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February 22, 2013 TALESPINNER PAGE 19 Gott from PG 6 ISR Agency Command Chief Master Sgt. Arleen Heath. “It’s great to have so many meal options. I love the energy our partners have brought to this project.” “The 802nd Civil Engineer Squadron upgraded the building’s exterior roof and shrubbery plus the interior ceiling tiles, duct work, etc., to protect the contractor’s investment on the aesthetic improvements,” said Mark Tharp, 802nd FSS Sustainment Services Flight chief and Gott Commons project coordinator. Through the years the combination of streamlined base operations, the Base Realignment and Closure initiative and Photo by Don Powell The new Gott Commons Community Center was originally dedicated as the Rodney H. Gott Dining Hall on June 13, 1980, by Maj. Gen. Doyle E. Larson, commander of the Electronic Security Command, an earlier iteration of the Air Force ISR Agency, and Sylvia Gott, the mother of Tech. Sgt. Rodney Gott. Photo by William Belcher Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency Command Chief Master Sgt. Arleen Heath eagerly waits for her stir fry order at the new Gott Commons Community Center. Airmen gradually moving out of the aging Security Hill dormitories, resulted in an under-used Gott Dining Facility. Building 2041, Gott’s address on Kirknewton Street, stayed open for several years catering to community “Hearts Apart” dinners, Federal Holiday Family Brunches and the few remaining Security Hill Airmen dorm residents. “Following an in-depth fiscal analysis, the Gott DFAC closed its doors on Feb. 1, 2012,” Tharp said. “Two months later the demand for more dining options was such that we started recruiting vendors. “To better meet the needs of our customers, we redesigned it from a dining facility to a common area providing multiple capabilities under one roof,” Tharp said. “To preserve the heritage of Rodney Gott, we now call it “Gott Commons.” Then Staff Sgt. Rodney Gott, an airborne Morse (code) systems operator, was assigned to Detachment 2, 6994th Security Squadron, U.S. Air Force Security Service, Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam. He and nine crewmembers were killed in action Feb. 5, 1969 when their EC-47 aircraft went down 21 miles west-northwest of Chavane in Saravane Province, Laos, on an airborne radio detection mission. The wreckage was not found until the fall of 1969. Gott was posthumously promoted to technical sergeant and awarded the Purple Heart. “Everyone is a hero here,” said Rick Aleman, Selrico Services president and an Army veteran. “We’ve been serving the military for 23 years and we’re here to serve you.” Gott’s operating hours are Monday through Friday: Heroes Restaurant for breakfast, 6:30 to 9 a.m., for lunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; The Grind Coffee Shop, 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sports Bar, 4 to 6 p.m.; Grab and Go, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. the Gott Commons Community Center is closed on holidays. Photo by William Belcher The new Gott Commons Community Center officially opened for business following the ribbon cutting by committee ceremony Tuesday on Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland’s Security Hill. Military Saves schedules at other JBSA locations: FOSTER a PUPPY Department of Defense Military Working Dog Breeding Program JBSA-Randolph • Feb. 25: Information Fair, at the Airman Dormitory, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. • Feb. 26: Broadway Bank and Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union Information Fair, at the Airman Dormitory, 2 – 4 p.m. • Feb. 27: Saving & Investing for Retirement, Dean Taylor, San Antonio Better Business Bureau, location To Be Determined, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. • Feb. 28: Jobs & Money Event, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Building 2797, 4 – 7 p.m. • March 1: Credit Management Workshop, Airman and Family Readiness Center, Classroom #3, with Free Credit Reports, Broadway Bank and Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union, 2 – 3 p.m. JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Location is Warfighter and Family Readiness, Building 2797, unless otherwise specified • Feb. 25: Military Saves Week Kick off & Pledge Signing, 10 a.m. • Feb. 26: First Termers Financial Readiness Training , 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. • Feb. 26: Saving and Investing, 9 – 11 a.m. • Feb. 26: Budgeting, 2 – 4 p.m. • Feb. 26: Teen Financial Readiness, Broadway Bank, at the Teen Center, 4 – 5:30 p.m. • Feb. 27: Middle School Teens Financial Readiness, Broadway Bank, at the Teen Center, 4 – 5:30 p.m. • Feb. 28: Jobs & Money Event , 4 – 7 p.m. • March 1: Identity Theft and Social Networking, Dean Taylor, San Antonio Better Business Bureau at G Co, 232d Med. Bn., 10 – 11:15 a.m. • March 1: Identity Theft & Social Networking, Dean Taylor, San Antonio Better Business Bureau, 2 – 3 p.m. Worldwide need for detection dogs has increased dramatically. The Department of Defense Military Working Dog Breeding program breeds to meet the growing requirement for security at home and abroad. A large part of the success of this program is dependent upon volunteers to provide temporary homes for developing puppies. The 341st Training Squadron at JBSA Lackland operates a breeding program for military working dogs in support of the Department of Defense Military Working Dog program. These dogs are a vital part of our national defense and serve in Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps units around the globe. You can become part of this important effort by volunteering your home and time to raise a military working dog. Call us at 671-3686, or email us at 341TRSPP@lackland.af.mil
