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April 14 FW.Indd Bell, Bartley lead All-Army men in Armed Forces Basketball Championships Story and photo by Tim Hipps FMWRC Public Affairs FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Sgt. Ron Bartley had 40 Sgt. Ron Bartley of Fort Carson, Colo., drives past Se- points and eight rebounds to lead the All-Army men’s team nior Airman Ollie Bradley of Maxwell Air Force Base, to a 95-93 overtime victory over All-Air Force in the 2008 Ala., during All-Army’s 95-93 overtime victory over All- Armed Forces Men’s Basketball Championships. Air Force in the Armed Forces Men’s Basketball Cham- Bartley shot 12-of-23 from the fi eld, including 8-of-16 on pionship Tournament March 26 at Fort Indiantown Gap, 3-pointers, and had four assists and three steals in the Sol- Pa. Bartley had 40 points on 12-of-23 shooting, including diers’ best performance of the double-round-robin tourna- 8-of-16 on 3-pointers to lead the Soldiers to their most ment played March 21-27 at Blue Mountain Sports Arena. impressive victory of the tourney. He was named to the 2nd Lt. Matt Bell scored 21 points and Spc. Brett All-Armed Forces Team that will represent the United States in the 2008 Conseil International du Sport Militaire Thomas of Fort Huachuca, Ariz., added 10 points for All- World Championship Tournament April 14-22 at Lack- Army. Warrant Offi cer Aaron Stuart of Schofi eld Barracks, land Air Force Base, Texas. Hawaii, had eight points and a team-high 14 rebounds. Bell, 23, a four-year starter for the U.S. Military Academy “When I got tired, Matt picked it up, and that was it,” at West Point, N.Y., was named to the Armed Forces All- said Bartley, 31, of Fort Carson, Colo. Tournament team after averaging 23.8 points, 4.3 rebounds From there, Bell made three 3-pointers and three free and 2.6 assists for All-Army (2-4), which fi nished fourth in throws as Army tried to thwart Air Force’s fi nal run. But the tournament against squads from the Air Force (5-1), the Airmen would not go away and the Soldiers missed 10 Navy (3-3) and Marine Corps (2-4). free throws in the fi nal 2 minutes. Bartley’s hot hand kept the Soldiers in the fi rst half of After Staff Sgt. Bernard James of Beale Air Force Base, their second meeting with Air Force. Calif., made a layup that knotted the score at 87 with 10 sec- “That’s the man, right there,” Bartley said of Bell. “Last onds left, Bell missed a 3-point attempt as the horn sounded game he had about 40, so I knew they were going to key on ending regulation. him. Coach let us have a spread offense and let the guards Thomas scored three points in overtime and 2nd Lt. Mar- do their thing. I got a little hot and caught on fi re and rolled shall Jackson of Fort Benning, Ga., made a free throw with with that.” 17 seconds left that sealed the victory. Bartley’s 3-pointer from the corner, his fi fth of the fi rst “Yeah, we almost lost it there at the end of regulation, half, gave Army a 36-29 lead and the Soldiers led 40-31 at but that says a lot about our team,” Bell said. “We missed a halftime. ton of free throws and they tied the game up and forced it “In the fi rst half, I was missing everything,” Bell said. into overtime. We could have just folded, especially against “Ron just got hot. He had his breakout game. We rode him Air Force, who had a better record. But our guys picked it up the entire fi rst half and a lot of the second half, too. He was in overtime and we were able to pull it out.” hitting unbelievable shots. Bell, Bartley and 2nd Lt. Robert Moore of Schofi eld Bar- “I just tried to keep my head in it and when I got an open racks, Hawaii, were named to the 2008 All-Armed Forces shot, I was going to try to knock it down, but he controlled Team that will compete in the 2008 Conseil International the tempo of the game and put us on a huge run to get the du Sport Militaire World Championship Tournament April lead in the fi rst half.” 14-22 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Bartley made another 3-pointer to open the second half. Moore, who did not play in Army’s overtime victory over His eighth and fi nal 3-pointer gave Army a 58-46 lead with Air Force, averaged 12.6 points and 6.4 rebounds during the 13:43 remaining. Armed Forces tournament. 