-9364 or<br />
have your dentist email the periodontics<br />
department at aegdperio@<br />
gmail.com.<br />
talespInner submIssIon deadlIne<br />
To submit items for community<br />
briefs, email tale.spinner@us.af.<br />
mil by noon Friday the week prior to<br />
publication. For additional information,<br />
call 671-2908<br />
JBSA-LACKLAND<br />
KEY FAMILY SUPPORT RESOURCES<br />
Air Force Aid Society 671-3722<br />
Airman & Family Readiness Center 671-3722<br />
Airman’s Attic 671-1780<br />
American Red Cross 844-4225<br />
<strong>Base</strong> Post Office 671-1058<br />
Bowling Center 671-2271<br />
DEERS 800-538-9552<br />
Exceptional Family Member Program 671-3722<br />
Family Child Care 671-3376<br />
Legal Office 671-3362<br />
Library 671-3610<br />
Medical Appointment Line 916-9900<br />
MPF ID Cards 671-6006<br />
Outdoor Recreation 925-5532<br />
TRICARE Info 800-444-5445<br />
Thrift Shop 671-3608<br />
Enlisted Spouses’ Club http://www.lacklandesc.org<br />
Force Support Squadron http://www.lacklandfss.com<br />
Lackland ISD<br />
http://www.lacklandisd.net<br />
Officers’ Spouses’ Club http://www.lacklandosc.org<br />
JBSA Public website http://www.jbsa.af.mil<br />
My Air Force Life http://www.MyAirForceLife.com
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WHAT'S<br />
Family Support Events<br />
HAPPENING<br />
All classes, seminars, meetings and events are held at the Airman and<br />
Family Readiness Center, BUILDING 1249, unless noted below.<br />
Call AFRC at 671-3722 for additional information.<br />
Monthly<br />
Meetings<br />
Today<br />
XX Resume writing techniques, 11:30-<br />
1:30 p.m.<br />
XX Air Force Basic Military Training<br />
spouse and parents’ seminar, BMT<br />
Reception Center, Building 7246, noon.<br />
Call 800-973-7630 or 671-4057.<br />
Monday<br />
XX Five-day Transition Assistance<br />
Program, mandatory pre-separation<br />
briefing and Form 2648 are required<br />
prerequisites, 7:45 a.m.-4 p.m.<br />
XX Family readiness briefing, mandatory<br />
for personnel deploying longer than<br />
30 days or going on remote assignments,<br />
10:30-11 a.m.<br />
XX Post deployment briefing, required<br />
for all Airmen returning from deployment,<br />
802nd Logistics Readiness<br />
Squadron IDRC briefing room, Building<br />
5160, 2:30-3 p.m.<br />
Tuesday<br />
XX American Veterans national service<br />
officer available by appointment only,<br />
8 a.m.-noon. To make an appointment,<br />
call 773-354-6131.<br />
XX Transition Assistance Program, 7:45<br />
a.m.-4 p.m.<br />
XX Exceptional Family Members<br />
Program, Challenging Behaviors, noon-<br />
1:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday<br />
XX Transition Assistance Program, 7:45<br />
a.m.-4 p.m.<br />
XX Understanding the Veterans Administration<br />
claims process, 10 a.m.-noon.<br />
XX Awana Club meeting, Freedom<br />
Chapel, 6-8 p.m. Call 671-4208.<br />
Thursday<br />
XX Transition Assistance Program, 7:45<br />
a.m.-4 p.m.<br />
XX Air Force Basic Military Training<br />
spouse and parents’ seminar, BMT<br />
Reception Center, Building 7246, 1 p.m.<br />
For additional information, call 800-<br />
973-7630 or 671-4057.<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il 26<br />
XX Transition Assistance Program, 7:45<br />
a.m.-4 p.m.<br />
XX Air Force Basic Military Training<br />
spouse and parents’ seminar, BMT<br />
Reception Center, Building 7246, noon.<br />
Call 800-973-7630 or 671-4057 for additional<br />
information on the BMT spouse<br />
and parents' seminar.<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il 29<br />
XX Interview With Confidence, 10<br />
a.m.-noon.<br />
XX Family readiness briefing, mandatory<br />
for personnel deploying longer than<br />
30 days or going on remote assignments,<br />
10:30-11 a.m.<br />
XX The Federal Employment process,<br />
taught by Office of Personnel Management,<br />
1-4 p.m.<br />
