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STORY AND PHOTOS BY SENIOR AIRMAN HELENA OWENS, 36TH WING

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE – Has there ever been a time at work SEABEES CEMENT where a process or piece of equipment just wasn’t cutting it? Imagine this, COMMUNITY the average person works about a 40-hour work week. During that time PARTNERSHIPS they have to work with a piece of equipment that is 40 years old and gives PAGE 4 more issues than solutions. That individual may want an upgrade. For one non-destructive inspection (NDI) technician, this was the case and he de- cided to take matters into his own hands. He submitted an idea, one of the 16 out of 6,500 submissions, which reached the Air Force level. Tech. Sgt. Patrick Oliver demonstrates how easily his prototype is to clean on Oct. 22 at Andersen Air Force Base. SEE INNOVATION ON PAGE 2

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to be taken,” said Oliver. “We is worth its weight in gold at a and vastly reduces the amount have a certain time frame af- small island location. Further- of consumable waste and time Tech. Sgt. Patrick Oliver, ter a sample is taken for it to more, his caps eliminate the uti- spent cleaning. That’s a win noncommissioned officer in lization of single-use plastic Max D. Lederer Jr. get tested and the old for 36th MXS, a win for Guam Publisher charge of NDI assigned to the sample fluid holders and a win for the Air Force as Lt. Col. Richard E. McClintic 36th Maintenance Squadron were present- a whole!” Commander at Andersen Air Force Base, ing a chal- Chris Verigan While most military inno- Engagement Director Guam, designed a product that lenge to test “Usually, policies are vation comes from formalized Marie Woods saves him and his team approxi- and clean already set in stone changes to doctrine and orga- Publishing and Media Design Director mately 10 minutes of daily work quickly. I coming from the top nizational structures, Air Force Chris Carlson and an estimate of $144,000 a decided Publishing and Media Design Manager down so getting to innovation is more likely to year Air Force wide. Eric Lee to come change something from come from efforts of individu- Advertising and Circulation Manager “I feel great about my idea up with als and operational units. Monte Dauphin getting to the Air Force level a proto- the working level up to Guam Area Manager “It is only through innova- because it highlights the impor- type to the top was awesome.” Kentaro Shimura tion, seeing old problems tance of our job,” said Oliver. – Tech. Sgt. Patrick Oliver Production Manager help this from a new perspective, Rie Miyoshi “Usually, policies are already process that we can overcome Engagement Manager set in stone coming from the top go quicker the ever-present con- Denisse Rauda down so getting to change some- and more ef- Publishing and Media Design Editor straints of manpow- thing from the working level up ficiently.” Publishing and Media Design Writers er, time, money ChiHon Kim to the top was awesome.” Being that Guam Shoji Kudaka and shortening Takahiro Takiguchi NDI specialists find the is a remote island, re- the arc towards Layout Designers smallest imperfections and take ceiving supplies can Mamoru Inoue progress,” said Yukiyo Oda the corrective measures needed be costly and limited. Yuko Okazaki to keep Andersen’s equipment Finding resources Sherrill. “That Kayoko Shimoda is why airmen, Multimedia Consultants working safely. Andersen hosts that are on island or Max Genao Doug Johnson large scale exercises annually can be made here like Sergeant Brian Jones Jason Lee Oliver, who Hans Simpson Chae Pang Yi that have many aircraft from all eliminates these ob- Gianni Youn Robert Zuckerman over the world that participate stacles. embody the in- Graphic Designers novative spirit Kenichi Ogasawara Yosuke Tsuji and each aircraft has to undergo “Sergeant Oliver’s are so crucial to Sales Support testing for discrepancies. Oliver re-useable oil analysis Kazumi Hasegawa Hiromi Isa explained how they take the oil caps are locally man- an Air Force or- Ichiro Katayanagi Yoko Noro Yusuke Sato Saori Tamanaha samples from the aircraft and ufactured making our ganization. They Toshie Yoshimizu Un Chong Yu put them into fluid holders that unit, and now Air Force keep us pushing Distributors Joe Guzman are then inserted into a machine units as a whole, more forward, challeng- John Wesley called the Spectroil M Oil Anal- self-sufficient and thus ing our old ways of ysis Unit for the test. more agile and more lethal,” thinking and refusing For feedback and inquiries, contact [email protected] “Say we get an abundance said Maj. Stacey Sherrill, to accept the status of aircraft here for an exercise commander of the 36th MXS. quo. They keep us To place an ad, call 355-5160 guam.stripes.com/contact and they decide to all fly at once, “We do not have to rely on progressing towards that will require a ton of samples an outside supplier, and that a more lethal force.” NOVEMBER 13 − NOVEMBER 26, 2020 A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC STRIPES GUAM 3 4 STRIPES GUAM A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC NOVEMBER 13 − NOVEMBER 26, 2020 Seabees cement community partnerships

