By Academy Spirit staff

Academy cadets had an opportu-nity to receive insight from the AirForce’s top enlisted member April, 10.

Chief Master Sergeant of the AirForce Rodney McKinley visited theAcademy to address cadets from theClasses of 2008 and 2009 in ArnoldHall.

Be a sponge and soak up all theknowledge you possibly can, he toldjunior and senior cadets here, whilepraising the Academy for educating and

training top-notch future officers.“I think when young second lieu-

tenants enter into our operational AirForce, there is a tremendous amountto learn,” the chief said. “They need toutilize the best skill that sometimes isthe most often unused, listening. Theyneed to listen and learn from officersthat have come before them and alsolatch on to a senior NCO that’s going tobe there to help them out, mentor andguide them and share their years ofexperience with them.”

He stressed his position serves

every Air Force Airman, officer orenlisted.

“We have fantastic citizens that weselect to attend our Air Force Academyand to become our future Air Forceleaders,” Chief McKinley said. “Theywill be leading Airmen for many yearsto come; both officer and enlisted. Ithink it’s very important that I comehere as the Chief Master Sergeant ofthe Air Force, since I am their Chief aswell. Also, I believe it’s important totalk with them and give my perspec-

CMSAF addresses Academy cadets

See CMSAF, Page 3

See story on Pages 16-17

Photo by Staff Sgt. Monte Volk

Staff Sgt. James Trimble, 10th Security ForcesSquadron military working dog handler, and MWDKelly, prepare to participate in a training exercise withmembers of Peterson Air Force Base’s 21st SecurityForces Squadron and county and city law enforce-ment agencies in Pine Valley Housing April 11.

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SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) —It’s been more than 80 days since Iarrived at a Southwest Asian air base,and as I reflect upon my time here itfeels as if we just arrived only a fewdays ago. While some Airmen deployfor as few as 60 days, others deploy forup to 12 to 15 months.

We military folks should be accus-tomed to being apart from our lovedones during deployments; however,there are a multitude of stresses on themilitary member, as well as on thefamilies left behind. We sometimes arenot there in person to take care offamily issues or being at special events.We sometimes miss birthdays,wedding anniversaries, a sibling’swedding or holidays.

The stresses are often hard to bear.You can see them in the faces of ourfellow Airmen. You may have experi-enced someone letting off some steamby chewing out someone in the office

for infractions, yelling at roommates,throwing a tantrum (yes, some adultsstill do it), being unreasonable or expe-riencing someone who is normallypolite turn into an angry, irrationalperson. We all need to keep these typesof behaviors in check. The stresses willbuild up throughout the deployment,so we need to know when to take astep back and cool off for a bit.

Do you miss your family? I know Ido. I miss my 2-year-old son, and I ammissing the moments when he learns anew word or experiences somethingfor the first time. I miss my wife, as shealways finds ways to make me laughand smile each day. I miss their hugsand kisses and the simple things indaily life, but despite being apart fromthem, I realize that as an Airman wehave a responsibility to uphold for theAir Force, our sister services and ournation.

If we do not support our mission,meet career field standards, fulfill jobrequirements or take care of ourselves,then a part of the overall mission willfail. Basically, the big picture is we will

hurt the mission, career field, job andourselves if we cannot live up to ourresponsibilities during our deploy-ment.

Just the other day, I was saddenedand reminded of why we are here intheater. Several military members fromthe Marines, Army, Air Force andcontract civilians witnessed the arrivalof a C-130 Hercules carrying our fallencomrades who were killed by a suicideattack recently in Iraq. We held aprocession and rendered them theproper salutes during an offload honorceremony.

The stresses we face back home orduring our deployments do not comeclose to what our fallen comrades inarms had to face. This brings home atrue reminder of our involvement insupport of Operations EnduringFreedom and Iraqi Freedom.

Rather than worrying about stressor feeling the stress, we need toremember what we are fighting for.That is why I’d like to impress upon allof us, whether you are military orcivilian, that we are here for freedom.

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“I would have abarbecue andget a nice tanoutside thePrep School.”

Cadet CandidateMichael BeaulieuPreparatory School

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Maybe it takes a little time away fromthe Academy and the Air Force to trulyappreciate and understand this “characterthing” we do here.When I reflect on my tenyears at the Academy (two active and eightreserve), I can’t think of many events orundertakings where character wasn’t thefocus.At first, I probably treated characteras another Air Force buzz word.

After I left active duty, my perspectivestarted to change. During that first yearaway from the active Air Force I found a job

as a wildland and forest firefighter. I soondiscovered that things didn’t function thesame as in the operational Air Force. Atthe Academy,leadership and character devel-opment were the intensive focus for trainingour future officer leaders.”

I recognized a huge disconnect in thefire training system, which only seemed tocare about technical competence andaddressed nothing about character and lead-ership.When it came crunch time,it showed.Our fire crew was challenged with racial,gender,respect and substance abuse issues,and I found myself wishing I had six Academycadets with zero fire experience rather than

the six firefighters I had who had a plethoraof fire skills — but were missing the key ingre-dients of integrity, core values and honor.Don’t get me wrong—these were very braveand hard-working Americans trying to makea difference. But the system they were beingtrained under did not acknowledge howcritical character was to success. It wasthen that I finally realized this characterpiece so often preached at the Academywas not a fad, but the essential foundationof any career.

Fortunately, the wildland fire commu-nity has begun to recognize the importanceof character development in their training

and fire qualification system. Leadership,values and human factors classes arenow required to move up in rank,in addition to the fire skills tradi-tionally taught. Core values are nowcommon on wildland fire crews, andvalues discussions directly link leader-ship to what happens on the fireline.I’m proud to be part of this effortin our wildland fire commu-nity,but even prouder tobe a member of theAir Force.

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tive on leadership in dealing with all Airmen. Justproviding that perspective and being able to answerany questions they may have, based on my experiencein leading Airmen, could help them from the verybeginning to be more successful as they graduate andenter our operational Air Force.”

He also emphasized that a new second lieutenantshouldn’t take themselves for granted.

“You may be a second lieutenant, but you are avaluable member of the team and you bring a lot tothe table. Be ready to provide inputs on how to improveour Air Force. Our youngest Airmen, whether theyare a one-striper or a second lieutenant, brings valueand can improve our Air Force.”

Chief McKinley began the session by reciting theAirman’s Creed with the cadets.

“Just don’t learn it and murmur the words,” he toldcadets. “Learn it to understand it.”

Chief McKinley focused heavily on Air Forcepriorities during his remarks.

“This is a long war,” he said of the Air Force’sfirst priority—winning the global war on terror, whichhe stressed, is truly global.

“It’s all over the world. The terrorists’ goal is tochange our way of life. We are in this war against anyterrorist who plans to do harm to America or our allies.”

Chief McKinley urged the cadets to realize thevalue of every position in the Air Force.

“Your job here is equally as important as that ofthose deployed,” he said. “You have to do it right.Take pride in your job.”

He encouraged cadets to keep career goals inmind, but to do one job at a time with a commitmentto excellence and sense of pride.

“You first need to be the best second lieutenantyou can possibly be, and then be the best first lieu-tenant,” he said. “Don’t get ahead of yourself.”

On the second Air Force priority, taking care ofAirmen and their families, Chief McKinley said budget

constraints may limit other areas of the Air Force, butcaring about Airmen is free.

Caring for Airmen could easily begin with gettingto know more about them—their goals, familymembers, leisure activities and birthdays and anniver-saries.

“Inspire people by going out there and show youcare. Little things can mean a whole lot,” he said.

On the Air Force’s third priority, recapitalizationand modernization of Air Force assets, Chief McKinleysaid the practice of flying decades-old aircraft needsto change. The need for new tankers, search andrescue helicopters and space assets is absolutely imper-ative.

Chief McKinley reminded cadets that many of

today’s Air Force senior leaders are Academy gradu-ates.

“Every class produces great leaders. In here, rightnow, are sitting some of those future, great leaders,”he said.

The chief added that he is very pleased with thequality of Airmen coming into today’s Air Force fromall sources.

“The quality of Airmen we have in our Air Forceis the best ever,” he said. “Whether it is enlisted grad-uating from basic training, or officers graduatingfrom the Air Force Academy, OTS or ROTC. Theyoung Airmen we have coming into the Air Forcetoday, no matter where they come from, are the future;and the future of our Air Force is absolutely bright.”

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By Julie ImadaDean of Faculty research staff writer

Diversity would be the key word at this year’sfifth annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate ResearchForum, which was hosted by the United States AirForce Academy Saturday.

