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BASE NEWSChapel teaches Radical Resilience

for ‘gnarly’ life, Page 5

SPORTSJBA Airman big hit at softball

championships, Page 4

RETIREEJBA mourns loss of RAO director,

Page 2

BY MASTER SGT.KEVIN WALLACE89TH AIRLIFT WING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

An 89th CommunicationsSquadron Airman saved thelife of a middle-aged Washing-ton D.C. woman after witness-ing her car crash on Interstate495, Oct. 16.

Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith,a Hinesville, Ga., native sta-tioned at Joint Base Andrews,Md., saw her car hit a tree be-fore rolling, rushed to aid andextinguished the burning car,before helping stabilize thevictim on the side of one thenation’s busiest highways.

Smith was on leave thatday and came to base for a re-tirement and was heading to-ward a shopping mall when hesaw the accident unfold.

Pulling over and taking outhis mobile phone, Smith start-ed to dial 9-11 when he sawanother bystander already onthe line with emergency ser-vices. From a short distanceback, the wrecked car lookedto be in bad shape, so Smithknew he had to act, he said.

“I was surprised when I ranup and saw the mangled car,

I really thought whoever wasinside must me dead,” saidSmith, who works a desk jobat the 89th CS as a programmanager. “When I got to thecar I could see an older His-panic woman in the driverseat and she wasn’t able to re-ally move.”

Smith yelled to the womanasking if she was alright and ifanything was broken; he couldsee she had a laceration on herhand, which was bleeding.

The dazed woman’s re-sponses were inaudible soSmith began to try to force herdoor open, which was impossi-

Airman aids crash victim onWashington D.C. interstate

BY SENIOR AIRMANNESHA HUMES

11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

This week, Phoenix Raventrainees are giving physicaltraining uniforms a whole newlook. Their shirts are dark grayand their shorts are heavy, notbecause they bought them thatway, but because they’re drippingin sweat from three to four-hourcontinuous physical training ses-sions.

Quitting is not an option forthose fighting for a spot in theUnited States Air Force Expedi-tionary Center’s Phoenix Raven

Raven trainees prep for success

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/ SENIOR AIRMAN NESHA HUMES

Senior Airman Micheal Eskew, 811th Security Forces SquadronPhoenix Raven apprentice, prepares to strike Staff Sgt. BrandonJackson, 811th SFS executive aircraft security team leader witha baton during combative training Oct. 17 at Joint Base Andrews. see TRAINING, page 2

see CRASH, page 5

COURTESY PHOTO

A crashed car sits on the sideof Interstate 495 in Washing-ton, D.C. Oct. 16. The 62-year-old, identified as ‘Hilda,’swerved off the road, hit atree and then rolled the car.

BY BOBBY JONESSTAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST

Undaunted by the alter-nate rain date, trying forthe second time, the PrinceGeorge’s County PublicSchool, public officials andlocal residents showed up inforce to support a ground-breaking ceremony for thenew Fairmont Heights HighSchool in Capital HeightsOct. 22. The event was re-scheduled from Oct. 15 due toinclement weather.

Despite pouring rain, Fair-mont Heights High School’sJunior Reserve Officers’Training Corps students di-rected visitors to the eventand paraded the colors duringthe opening ceremonies.

Andrea Harrison, council-

member District 5, noted “I’mvery proud to represent Fair-mont Heights High Schooland the community. It’s veryspecial and emotional for me,because at one time this wasthe only school that blackscould go to, if they lived in acertain part of the county. I’mproud to say all of my familyattended Fairmont and I be-lieve that this new school willbe a pillar in the community.”

Among the invited guestswas Delores Brown, thedaughter of Fairmont HeightsHigh School’s first PTA presi-dent, who was welcomed bythe audience with thunderousapplause.

“I saw the doors openand saw when they had thefirst dedication of Fairmont

New Fairmont Heights HighSchool breaks ground

BY BOBBY JONESSTAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST

Phil Miller, a fifth genera-tion farme,r represents hisfamily business, Miller Farms,a family-owned 267-acre farmsince 1840 in Clinton.

“We have about 10 to 12farm hands who help managethe farm,” said Miller, addingthe farm grows an average of225 acres of produce annually.

Miller Farms’ primary prod-uct in early 1940 through 1960swas tobacco and sweet potatoproducts. Today, it’s best knownfor its fresh vegetable and flow-er production, along with thevaried line of down-home prod-ucts, like home-made ice creamand freshly baked pies.