XX Post deployment briefing, required<br />
for all Airmen returning from deployment,<br />
802nd Logistics Readiness<br />
Squadron IDRC briefing room, Building<br />
5160, 2:30-3 p.m.<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il 30<br />
XX American Veterans national service<br />
officer available by appointment, 8 a.m.<br />
-noon. Call 773-354-6131.<br />
XX Pre-separation briefing, mandatory<br />
for all members retiring, pre-registration<br />
required, 9 a.m.-noon.<br />
XX Disabled Transition Assistance<br />
Program, 11:30 a.m.-noon.<br />
May 1<br />
XX Awana Club meeting, Freedom<br />
Chapel, 6-8 p.m. Call 671-4208.<br />
May 2<br />
XX Air Force Basic Military Training<br />
spouse and parents’ seminar, BMT<br />
Reception Center, Building 7246, 1 p.m.<br />
Call 800-973-7630 or 671-4057.<br />
May 3<br />
XX Air Force Basic Military Training<br />
spouse and parents’ seminar, BMT<br />
Reception Center, Building 7246, noon.<br />
Call 800-973-7630 or 671-4057.<br />
enlisted spouses’ club<br />
The Lackland Enlisted Spouses’<br />
Club meets every third Tuesday of<br />
the month at the Balfour Beatty<br />
Community Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
http://www.lacklandesc.org.<br />
officers’ spouses’ club<br />
The Lackland Officers’ Spouses’<br />
Club meets monthly. For dates and<br />
times, or more information, visit<br />
http://www.lacklandosc.org.<br />
military council of catholic w o m e n<br />
The Military Council of Catholic<br />
Women meets the first Friday of<br />
the month, 9:30 a.m., at Freedom<br />
Chapel. For additional information,<br />
call 671-4208.<br />
On the web<br />
http://www.<br />
lacklandfss.com
sports<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>19</strong>, 2013 TALESPINNER PAGE 15<br />
Photo by Alan Boedeker<br />
Ft. Bliss guard and Tournament Defensive Player award winner Jon Reed goes for a layup around the opposition during the team's title victory over Tinker Air Force <strong>Base</strong> Sunday.<br />
Fort Bliss triumphs in national military basketball tournament<br />
By Jose T. Garza III<br />
JBSA-Lackland Public Affairs<br />
After the buzzer sounded at the end<br />
of the National Military Varsity Basketball<br />
Championship, Fort Bliss' basketball<br />
team huddled together and danced<br />
around in a circle celebrating its 92-79<br />
victory over Tinker Air Force <strong>Base</strong>.<br />
It was the celebration of the culmination<br />
of a three-day tournament<br />
that began on <strong>Apr</strong>il 12 at the Warhawk<br />
Fitness Center. Fort Bliss played<br />
six games, including three exhausting<br />
games on Sunday without food or<br />
drinks in its system.<br />
Fort Bliss guard Jon Reed, who<br />
scored 12 points and won the Tournament<br />
Defensive Player Award, rejoiced<br />
in the celebration, feeling there will not<br />
be another Ft. Bliss basketball team<br />
like the one he is a part of currently.<br />
“If you look at positions one through<br />
five and our bench, we have people<br />
who can play each position, which is<br />
why we are so deadly,” Reed said. “A<br />
lot of teams don’t have the same bench<br />
play that we have, so that is why you<br />
won’t find another team like this.”<br />
His teammate, forward Cliff Tucker,<br />
scored a team-high 24 points and<br />
earned the Tournament Most Valuable<br />
Player Award.<br />
“I just wanted to do whatever I could<br />
to help my teammates out,” Tucker<br />
said. “I am thankful for my teammates<br />
and thankful for winning MVP.”<br />
Tucker and Reed agreed “effort,<br />
heart, and determination” got their<br />
team through the tournament.<br />
Fort Bliss Head Coach Paul Riley<br />
was proud of his team for surviving the<br />
tournament through pure will power.<br />
“They wanted the championship too<br />
much. I knew they could do it as long as<br />
they put their minds to it,” he said.<br />