The topics ranged from nanospheres and chem-ical warfare to medical and social examinations toartistic interpretations of the human experience in theworld. The event was also an opportunity for studentsand faculty of Colorado College and the Universityof Colorado at Colorado Springs to connect withtheir peers at the Academy.

This year’s event organizers, comprised of lead-ership from all three institutions, declared the eventa resounding success. More than 100 undergraduatestudents and their faculty mentors displayed posteror oral presentations on their research. The numberof art presentations at the forum has grown consid-erably over the past few years, and this year’s forumwas no exception. With more art submissions than anyprevious forum, participants had the chance to viewa wide range of artistic endeavors including blackand white photography, mixed media and renderingsof social perceptions through art and written word.

Lt. Col. David Bell, Academy Director of Research,said, “CSURF is a celebration of students who havemoved beyond mere rote learning of material to reachthe peak of what higher education is really about:learning to think about problems that have no knownanswer and then propose an answer.”

Besides bringing together civilian students and theAcademy’s cadets, the forum is also one of the rarechances to recognize top-notch undergraduateresearch.

“Traditionally, research has occurred at the grad-uate level of education; at CSURF we are recognizingthis advanced thinking ability at the undergraduatelevel. The students presenting are truly phenomenal.CSURF also lets Colorado Springs college studentsinteract with students from the other local universi-ties helping to expand their awareness of the widerworld and emphasize the value of diverse experi-ences,” Colonel Bell added.

Lt. Col. Joseph Derdzinski, Academy chair of theevent, added that even 10 years ago undergraduate

students would not have had the opportunity toconduct or present such impressive research.

Col. Neil Barlow, the Academy’s Vice Dean, offeredhis welcoming comments to the attendees, as did Dr.Susan Ashley, Colorado College Dean of the College/Dean of the Faculty, and Dr. Peg Bacon, Universityof Colorado at Colorado Springs Interim Provost andExecutive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. BothDrs. Ashley and Bacon commended not only thequality of the research presented, but they also praisedthe students’ dedication to the higher calling ofresearch.

Participants were also treated to an entertainingkeynote address by Ambassador Roger Harrison. Mr.Harrison, former ambassador to Jordan, is the directorof the Academy’s Eisenhower Space and DefenseStudies. He made a point of acknowledging a few ofthe forum’s submissions including a presentation on

the political allegory of the Wizard of Oz and anotherlooking at General Sherman’s policy towards NativeAmericans.

Mixing both humor and seriousness, Mr. Harrisonhighlighted the importance of taking risks if one wasto become a leader and that research, with its manyopportunities for failure, was a courageous step foryoung people to take.

Next year’s forum will be hosted at ColoradoCollege, and organizers hope the energy from this year’ssuccessful event will inspire other undergraduateresearchers.

“The very essence of progress in educational and,frankly in society, is developing, testing and applyingnew concepts and ideas among our peers. For manyof the undergraduates at the Academy, CC and UCCS,this is their first step into making real changes inpeople’s lives,” Colonel Derdzinski said.

CSURF highlights regional undergrad research

Photo by Julie Imada

Dr. Peg Bacon, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellorfor Academic Affairs, speaks to Academy cadets during the fifth annual Colorado Springs UndergraduateResearch Forum Saturday. The event is a partnership between Colorado College, UCCS and theAcademy, which was the host for this year’s event showcasing undergraduate research efforts in theregion.

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Hire-in-Advance one way into classroomBy Ann PattonAcademy Spirit staff

Members of the armed forces lookingto a teaching career after military servicecan get a jump start through the Hire-in-Advance program.

Two Pikes Peak area school districtswill hire current military members andveterans up to two years in advance toteach elementary and secondary schoolclasses.

The agreement covers current andformer military members who are regis-tered with the Troops to Teachers program.

“This program allows militarymembers still on active duty to plan forthe future,” said Joe Morgan, Troops toTeachers director. “A seamless transitionfrom one public service career to anotherwill now be possible.”

Service members can sign up forHire-in-Advance up to two years in

advance of their separation date.The Colorado Springs-based Hire-

in-Advance program is the first to includea college or university and one of onlyseven in the nation.

It is only open to individuals inter-esting in teaching math, science, specialeducation or foreign language.

“As a former U.S. Army intelligenceofficer who transitioned into teaching, Ican attest to the value of this program,”said LaVonne Neal, Dean of the UCCSCollege of Education. “The College ishonored to support our military commu-nity with this milestone partnership.”

Service members must be eligible tobe both enrolled in a University ofColorado at Colorado Springs teacherlicensure curriculum and eligible foremployment with Colorado SpringsSchool District 11 or Falcon SchoolDistrict 49.

Meghan Didderich, associate regionaldirector for the Mountain West Troops toTeachers, said Hire in Advance also guar-antees employment, unlike the basicTroops to Teachers program which offersno such guarantees.

“There is a huge demand for science,math, foreign language and special educa-tion teachers,” Ms. Didderich said.

She pointed out, however, “Overall,there is a need across the board for allteachers.”

Troops to Teachers provides a $5,000stipend for tuition, plus a $5,000 bonusfor teaching in low-income schools, someof which are in Colorado Springs.

Troops to Teachers places about 80teachers a year in the Colorado Springsarea.

Ms. Didderich noted several programsare available for teacher education,including online and for master’s degreeprograms.

“There are very flexible ways to getinto the classroom,” she said.

The Spouses to Teachers program isnow nation-wide. It opened in 2004 in sixstates with a large military populationand need for public school teachers.

The program was launched after theDepartment of Defense tasked the DefenseActivity for Non-Traditional EducationSupport to develop and manage a pilotprogram to help spouses begin careers asteachers.

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Leadership PanelLt. Gen. John Regni, AcademySuperintendent, Brig. Gen. SusanDesjardins, Commandant of Cadets,Col. Douglas Barlow,Vice Dean of theFaculty and Dr. Hans Mueh, Directorof Athletics, speak with cadet candi-dates from the Preparatory Schoolduring the Academy Senior LeaderPanel at the community center theaterMonday. The session allowedAcademy senior leaders the opportu-nity to motivate, inform and relayexpectations of the cadet candidateswho will make up the core of theincoming class of Academy cadets.

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By Ann PattonAcademy Spirit staff

Academy cadets are no differentfrom other college students. The firstyear can be a real shocker.

A new course, the First YearExperience begun this academic year on the Academy, is easing the trans-ition from high school for four-degreecadets.

“Whether it’s planned or ad hoc,from the moment they arrive on campusALL college students have a first yearexperience,” said Dr. C. Taylor Barnes,Distinguished Visiting Professor andthis year’s FYE director.

He added, “There is a serious gapbetween academic expectations andacademic reality of our entering cadets.”

Academy cadets face, among thoseissues, transitioning from the relativeease of high school to the rigors of ahighly vigorous academic, military andathletic university environment. DoctorBarnes added many are unaware of theiracademic strengths and weaknesses,resulting in no real plan for personalimprovement. First-year cadets mayhave weak time management and infor-mation literacy skills and lack strate-gies for success know-how. They may beoverwhelmed by too much to do in toolittle time and have poor decision-making skills.

The Air Force Academy is the onlyservice academy thus far to have a formalcore course addressing issues ofincoming freshmen.

Eighty faculty members, all volun-teers, served as instructors for FYE 101,with 14 lessons, which ran fromappointee orientation to recognition.

Topics include academic fitness,computer literacy, one-on-one plan-ning for academic success and indi-vidual needs, a learning styles inventory,time management and leveragingstrengths and compensating for weak-

nesses. The course also included anacademic pep rally and final addressfrom Dean of the Faculty Brig. Gen.Dana Born.

“Freshman performance was thehighest in several years,” Doctor Barnessaid in comparing the performance ofthe Class of 2011 to Classes 2008-10.

He added other factors played intothe success as well. A total of 71 percentof cadets agreed or strongly agreed FYEwas relevant and useful.

At the same time, 73 percent agreedor strongly agreed the course was a posi-

tive learning experience.Cadets rated lessons for time

management, learning styles, informa-tion literacy and one-on-one sessionswith instructors.

Cadet 4th Class Ryan Wilkinson,Cadet Squadron 39, had an inkling ofthe challenges of cadet life beforeentering, but not their intensity.

“I didn’t know how things will keepcoming at you,” he said. “It wasconstantly going.”

He especially appreciated exploringwhat learning style fit him best, whichis a visual or kinesthetic strategy.