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOANNA DELFIN, NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND PACIFIC

mid the COVID-19 pan- demic, Naval Facilities A Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas Seabees found time to lend a helping hand to a local Guam non-profit orga- nization at Okkodo High School in Dededo Oct. 16. Seabees from the NAVFAC Marianas Seabee Component, Facilities Engineering and Ac- quisition Division, and Naval Mo- bile Construction Battalion 133 Sailors from Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 pour and lay a cement foundation during a community worked with the Guam Amateur relations project at Okkodo High School in Dededo on Oct. 16. Baseball Association (GABA) and a local construction company at a standstill as a public health to catch their favorite local teams to enhance the school’s baseball emergency was declared, a stay- in action once group sports are field. at-home order was put into ef- permitted. “We maintain a strong de- fect, and military bases imple- “I’m very happy we had the sire to help our neighbors,” said mented preventative measures. opportunity to still build our Builder 1st Class Paul Rainey. “The Seabees and Hawaiian community relations despite the “Even as we receive mission Rock have graciously donated pandemic,” said Rainey. “I enjoy critical orders and find ourselves their time and products to make showing the community our ‘can distanced from others, we know these three bleacher pads,” said do’ spirit that we continue to cul- our specialized skills can greatly GABA President Bill Bennett. tivate and operate by.” benefit others. We saw this as a “When COVID hit, the Seabees Bennett said he was grateful great opportunity to not only weren’t able to do these outside for the help the Seabees provid- help the community, but to keep projects where they donate their ed even with their workload and our skills sharp and provide on- time. Just recently I was notified mission assignments. the-job training for our younger they were able to come out and “The U.S. military has come Sailors.” pick it back up so that was excel- out here in the last five years and Utlitiesman 3rd Class In February, Seabees began to lent news. ” have done a lot of work with us Ojohnease Fernandez and Utilitiesman 2nd Class prepare the field for work when With the three concrete pads and for us, including the Sea- Albert Cavazos lay a cement Guam was hit with its first cas- completed, the organization will bees,” he said. “We’re really, re- foundation. es of COVID-19 and the project place bleachers on them to pro- ally happy that they’re able to was halted. The island seemed vide baseball audiences a place give their time.” NOVEMBER 13 − NOVEMBER 26, 2020 A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC STRIPES GUAM 5 6 STRIPES GUAM A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC NOVEMBER 13 − NOVEMBER 26, 2020

www.guampedia.com GET TO KNOW GUAM A VILLAGE PROFILE COURTESY OF GUAMPEDIA Editor’s note: The U.S. territory of Guam is comprised of 19 villages, many with their own distinct character, history and points of interest. Stripes Guam and Guampedia have joined forces to present this weekly feature on each of them in the hopes that it will help our readers get out – and get to know – our gracious hosts. To learn more about Guam’s people, history, culture and places, visit: guampedia.com Talofofo (Talo’fo’fo) God’s Country

Talofofo Bay was also the site of the eastern land- ing of Japanese forces during the invasion of Guam on December 10, 1941, when a detachment meant to land at Ylig Bay in Yona mistakenly landed at Talo- fofo Bay instead. The detachment marched north to Hagåtña to meet the other landing forces. This historic photo shows Talofofo Bay where Carolinians landed during a 1788 voyage to trade for iron. This was the first such trade In April and May of 1944, the American forces first mission to Guam since the Chamorro-Spanish Wars, a century earlier. Photo by Balthazar Aguon, courtesy of Guampedia started preparing for the invasion of the Marianas, including bombing raids over Guam and Saipan. On April 8, the submarine USS Seahorse torpedoed BY LEO BABAUTA, Pigpug settlement near Talofofo Bay, and this church the 6,780-ton Japanese converted submarine tender GUAMPEDIA became the center of the new Christian community. Aratama Maru near the eastern coast of Guam, and The settlement never grew very large in size or the burning ship made it into Talofofo Bay, sinking he village probably derives its name from the prominence, although Talofofo Bay was the site of a three days later. phrase “entalo’ i fe’fo’,” which means between few notable landings. One such landing was in 1788 From August 1944 to September 1945, after the T the cliffs. It’s possible that the name is derived of a large group of islanders from Lamotrek in the Americans recaptured Guam from the Japanese, from another word, “fo’fo’,” which means a bubbling Caroline Islands, who arrived in canoes on a trading the military government built the new community of spring. As the Talofofo River and the Talofofo Falls are mission to obtain iron. It was the first such expedition Talofofo in the hills where it now stands. located in the village, the name could mean “between since inter-island trade had come to a halt due to the In the northern part of Ipan, a Flight Personnel Re- the bubbling springs.” Spanish-Chamorro Wars one hundred years before. habilitation Camp was built in 1945, with a beer gar- The Spanish-Chamorro Wars were a series of rebel- den, softball diamonds, volleyball courts, and horse- lions by some of the Chamorros against Catholic in- shoe pitching pits. Later, a salt-water swimming pool doctrination many years before. was built. After providing for nearly 10,000 officers Village history After several months, the Carolinians departed and soldiers, the camp was devastated in 1949 by Ty- for Lamotrek with iron and trade goods, but it later phoon Allen. The original pre-Spanish inhabitants of Talofofo turned out that they never reached home and were In 1951, the San Miguel Church was constructed in lived mostly in settlements along the Talofofo and probably hit by a storm. Don Luis de Torres, a Span- the main village. While Talofofo had previously been Ugum rivers, although artifacts have been found in the ish-Chamorro military officer, travelled to Woleai in a part of the municipality of Inarajan under the mu- Talofofo Caves, perhaps suggesting that people used 1804 to reassure the Carolines that their peers had nicipalities established in 1920 by the pre-war U.S. the caves for shelter during typhoons. not died at the hands of the Spanish. Carolinians sub- government, Talofofo soon became a municipality of In 1672, Spanish Jesuit priest Father Diego Luis de sequently resumed their annual trading voyages to its own after the war. San Vitores ordered a church to be constructed at the Guam. In 1972, two hunters from Talofofo, Jesus M. Due-

