PAGE 22 TALESPINNERJULY 17, 2009SINGING TO THE CROWDPhoto by Senior Airman Steele BrittonStaff Sgt. Naomi Keen gets <strong>up</strong> close and personal with the crowd during a Tops In Blue show July 9 at Manas AirBase, Kyrgyzstan. Sergeant Keen from Lackland’s 59th Surgical Operations <strong>Squadron</strong> health services craftsman.
JULY 17, 2009BENEFITS from P19of people just get toasters or towels.”ITT agents even escort trips, too,hosting three gro<strong>up</strong> cruises a year.Every two years, a more exotic locationis scheduled. Ms. Booher escortedthe last cruise to Alaska with anotherplanned for 2010.“The trip in November is alreadysold out,” she said. “We start advertisinga year in advance. It gives peopletime to put a $25 deposit down andthen make payments like a layawayplan.”The ITT office pays for the cost<strong>up</strong>front and customers complete payments60 days before the cruise.Not exclusive to Lackland, the freeto-joinArmed <strong>Force</strong>s Vacation Clubalso offers its members something alittle different through time-shareproperties located at 3,500 resorts allover the world for $329 an entireweek, based on availability.“Instead of letting properties sitvacant for a week they give them tothe Armed <strong>Force</strong>s,” Ms. Booher said.“It might be a one or three bedroomcondo or house. They are literally allover the world. Some listings will bebetter than others, but they are stillhigh quality.”Covering the spectrum of vacationplanning, from calling other ITT officesin the area for discount movie ticketsto setting <strong>up</strong> tours and booking condoreservations, ITT employees refer tothe office as the “one-stop-shop forfun.”“We do everything, start to finish,”Ms. Booher said. “Basically, peoplecome here, tell us what they want, andwe find it and book it.”The office’s services are open to servicemembers,and Department ofDefense civilians and contractorsMonday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., attheir location in Arnold Hall, Bldg.5506.A full listing of services and discountsare available on the Web atwww.lacklandservices.com/itt.html.TALESPINNERDo not provide your CAC card forphotocopying.Don’t make yourself a target forsurveillance, kidnapping, or worse.Special purpose IDs such as access badges, etc.should not be used for identification except for theorganization which issued them.CACs should not beused for identification outside U.S.government compounds.PAGE 23Use identification that any U.S. Citizen would have whenchecking into hotels.Protect your personal information and provide onlythe minimum required.
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