Cadet 4th Class Ben Brown, withCS-9 and a Preparatory School graduate,said his Prep School backgroundprepared him well, but he, too, appre-ciated the course.

“It was the smaller things theyreminded you of,” he said and pointedto time management as one helpful area.

The take-away for faculty fromcadets was positive.

“We learned that the morepurposeful and intentional we were inmeeting freshmen needs, the greaterpotential for student success,” DoctorBarnes said. “Their enthusiasm forlearning was invigorating. We faculty gotthat that little extra spring in our stepknowing that we might have had a smallpart in the Class of 2011’s successfulperformance.”

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With the First Year Experience behind them and finals looming, Cadets 4thClass Ryan Wilkinson (left) and Ben Brown hit the study table.

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Ten Academy cadets represented Peru at the ModelOrganization of American States in Washington, D.C.,April 8 to Saturday.

The OAS is the oldest organization dedicated toresolving issues between nation states much like theUnited Nations except exclusively in the Americas. It washosted by the real Organization of American States.

“The Model OAS Conference gives college studentsa chance to experience the challenges facing real OAS dele-gates in mock committee sessions and debates,” saidCadet Squadron 22’s Cadet 2nd Class Joseph Migliuri.

Cadets designed, proposed and debated resolutionsaddressing hemispheric problems while immersing them-selves in parliamentary procedure.

After spending half of the spring semester studyingPeru’s history, social and economical affairs and polit-ical issue, they went as Peruvian representatives.

They had learned correct parliamentary procedureand practiced debating their own draft resolutions in frontof the class.

“We used the same rules and procedures memberstates must abide by during parliamentary procedures andused the real OAS building for the opening and closingsessions,” said Maj. Luis Linares, who teaches Foreign Area

Studies 420 and led the delegates as part of the course.Topics debated ranged from integral development

utilizing alternative energy resources to social cohesionthrough grassroots democracy.

“The issues were dependent on what committeethey were assigned to,” said Major Linares. “Cadetsprepared resolutions related to their particular committeeand debated them with the other 32 delegations forapproval.

Speaking Spanish was helpful, especially in commu-nicating with students from five Latin American univer-sities that were present.

The Academy’s delegation consisted of Cadets 1stClass Dave Hernandez and Jen Rogowski, and Cadets 2ndClass John Lachiewicz, Joseph Migliuri, Zach Pendleton,Luke Kaspari, Nicole Paget, Caitlin Prantl, John Fugateand Danielle Rogowski. Cadet Rogowski will be returningnext year, having been elected to serve as chair to one ofthe committees.

The debates themselves often resulted in importantlessons in humility and compromise.

“It was the single greatest program I’ve been involvedwith to supplement my Latin American studies as aForeign Area Studies major,” said head delegate CadetLachiewicz from CS-4. “We met ambassadors, the secre-tariat-general of the OAS, and, without a doubt, futurediplomats from countries all over our hemisphere. The

contacts, friends and experiences I’m taking from theModel OAS will be useful in my future career as an intelofficer and international affairs specialist.”

The diversity of the delegations included collegestudents from nations outside the United States, such asGuatemala, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico.

Although the cadets spent long days behind closeddoors discussing and amending resolutions, there was stilltime to enjoy several attractions in our nation’s capital.The cadets took the initiative to visit “The Mall,” theWorld War II Memorial, the National Air and SpaceMuseum and caught the last half of the Cherry BlossomFestival.

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SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) — Theassistant secretary of the Air Force formanpower and Reserve affairs met withAirmen here April 9 to discuss impor-tant issues as he tours the deployedtheater.

Craig Duehring met with several AirForce active-duty, Guard and Reservemembers deployed to the 380th AirExpeditionary Wing and discusseddeployment cycles, manpower cuts, AirForce end strength and the new airmanbattle uniform.

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LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) —The Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2008 thirdquarter event kicked off here Monday and will runthrough April 25 after two years of planning and prepa-ration by Air Force officials.

Global Cyberspace Integration Center officials herewill lead the experiment with participation from sisterservices, coalition nations, combatant commands andgovernment agencies to assess initiatives to fulfill iden-

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Experiment 2008, or JEFX 08-3, include distributedtheater operations, globally linked air and space oper-ation centers, cyberspace and unit-level command andcontrol.

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JEFX 08-3 will explore eight different initiativesand involve 720 participants including assessors,controllers and support members operating from 14 locations.

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Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs CraigDuehring talks to a group of Airmen during an April 9 visit to the 380th AirExpeditionary Wing at a base in Southwest Asia.

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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON (AFPN) — TheDefense Department has made greatstrides over the past four years to ensureservicemembers, particularly thosestationed and deployed overseas, havegreater opportunity to vote, a seniordefense official told Congress Tuesday.

Michael Dominguez, principaldeputy undersecretary of defense forpersonnel and readiness, told HouseAdministration Committee members thedepartment is working closely with U.S.and military postal service officials andother entities to ensure no servicememberwishing to vote misses out on the oppor-tunity.

The Defense Department’s FederalVoting Assistance Program works coop-eratively with state and local elections tocarry out provisions of the Uniformed andOverseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.This 1986 law safeguards absent service-members’ and their families’ right to votefor federal offices, and also protects votingrights of other U.S. citizens overseas.

In 2005, department officials simpli-fied two forms used for absentee voting:the Federal Post Card Application, a regis-

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Mr. Dominguez said the revisionsnot only make the ballots easier to use,but also safeguard the voter’s privateinformation.

Meanwhile, Defense Departmentofficials continue to reach out to citizenscovered by the UOCAVA law and tofederal, state and local officials and toadvocate the greatest use of existing oremerging technologies into the votingprocess, he told the panel.

“We have made progress, but moreremains to be done,” he said. “The Internetholds promise.”

Department officials also encouragestate officials to adopt Federal VotingAssistance Program legislative initiatives,he said. Its top priorities are to get stateand territory election officials to mailballots at least 40 to 45 days before theirdue date and to allow them to send outstate write-in absentee ballots three tosix months before elections.

The program’s other initiativesinclude expanding the distribution ofvoting materials through electronic trans-missions and to give state chief election

officials emergency authority to alterelection procedures in limited circum-stances, from extending ballot returndeadlines to allowing blank or votedballots to be transmitted electronically.

“The department takes extraordi-nary steps to ensure that members of theuniformed services, their family membersand overseas citizens have an opportunityto vote,” Mr. Dominguez said in preparedtestimony submitted to the panel.“Expediting ballots through any and allmedia accepted by state and local officialsis a very important aspect of the absenteeprocess.”

One initiative introduced in 2004allows eligible absentee voters to requestand receive absentee ballots via theInternet. To take advantage of this system,voters must be enrolled in the DefenseEnrollment Eligibility Reporting System,be covered under the UOCAVA, and beregistered to vote in a state and countyparticipating in the DoD program.

Meanwhile, Defense Departmentofficials continue working to educateservicemembers and other citizenscovered under the absentee-voting lawabout the absentee-voting process, Mr.Dominguez told the committee. BetweenSeptember 2007 and September 2008,

the Federal Voting Assistance Programstaff will conduct 155 workshops forvoting assistance officers.

Mr. Dominguez hailed an “extensiveoutreach program” these voting assis-tance officers provide as they educatetheir units about absentee-voting require-ments and procedures. Meanwhile, theFederal Voting Assistance Program main-tains a Web site of voting information.

While conceding that it’s impossibleto know exactly how many citizenscovered by the UOCAVA actually vote,Mr. Dominguez said survey resultsshowed more voted in 2004 than in 2000.Among uniformed servicemembers bothoverseas and statewide who responded tothe survey, 73 percent voted in 2004,compared to 57 percent in 2000, he said.In addition, 77 percent of federal civilianemployees overseas voted in 2004, upfrom 55 percent in 2000.

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LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va.(AFPN) — Military officials hereboosted its efforts to campaign againstthe use of tobacco by providing anumber of strategies recently.

Quitting for other people is the focalpart of the campaign, which urgestobacco users to consider dropping thehabit for loved ones.

The expense of taxpayers is also afocus point for the campaign. Everyyear the Department of Defense spendsapproximately $1.6 billion in additional

medical care due to the harmful affectsof tobacco. The Air Force alone spendsabout $115 million annually.

Each year the Air Force loses theequivalent of an estimated 3,000 people’sworth of work because of tobacco use,said Col. Kenneth Knight, the AirCombat Command chief of theAerospace Medicine Division.