2 Freedom Watch Magazine Freedom Watch Staff Commander Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Davis Freedom Watch Superintendent Air Force Master Sgt. Collen McGee Print NCOIC Air Force Staff Sgt. Ian Carrier Apr. 14, 2008 Editor-in-Chief Air Force Staff Sgt. Marc Nickens Assistant editor Air Force Staff Sgt. Aid in the air Stephen Ocenosak 4 Afghan medics learn to treat patients during MEDEVAC Visit the CJTF-101 Web site at fl ights www.cjtf101.com I’ll have that on TAP Freedom Watch is a weekly publication of Combined Joint Task Force-101 and 5 Afghanistan graduates police trauma assistance personnel American Forces Network. CJTF-101 Commander Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser Just wondering, who the best is RC East Public Affairs Offi cer Army Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green 6 Task Force Rugged holds competition Freedom Watch, a Department of Defense publication, is published each Monday by the American Forces Network – Afghani- Staying healthy isn’t just PT scores stan Print Section, Bldg. 415, Room 205 at 8 Malaria information you need to know Bagram Airfi eld, Afghanistan. Printed circu- lation is 5,000 copies per week. In accordance with DoD Instruction 5120.4, this DoD newspaper is an authorized Takin’ care of business publication for members of the U.S. military 10 Airmen demonstrate capabilities in major accident response overseas. exercise Contents of the Freedom Watch are not necessarily the offi cial view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government or the Department Mail call of Defense. 11 Heroes from the home front Deadline for submissions is noon local each Friday. All submissions are subject to editing by the AFN-A Print Section. We can Chow that’ll stick to your bones be reached at DSN 318-431-3338. 13 Army cooks provide a taste of home during deployments COVER: Mosquitoes and sand fl ies can cause serious health hazards im- peding mission readiness status of troops. Preventive Medicine troops work every day to monitor populations of these insects. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles Bateman) BACK COVER: Soldiers from the 324th Physiological Operations Compa- ny, 14th Physiological Operations Bat- talion, Joint Physiological Task Force hand out fl ags and stickers to the peo- ple of Naray, Konar Province, Afghani- stan on Feb. 11. The handouts are given in hopes of fostering stronger relations between the Afghanistan people and Co- alition Forces. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. 5 8 11 Derek Niccolson) Freedom Watch Magazine 3 NEWS Aid in the air: Afghan medics learn to treat patients during MEDEVAC fl ights Story and photos by Spc. George Welcome 101st CAB Public Affairs KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghani- stan-- Helping to train and prepare the Afghan national Army to one day protect their nation on their own is a big part of the mission for Coalition forces, equally as important as fi nding and destroying insurgents. Soldiers of Task Force Eagle Assault are doing their part to ensure that the Af- ghan service will have well trained medi- cal personnel to tend their wounded dur- ing missions and medical evacuations. A three week medical training program was instituted to teach Afghan medics how to treat wounded during a medical evacua- tion fl ight. “This program started with Task Force Corsair (82nd Airborne Division) and Capt. Gary Means who was their fl ight surgeon,” said Capt. Brock Bene- dict, fl ight surgeon for TF Eagle Assault. “Through an agreement with the Com- bined Security Transition Command-Af- ghanistan and TF Corsair, they got a pro- gram up and running where essentially the Afghan National Army Air Corps will train medics during ground phase train- Afghan medic Hyattulah checks to see that an oxygen tank is working prop- ing in Kabul. Cmdr. Joey Swartz (ANA erly as part of a pre-fl ight inspection of all medical equipment. commander) hand selects the medic who is at the top of his class to come down skills, but to teach them what happens in much nervousness in getting them adjust- here to be integrated into our medevac route during a medical evacuation fl ight. ed to the helicopter,” said Staff Sgt. An- platforms.” “I think this training program is re- drew Doolen, fl ight medic and program Although the program does not pro- ally where the rubber meets the road,” trainer. “There is a little bit of the deer in vide the Afghan medics with offi cial cer- said Capt. Mark Jones, detachment com- the headlight look in getting them used tifi cation, the experience they gain by mander, Company C, 6th Battalion, 101st to the aircraft, as with any fl ight medic performing medical tasks with a fl ight Combat Aviation Brigade. “We actually at fi rst, but they calm down and they get company, prepares them for what they have Afghan fl ight medics here training right to business treating the patients.” might face as fl ight medics.
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