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Emerald Warrior Search and Rescue Exercise - Page 8 News/Features: Page 3 Help for Victims Vol. 47, No. 7 Thursday, February 14, 2019 Emerald Warrior search and rescue exercise - page 8 News/Features: page 3 Help for victims News/Features: page 3 Testing requirement abolished Week in photos: page 4 Images from the week News/Features: page 6 AF pioneer laid to rest Photo by Airman 1st Class Scott Warner A U.S. Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) team member awaits extraction from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an Em- Community: page 15 erald Warrior 2019 search and rescue training exercise, Jan. 22. Special Tactical Operation SEALs worked alongside joint Events, Chapel, more... terminal attack controllers to extract injured and embattled joint force team members in an austere environment. MACDILL THUNDERBOLT u Thursday, February 14, 2019 u WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM u 1 NEWS/FEATURES MacDill Guardsman saves life, receives Airman’s Medal by Airman 1st Class Caleb Nunez 6th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs “It was kind of automatic how everything happened,” he said, recalling the moment he risked his life to save another. “It wasn’t a decision, it was just a reaction.” Airman 1st Class Peejay Jack, a 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron vehicle maintainer with the Florida Air National Guard, was awarded the Airman’s Medal by Maj. Gen. Lenny Ri- choux, the Joint Enabling Capabilities Command commander, dur- ing a ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base Feb. 9. The Airman’s Medal is awarded to those who distinguish them- selves through a heroic act involving voluntary risk of life under conditions other than those of conflict with an armed enemy of the United States. “I feel like I did what any other human being would have done,” Jack emphasized. “God put me in a position to help a man in need so he could get back to his family.” During his morning commute to MacDill, Jack witnessed a motor vehicle lose control and veer off the interstate at high speed. Rush- ing into action, he repeatedly attempted to free the trapped victim through a broken window, when the vehicle suddenly burst into flames near the engine. It was at this time another bystander man- aged to pry the door open with a crowbar and Jack was finally able to free the victim without causing further bodily harm. Within 30 seconds of the extraction, the vehicle was engulfed in flames, which Photo by Airman 1st Class Caleb Nunez would have significantly reducing the chances of survival for the U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Lenny Richoux, the Joint Enabling Capabilities Com- driver. mand commander, presents Airman 1st Class Peejay Jack, a 290th Joint Com- “I’m just glad I was able to be there for him, whether I was re- munications Support Squadron vehicle maintainer, the Airman’s Medal at Mac- ceiving this medal or not,” Jack said. “This is what we do as service Dill Air Force Base Feb. 9. Jack was awarded the Airman’s Medal for saving a members; this is why we put on our uniform – to help those who are motorist after his vehicle lost control, veered off the interstate and burst into in need.” flames. 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Contents of the MacDill Thunderbolt race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, ity, brevity, conformance with the “Associated Press Stylebook are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by the physical handicap, political affiliation or any other non-merit and Libel Manual” and Air Force Instruction 35-101. 2 u WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM u Thursday, February 14, 2019 u MACDILL THUNDERBOLT NEWS/FEATURES SAPR provides awareness, support for sexual assault victims by Marvin Krause 6th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Service members and their families at Mac- Dill Air Force Base have access to sexual as- sault prevention and family advocacy support to help anyone in need. The 6th Air Mobility Wing’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program office, staffed by sexual assault response coordinators and a victim advocate, provides support and guidance to sexual assault victims.Their mission is to educate, advocate and collaborate to respond to and eliminate sexual assault and its harmful ef- fects. “Our SAPR team provides a full spectrum of resources to victims by assigning a victim ad- vocate, working with the local crisis center to assist with the sexual assault forensic exam, requesting a referral for special victims’ coun- seling, connecting the member with behavioral health, the chaplain and a Department of De- fense safe helpline,” said Debbra Hooks, instal- lation sexual assault response coordinator. The Air Force SAPR program focuses on the See SAPR, Page 12 Courtesy graphic Air Force ends promotion testing for E-7 and above by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs ARLINGTON, Va.(AFNS)—The Air Force announced today it is removing the Weighted Airman Promotion System testing requirement for active-duty promotions to the grades of E-7 through E-9, beginning this fall with the 2019 E-9 promotion cycle. The memo, signed Jan. 31, removes the phase one requirement for senior noncommissioned of- ficers to test for promotion, allowing promotion boards to identify the best qualified Airmen to promote into the senior noncommissioned offi- cer corps. Prior to the policy change, promotions were conducted through a two-phase process. Phase one consisted of a Promotion Fitness Exam and Specialty Knowledge Test, while phase two con- sisted of a central evaluation board. “We continue to transform talent manage- ment across the force,” said Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, Air Force deputy chief of staff for manpower, Courtesy graphic personnel and services.“This adjustment fo- Starting in the fall with the 2019 E-9 promotion cycle, there no longer will be required to test for ac- cuses on performance being the driving factor tive duty promotions for E-7 through E-9. The new system allows promotion boards to identify the See TESTING, Page 12 best qualified Airmen for advancement to the senior NCO corps. MACDILL THUNDERBOLT u Thursday, February 14, 2019 u WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM u 3 WEEK IN PHOTOS Photo by Master Sgt. Joey Swafford Maintainers assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing work to lower the nose landing gear on a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 1. The C-5M landed with its nose landing gear up after experiencing an in-flight emergency. Photo by Staff Sgt. James Richardson Photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 506th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling An F-15E Strike Eagle painted in the heritage colors of its P-47 Thun- Squadron is de-iced before a refueling mission at Eielson Air Force Base, derbolt predecessor takes off from RAF Lakenheath, England, Feb. 6. Alaska, Feb. 5. The Stratotankers refueled a B-52 Stratofortress bomber The 48th Fighter Wing officially unveiled the aircraft publicly during a from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, which is currently deployed ceremony Jan. 31. from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence operations. 4 u WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM u Thursday, February 14, 2019 u MACDILL THUNDERBOLT MACDILL THUNDERBOLT u Thursday, February 14, 2019 u WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM u 5 NEWS/FEATURES Female AF pioneer laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery by Staff Sgt. Victoria H. Taylor Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON (AFNS)—Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Marcelite Jordan Harris was laid to rest Feb. 7 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, with full military funeral honors. During Harris’s life and Air Force career, she accomplished multiple crowning achievements. After receiving her commission through Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force Base,Tex- as, in 1965, she ventured into her first assign- ment as the assistant director for administration for the 60th Airlift Wing at Travis AFB,Califor- nia.
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