PAGE 20 TALESPINNER February 22, 2013 JBSA patients given choice for refill prescription pickup By Alex Salinas JBSA-Randolph Public Affairs By Jose T. Garza III Sports Editor The Air Force Boxing Team went 2-2 in its opening night of the San Antonio Regional Golden Gloves Feb. 19 at Woodlawn Gym in San Antonio. The team’s best performance arguably may have come from a boxer with the flu. Kenneth Cruz started the night for the Air Force, fighting a week-long illness to defeat Angel Garcia from B.G. Boxing with a 3-2 decision, in a preliminary battle of bantamweights. But Cruz, who won a gold medal in last year’s 2012 Armed Forces Boxing Championships, was tentative in the first round against Garcia. He said he was trying to shake off the cobwebs but came out strong in the second round delivering quick punches to Garcia’s head. Cruz controlled the rest of the fight delivering combos to Garcia's head and torso. Cruz won his second and third rounds. “I just wanted to tough it out and see where I’m at as a fighter. Coach (Steven Franco) told me it was up to me if I wanted to fight and I told him I wanted to fight even though I was not feeling well because I was not going to let this hard work be for nothing,” Beginning Monday, the 230,000 beneficiaries within the San Antonio Military Health System will have the choice to pick up prescription refills from nine locations across San Antonio by calling the new SAMHS combined line at 292-9995. The combined line will allow patients to easily get refills at either Army or Air Force sites, regardless of where they originally received their prescriptions. Automated commands will ask patients to select their desired refill pickup site at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, JBSA-Lackland, JBSA-Randolph or JBSA-Camp Bullis. From there, patients decide to stop by the following places: Air Force Village Pharmacy (near JBSA-Lackland), Brooke Army Medical Center Outpatient Pharmacy, JBSA-Camp Bullis Pharmacy, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Community Pharmacy, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Primary Care Pharmacy, JBSA-Lackland Commissary, JBSA- Lackland Satellite Pharmacy, JBSA- Randolph Satellite Pharmacy and the Wilford Hall Clinic Pharmacy. “One consideration of any pharmacy benefit design is access, and by facilitating refill medication access to our beneficiary population at any one of our nine Army or Air Force pharmacies, despite where the prescription was originally filled, is an enhancement to that benefit,” said Army Col. Peter Bulatao, Southern Regional Medical Command pharmacy consultant and JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Department of Pharmacy chief. Offering SAMHS beneficiaries a choice resulted from the continuing effort of military treatment facility leaders in the city focusing on their No. 1 priority: the customer. “This project is the perfect example of the SAMHS pharmacy team hearing the suggestions of our DOD patient beneficiaries on how to improve Cruz said. He said Franco really motivated him after the first round. “He just kept saying that you’re making (Garcia) look more good than he really is. You’re a better fighter so just push it. You worked too hard for this,” Cruz said. Lightweight Dustin Southichack won the Air Force’s second straight bout by upending Roger Gonzalez from San Antonio Parks and Recreation in a 5-0 decision. Although he obtained a perfect score, Southichack said the fight was not his best performance. He said he could have made Gonzalez “look like a flat out bum.” “I could have hit him with more shots. I could have followed up on my combination shots with more punches,” Southichack said. He said he also needs work on keeping his hands up and placing good distance between him and his opponents. “I thought I was kind of far from my opponent then I would drop back too far,” Southichack said. In the last two Air Force bouts, Ruben Mendoza gave up a 4-1 decision to Richard Soto of the Ramos Boxing Team in a light welterweight matchup. Soto sports our collective pharmaceutical care services and bringing those recommendations to reality,” said Air Force Col. Jeffery Johnson, 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron commander. Refill medications will be ready to take home when beneficiaries arrive for a scheduled pickup. New prescriptions, however, will begin to be processed once they check in at an MTF, according to Air Force Capt. David Lang, JBSA-Randolph pharmacy staff pharmacist. “Because we have mirrored all the MTF formularies in San Antonio, if you are a patient impaneled to an MTF provider, you could still see that MTF provider but pick up your medication at another MTF,” Lang said. The current JBSA call-in line for refills, 292-7000, will eventually be phased out and the new combined refill number will appear on prescription labels beginning Monday. Air Force Boxing Team splits opening night Team goes 2-2 at San Antonio Regional Golden Gloves Photo by Robbin Cresswell. Angel Garcia lands a right hook to Air Force boxer Kenneth Cruz’ head during an open bantamweight bout at the San Antonio Regional Golden Gloves Tuesday. Cruz won via 3-2 decision. was relentless, delivering combo jabs to Mendoza's head and body. James Beck lost a 5-0 unanimous decision to Daniel Baiz, representing the Knock-U-Out boxing gym's team.
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