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air ForceRodney J. McKinley is in newspaperand television ads promoting the Website youcanquit2.org. The DOD site uses visual methods to attract youngadults who use tobacco. Unique featuresof the site include live online counselors

who offer free support to quit, acalculator to prove how much tobaccocosts over time, and games as an alter-native to smoke breaks. Some exam-ples of games include Texas Hold ‘Em and a word game similar tohangman.

“Our site caters to active-duty mili-tary in the 18 to 24 range,” wrote anonline tobacco cessation coach in a chatsession, “but we will not turn anyoneaway who wants support in kicking thehabit.”

Education is a third focal point ofthe campaign. The harmful affects fromtobacco has been well documented over

the years, and officials at health andwellness centers at Air Force bases areavailable to discuss them.

“Heart disease, cancer, and strokeare the three leading causes of death, andthey are all associated with tobacco use,”said Judith Blitz a teacher for tobaccocessation classes at the Langley Air ForceBase HAWC. “Tobacco users have ahigher absentee rate. They’re at a higherrisk of getting colds and the flu becauseof the mucus — when you get mucus inyour lungs, you’re at a higher risk forbacteria and viruses.” She also pointedout that tobacco damages almost everyorgan in the human body.

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By Molly Lachance Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchPublic Affairs

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFPN) —Scientists from the University of DaytonResearch Institute have manipulated theprocess of shell and pearl formation inoysters to demonstrate a method fordepositing pearl-like coatings ontovarious metal surfaces.

This biomimetic research could leadto new lightweight, durable coatings ableto protect aircraft from impact and corro-sion.

The significance of this Air ForceOffice of Scientific Research-fundedproject is that biological ceramic coat-ings are naturally derived and do notinvolve the high-temperature, high-pres-sure environment required by existing

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Doug Hansen, a UDRI seniorresearch scientist, is building on a fellowinvestigator’s recent discovery that oystersuse blood cells to deposit crystals thatform shell and pearl. ClemsonUniversity’s Dr. Andrew Mount madethe discovery, which negated scientists’long-held belief that oysters create theirshells by precipitating calcium carbonatefrom seawater.

“We have taken those blood cellsand manipulated them to deposit crys-tals in an ordered manner on a varietyof metal surfaces, resulting in a multi-

layered ceramic coating,” Mr. Hansensaid.

The goal of the program is to under-stand the process that the cells use toform and deposit these crystals intolayers. Mr. Hansen said he hopes toachieve a high level of control over thethickness and placement of the ceramiccoatings on materials that require strongbut lightweight protection.

Mr. Hansen and his wife, Karolyn,also a UDRI senior research scientist,maintain live oysters in their lab anduse them to demonstrate ceramic depo-sition inside and outside of the organism.The Hansens insert small pieces of metalinto the oysters, which triggers the forma-tion of pearl. They also take blood cellsout of the oysters, which when placed onmetal behave as if they are growing ashell on the surface.

Mr. Hansen recently reported havingsuccessfully deposited multilayer coat-ings on four different metal surfaces:two aircraft aluminum alloys and twobiomedical alloys.

Currently the couple is working tocharacterize the coatings in terms ofcorrosion resistance, strength and adhe-sion. They also are developing methodsto direct the application of the ceramicfilms at specific sites on metal surfaces.

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By Staff Sgt. Jeremy LarleeAir Force News Agency

TAMPA, Fla. (AFPN) — The young lieutenant satin the copilot’s chair and tried to decide what she wasgoing to do.

Some of the dials on the control panel were not inthe right position, but did she dare correct the pilot? Shethought the grizzled lieutenant colonel, who was noto-rious for showing no mercy to young pilots, wasextremely intimidating.

After mustering her courage for a brief moment, shereached across and corrected the dials while at the sametime bracing for a verbal lashing.

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the deputy director for the War on Terrorism in theStrategic Plans and Policy Directorate of the Joint Staffat the Pentagon, remembers that moment as vital to herprogression as an officer.

“It was such a small moment but it made me feelso good about myself,” she said. “It showed that herespected me. It made me feel that I could do anythingand that I belonged.”

The general would go on to accumulate more than3,600 flying hours spread across multiple airframes.She would also move on to other fields and excel as anAir Force aide for two presidents, become a wingcommander and the director of Air Force Public Affairsand numerous other positions.

The general told her story to a group of Tampacivic leaders April 7. It was her last day at the 2008Women’s Final Four. She came to the event as a publicoutreach mission.

NCAA officials said her schedule was the busiestof anyone attending the event. At most events she spoketo young women about life after basketball.

“It was an opportunity for me to come down andtalk to the players about what happens after intercol-legiate sports,” General Johnson said. “Most collegeathletes don’t go pro in sports, they go pro in otherprofessions.”

The general’s storied athletic career caught theattention of the young women at the Final Four. She isa 1981 Air Force Academy graduate and four-year letterwinner on the women’s basketball team. She holds theschool record for her career scoring average of 17.6points per game and 689 career field goals made. Shewas the team co-captain from 1979 to 1981 and was anAcademic All-American in 1980 and 1981. She wasone of six people inducted into the inaugural class ofthe Academy’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

She identifies sports as being a major factor in hersuccess in the military.

“You learn lessons in sports that carry over to life,”she said. “It taught me to keep going after gettingknocked down. That everybody on a team needs to beappreciated. You have to respect the person who scorestwo points and hustles after every ball as much as theperson who scores 35 points.”

The general also remarked to the civic leaders thatone of her mentors was among them in the crowd. FernKinion had helped her in her application process tobecome a Rhodes Scholar, the general said.

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KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN)— As coalition forces help rebuildingthe Iraqi Air Force, a former U.S. Armyhelicopter pilot working at the Iraqiflight school here watches the processwith a sense of familiarity.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Lott Lawsonhas helped foreign pilots earn theirwings throughout his military andcivilian career through trainingprograms in Vietnam, Saudi Arabia andAfghanistan.

The retired helicopter instructorpilot now works as a U.S. contractorwith the Coalition Air Force TrainingTeam and oversees the maintenance ofthe Iraqi Air Force’s Beech 350, Cessna208 Caravan and Cessna 172 aircraft.

At the age of 65, Mr. Lawson is nostranger to the combat zone. He said hestill feels obligated to lend his experienceand a helping hand to this fledging newair force.

“My main goal for coming over hereis to help these Iraqi pilots start flyingtheir own missions,” said ColonelLawson, a resident of Panama City, Fla.“Once that happens, we can send ourtroops home safe and sound, and I hopeI’m around to see that happen.

“I’ve seen enough of my friends getkilled during the Vietnam War and get atight feeling in my stomach every timewe lose a servicemember,” he said.“What we are doing here to build Iraqinto a stable country is a very importanttask, and I want to help these efforts sowe can eventually get our troops backhome.”

Mr. Lawson’s first experiencetraining foreign pilots came during hissecond tour of duty in Vietnam in 1969.During the yearlong deployment, he wasassigned to an army base in Baghi,Vietnam, and taught Vietnamese pilotsto fly UH-1 and OH-23 helicopters.

“There were moments of starkterror followed by great enjoyment,” Mr.Lawson said about training foreignpilots. “The language differences werevery hard to overcome, and oftentimesthey wouldn’t understand the instruc-tions I gave them in the aircraft. I waswatchful of every move, because some-times they’d start doing things in thosehelicopters that they weren’t supposedto. The enjoyment came when theystarted to mature as pilots and could fly

up and back without any problems. Itwas enjoyable to know they progressedto a point where they could be turnedloose by themselves.”

After retiring from the military in1983, Mr. Lawson didn’t give up hispassion for helping pilots earn theirwings, as he traveled to Saudi Arabia in1985 to assist with a flight training oper-ation for their military. Out of Riyadh,Saudi Arabia, Mr. Lawson helped trainup to 85 students with the Kawasaki 117helicopter.

“We were pretty much taking theSaudi Arabian pilots right off the streetand putting them in a helicopter,” hesaid. “It was a challenging job becausemost of them had never driven a car,much less flown an aircraft.”

He then worked as an airfieldmanager at the Ronald Reagan BallisticMissile Defense Test Site Range in theMarshall Islands from 1987 to 1992before retiring in 1993. He went back towork in 1996 and has held aviation-related positions ever since.

“As long as I’m in good health andthe good Lord gives me time on thisEarth, I feel like I need to be working,”said Mr. Lawson, who has more than15,000 hours of flight experience in 14different types of fixed-wing and rotaryaircraft. “I feel without work, I wouldn’thave a focus in life.”

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Afghan Army Air Corp. “We were working with the MI-17

helicopters and it was a much differentexperience than working in Iraq,” hesaid. “In Afghanistan, we didn’t have anyAmerican instructor pilots, so it was justold retired guys like me who wereworking with the Afghans.”