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nas and Manuel Degracia, discovered and captured a Japanese soldier named Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi who had been living in the jungles of Guam for twenty-eight years. Yokoi’s incredible story quickly spread around the world. Instead of allowing himself to be captured by American forces in 1944, Yokoi and ten others hid in the hills of Talofofo. Yokoi was the only survivor, making clothing from the fibers of wild hibiscus plants and surviving on a diet of coconuts, breadfruit, papayas, snails, eels, and rats. He lived in a tunnel-like, underground cave in a bamboo grove not far from Talofofo Falls. After he was discovered, Yokoi became a celebrity, after near- ly three decades of seclusion. He died in 1997 at the age of eighty-two. Points of interest Institutions Local hikers enter one of the Talofofo Caves to explore and study artifacts such as lusongs, stone mortars, and pictographs, left by ancient Notre Dame High School Chamorros. Photo by Nathalie Pereda, courtesy of Guampedia Nestled in the hillside of Talofofo village, Notre Dame High School established on Guam in 1968 by the Jeff’s Pirates Cove School Sisters of Notre Dame, is one of three Catholic Now a landmark on Guam, this popular establish- high schools on Guam, but the only co-educational fa- ment features a bar and grill with local food, a gift cility. shop, a small museum, and recreational grounds that has been owned by Jeff Pleadwell since 1979. Numer- Talofofo Elementary School ous concerts have been held there, along with a semi- Constructed in 1965, Talofofo Elementary School, annual arts and crafts fair, weddings, and other parties. remains the only public school servicing the elemen- A previous owner was said to have found evidence of Talofofo Bay was also the site of the eastern land- tary-aged children of this close-knit southern village. Malay pirates having stayed in the area, inspiring the ing of Japanese forces during the invasion of Guam Cove’s name, but in 1962 Typhoon Karen wiped out all on December 10, 1941, when a detachment meant to traces of the Malay village, including a pirate ship scu- land at Ylig Bay in Yona mistakenly landed at Talo- ba divers discovered in 1953. fofo Bay instead. The detachment marched north to Historical Hagåtña to meet the other landing forces. Talofofo Caves Valley of the Latte In April and May of 1944, the American forces first This series of caves on the side of the cliffs of the Formerly known as the Jungle Riverboat Cruise, sce- started preparing for the invasion of the Marianas, nic boat tours of Talofofo and Ugum Rivers go to the main village of Talofofo are famous for artifacts and including bombing raids over Guam and Saipan. ancient Talofofo Village, the site of a CHamoru hut and pictographs of the ancient Chamorros. On April 8, the submarine USS Seahorse torpedoed latte stones. Visitors can enjoy CHamoru cultural ac- the 6,780-ton Japanese converted submarine tender tivities, demonstrations, local food, and a petting zoo. Aratama Maru near the eastern coast of Guam, and the burning ship made it into Talofofo Bay, sinking Recreational Onward Talofofo Golf Club three days later. First Beach Designed by nine U.S. professional golfers, this From August 1944 to September 1945, after the course offers spectacular views. It features a relatively Americans recaptured Guam from the Japanese, Island residents and visitors frequent this area that flat front nine, with fairways lined by tropical trees, the military government built the new community of has about three large coral holes forming submerged flowers, and water hazards. Hole 6 is designed as a rep- Talofofo in the hills where it now stands. natural pools in the waters of a beach located in Ipan lica of Talofofo Falls and is good for scenic photo oppor- In the northern part of Ipan, a Flight Personnel Re- just before the entrance to the main Talofofo village. tunities. The back nine is more difficult but overlooks habilitation Camp was built in 1945, with a beer gar- Guam’s tropical jungle and mountains. den, softball diamonds, volleyball courts, and horse- Ipan Beach Park shoe pitching pits. Later, a salt-water swimming pool This shaded beach area features several pavilions Talofofo Falls was built. After providing for nearly 10,000 officers and barbecue pits, along with trees that keep beachgo- Located along the Ugum River, on the boundary be- ers cool even on hot days. and soldiers, the camp was devastated in 1949 by Ty- tween Talofofo and Inarajan, the Talofofo Falls are ac- This natural rock formation is called “Kissing Rock” by locals and phoon Allen. cessed by a road in Malojloj, Inarajan. At the bottom offers hikers a spectacular view of the eastern coast of Guam, In 1951, the San Miguel Church was constructed in Tongan Beach of the two-tier falls are swimming holes popular after ascending from Talofofo caves. Photo by Nathalie Pereda, the main village. While Talofofo had previously been Located along Route 4, just past Ipan Beach Park, among visitors. The falls have been turned into a courtesy of Guampedia a part of the municipality of Inarajan under the mu- this privately owned resort offers residents a camping tourist destination, with a paved road, visitor facil- nicipalities established in 1920 by the pre-war U.S. experience. The small resort includes a large pool and ities, and an entrance fee. A replica of Sgt. Yokoi’s government, Talofofo soon became a municipality of restrooms with changing areas. Several local compa- cave is nearby, as the original cave collapsed. its own after the war. nies and organizations have reserved the space for pri- In 1972, two hunters from Talofofo, Jesus M. Due- vate parties on the beach. SEE GUAM ON PAGE 8

Jeff’s Pirates Cove is a landmark on Guam, this popular establishment features a bar and grill with local food, a gift shop, a small museum, and recreational grounds that has been owned by Jeff Pleadwell since 1979. Photo by Jen Crisostomo, courtesy of Guampedia

Kids frolick in the water and shore of Ipan Beach, a popular weekend area for families and friends. Photo by Nathalie Pereda, courtesy of Guampedia 8 STRIPES GUAM A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC NOVEMBER 13 − NOVEMBER 26, 2020