“Throughout the years, we’vetried to improve our businessby going to conventions promot-ing farm marketing. But we re-alized we had to diversify, andas farmers we needed to lookto other avenues for income,”added Shelly Miller, wife ofPhil Miller. “So we added tour-ism for the month of October,

Miller’s Farms supportscommunity througheducation, donations

see FARM, page 3

PHOTO/BOBBY JONES

Daena Padilla, center, emerges from a tunnel while holding herson, Tristan, 6-months, along with daughter, Juliet, 2, right; whileAriel Jaques, 3, left, observes.

see SCHOOL, page 3

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November 1Hollywood and the Civil War: Shenandoah6-8:30 p.m.Surratt House Museum, 9118 Brandywine Road,

Clinton, Md. 20735FreeReleased in 1968, this film tells the story of Char-

lie Anderson (Jimmy Stewart), a farmer in Shenan-doah, Virginia, who finds himself (and his family) inthe middle of the Civil War. He decides not to getinvolved in the war because he believes it is not “his”war. For more information call 301-868-1121.

November 7Day of the Dead Celebration/El Dia de los Muer-

tos12–3 p.m.The Walters Art Museum, Graham Auditorium,

600 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201Whether you’re an adult or a child, you’ll enjoy

our second Day of the Dead celebration. This jovialMexican holiday commemorates the lives of familyand friends who have died. Visitors will enjoy tradi-tional Mexican dance performances, a live mariachiband, food, and art activities for the whole family.Starting Oct. 31, the museum will host a commu-nity altar in the Graham Auditorium and membersof the public are encouraged to bring items in honorof loved ones who have passed away. For more infor-mation call 410-547-9000.

November 14 and 15Force’s Tops in Blue6:30U.S. Air Base Theater on JBAFree night of family entertainmentHear exciting sounds of Bruno Mars, Pharrell

Williams and Daft Punk and other artists. Thisyear’s show also showcases great country music ofartists like Jerry Reed, Florida Georgia Line, Di-erks Bentley and the Pistol Annies. Tops In Blueshow will also feature the great patriotic music thathonors our nation and its heroes. All combined withcostumes, lights and choreography. For more infor-mation visit www.topsinblue.com.

Hot ticketsaround town

Cola IncreaseThe 2015 cost-of-living adjust-

ment (COLA) for military retiredpay, Survivor Benefit Plan annui-tants, Social Security and VA dis-ability and survivor benefits is 1.7percent. It will be effective in theJanuary checks. This year’s adjust-ment was 1.5 percent.

Space-A Travel ChallengeMilitary or-contracted aircraft

daily fly to worldwide locations.When mission-related passengersand cargo are accommodated, emp-ty seats are offered to eligible pas-sengers on a space-available basis.Last year, almost 215,000 servicemembers, military family mem-bers and retirees took advantage ofthese flights. In general, active-du-ty members and retirees and theirfamilies can fly Space-A from AirForce bases and many Army, Navy,

Marine Corps and Coast Guard sta-tions. Contract flights leave fromBaltimore-Washington and Seat-tle-Tacoma international airports.Passengers willing to try Space-A travel can sign up at terminalsin person, online or by e-mail orphone and remain eligible for up to60 days. The passenger terminal atJoint Base Andrews is open from 4a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The terminalalso opens 3 hours prior to depar-tures and 30 minutes prior to arriv-als for missions scheduled betweenthe hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. Formore information, call the flight re-cording line at 301 981-3527/5851.

Old Reliable C-130The YC-130 Hercules made its

maiden flight in 1954 at the Lock-heed Martin plant in Burbank, Ca-lif., and is still in production today.It is the most modified aircraft inthe Air Force. It is used for airlift,

aeromedical missions, personneland cargo airdrop, natural disasterrelief missions, Antarctic resupplyto the National Science Founda-tion, weather reconnaissance, aer-ial spray missions and firefightingduties for the Forest Service. TheC-130 can airlift 92 ground troops,64 fully-equipped paratroopers, 74litter patients or 45,000 pounds ofcargo. The C-130J, the latest ver-sion, was introduced in 1999. Thereare 145 C-130s in the active force,181 in the Air National Guard and102 in the Air Force Reserve.

The Retiree Activities Office isopen 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday. Visit the office inBuilding 1604 at California andColorado Avenues or call 301 981-2726. Call before your visit to ensurea volunteer is on duty. The RAO hasa website at www.andrews.af.mil.