Mr. Lawson helped oversee thetraining of more than 275 Afghan pilots,and helped teach classes on basic flightnavigation, weather, maintenance — andmore importantly — English.

“The Taliban had closed many ofthe traditional schools, so the studentpilots we received from Kabul had verylittle education,” he said. “We had tostart their training by instruction onEnglish four days each week, whichmade for a challenging experience.”

Soon after returning from hisassignment in Afghanistan, Mr. Lawsontook his current job as a site manager forthe maintenance of Iraqi Air Forceaircraft. Although it takes him awayfrom his typical instructor pilot roles, hesaid he still feels very much involved inthe process of training foreign studentpilots.

“Our maintenance efforts, whichincludes work from U.S. Airmen andcivilian contractors, is currentlyrecording a 96.7 percent availability ratefor the aircraft we maintain,” he said.“When a problem arises with one of theplanes, we fix it promptly so the Iraqistudents get back up in the air. The

longest they’ve had to wait on us is anhour, so we feel our efforts have beenvery successful.”

The opening of the helicopterschool here later this year is alsoprompting Mr. Lawson to considerextending his 365-day assignment toKirkuk AB. Since he is still qualified tofly, he said he hopes to frequent the heli-copter school to help train the Iraqipilots on OH-58 and MI-17 aircraft.

Mr. Lawson said the program hereis the best international flight school he’sseen during his more than 40-yearcareer as an instructor pilot.

“Our instructor pilots are doing agreat job and have a great sense ofresponsibility to train these pilots, so theIraqis can start providing air support fortheir own country,” he said. “On theother side of the coin, the Iraqi pilotsimpress me with both their motivationand performance in the air.”

He also said he feels training effortsare drastically benefited from theEnglish-speaking skills of the Iraqistudent pilots.

“All the Iraqi pilots have graduatedcollege and speak pretty good English bythe time they get here,” Mr. Lawson said.“In comparison to my previous experi-ences, this seems to really help with thetraining.”

During the past year alone, the IraqiAir Force has greatly increased theamount of weekly sorties flown and hasdoubled its number of aircraft. The IraqiAir Force currently carries out trans-portation, supply and surveillancemissions. Coalition leaders aim for Iraqto be able to defend their air sovereigntyby 2009, said Maj. Gen. RobertAllardice, the CAFTT commander.

The Iraqi Flying Training Wing hereis expected to reach full operationalcapacity by July with an end goal of 130Iraqis earning their wings each year.Upon graduation, Iraqi pilots areassigned to a unit that conducts eitheran airlift mission with C-130 aircraft ora surveillance mission with King Air350, Cessna 208 and CH-2000 aircraft.

According to CAFTT reports, Iraqipilots have even earned some initialoperational successes, as an all-Iraqicrew flying on a recent reconnaissancemission spotted several terrorists manu-facturing improvised explosive devices.The crewmembers alerted Iraqi policewho arrived on-scene soon after toimpede the terrorist’s efforts.

Retired Vietnam pilot supports war in Iraq

Photo by Senior Airman Eric Schloeffel

Retired Army Lt. Col. Lott Lawson inspects a Cessna 172 aircraft at KirkukAir Base, Iraq. He is a site manager for the maintainence of Iraqi Air Forceaircraft. As coalition forces continue reaching benchmarks to rebuild theIraqi air force, this former U.S. Army helicopter pilot has helped foreignpilots earn their wings throughout his military and civilian career duringtraining programs in Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.

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Academy, Peterson doghandlers learn SWAT tactics

From Page 1

That was the scene April 11 as county and city law enforce-ment agencies worked and trained with military working dogteams from the Academy’s 10th Security Forces Squadron andPeterson Air Force Base’s 21st SFS in base housing here. Thetraining gave military and civilian law enforcement agents a betteridea of how to use canines in a SWAT environment, giving thema tactical advantage over the bad guys.

“It’s important for us to share our tactical knowledge,” saidSgt. Sean Hartley, El Paso County Sheriff ’s Office canine unittrainer. “That’s good for Peterson and the Academy. If you havethe knowledge, why not share it?”

And that knowledge covers several areas of concern. Theuse of working dogs in special tactics has risen over the lastdecade, according to Sergeant Hartley, and knowing how tobest use a canine in a dangerous and close-quarters situationcan mean the difference between safely apprehending the badguy and inflicting injuries on friendly forces.

Other agencies involved with the training includedManitou Springs, Pueblo, Fountain and Evans PoliceDepartments and Weld and Logan County Sheriff ’s Offices.

“These kinds of training opportunities are great becausethey allow us to build camaraderie with other local law enforce-ment agencies,” said Staff Sgt. Dustin Webster, 10th SFS mili-tary working dog handler. “It also allows us to learn new toolswe can use on deployments and while working at our homestation.”

Each of the three teams participating in the trainingcovered indoor house movements, getting teams of four or fiveofficers comfortable with a working dog entering a house, aswell as SWAT-entry tactics with special consideration tocanines. Sergeant Hartley said he wanted officers, both militaryand civilian, to take away from the training an “increasedtactical mindset.”

“If you have a tactical mindset, you’ll be safe,” SergeantHartley said. “With this, you’ll be able to employ a canine into adangerous position. For the military, it doesn’t change. Itdoesn’t matter whether you don camouflage and go to a basefor work or put on ‘blacks’ and walk the streets ... tactics aretactics.”

The training provided has a direct impact on operations atthe Academy and Peterson, home to the second-largest militarydog kennel in the continental United States, according to 21stSFS officials.

Military working dogs are in high demand throughoutSouthwest Asia. While deployed, MWDs are responsible forseveral areas of operations, including search and destroymissions for weapons caches, detainee operations, vehiclesearches and hunting for suspected members of the al-Qaedaterrorist organization.

“This training would help any military working doghandler with dog familiarity and how they react,” said Staff Sgt.Brooks Jones, 21st SFS MWD trainer.

Sergeant Jones recently returned from a more than sevenmonth deployment to Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps 2ndMilitary Police Battalion, based out of Camp Lejuene, N.C.There, Sergeant Jones and his MWD, performing an “in-lieu-of ” tasking, were responsible for weapons cache searches andraids on suspected al-Qaeda strongholds.

“Knowing how to differentiate between good and bad guysis important for these dogs,” Sergeant Jones said. “Getting thedogs used to the yelling and running around, as well as thechaos that ensues from entering a building is vitally important.We’d like to take the training back to Peterson and instruct ourother MWD handlers. You train as much as you can for themission you hope you’ll never face. You just can’t beat theknowledge you get from our civilian law enforcement.”

Photo by Staff Sgt. Monte Volk

Staff Sgt. Adam Fike, 21st Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, pulls MWD Paki awayfrom a simulated suspect.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Monte Volk

Multiple law enforcement agencies work together learning new tatics.

Photo by Capt. Uriah Orland

El Paso County Sheriffs Office K-9 handler Sara Norkoli controls “Checko” beforeentering a house in Pine valley in search of a training decoy.

Photo by Capt. Uriah Orland

Brandon Talton, a K-9 handler withthe Pueblo County Sheriffs Office,prepares to enter an apartmentduring a joint training session inPine Valley.

Photo by Capt. Uriah Orland

John Post (front), Pueblo CountySheriffs Office, Staff Sgt BillyBurgan (Right), 21st SecurityForces Squadron, Peterson AirForce Base, and Brandon Talton(left), Pueblo County SheriffsOffice, cover all the angles as theyapproach a house in Pine Valleyduring a joint training session.

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By Staff Sgt. Mareshah Haynes332nd Expeditionary Public Affairs

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN)— Battlefield warriors, in peak phys-ical condition, the toughest of the tough,are being brought to their knees,writhing on the floor in tears and pain.

The culprit — kidney stones. Surgeries to remove the small

calcium deposits are the most commonnon-trauma related surgery performedat the Air Force Theater Hospital atBalad Air Base, Iraq, where approxi-mately 20-30 patients each month aretreated for nephrolithiasis, commonlyknown as kidney stone disease, said Col.(Dr.) John Mansfield, 332ndExpeditionary Medical OperationsSquadron urologist.

Kidney stones don’t only hurt indi-vidual servicemembers, they also hurtmilitary operations.

“During that time frame [whenpassing a stone] the troop is out of themission; they’re incapable of working.In fact, stones are so severe that if there’sa pilot we know who has a kidney stone,they’re grounded until they’re stone free.It could dangerously interrupt what theydo for a living,” Doctor Mansfield said.