GUAM: Rich in history, culture CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7

Talofofo gym. This village at a glance South of the intersection is the Seventh-day Adventist Church and Notre Dame High School. As • Population: As of the 2010 US Census, the population the road heads downhill toward the Talofofo sub- was 3,050. communities of Ipan and Talofofo Bay, it passes the • Village officials: Vicente S. Taitague, Mayor, ancient Talofofo Caves. 2009-present: Pedro D. Paulino, Mayor, 2005-2009; Sitting below the hills of the main village is the coastal Anthony C. Leon Guerrero, Mayor, 2001-2005; Vicente community of Ipan, Talofofo. A number of secluded S. Taitague, Mayor, 1997-2001; Tito A. Mantanona, beaches and a scattering of houses, along with a gas Commissioner/Mayor, 1981-1997; Roman L.G. station, make up most of Ipan. The area also includes Quinata, Commissioner, 1969-1981; Juan C. Tenorio, Ipan Beach Park, a popular spot for barbecues. Jeff’s Commissioner, 1961-1969; Jose P. Cruz, Commissioner, Pirates Cove is located on the northern border of Ipan 1952-1961; Vicente Cepeda, Castro Commissioner, 1941- Governer Camacho and Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi. Photo by Guampedia and has become an institution in the area. It is best 1944; Cayetano Aguon Quinata, Acting Commissioner, known for its relaxed-atmosphere bar and grill, along 1928-1929; Vicente Cepeda Castro, Commissioner, with a small souvenir store and an outdoor area used 1920-1928; Castro Aguon Deputy Commissioner/ directions to a location in this village inevitably starts for arts and craft fairs, concerts and other gatherings. Acting Commissioner, 1939-1941; Vicente Cepeda with this intersection, which is also at the heart of The southern boundary of Talofofo is marked by Castro Deputy Commissioner, 1917-1920. (Courtesy economic activity in Talofofo, with three corner stores the Ugum River (joined by the Talofofo River), which of Konsehelon Mahot Guåhan/the Mayor’s Council of doing business near the four-way intersection. North flows into Talofofo Bay. But as the Talofofo Bay park Guam). Note: Before World War II, the commissioners of from the intersection is the village’s Catholic church, facilities are on the southern side of the bay, the area Talofofo were appointed by the Naval governor. Starting San Miguel Church, as well as the mayor’s office and most people visit in Talofofo Bay is actually part of the in 1952, the commissioners and mayors were elected. houses, most of them similar to homes in suburban neighboring village, Inarajan. communities. • Village description: Former Mayor Tito Mantanona coined the name “God’s Country” for Talofofo, a East from the intersection is the Onward Talofofo nickname affectionately used by many residents and Golf Course, after which the road intersects with See more of what Guam has to offer at: seen on signs throughout the village. At the heart Route 17, locally known as Cross Island Road. of Talofofo is a four-way intersection recognized as West from the intersection are more houses and GUAM.STRIPES.COM the crossroads of this small village. Anyone giving Talofofo Elementary School, a sports field, and the

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12 STRIPES GUAM A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC NOVEMBER 13 − NOVEMBER 26, 2020 A Taste of Guam The 3 ‘R’s to good eating – Restaurants, Reviews & Recipes