Retiree Corner

BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASSJ.D. MAIDENS

11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Ask any member of local retireeoffices who Col. John Moser was, andthey’ll say he was a hard worker whowas never afraid to speak his mind.Much to the dismay of many in the

D.C. area, Col. Moser passed awaySunday, Oct. 12.Getting things done was some-

thing that Moser was best at. Frombeing director of Retiree Affairs Of-fices at Joint BaseAndrews and JointBase Anacostia-Bolling, to becomingthe first state lobbyist for the city ofRockville where he lived, to chairingvarious cultural arts commissionsand committees; Moser was always

working on something.“That was who Johnwas,” said Lu-

cas. “He always had plans; he alwayssaw new opportunities. If he was go-ing to be a part of it, it was going tobe the best.”“It’s a great loss to the retiree pro-

gam,” Lucas continued. “He alwayswent above and beyond.”Moser was born near East Berlin

in 1924. Due to his Jewish heritage,his parents sent him to live with rela-tives in the United States in 1937.Moser joined the Army 101st Air-

borne Division before becoming anAir Force intelligence officer — re-ceiving the Legion of Merit amongother awards.“He was always proud of his Air

Force service,” said Ronald Teufel,

member of the Retiree Affairs Office.“He always introduced himself as acolonel.”Moser was also heavily involved in

local cultural arts - chairing the Rock-ville Art in Public Places programand founding the F. Scott FitzgeraldLiterary Conference, Inc. among oth-er organizations.“He wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an an-

swer,” said Jackson Bryer, currentpresident of the F. Scott FitzgeraldLiterary Conference Inc. “Withouthim, we wouldn’t have lasted 18years.”Before anything else, however,

Moser was a hardworking militaryman.“He was the face of retirees in the

National Capital Region,” said Lucas.

JBA mourns loss of RAO director

training course at Joint Base Mc-Guire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.The Pre-Raven Training Course

was held Oct 13-24 by the 811th Se-curity Forces Squadron to prepareselected security forces recruits.“I’ve never done something as

strenuous as this before,” Staff Sgt.Deron Prince, 811th SFS protectiveservices leader, said. “It has pushedme to my breaking point, and eventhen I’ve been able to go beyond”.Phoenix Raven instructors seek

to push students past their limitsphysically and mentally by quizzingthem individually during the physi-cal training with memory questionsand job knowledge taught in theircourse classes.The course covers subjects such

as cross-cultural awareness, legalconsiderations, embassy operations,airfield survey techniques, explo-sive ordnance awareness, aircraftsearches and unarmed self-defensetechniques.“My favorite part is seeing their

progression,” Staff Sgt. Kevin Keg-ney, 811th SFS executive aircraft

security team leader, said. “It’s re-ally nice to see the beginning productwhere they’re all scattered, operatingas individuals compared to a weeklater where they’re really graspingthe team work concept and how weoperate as a single, cohesive unit.”The class consisted of eight 11th

SFS airmen along with four militarypolicemen from various Army instal-lations in the National Capital Re-gion.“Even though half the class is

Army and the other half is Air Force,the camaraderie is very strong,” Se-nior Airman Michael Eskew, 811thSFS Phoenix Raven apprentice said.“While being pushed to our limits,we

come together as a team and get thejob done.”Although, only certain selected

airmen continue on to the officialPhoenix Raven training course, bothsoldiers and airmen attend the Pre-Raven Training in order to receivetheir Fly Away Security Team Certi-fication.FASTmembers are required to fly

on specific missions, maintaining aconstant vigil to ensure the aircraft,personnel and cargo are protectedfrom hostile fire or on-board securitybreaches.“This course isn’t for the faint of

heart,” said Prince, “You either wantit or you don’t.”

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/ SENIOR AIRMAN NESHA HUMES

Pre-Raven Training course students practice performing weapon take-aways at Joint Base Andrews.

TRAINING, from page 1

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Heights High School years ago,”Brown said. “I’m like everyone elsehere, I’m very excited.”

According to Principal Torrie Walk-er, the new, state-of-the-art education-al facility will house three academies,Environmental Sciences, InformationTechnology and Performing Arts.

The $83.1 million project will alsofeature a 750-seat auditorium, com-munity health clinic, athletic fields,and green roof across 193,000-square-feet.