Kidney stones are formed in thekidneys and cause pain for the suffererwhen the stones fall into one of thesufferer’s ureters, the tube that carries

urine from the kidneys to the bladder.The ureters are about the diameter of apencil and the urine opening is about thediameter of a sharpened pencil lead.The average stone seen at the hospitalis about the size of a pea.

Symptoms of kidney stone diseaseoften occur without any notice andinclude sudden and severe pain on theside of the lower back, vomiting, nauseaand blood in the urine, said DoctorMansfield, who is deployed from ScottAir Force Base, Ill.

Maj. (Dr.) Paul DeFlorio, 332EMDOS emergency room staff physi-cian, is one of the first doctors to attendto patients with kidney stones whenthey come into the emergency room,as they normally do.

“People are literally writhing in bedwith pain,” said Doctor DeFlorio who isdeployed from Lackland Air Force Base,Texas. “They feel nausea and the sensa-tion to urinate, but they can’t. Somepeople have blood in the urine, whichreally frightens them, so they have a lotof anxiety. Predominately, there’s a lotof pain. People liken it to natural child-birth.”

Kidney stones affect both men andwomen, but are more prevalent in menages 20-40 years old, Doctor Mansfieldsaid.

Eighty percent of the patients [seenat the hospital] are male and patients

come from all branches of the armedforces, Doctor Mansfield said. “Mostcommonly, patients have a [family orpersonal] history of stones. Patients whohave a history of stones have a higher riskof making stones here in Iraq.”

Deployed servicemembers have anincreased risk of kidney stones becauseof several factors.

“Stones are more common in placeswhere it’s hot and dry,” Doctor Mansfieldsaid. “It’s generally the lack of waterintake. The combination of the hotclimate, not enough liquid intake andanyone who has had a history of priorstone disease is at high risk for makingmore stones.”

Other risk factors include excessivecalcium, salt or protein intake fromfoods or supplements.

“Those protein shakes that arepopular with body builders lower the pHof the urine and put people at risk forkidney stones. They need to watch thosethings very carefully especially if theyhave a history of kidney stones,” DoctorMansfield said. “Also avoid a lot of saltand calcium.”

A Soldier deployed to CampCropper, Iraq, Army Sgt. Robert Mosher,345th Support Battalion based out ofOklahoma, recently experienced a caseof kidney stone disease and was awayfrom his unit and his mission for sevendays while he was treated and recov-

ered in the AFTH. “It was uncomfortable,” Sergeant

Mosher said. “I didn’t go in [to the clinic]at first, but by [April 1] it was the worstpain I’d ever had, ever. It felt like I’dbeen in a 12-round fight and theyworked me over pretty good in mykidneys.”

Sergeant Mosher’s stones were smallenough, 6-7 milimeters, to be treatedwith laser surgery, and the stones werebroken into smaller pieces and thenremoved from the ureter.

He said he had never had a kidneystone, nor does he have a family historyof stones. He believes the stones werecaused by his diet, which he is planningto change.

Though the risks may be high forservicemembers, especially in the desertclimate, kidney stone disease is prevent-able.

“By far the most important thingour [servicemembers] can do to preventstones is to increase their fluid intake andproduce more urine everyday,” DoctorMansfield said. “Our servicemembers,on average, need to produce 2.5 liters ofurine per day. As it gets hotter and welose more fluids through our skin whenwe sweat, we need to drink more toproduce those 2.5 liters a day.”

“If we can save one troop fromhaving kidney stone disease, we’re doinga world of good,” he said.

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By Staff Sgt. Nathan Gallahan407th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs

ALI BASE, Iraq (AFPN) — Airmen from the AliBase fire department and provost marshal’s officeresponded to a structure fire in the Romanian coali-tion force camp here April 11.

The 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron

firefighters and military police Airmen from the 407thProvost Marshal’s office immediately responded to thescene after a wooden building in the camp caught fireonly minutes beforehand.

There were no casualties. To combat the fire, the fire department deployed

every available truck to “safeguard our Romanianbrothers,” said Master Sgt. Jay Watts, the 407th ECES

assistant fire chief deployed from Springfield AirNational Guard Base, Ill. “The building was fullyengulfed when we arrived and there were flames shooting out of the eves and windows about15 to 20 feet and there was massive amounts ofsmoke.”

The team immediately dispatched a majority ofthe firefighters to the rear of the building becausethat was where most of the fire was. Sergeant Wattssaid they then sent the remaining firefighters to thefront of the building to begin pushing the flamestoward the rest of their team.

“We caught the blaze in a crossfire and attackedit with everything we had,” he said. “Within 40 minutesof the initial call, we had the fire completely extin-guished.”

After the fire was extinguished, the emergencyresponse forces “went through the building to clearany hot spots and remove any salvageable items,” saidTech. Sgt. Tim Walsh, a 407th ECES firefighterdeployed from Misawa Air Base, Japan.

According to fire department officials, the causeof the fire is still under investigation.

“It was a total loss,” Sergeant Walsh said. Air Force emergency response forces respond to

all emergencies here including those involving coali-tion partners, such as the Romanians, or other serv-ices, like the Army and Navy.

“They’re our coalition partners. They are ourbrother-in-arms,” said Capt. Kevin Lombardo, the407th PMO provost marshal deployed from PetersonAir Force Base, Colo. “They help us outside the wireso we are doing everything we can to help them insidethe wire.”

Airmen respond to coalition fire in Iraq

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Sabrina Johnson

The 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters extinguish spot fires on a building in theRomanian camp at Ali Base, Iraq, April 11. The Air Force emergency response forces respond to allemergencies including coalition partners. The building was destroyed but there were no casualties.

20 April 18, 2008

Dean Chuva Wins NCBA Championship Title

RENO, Nev. - Junior Dean Chuvaclaimed his first-ever national title, asthe Air Force boxing team wrappedup competition at the NationalCollegiate Boxing AssociationNational Championships in Reno,Nev., Saturday. With Chuva’s split 3-

2 decision over Navy’s MIkotoYoshida, Air Force has won three ofthe last four 112-pound national titles.

Two other Falcons competedduring the final round of NCBAaction. Junior Jesse Horton wasdenied a chance to repeat as the 119-pound champion, when Army’s MattLongo earned a 5-0 decision in arematch of last year’s finals. Senior

Daryn Nelson dropped a 5-0 deci-sion to Nevada’s Ryan Kotey in the156-pound final.

Army won its first team title at theNCBA Championships, while Navytook second with 38 points and hostNevada finished third (32). Air Forcefinished fourth (21) and Lock Haven,the 2007 national champion, finishedfifth (20).

INTERCOLLEGIATEBaseballApril 11-13 at Farmington, N.M.New Mexico 7 Falcons 1New Mexico 26 Falcons 9New Mexico 3 Falcons 13

BoxingApril 12 at Reno, Nev.NCBA National ChampionshipsDean Chuva wins NCBA championship title112-lbs.: Dean Chuva

Senior’s penalty shotgoal led West Team

to victory By Dave TollerAthletic communications

Air Force senior Eric Ehn was namedthe West Team’s Top Performer at theNCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge at thePepsi Center in Denver April 11.

Ehn led the West Team to a 13-6 winover the East Team in the third annualcompetition as part of the “Friday Nightat the Frozen Four”. The Dexter, Mich.,native was joined on the West Team byDaniel Vukovic (Michigan State), AndrewThomas (Denver), Nino Musitelli(Miami), Jimmy Kilpatrick (ColoradoCollege), Mike Forgie (Wayne State),Peter Mannino (Denver), Kyle Jones (St.Norbert), Bobbi Ross (Minnesota),Courtney DeHoey (Lake Forest), LauraFast (St. Cloud State), Shannon Moulson(Niagara), Tessa Bonhomme (Ohio State),Laura Hosier (Mercyhurst) and BritniKehler (Minnesota State).

Ehn competed in the Puck ControlRelay, the Fastest Skater and the PenaltyShot. Prior to Ehn’s penalty shot attempt,the goaltenders had stopped 13 of the 15

shots, including seven straight. Ehn skateddown the center of the ice and then driftedto the right with the puck on his forehand.He skated across the slot to his left andpushed the puck in front of him. He thenput the stick in his left hand reacheddown on the ice with his right hand andpushed the puck through his legs. The2007 All-American then spun backwardsand slapped the puck over the pad ofgoaltender Justin Mrazek from Union.The play brought the crowd to its feetand earned Ehn the Top Performer award.