Fatigue did not factor in for Ft. Bliss<br />
in the first half, as it mounted a 48-25<br />
lead going into halftime.<br />
It would set in the middle of the second<br />
half, as Tinker rallied to cut its<br />
deficit to eight for a 71-63 score.<br />
The runners-up tried to stay within<br />
distance, but Ft. Bliss matched them<br />
basket for basket ultimately building<br />
its lead back to 88-72 with five minutes<br />
left.<br />
“We just kind of let them back in<br />
the game because some of our guys<br />
got tired,” Tucker said. “Once Tinker<br />
cut its deficit, we worked to get our<br />
lead back.”<br />
“I told my teammates to keep<br />
their head up and not let up. All we<br />
had to do was close this game out,”<br />
Reed said.<br />
Riley said Fort Bliss’ championship<br />
victory was the completion of a goal<br />
that was in doubt at the start of the<br />
season.<br />
“There were some players who did<br />
not think it was possible to win the<br />
championship,” Reed said. “As the<br />
season went on, the players started<br />
believing.”<br />
Tinker Head Coach Clarence Griffin<br />
was not disappointed with the loss.<br />
He was satisfied with the season after<br />
Tinker won the Central United States<br />
Military Basketball Championship to<br />
advance to the tournament as the No.<br />
1 seed.<br />
“Out of all the teams that participated<br />
in this tournament, we came in<br />
second and we can’t feel bad about<br />
that,” Griffin said. “I’m happy with how<br />
things turned out for my team and I<br />
think we were successful.”
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Upcoming<br />
cyber o u t l a w s golf tournament<br />
The Gateway Hills Golf<br />
Course hosts the Cyber<br />
Outlaws Golf Tournament<br />
May 3. The tournament costs<br />
$40 per person and teams<br />
must have at least four<br />
people representing. Prizes<br />
are awarded to top foursome,<br />
longest drive and closest to the<br />
pin. Sign-in registration starts<br />
at 7 a.m. with a shotgun start<br />
of 8 a.m. Contact Tech Sgt.<br />
John Rose at 977-3507 or Lt.<br />
Jonathan Hogan at 977-3771<br />
for additional information.<br />
bowling center power outage<br />
The Skylark Bowling Center<br />
will be closed Monday due to<br />
a scheduled power outage.<br />
League play is also cancelled<br />
for that day. The bowling<br />
center is scheduled to reopen<br />
Tuesday.<br />
aaph m o n t h 5k<br />
The Asian American Pacific<br />
Hertiage Association hosts<br />
a 5K at Stapleton Park on<br />
Security Hill May 15. Contact<br />
Master Sgt. Regina Scott<br />
at 671-5894 for additional<br />
information.<br />
indoor cycling classes<br />
Indoor cycling classes are<br />
held Tuesdays and Thursdays<br />
at 6 p.m., and Saturdays and<br />
Sundays at 8:30 a.m. in the<br />
Warhawk Fitness Center.<br />
The classes are designed<br />
for all fitness levels. Cost is<br />
$2 per class. Call 338-2837 or<br />
email jodi.hilliard@yahoo.com.<br />
National military tournament<br />
showcases armed forces basketball<br />
By Jose T. Garza III<br />
JBSA-Lackland Public Affairs<br />
The National Military Varsity Basketball<br />
Championship Tournament was more than<br />
just a competition to determine the military’s<br />
best basketball team.<br />
It was a showcase of the Armed Forces’<br />
elite basketball players displaying their<br />
skills in front of <strong>Joint</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Antonio</strong>-<br />
Lackland patrons in preparation for the<br />
Armed Forces Basketball Tournament in<br />
the fall. With All-Air Force and All-Army<br />
basketball camps set in the fall, the tournament<br />
was a preview of how fierce the<br />
Armed Forces’ best basketball players will<br />
compete to earn spots on both teams.<br />
The All-Air Force Basketball Camp is<br />
scheduled to take place at the newly renovated<br />