“We are a Go-Green School, whichmeans everything in there, from thefurniture to the recycling effort andheating system will be state-of-the-art,” said Walker. “We will be a Lead-

ership in Energy & EnvironmentalDesign, green building.

Marta Nieto, a Fairmont HeightsHigh School ROTC student, was excit-ed to volunteer for the school ground-breaking ceremony. “We all are reallyexcited because we actually thoughttoday might canceled because of therain again. I’m so excited. I hope Iactually get to attend the new schoolbefore I graduate,” said Nieto, a sopho-more.

State Sen. Victor Ramirez (D-Dist.47) of Cheverly said another schoolbeing built in Prince George’s Countymeans more children are being edu-cated. “It’s been a long time comingand this is why we pay taxes right?To build schools, and provide a bettereducation for everyone,” Ramirez said.

PHOTO/BOBBY JONES

Several Prince George’s County Public Schools officials, local politicians andcontracting officials break ground amidst a down pour of rain for the new Fair-mont Heights High School in Capital Heights Oct. 22. The school is slated toopen fall of 2017.

and named it Miller Farms Hayride andCorn Maze Season. It’s something forour community.”

Miller occasionally drives his trac-tor during the tourism season, educat-ing his riders about the various locallygrown produce, fresh eggs produced bythe 600 free-range chickens and point-ing out various wacky-looking scarecrows along the way before completinghis hayride tour.

Anise Barnes, a District Heightsresident brought her mother, and fourchildren along with her to enjoy Hay-ride and Corn Maze Walk.

Miller greeted the family at the endof the ride. “I didn’t expect to get a tourfrom the owner of Miller Farms,” saidBarnes, enjoying her second visit toMiller Farms. “Looks like we picked agood day to come,” said Barnes’ mother,enjoying the personal tour.

Miller educated the family about thecare of crops, and gave each child an earof corn as a souvenir at the beginningof the quarter-mile Corn Maze tour. Atthe conclusion of the tour, the familythanked Miller for the personal educa-tion and attention. “I learned that afterawhile when the corn just sits here themoisture will go out of it and it driesup, but the dried up corn can be used tomake different foods we eat today, likecornflakes,” said Alijah Barnes, 12. “Itwas pretty neat.”

Over the past 8 years, the commu-nity has enjoyed the fall Hayrides andPumpkin patch for the children to learnabout farm life, while having fun atMiller Farms.

During their visit children and theirparents experienced a scenic Hayride,complete with a scarecrow graveyard, awalk through a corn maze, and a barntour learning how farm animals arecared for and fed. Other activities in-cluded a straw pit to play in, Cow BellyMoon Bounce, and the choice of a pump-kin from the patch to take home.

Miller explained that his farm alsoprovides an outreach to those less for-tunate. “We have about three acres ofRape Greens that we’ll be donating toFarming 4 Hunger, a Maryland FoodBank non-profit organization,” said

Miller. “This crop will be ready to har-vest by next week.” Farming 4 Hungerfeeds thousands of individuals and fam-ilies as a community annually.

“Our children are the sixth genera-tion of Millers to come along and sup-port our business to keep the familylegacy alive and we’re very proud of ourheritage and our standing in the com-munity,” said Shelly Miller.

FARM, from page 1

Phil Miller gives Giavanni Barnes, 6,an ear of corn as her family receives aquarter-mile tour of the corn maze.

Children select a personal pumpkinfrom the patch to take home.

PHOTOS/BOBBY JONES

Phil Miller, a fifth generation farmer,proudly poses for a photo in front of hisgreat, great, grandfather’s home. TheMiller Farms is a 267-acre farm thathas been family-owned since 1840 inClinton.

SCHOOL, from page 1

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BY STAFF SGTNICHELLE ANDERSON

11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

A Team Andrews Airmanbrought home gold and silvermedals after representing theU.S. Air Force as a member ofthe All-Air Force Women’s Soft-ball Team in Fort Sill, Okla-homa and All-Armed ForcesWomen’s Softball Team at theAmateur Softball AssociationHall of Fame Complex in Ed-mond, Oklahoma, Sept. 14 to29, 2014.

Senior Airman Humes triedout for the training camp afterlearning about the opportunityto play on an Air Force levelteam.

“I’ve played softball myentire life,” said Senior Air-man Nesha Humes, 11th WingPublic Affairs photojournalist.“Since joining the military Ihaven’t been able to competelike I have in the past, so Iwanted to prove to myself I wasup for the challenge and fallback in love with the game.”