The most decorated hockey playerin school history, Ehn was a Hobey BakerHat Trick finalist last season andconcluded his career with 146 points in133 career games. Ehn missed 14 gamesfrom Jan. 19 to March 17 with a leg injurythis season. He returned to the lineup inthe NCAA Northeast Regional and playedvs. second-ranked Miami. Despite missingthe second half of the conference schedule,he still collected third-team all-conferencehonors. He was leading the league inscoring prior to the injury and finishedthe year with six goals and 19 assists for25 points in 25 games.

Ehn is the second Air Force playerselected to the Skills Competition in thebrief three-year history of the event. Lastseason, Andrew Ramsey competed in theevent at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

Ehn named Top Performer at skills competition

Massa scores career-bestthree goals

By Melissa McKeownAthletic communications

A fourth-period rally fell short as the Air Forcelacrosse team dropped an 11-10 overtime decision toconference rival Quinnipiac Sunday at Cadet LacrosseStadium. The Falcons fall to 3-6 on the season, 1-2 inthe GWLL, while the Bobcats improve to 7-3, 1-2 in theleague.

Down by two goals going into the final period, AirForce scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter totie the game at 9-9. With 1:19 left on the clock, seniorDavid Rose notched a score as a man-up opportunitywas ending to give Air Force a one-goal lead. However,Quinnipiac won the ensuing face-off and controlled theoffensive action, getting the equalizer with just nineseconds remaining in regulation.

The overtime period belonged to the Bobcats, whoretained possession in their offensive end throughout.A score from Todd Kaiser with 1:40 left on the clockgave Quinnipiac the win and ended the Falcons’ perfectrecord at home.

Quinnipiac started the game on top, getting out to

a 2-0 lead before back-to-back goals from Jack Parchmanand Colin Lockhart tied the score. While the Bobcatsclosed out the opening period with a 3-2 lead, Air Forcetied the game with a score from junior Brian Massa andtook its first lead of the game with an unassisted goalby sophomore Ridge Flick. The Falcons went on tograb a 5-4 advantage at the half.

The Bobcats again tied the game midway throughthe third period before junior Griffin Nevitt tallied aman-down goal to put the Falcons back on top. However,Quinnipiac went on a 4-1 run to end the quarter,including a score with just six seconds on the clock toregain their two-goal lead.

Massa led Air Force with a career-high three goalsand one assist, while Rose and Lockhart added twoscores each. Flick, Parchman and Tristan Newkirk alsoadded assists for the Falcons. Air Force outshotQuinnipiac, 44-32, while winning 14 of 25 face-offs. TheFalcons also went 2-for-3 on the power play, whileholding the Bobcats to 0-for-3 on man-up opportuni-ties.

For the Bobcats, Ted Dimond led the offense withthree goals, all in the third period, while goalkeeper KevinBenzing tallied 16 saves on the afternoon.

Air Force is back in actionSunday, when it travelsto New Haven, Conn., to take on Yale in a non-confer-ence match-up. The game is slated for 12:00 p.m. (ET).

Air Force Falls to Quinnipiac in overtime, 11-10

Photo by Rachel Boettcher

Air Force Falcon junior Brian Massa led Air Forcewith a career-high three goals and one assist inthe 11-10 OT loss to Quinnipiac.

Photo by Capt. Uriah Orland

Falcon senior Eric Ehn skates toward the goal in the Fastest Skates portionof the Frozen Four Skills Competition at the Pepsi Center in Denver April 11.Ehn’s performance earned him the Top Performer Award.

21April 18, 2008

(Air Force) dec. Mikoto Yoshida (Navy)119-lbs.: Matt Longo (Army) dec. JesseHorton (Air Force)165-lbs.: Ryan Kotey (Nevada) dec. DarynNelson (Air Force)

LacrosseApril 11 at AFAFalcons 13 Bellarmine 8

April 13 at AFAFalcons 10 (OT) Quinnipiac 11

Men’s TennisApril 4 at Albuquerque, N.M.San Diego State 7 Falcons 0

April 5 at Albuquerque, N.M.New Mexico 7 Falcons 0

April 6 at Albuquerque, N.M.Utah 7 Falcons 0

Women’s TennisApril 11 at San DiegoSan Diego State 7 Falcons 0

April 13 at San DiegoUNLV 7 Falcons 0

Track and FieldApril 12 at Boulder, Colo.Colorado InvitationalMelissa Beerse, pole vault, 13’1 ½”, 1st Sara Neubauer, shot put, 50’4 ½”, 1stDan Paladino, hammer throw, 194’3”, 1stDevin Hart, long jump, 22’1”, 1stTravis Picou, 100-meter dash, 10.61, 1stNoah Palicia, pole vault, 14’9”, 1st

April 12 at Tempe, Ariz.Sun Angel ClassicAlly Romanko, 800-meter run, 2:09.77, 7thDaniel Castle, 1500-meter run, 3:45.40Kevin Hawkins, 800-meter run, 1:49.74

Women’s GymnasticsApril 12 at MinneapolisNCAA North Central RegionalBrittany Dutton, 38.225, 17thMichelle Denise, 37.475, 20thAbigail Rogers, 36.800, 22ndKayla Kincade, balance beam, 9.650

By Dave CastillaIntramural sports director

“The game is simple,” said the Dean of FacultyForeign Languages team coach Vic Nell. “Pass, set andspike.”

And that’s what the DFF team did to take theintramural volleyball base championship April 9.

DFF had to come thru the loser’s brackets todefeat the 10th Medical Group, who were last year’sbase runners-up. After defeating the hospital in thechampionship game, DFF took the final “if neces-sary” match, 26-27, 25, 21 and 15-9.

MDG and DFF were the top two teams during theregular season, so for both teams to be in the finalsof this double elimination tournament was no fluke.

MDG defeated DFF in the first night of action 25-12 25 -20 putting DFF in the losers bracket. In thesecond and final day of the tournament DFF defeatedCES/CS 25-20 and 25-17, forcing the championshipgame with MDG.

DFF’s chance of winning the tournament wereincreased when two keys to the MDG program, coachTevita Mafi and assistant coach Brent Kincaid, couldn’tmake the championship night. In the championshipmatch, DFF jumped all over MDG 25-12 as Gary Yaleserved 9 straight points to put DFF up 23-12, and VictorColon served the game out.

MDG got it back together, winning the secondgame, 25-18. In the third match, DFF, who was missingthree key players in Randy Liefer, Dan Uribe and the

Argentine exchange officer, Otto Schaub, due to aseason-ending injury, got back on track as Yale servedout the last 5 points to defeat the medics 15-10.

After a quick break, the “if ” game started and withthe game tied at 25-25, MDG’s Shane Palm made thesave of the tournament as he hit the third ball from40 feet out, rifling it over the net. Lizeth Cameronserved the final point for a 27-26 hospital lead.

In the second game, Yale had some help with theservice points as he and Miguel Duran, an exchangeofficer from Spain, had 12 service points and YvonneAllen’s sets and Kirk Reimer kill shots put MDG backon their heels. Colon served out the game 25-21 andDFF had tied the match.

In the final match MDG could not score on anyof their serves and DFF held a slight lead at 9 -5 withDuran serving. Yale and his service points got the gameto 14-7, and then MDG’s Jenifer Bricker’s serving gotthe score to 14-9. Colon served the final point as DFFcaptured the crown.

Biava said he was proud of his team “Some of the players had to really step up tonight

and they really did,” he said. “We can’t take anythingaway from DFF. They play a tough, solid volleyballgame.”

Nell was just as proud of his players.“They played hard and they wanted to win,” he

said. “They played three matches tonight and won themall. I’m so very proud of my team.”

Next up is the Rocky Mountain Military VolleyballChampionship at Schriever Air Force Base May 10.

DFF downs MDG for volleyball crown

Photo by Dennis Rogers

Miguel Duran, Dean of Faculty Foreign Languagesteam member, serves the ball at the intramuralvolleyball base championship game April 9. DFFdefeated the 10th Medical Group team in the final“if necessary” match 26-27, 25-21 and 15-9.

Falcons finish spring practice

Photos by Capt. Uriah Orland

Ben Cochran rifles a pass during the final spring football practice at FalconStadium Saturday. Head Coach, Troy Calhoun, looks on and evaluates thefreshman as a possible starter for next season.

Ryan Harrison lets it fly during warm-up drills at Falcon StadiumSaturday. During warm-ups, the soon-to-be senior made a 63-yarder with the wind.

22 April 18, 2008

Athletic facility closuresThe Hall of Excellence, located in

the Falcon Athletic Complex, is closed forminor construction through May 17.