Chaparral Fitness Center October<br />
16 through November 2. The Chaparral<br />
recently completed a 60-day renovation of<br />
its court that will reopen May 1.<br />
The newly renovated gym makes JB-<br />
SA-Lackland Fitness and Sports Director<br />
Dwayne Reed happy because he has the<br />
opportunity to host the basketball camp<br />
for the second consecutive year.<br />
“It’s just nice to have a nice facility to<br />
host the tournament in,” Reed said.<br />
Patrons witnessed seven teams from<br />
the Central United States Military Basketball<br />
Conference, Pacific West, Washington<br />
Area Military Athletic Conference and<br />
Southeast Military Athletic Conference<br />
play in the three-day tournament that<br />
began <strong>Apr</strong>il 12 to determine the military’s<br />
best base varsity basketball team. Fort<br />
Bliss, Texas ultimately prevailed when<br />
it conquered Tinker Air Force <strong>Base</strong>,<br />
Okla. to become National Military Varsity<br />
Basketball Champions Sunday.<br />
Photo by Alan Boedeker<br />
National Military Varsity Basketball Championship MVP Cliff Tucker cuts the net after his Fort Bliss<br />
basketball team defeated Tinker Air Force <strong>Base</strong> for the championship Sunday at the Warhawk Fitness<br />
Center.<br />
JBSA-Lackland Fitness and Sports Director<br />
Dwayne Reed was happy with the<br />
competition, which he described as intense.<br />
“Every team had good quality<br />
players so it made for a good tournament,”<br />
Reed said.<br />
He also said he would like to host the<br />
tournament again next year, but he is willing<br />
to let other bases host.<br />
“I’m not opposed to sharing the wealth,”<br />
Reed said.<br />
TRICARE from Page 12<br />
want to quit smoking,“ Fitzpatrick<br />
said.<br />
TRICARE now offers Zyban and Chantix,<br />
Fitzpatrick said, as well as a whole<br />
host of nicotine replacement therapies,<br />
including traditional patches, gums, lozenges,<br />
nasal spray and inhalers, which<br />
now are available through prescription<br />
at no cost to the TRICARE beneficiary.<br />
“The development of access to pharmaceutical<br />
drugs has been in the works<br />
for a couple of years now,” Fitzpatrick<br />
said. “We are adding these medications<br />
to our host of cessation resources that<br />
TRICARE has had in place for a number<br />
of years.”<br />
Tobacco cessation medications are<br />
available to all beneficiaries ages 18<br />
and older in the continental United<br />
States. “The prescription medications<br />
are currently not available through the<br />
mail-order pharmacy overseas, but may<br />
be available through the military treatment<br />
facility pharmacy, if they carry<br />
(them),” Fitzpatrick said.<br />
TRICARE’s tobacco cessation aids<br />
also include a 24/7 chat service via<br />
instant messaging, toll-free telephone<br />
coaching assistance available around<br />
the clock, and face-to-face counseling<br />
with a certified tobacco cessation counselor<br />
that can be arranged through a<br />
primary care provider.<br />
“Tobacco cessation is very important<br />
to the Department of Defense because<br />
we are looking to build and maintain a<br />
healthier fighting force,” he said. “And<br />
we know that tobacco use is a negative<br />
indicator to a healthy force. The<br />
DOD wants to be, not a follower, but a<br />
leader in reducing tobacco use in the<br />
military.”<br />
Fitzpatrick also talked about Operation<br />
“Live Well,” DOD’s holistic approach<br />
to a healthy lifestyle and healthy<br />
living.<br />
“It addresses not only tobacco cessation,<br />
but (also) the challenges and<br />
threats (of) obesity among our fighting<br />
force and our family members, as well<br />
as good nutrition,” he said. “Operation<br />
Live Well is a program that looks<br />
at the entire person and their healthy<br />
lifestyle.”