Not knowing what to expect,she said she reached out to peo-ple who tried out, or played for,the Air Force Team before.

“I knew it’d be tough com-petition, but I submitted myform and prayed for the best,”Humes said. “I was nervous af-ter submitting the package be-cause I didn’t hear back fromthem for a while. It wasn’t un-til my travel team coach calledand told me those making theselections contacted her for areference. I also had a solid ref-

erence from someone the All-Air Force Women’s coach knew,who’d seen me play.”

Senior Master Sgt. SalomonVieyra, All-Air Force Women’sSoftball Team head coach, andDaniel Ayon, assistant headcoach, from Joint Base San An-tonio, Texas, selected Humesfor the team’s training campbecause they felt she had whatthey were looking for.

“She has a strong arm andspeed, she’s a good hitter, andshe has a great team attitude,”Vieyra said. “She was one of theplayers we selected because ofher skills as an outfielder, but

she can also play a very goodsecond base.”

The team welcomed 21 Air-men to the camp and selected15 for the team.

“The first few days of camp,I was more excited than ner-vous,” said Humes. “Eventhough I grew up playing allfast-pitch softball, these girlshad mastered the game of slow-pitch softball and it was myfirst year playing slow pitch.”

I knew if I came out withthe mentality I wasn’t goingto match up, I wouldn’t. But,I was confident in my abili-ties and I needed to control the

things I could: my heart, my at-titude and my hustle.”

After five cuts, she was se-lected for the team and com-peted in the 2014 Armed Forc-es Championship at Fort Sill,Sept. 14 to 19.

“I was really confident inour team going into the tourna-ment; we had a great group ofgirls,” Humes said. “Our coach-es were phenomenal and gotus to play to a level where wewere competitive and playedour hearts out.”

During the competition,her team lost their first gameagainst the U.S. Army but thenmanaged to win the remain-ing eight. During a rematch,Humes showcased her skills.

“With runners on firstand second and only one out,Humes made a spectacularcatch late in the game, deepleft center for the second out,”Vieyra said.. “She was ableto throw the ball in quickly tokeep the runners from advanc-ing; the Army didn’t score thatinning.”

The Air Force Team won thegame with a score of 2-1, giv-ing them a better win-loss re-cord against their competitors,earning them the gold medaltaking the title from the two-time champion Army team.

“She was one of our top hit-ters for the All-Air Force andshe was on track to repeat thatperformance until we had to sither due to injury,” said Ayon.“Nesha was battling throughthe injury almost from thebeginning of camp, which is a

true testament to her persever-ance and talent, that toughnessand her positive attitude werewhat was most impressive tome.”

Event through the pain,Humes could not have felt bet-ter about the accomplishment.

“I was ecstatic,” Humes said.“It felt so good to beat a toughteam like the Army’s. All ourhard work in Texas paid offand we brought the gold backwhere it belonged.”

Vieyra and Ayon, the win-ning team’s coaches, werecharged with selecting andcoaching the 2014 Armed Forc-es Women’s Softball Team tocompete in the 2014 AmateurSoftball Association’s NationalChampionships at the ASAHall of Fame Complex in Ed-mond, Oklahoma.

Humes was one of six AirForce women selected for theteam along with four Army,three Navy and three Marines.

During the 2-day tourna-ment, the team played sixgames.

“It was tough because wewere facing other teams whohave been together for years,”Humes said. “I’m really proudof how well our team pulledtogether after one week. Wecame out of the loser’s bracketto beat one of the top teams inthe Nation and even though wefell just short of the gold, wecompeted extremely well andplayed with a lot of heart.”

JBA Airman big hit at softball championships

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/ STAFF SGT. NICHELLE ANDERSON

Senior AirmanNesha Humes poses a photo Oct. 21 on the softballfield at Joint Base Andrews. Airman Humes represented the U.S.Air Force as amember of the All-Air ForceWomen’s and All-ArmedForcesWomen’s Softball TeamsSept. 14 to 29.

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ble because of the state ofthe car smashed down in-to the ground. Meanwhile,emergency responders ar-rived on scene. A few oth-er civilians also stoppedto offer help.

As Smith worked tofree the woman, he heardan onlooker shout, “Fire!”