AFRF offers options-Newcomer’s Base Red Carpet Tour;

today, 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: An inform-ative, fun-filled base tour that gives insightinto the Academy mission and revealsall there is to see and do here.

-Sponsorship training; April 29, 8 to9 a.m.: This is a mandatory class for thosewho have been assigned to sponsor anewcomer to the area. Contact your unitsponsorship monitor for details.

-Smooth Move; April 30, 9 to 10a.m.: Lessen the stress of an upcomingmove by learning innovative ways tomake it a smooth one. This is a manda-tory class for all Academy people goingthrough a permanent change of station.

-Mock Interviewing Session; April30, 8:30 a.m. to noon: Participate in amock interview with a real HR represen-tative.

-Transition Assistance ProgramSeminar: People separating in a year orretiring in two years can call the Airman& Family Readiness Flight to reserve aspot in the next available TAP class. Theclass guides people through building aresume, interviewing skills, networking,dressing for success and more.

For more information or to registerfor a class, call 333-3444.

Bike raceThe Air Force Cadet Cycling Team

hosts the Rocky Mountain West CyclingConference Race at the Academy Saturdayand Sunday. On these days, Academydrivers should be aware of cyclists on theroads and also be aware of the possibilityof slight delays due to the race. Driversare asked to be patient and not passunsafely. Races will begin Saturday from7 to 10:30 a.m. and again Sunday from 7a.m. to 2 p.m. For spectators who wouldlike to view the races, the best views avail-able both days are on Pine Drive or by thecadet athletic fields on the uphill nearthe overlooks. Anyone interested in partic-ipating, helping or getting more informa-tion should contact Maj. Jim Weinsteinat 333-5305.

OSC functionThe Academy Officers’ Spouses’ Club

hosts a Kitchen Bingo LuncheonWednesday at 11 a.m. at the Falcon Club.For more information or to RSVP, contactDeb Coppock at 574-1485 or kedekeka@aol.com by 9 p.m. Sunday.

Charity screeningIn preparation for the upcoming

Combined Federal Campaign, volunteersare needed to assist in screening the appli-cations of charities applying to be includedin this year’s CFC. The event is Thursdayand Academy military and civilians mayvolunteer two hours or more. Training andlunch will be provided. For more infor-mation or to volunteer, contact SteveSandridge at 333-8812 or steven.sandridge@usafa.af.mil.

Tax assistanceThe Academy Tax Center will

remain open past the traditional filingseason in an effort to further assist rede-ploying Airmen. While this service isaimed at accommodating deployers,Airmen who have delayed in filing theirtaxes for other reasons may be seen ona limited basis. If you will receive arefund, there is no penalty for filing yourtaxes after the April 15 deadline. If youhave taxes due, penalties and interestmay be assessed. Airman can avoid thesefines by submitting an extension request,along with a check for the amount oftaxes owed. Even if a refund is antici-pated, submitting an extension requestis recommended to preserve any actionstied to a “timely filed” return. The TaxCenter operates under the IRS VolunteerIncome Tax Assistance program, whichis designed to assist in the preparationof simple taxes. The tax preparers areprohibited from preparing business taxes,as well as a few other types of taxes

requiring specialized expertise. Hourswill be limited. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 333-3642.

Ceremony recognizesvolunteers

Academy volunteers who share theirtime and talents to make a difference inour military and local communities willbe honored with a special VolunteerRecognition Awards ceremony at theFalcon Club Friday. Deli sandwiches andlight hors d’oeuvres will be served from11 to 11:30 a.m. and the official cere-mony will begin at 11:30 a.m. TheAcademy community is invited to attendand support its outstanding volunteers.

Deployment open houseThe Airman & Family Readiness

Center host an informal DeploymentOpen House April 29 from 6:30 to 8:30p.m. for Academy deployers and theirfamilies. The goal is to have an inviting,warm and relaxing atmosphere whileoffering access to the base support agen-cies, in addition to acquainting familieswith the Airman & Family ReadinessCenter location and available programs.The dress for attendees is civilian casual.Food and refreshments will be provided.For more information or to RSVP, call333-3444 by Friday.

Spaghetti dinnerThe Airman & Family Readiness

Center hosts a free spaghetti dinner forthe Academy’s deployed members’ fami-lies May 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Airman& Family Readiness Center. For moreinformation or to RSVP, call Tech. Sgt. LisaTaylor at 333-6393.

Law Day golfThe Academy legal office will host

their annual Academy Law Day GolfScramble May 2 at the Eisenhower GolfCourse. The event will be a morningscramble with registration, breakfast anddriving range use beginning at 6:30 a.m.Fees for the event, being held on the SilverCourse, are $52 for active duty and DoDcivilian personnel and $85 for non-affil-iated guests. The fee includes greens andcart fee, driving range use, food andbeverage and hole prizes. For more infor-mation or to register, call Capt. AaronHaase at 333-0739. Deadline for entry isThursday.

Spouse appreciationA Military Spouse Appreciation Day

event will be held May 6 from 10 a.m. to2 p.m. at the Armed Services YMCA at2190 Jet Wing Dr. in Colorado Springs.The free event will feature hair cuts,cooking on a budget demonstrations,massages, fashion shows, lunch, craftsand more. Limited childcare is availablewith prior reservations. For more infor-mation, call (719) 622-9622.

Toastmasters soughtThe Academy is starting a

Toastmaster International chapter andis seeking those interested in attending.Those interested must submit theirnames, and once all the names arecollected, a demonstration meeting willbe scheduled with the regional director.

To submit your name or for more infor-mation, contact Master Sgt. Angela Evansat angela.evans@usafa.edu or Master Sgt.Donald Comp at donald.comp@usafa.edu.

Scholarships offeredAs part of the Annual Pikes Peak or

Bust Rodeo Parade, Aleut ManagementServices, in coordination with theColorado Springs Chamber of CommerceMilitary Affairs Division, sponsors schol-arships awarded to deserving familymembers of U.S. military servicememberskilled or wounded in action while in adesignated combat zone. The scholar-ships are awarded to family memberswho have been accepted into an accred-ited college or university, or who arecurrent college students seeking supportfor either a traditional degree-seekingprogram up to and including master’sdegrees, or for vocational/career and tech-nical education. Applicants must becommitted to attend during the 2007/2008academic year.

For more information or for a schol-arship application, contact Brian Binn at(719) 575-4325 or brian@cscc.org, or PikesPeak or Bust Rodeo Parade Event Manager,Brenda Carender at (719) 262-7160 orbrenda.carender@aleutmgt.com.

Chorale concert setThe Colorado Springs Chorale offers

“Music’s Fire,” a classical concert, Saturdayat 8 p.m. in the Pikes Peak Center for thePerforming Arts. Tickets range from $16-$48 and a $2 military discount is offered.For tickets, call (719) 520-7469 or visit thePikes Peak Center box office or anyTicketsWest outlet.

Cadets present concertThe Academy Catholic Cadet Choir

and Cadet Community Orchestra arescheduled to present a public concert atSt. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in ColoradoSprings Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The concertwill feature sacred choral and patrioticmusic as well as instrumental chambermusic and will include works byPalestrina, Hassler, Faure’, Mozart andVivaldi Gloria. The concert is free andopen to the public, and tickets are notrequired. For more information, call GaryDe Kler at 333-7868.

CADET CHAPELCatholic Masses:SundayReconciliation 9:15-9:45 a.m.(or by appointment)Mass - 10 a.m.WeekdayMon., Tues., Thurs. - 6:45 a.m.WednesdayCatholic Adoration - 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.Mass - 6 p.m.

Protestant Services:SundayTraditional - 9:00 a.m.Hill Fellowship - 11:00 a.m.

Jewish ServicesFridays - 7 p.m.

Buddhist Worship Wed. - 6:30 p.m. - All Faiths Room

Muslim PrayerFridays - Noon - Muslim Prayer Room,Chapel Basement

COMMUNITY CENTER CHAPELCatholic Masses:SaturdayReconciliation - 3:30 p.m.Mass - 4 p.m.SundayMass - 9:30 a.m.Religious Formation - 10:45 a.m.(Sept. - May)Tuesday-FridayMass - 11:30 a.m.

Protestant Services:SaturdayContemporary - 6 p.m.SundayTraditional - 8 a.m.Gospel - 11:15 a.m.Religious formation - 9:30 a.m.(Sept. - May)

Military Academy Pagan SocietyThird Thursday - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.(For more info, call TSgt. Longcrier at 333-6187.)

For more information, call 333-3300.

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