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Stuffing Cranberry -Orange Relish Ingredients: • 2 medium oranges • 4 cups fresh cranberries (1 pound) Roasted Turkey... • 2 cups sugar • 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts Turkey the Guam Firehouse Cook Way!! Directions: BY RUEBEN OLIVAS, • 1 tablespoon of Kosher Salt 1. With a vegetable peeler, remove the orange portion only, of the BBQGUAM • 1 tablespoon of granulated onion power peel of one orange; set aside. • 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley, fine grind 2. Using a sharp knife, completely peel and section both oranges. e love • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, medium grind Be careful to remove all the bitter white pith on the underside roasted • 1/4 teaspoon Accent (MSG) - optional of the peel and the membrane between each orange section. 3. Using a food processor or blender with a coarse blade, grind turkey. And W reserved orange peel, orange sections, and cranberries. we don’t wait for the Directions: 4. Stir in sugar and nuts. holidays in order 1. Chop the parsley or crush it between your 5. Chill for several hours or overnight before serving. to enjoy it either. fingers to make it small enough to mix Sometimes we will well with the other ingredients. Combine – Defense Commissary Agency all ingredients and mix thoroughly. If you BBQ the turkey low need larger amounts, just double or triple and slow, especially the ingredient amounts. on a Kettle grill 2. Set turkey on a roasting rack inside the which seems to work roasting pan (must have cover). Stuffing Walnut, Apple Stuffing out perfect for this. 3. Use two packages of Lipton’s Onion Soup/ So we wanted to Dip mix. Sprinkle one over the turkey. The Ingredients: share with everyone other mix into 4 cups of water, minimum, • 1 cup shredded carrot our recipe for cooking a delicious, moist and and pour into the bottom of the roasting pan. You may need to add more water • 1 cup chopped crispy turkey. during cooking. Do not allow the water to celery First things first... completely evaporate while roasting. • 1/2 cup chopped It is very important to defrost the turkey 4. Place one stick of butter into the cavity of onion in refrigerator until completely thawed. This the turkey. • 1/2 cup butter or may take 2 days or more. 5. Place one stick of butter, ½ stick to each margarine • 1 teaspoon Soak turkey in brine overnight in the side, into the water of the roasting pan. ground sage 6. Preheat oven to 325 F. refrigerator. Use a container large enough or poultry 7. Follow the cooking times for the turkey on for the turkey and brine. seasoning the package. • 1/2 teaspoon salt 8. Cook covered for half the recommended Recipe for Brine: • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon time and uncovered for the rest of the Ingredients: • 8 cups dry bread cubes time. This will ensure a thoroughly cooked • 2 cups finely chopped, peeled apple • 1 gallon water turkey that is also well browned. • 1-1/2 cups of kosher salt • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 9. Baste the turkey from time to time, while • 1/4 cup wheat germ • 2 cups of brown sugar roasting, to get that shiny glaze on the • 1/2 to 3/4 cup chicken broth • Stir until seasoning is dissolved skin. The butter in the water also helps Directions: crisp the skin. 1. In a skillet, cook carrot, celery and onion in butter or margarine until Directions: 10. Use a meat thermometer. tender but not brown. 1. Adjust the brine to your individual taste. 11. For a turkey with stuffing, insert meat 2. Stir in sage or poultry seasoning, salt, cinnamon and 1/8 teaspoon More salt, more brown sugar?? thermometer into the center of the stuffing pepper. 2. The brine ensures a very moist turkey as in the turkey cavity. The reading should be 3. In a large mixing bowl, combine bread cubes, chopped apple, well as getting the seasoning to soak no less than 165 F. walnuts and wheat germ. Add cooked vegetable mixture. thoroughly into the meat, thus enhancing 12. For a turkey without stuffing, insert meat 4. Drizzle with enough chicken broth to moisten, tossing lightly. the flavor. thermometer into the thickest part of the 5. Use to stuff one 10-pound turkey. May also be baked as dressing – 3. Next day take turkey out of the brine and thigh, not on the bone. The reading should bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. allow to drain for about ½ hour in the be no less than 185 F. Yields: 10 servings refrigerator. The refrigerator will dry out 13. Once you reach these temperatures, take the skin and will give the roasted turkey a the turkey out of the oven and let it rest for – Defense Commissary Agency crispier skin. about ½ hour. 4. Rub bird down, inside and out, with olive oil 14. If the wing tips and drumstick tips or any or canola oil. other part of the turkey start to get too 5. Apply a medium amount of Santa Maria dark while roasting, cover those parts with rub. Make sure that you rub under the skin tin foil to avoid burning. of the turkey in the breast area. 15. Use the turkey drippings in the roasting pan for your gravy. Recipe for Rub: Ingredients: I hope you enjoy my roast turkey recipe. • 1 tablespoon sea salt • 1 tablespoons granulated garlic powder – bbqguam.blogspot.jp NOVEMBER 13 – NOVEMBER 26, 2020 OF STRIPES GUAM TASTE GUA A 3 M

Turkey Bird Basics 101 How much turkey to buy Plan on 1 pound per person for a regular bone-in turkey; about 1/3 Smoked & Grilled pound per person for a boneless breast or turkey roast. Allow more, if you want plenty of leftovers, or to accommodate guests who favor only white or only dark meat. Turkey As with all raw meat, turkey can spoil quickly if not handled prop- erly, so make the commissary the last stop on your holiday shopping BY ANNETTE “ANNIE” MERFALEN, trip. And make the turkey the last item placed in your grocery cart. At ANNIE’S CHAMORRO KITCHEN home, place the turkey in the refrigerator or freezer immediately.