As Smith was tryingto pry the door open, thefront of the car had ig-nited into flames. Actingquickly, Smith and one ofthe emergency respond-ers accessed the crashed

car through the back,pulled the victim over thefront seats and removedher from the rear. Oncethe 62-year-old woman,identified only as ‘Hilda,’was safely out of the fire,another emergency re-sponder rushed in to as-sess wounds.

Scanning, Smith sawa bystander holding afire extinguisher she hadin her car. Smith rushedover and retrieved the ex-tinguisher, then put outthe flames.

“I would have abso-lutely gone into thatburning car even if it was

engulfed in flames andwe couldn’t get the fireout,” said Smith. “There’sno way I could sit by idleand watch someone burnalive.”

Fortunately suchwasn’t the case and nei-ther Smith, Hilda or theemergency responderwere burned.

“Smith has a naturalcalling for leadership,”said Tech. Sgt. Christo-pher Zeeb, Smith’s su-pervisor. “He’s got such agreat sense of humor; he’shumble and really caresabout people. He’s verymuch what you’d call a

people’s person.”Once the scene was

safe, Smith noticed one ofthe emergency respond-ers was stabilizing thewoman’s neck, but lookedfatigued.

Smith asked if sheneeded a break, to whichshe replied, “Are youqualified to do this,” saidSmith. Explaining that hewas military was enough.The responder movedover and Smith laid nearthe victim’s head, bracingit with his forearms.

“I felt completely confi-dent the whole time. HadI not had the training

the Air Force has givenme, I may not have evenstopped,” Smith said.

Smith was recognizedby Col. John Millard, 89thAirlift Wing commander,in a recognition ceremonyOct. 22.

“The way you repre-sented Joint Base An-drews and the 89th Air-lift Wing was top-notch,we couldn’t have askedfor anything more,” said

Millard. “Had you notstepped in, extinguishedthat fire and acted quick-ly, the results could havebeen much different.”

Smith agreed and be-lieves most Airmen wouldhave done the same, hesaid.

“Take your training se-riously,” said Smith. “Younever know when you’regoing to need to use it.”

CRASH, from page 1

BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASSRYAN J. SONNIER

11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The 11th Wing Chapelon Joint Base Andrews,Maryland, implementeda new dorm ministrycalled Radical Resilience,led by Chaplain Capt.Greg DuBow.

DuBow, an 11th WingProtestant chaplain, isa Unitarian Universal-ist. He graduated fromMeadville Lombard Theo-logical School in Chicago,which is a UU seminary.

“I feel like I have beenvery fortunate in my lifeand I wanted to bringthose gifts and my min-istry to people in themost honorable way Iknow,” DuBow said in re-gards to joining the AirForce.”[Serving peopleand my country] is thebest of both worlds.”

For DuBow, RadicalResilience is an effortderived from his per-sonal life experience,

but draped in a late ‘80sskater nostalgia. Thechallenge for the dorms,he said, is finding outwhat will speak to them.

“I think the juniorAirmen are just findingtheir way in life, and asa chaplain, I can helpguide them in the deci-sion-making process asit relates to their life,”DuBow said. “I’m excitedto walk alongside themand provide mentorshipon how to be the bestthey can be.”

From the subcultureof the ‘80s skater vibe,he brings the message of“life is gnarly.”

“Life can be toughwhen someone chooses toput on the uniform, put-ting themself in harmsway,” DuBow said. “Withthe concept of ‘life isgnarly’ understood, howdo we build spiritualbase to respond to it?”

Derron King, an 89thCommunications Squad-ron network defense

technician, recently expe-rienced the first lesson ofRadical Resilience.

“The program pres-ents an amazing way toteach about resiliencywith real life situations

instead of the typical for-mal setting,” King said. “Ilearned that to actuallyencompass all aspects ofbeing resilient, you alsohave to be able to helpother get there with you.

The ministry effort’smain focus is “be cool.”Its push is to help peopleunderstand that, yes lifeis gnarly, but one has tostay cool under pressure.

“Being cool isn’t about

being hip,” DuBow said.“It’s having self-confi-dence and learning tolive in the present.”

Being cool doesn’tjust happen, explainedDuBow, one has to worktowards being able tostay cool when life getsharsh.

“The way to be cool,is to be tough; if you’retough and cool, it is yourresponsibility to be excel-lent to yourself and oth-ers,” he said. “This minis-try provides the spiritualtools that could help saveyour life.”

Radical Resiliencehas a winter retreat toWisp Resort in McHenry,Maryland, for skiing andsnowboarding slated forDec. 9-11.