urkey doesn’t have to be served don’t think there’s a “wrong way” to only during Thanksgiving or How to thaw turkey safely place the turkey into the bucket, but I other holiday meal. Chamorros In the refrigerator: Turkeys can be thawed using one of three meth- T like to place it with the legs pointing ods, but the safest, most foolproof, and most recommended is to thaw love to BBQ, but occasionally, we like to up so that most of the turkey meat is them in the refrigerator. In addition to being the safest method, this smoke and grill a turkey instead of the submerged in the brine. Of course, you traditional BBQ fare of ribs and chicken. could just add more water to the bucket will also result in the best finished product. Whether baking, frying, grilling or until the bird is completely drowned. ;) Plan ahead and allow about 24 hours for every 4 to 5 pounds smoking a turkey, I recommend brining - Pour in the two gallons of ice cubes of bird weight. Place the turkey, in the original wrapper, on a the turkey at least 24 hours prior to — about 2 shallow-rimmed baking sheet or platter in the refrigerator. cooking. Brining not only adds flavor pitcherfulas. - Place the lid on to the turkey, but it seals in the juices • Refrigerator Turkey Thawing Time (40 degrees F) the bucket (if Turkey Weight Days to Allow for Thawing Turkey during the cooking process, yielding an yours doesn’t 8 to 12 pounds 2 to 2.5 days incredibly moist, juicy, tasty turkey. come with a lid, 12 to 16 pounds 2.5 to 4 days use aluminum 16 to 20 pounds 4 to 5 days Ingredients: foil to cover it) 20 to 24 pounds 5 to 6 days • 1 turkey, about 12-15 pounds then place the For the Brine: bucket in the The Cold Water Method: If you need to thaw the turkey more • 2 gallons water refrigerator. Let quickly, use this method. Cover the turkey, still sealed in the origi- • 1 cup sea salt the turkey soak nal wrapper, with cold water. Change the cold water every 30 min- • 2 tablespoons rosemary-garlic mix (or in the brine for at utes. Allow about 30 minutes per pound for complete thawing. 1 tablespoon rosemary, 1 tablespoon least 24 hours. garlic powder) • 1 tablespoon dried sage 2. Smoke/Grill the turkey. • COLD Water Turkey Thawing Time Turkey Weight Hours to Allow for Thawing Turkey • 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns - After 24 hours, remove the turkey from the 8 to 12 pounds 4 to 6 hours • 1 tablespoon dried thyme leaves brine. Chop up 2 apples and 1 onion, 12 to 16 pounds 6 to 8 hours • 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes and peel the skin/paper off each clove in 16 to 20 pounds 8 to 10 hours • 2 bay leaves an entire head of garlic. 20 to 24 pounds 10 to 12 hours • 4 tablespoons good quality honey - Stuff the apple, onion and garlic mixture • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar into the cavity of the turkey. • 1 tablespoon powdered chicken bouillon - Place the turkey in the smoker/grill. Follow The Microwave Method: Even though thawing can be safely done • 1 orange, sliced the smoking/grilling directions for your in the microwave, it is the least desired method for producing a good- • 2 limes, sliced smoker. I have a Traeger smoker/grill quality finished product, and the turkey must be roasted immediately • 1 medium onion, sliced that has automatic temperature settings. after thawing. Follow your microwave manufacturer’s directions for • 1 gallon ice cubes Here are the procedures for using thawing. Roast the turkey immediately, once thawing is complete. Stuffing: a grill (like a Traeger) that • 1 medium onion, sliced has automatic temperature 3 hours • 2 apples, cut into wedges of settings. smoking How long to cook oven roasted turkey • 1 whole head of garlic - After turning on Cook until temperature reaches 170 degrees Fahrenheit in the the grill, set it to breast and 180 F in the thigh. Cooking times are for planning purposes Directions: 450 degrees; let only - always use a meat thermometer to determine doneness. (Ap- 1. Make the brine. the heat build proximate Timetable for Roasting a Turkey at 325 degrees F) - Place one gallon up for about of water into a 15 minutes. 8 hours Unstuffed Turkey Time to Cook Stuffed Turkey Time to Cook large pot. Turn the heat of - Add the sea salt to back down to smoking 8 to 12 pounds 23/4 to 3 hours 8 to 12 pounds 3 to 31/2 hours the pot of water. the Smoke 12 to 14 pounds 3 to 33/4 hours 12 to 14 pounds 31/2 to 4 hours - Add the herbs/ setting then 14 to 18 pounds 33/4 to 41/4 hours 14 to 18 pounds 4 to 41/4 hours spices and bay place the turkey 18 to 20 pounds 41/4 to 41/2 hours 18 to 20 pounds 41/4 to 43/4 hours leaves to the pot. on the grill, 20 to 24 pounds 41/2 to 5 hours 20 to 24 pounds 43/4 to 51/4 hours - Add the honey. smoking it for 24 to 30 pounds 5 to 51/4 hours 24 to 30 pounds 51/4 to 61/4hours - Add the brown approximately 9 sugar. hours. – Defense Commissary Agency - Add the chicken seasoning. NOTE: If you want to cut down the cooking - Give it a stir then time, do NOT stuff the turkey until about bring the mixture one hour from being done. An un- Tips for choosing and preparing to a boil. stuffed turkey cooks faster than a cooked a holiday turkey - Pour the brine into a one. If you decide NOT to stuff the Set yourself up for success with two simple rules: stick to the ba- clean bucket (we turkey, smoke it for 6 hours instead of 9. sics and start with great quality meat. If possible uses a turkey with bought a PBA-free This is what the turkey looked like no antibiotics or animal by-product in feed. Choose turkeys from bucket at Lowe’s). after 3 hours of smoking. farms that have achieved Global Animal Partnership 5-Step Animal - Add the sliced limes, After 8 hours of smoking, turn the Welfare Rating so you know your holiday bird was raised with care. orange and onion heat up to 275 degrees and grill the For the juiciest, most flavorful meat, start with a fresh organic tur- to the bucket. My turkey for one more hour or until the skin key and layer in flavor with a simple brine or herb rub. Try a brine kit, daughter was turns a nice dark brown color. being funny If you don’t own a smoker/grill, bake such as one from 365 Everyday Value, and then stuff chopped herbs and called this the turkey at 325 degrees using the chart under the skin before roasting. If you like bronzed, crispy skin, blast “turkey punch”. ;) below as a basic guide. your turkey with heat at the beginning or end of cooking, breast side - Let the brine cool up. Roast until your meat thermometer reads 165 degrees Farenheit. completely Serve with your favorite side dishes. Once done, let your turkey rest for 30 minutes before carving so before adding I recommend Chamorro Red Rice, juices redistribute. This locks in moisture and makes for smoother the turkey. carving. It’s all about knowing where your turkey came from and the - Remove the giblets Chamorro Stuffing and Fina’denne’. and neck from Enjoy! best way to lock in its juices and flavor. the cavity of the turkey. Rinse well then add the turkey to the cooled brine. I – www.annieschamorrokitchen.com – StatePoint STRIPES GUAM OF NOVEMBER 13 – NOVEMBER 26, 2020 TASTE GUA A 4 M

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Thinking small at the Pentagon

DOD to open school focused entirely on beating drones Page 2

U.S. Army Sgt. Gage Stancell, center, looks through binoculars as Sgt. Gentry Squier describes where he saw a drone during an unmanned aerial system training exercise at Irbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in April.

ANGEL RUSZKIEWICZ/U.S. Army PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 13, 2020

COVER STORY Pentagon to open new school aimed at beating drones

BY COREY DICKSTEIN American troops in places such Stars and Stripes as Iraq and Syria by Islamic State militants who used devices WASHINGTON — The Pen- such as commercial quad-copter tagon wants to open a new school drones to drop grenades or other in the coming years specifically explosives. Defense officials to teach troops to spot and kill have said other groups, includ- small enemy drones, as the mili- ing the Taliban in Afghanistan, tary seeks a uniform approach have used small drones in recent to defeating the small unmanned years to watch American troop aircraft, which officials have movements. labeled a growing battlefield In testimony before the House threat. Armed Service Committee in The Army-led Joint Coun- March, Marine Gen. Kenneth ter-Small Unmanned Aircraft McKenzie, leader of the U.S. Systems Office hopes to open the Central Command, warned new counter-small UAS academy small drones were among the in 2024 at Fort Sill, Okla., where most worrying threats that he it will become part of the Army’s ANGEL RUSZKIEWICZ/U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, said has seen in the region in recent Army Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, history. Sgt. Gentry Squier points a dronebuster at a drone during training exercise at Irbil Air Base, Iraq, in April. the leader of that new office. “The growing threat posed Gainey’s new Arlington, Va.- by UASs, coupled with our lack linkages or commonality to drone models that weigh less unmanned systems without based office was opened earlier of dependable … capabilities to counter-UAS training across the than 20 pounds, to unmanned interrupting friendly or noncom- this year as Pentagon officials counter them is the most con- [Defense] Department,” Mor- aircraft up to about 1,300 batant drones, Gainey said. placed an increased emphasis on cerning tactical development in gan said Friday during a virtual pounds, such as Russia’s Forpost “We’re at the point now where the issue of small, often off-the- the CENTCOM [region] since the briefing for the defense industry reconnaissance drones. we can talk to industry about rise of the improvised explosive shelf drones that have been used on his office. “Every service So far, Gainey said the pri- our requirements and lay out device,” McKenzie said in his against U.S. troops in the Middle is executing service-specific mary methods to defeat such to industry [that] these are the prepared remarks before the East and Afghanistan in recent training. The average soldier, aircraft is through electronic requirements that weren’t part of committee. airman or Marine lacks adequate warfare measures, often via years. the original set of [counter-UAS] “The [small drone] threat is Among the issues that troops counter-UAS training.” drone-killing weapons that use equipment that we want your evolving,” Gainey said recently. face in the fight against small The Pentagon has turned to lasers or microwave signals to help with, and that we want you “Having a synergy at the [future] drones is a scatter-shot, service- the Army and Gainey’s new of- disrupt the communications schoolhouse will help the force specific approach to defeating fice to develop those tactics and link between the drone and its to bring to our test ranges and understand how to get after this them, said Lt. Col. Dave Morgan, strategies for the entire military operators. show us what you’re doing to get problem.” who works in the Joint Coun- to adopt to defeat intelligence- The Army hopes it can work after this capability-focus area,” The issue has emerged in ter-Small Unmanned Aircraft gathering and armed drones with the defense industry to he said. recent years as military offi- Systems Office. in categories ranging from the quickly develop new anti-drone [email protected] cials have reported attacks on “There are currently no joint smallest, typically off-the-shelf weapons that can target enemy Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Pararescueman awarded Silver Star for actions

BY CHAD GARLAND as from other areas.” capabilities. at the annual event hosted by the Armed Stars and Stripes Eight U.S. troops were critically injured “The [people] there, myself and other Services YMCA were: in the attack along with three Afghan guys who were able to do treatment did Sgt. 1st Class Kyle J. Wagner, a com- Staff Sgt. Nicholas Brunetto never soldiers, an Air Force statement said. For an amazing job and were able to keep ev- bat medic who treated casualties from a expected to receive an award for his ac- one of the wounded, Brunetto realized that eryone [who] was injured alive,” Brunetto bomb blast in June 2013 despite his own tions in combat with a Special Forces team a blood transfusion was the only hope to said. ambushed in Afghanistan earlier this year. injuries from the explosion. save him, it said. The attack occurred in Nangarhar prov- Petty Officer 1st Class William A. “A lot of it was just being there and “Without regard for his own personal ince, after the joint U.S.-Afghan force met McGrath, a Navy corpsman who helped doing the job that I had volunteered for,” safety, [Brunetto] maneuvered back with local leaders in the capital of Sherzad the pararescueman through incoming fire to retrieve vital district, U.S. military officials had said at repel an enemy attack on a military said in an Air Force medical equipment,” said a statement the time. airfield in Kenya where American troops video . On Oct. 29, he from the 23rd Wing at Moody Air Force All of the troops that Brunetto treated were based and helped save the life of a received the Silver Base, Ga. survived, 23rd Wing spokeswoman An- wounded teammate last January. Star Medal for his Brunetto again braved enemy fire to drea Jenkins said via email, but two other A Navy SEAL whose name and mis- lifesaving efforts in help carry several of the 11 wounded Americans were killed in the incident. sion were withheld due to the sensitive February. troops to an extraction point for helicopter Earlier this year, officials also said one nature of his deployment, but who had The Americans and evacuation, it said. Afghan was killed. tended to more than 200 patients during their Afghan col- Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, commander The American soldiers, Staff Sgt. Anto- an overseas mission from 2019 to 2020. leagues were packing of the 15th Air Force, who presented nio Rey Rodriguez and Green Beret Staff Coast Guard rescue swimmer Petty up their gear during Brunetto with the medal for combat valor, Sgt. Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, both with Officer 2nd Class James A. Chandler, the Feb. 8 mission praised his heroism, self-discipline, and 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group Brunetto when they came based in Houston, who saved a woman’s the training and leadership. (Airborne), at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., life by performing CPR for over 30 under machine-gun fire from an Afghan “Today, we recognize the courage he were the last U.S. combat deaths in the minutes during Tropical Storm Imelda in army soldier, said Brunetto, a member of had to act,” Franks said. “Nobody would country this year, which came just weeks 2019. the 38th Rescue Squadron. deny Nick’s selfless service to America before the signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace “There was enough dust kicked up from and his team that day.” agreement. Regina Benson, a 100-year-old in Vir- everyone running and the shooting that Brunetto thanked his chain of com- For his bravery that day, Brunetto was ginia believed to be the oldest living Army you could not tell who was actually shoot- mand, his team, his wife and his family for also one of five service members named nurse, was also honored at the event. ing,” he said. “You could see muzzle blasts their support, and credited advancements “Angels of the Battlefield” in a virtual [email protected] still coming from the machine gun, as well in battlefield medicine with providing vital awards gala Oct. 28 . The other honorees Twitter: @chadgarland Friday, November 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3