For more informationon Radical Resilience orthe next retreat, contactChapel 1 at 301-981-2111.

Chapel teaches Radical Resilience for ‘gnarly’ life

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Chaplain (Capt.) Greg DuBow, center, an 11th Wing Protestant Chaplain, meetswith dorm residents Oct. 9 on Joint Base Andrews. DuBow, new to Andrews, dis-cusses upcoming plans for the new ministry “Radical Resilience.”

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The Security Forces Blotter is in-tended to keep members of the JointBase Andrews Community informedand aware of the crimes and offensesthat occur throughout the base eachweek. If you have any information thatmay help the Security Forces solve acrime or prevent a criminal act, pleasecontact BDOC (Base Defense Opera-tions Center) at 301-981-2001, CRIMESTOP LINE 981-2677 (COPS, or the in-vestigations section at 301-981-5656).

Oct. 17 at 2 p.m.: There was aminor vehicle accident involving twoprivately owned vehicles. A vehiclewas stopped at the stop sign by Mal-com Grow Medical Center when it wasstruck from behind. Both individualssustained no injuries and the damageconsisted of scrapes and a broken grill.Patrols responded and accomplishedreports.

Oct. 20 at 12:26 a.m.: There wasa minor vehicle accident involving agovernment owned vehicle and a fixedobject. The individual was trying toperform a traffic stop when a buck ranacross the road a few feet in front ofthe vehicle. The individual stoppedand a second buck ran out and struckthe driver side headlight. There wereno injuries reported and the damagesconsisted of a cracked driver side head-light. Patrols responded and accom-plished reports.

Oct. 22 at 8:01 a.m.: There was anattempted entry at the Pearl HarborGate. The individual passed the Se-curity Forces member without show-ing proper credentials. The individualthought the place to show credentialswas further up. The barriers wereraised and prevented the individualfrom gaining access to the installa-tion. However, when the barriers wereraised a separate vehicle struck them.There were no reported injuries andonly damage to the vehicle. Patrols re-sponded and accomplished reports.

Oct. 23 at 2:54 a.m.: There wasa loud noise complaint in Joint BaseAndrews Housing. The residents werebriefed on quiet hours and complied.

Oct 23 at 10:06 a.m.: Security Forc-es received an anonymous tip throughthe “LiveSafe” app reporting an ille-gally parked vehicle. Patrols respondedand cited the vehicle for failure to parkin a designated parking spot.

Oct. 23 at 11:32 a.m.: SecurityForces received an anonymous tipthrough the “LiveSafe” app reportingmultiple parked vehicles impeding theflow of traffic. Patrols responded andsaw no vehicles impeding the flow oftraffic.

Oct. 24 at 8:33 a.m.: Security Forc-es received an anonymous tip throughthe “LiveSafe” app reporting illegallyparked vehicles. Patrols responded andsaw no illegally parked vehicles.

Oct. 24 at 2:05 p.m.: Security Forc-es was contacted via e911 that a childwas locked in a vehicle. The individualstated that when the child was placedin the vehicle, they had the keys to thevehicle. The child had locked the ve-hicle by accident before the individualwas able to get in the vehicle. Patrolsresponded, unlocked the vehicle andretrieved and evaluated the child.

Oct. 24 at 3:38 p.m.: Security Forc-es received an anonymous tip throughthe “LiveSafe” app reporting illegallyparked vehicles. Patrols responded andissued citations to four illegally parkedvehicles.

Oct. 24 at 11:59 p.m.: There wasa loud noise complaint in the Dormi-tories. The residents were briefed onquiet hours and complied.

Oct. 26 at 6:15 a.m.: There was aminor vehicle accident involving a pri-vately owned vehicle and the barrierat Main Gate. The individual statedthe while entering the installationthey drove over the barrier and hearda noise from underneath the vehicle.The damage consisted damage to rearpassenger side panel and a poppedrear tire. Patrols responded and accom-plished reports.

As a ReminderThere has been an increase in report-

ed vehicle accidents with deer on the in-stallation. Be aware of your surround-ings and watch for deer. Additionally,if you see the Barrier Lights activate,please stop. If you are involved in an ac-cident, stop and call Security Forces at301-981-2001.

For reporting any emergencies ornon-emergencies please feel free to uti-lize the “LiveSafe” app. “LiveSafe” is ananonymous reporting app that can bedownloaded for free on your smart de-vice.

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