MILITARY New Air Force ‘G-suit’ modified for women

BY WYATT OLSON The test pilots also evaluated Stars and Stripes the suits during regular activities such as sitting, standing, walking The Air Force’s anti-gravity and climbing into and out of the suit is designed for an elite group aircraft, the Air Force said. of airmen and astronauts who fly Test pilot Capt. Brittany at super, blood-blocking speeds. Trimble, an F-16 Fighting Falcon But the “G-suit” donned by Air instructor pilot, found the darted Force aviators since going into waist a noticeable improvement. use in 2001 was designed to fit “I honestly didn’t expect to a standard male body type, and notice much of a difference its shortcomings have become because I’d never noticed sig- clear with the growing number nificant issues with the [G-suit] of female fighter pilots who now sizes before, but I was pleasantly wear one. surprised that these upgrades in- Late last month, five female creased [the suit’s] functionality fighter pilots tested a modified significantly under G,” she said version of the so-called advanced in the news release. technology anti-gravity suit that “As more women strap into is designed to better fit women fast jets to get the mission done, or any male pilot with an atypi- I think the Air Force is heading cal build, the Air Force said in a in the right direction,” Trimble news release. said. G-suits, sometimes called anti- The modified G-suit could G suits, are designed to prevent be available to pilots within a pilot from blacking out during one to two years based on the high levels of acceleration force Air Force’s current acquisition that cause blood to pool in the /U.S. Air Force protocol, Sharon Rogers, the lead lower part of the body, leaving SAVANAH BRAY test engineer, said in the news the brain starved of blood and First Lt. Elizabeth Pennell, a T-38 pilot, steps into an F-16D Fighting Falcon at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., release. oxygen. Inflatable bladders push while testing a modified version of the Air Force’s G-suit in late October. “These tests are important blood toward the torso and exert because they will ultimately in- pressure on the lungs. a shorter torso have had issues preventing both of those issues.” air battle managers. crease the lethality of those who The new version of the suit has with [G-suits] that were too large Congress gave women the The female pilots testing the no longer have their mask slip been modified in two major ways. riding up and causing bruising green light to pilot combat modified suits flew almost 20 down during a sortie, their G-suit First, it has wider lacing panels on the rib cages, while pilots who aircraft in December 1991, and sorties Oct. 26-30 in two-seat crunch under their waist, or the in the waist, thigh and calf that are hard-to-fit may have had one in April 1993, then-Secretary F-16D fighter jets out of Eglin Air extra fabric of a too big anti-ex- allow the user to adjust it to vary- size that fits through the legs, but of Defense Les Aspin lifted Force Base, Fla. They conducted posure suit get in the way of their ing body proportions. need a smaller size in the waist,” the Pentagon’s prohibition on low- and high-G basic fighter ma- movements in the jet,” Trimble Second, the suit comes with an Charles Cruze, a human systems women taking combat aircraft neuvers and specific movements said. “These don’t seem like big option for a tailored, or “darted,” division engineer with the Air assignments. intended to evaluate the modifi- issues, but everything counts in waist that does not interfere with Force Life Cycle Management According to the Air Force’s cations, the Air Force said. the air, and having gear that fits a waist bladder that inflates dur- Center, said in the news release. Personnel Center statistics, the A pilot wearing a standard and works as intended should be ing maneuvers with high G-force, “Now, the waist can be darted service has just over 800 female G-suit occupied the jet’s second the standard.” the Air Force said. up to 3.75 inches, allowing for a pilots, with another roughly 580 seat to ensure safety during the [email protected] “In the past, some pilots with more custom and accurate fit, women serving as navigators or testing, the Air Force said. Twitter: @WyattWOlson USAF’s new rescue helos have roots in Vietnam War

BY WYATT OLSON overall improvements over its predecessor, Stars and Stripes including better defensive system, hover performance, electrical capacity, avionics, The first pair of the Air Force’s new cooling, weapons and cybersecurity, the “Jolly Green” rescue helicopters — an Air Force said. aircraft with a legacy tracing back to the The helicopter’s primary mission will be Vietnam War — arrived earlier this month conducting operations into hostile environ- at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. ments to recover isolated personnel during The 23rd Wing and 347th Rescue Group war, both day and night, the Air Force received two HH-60W Jolly Green II heli- said. copters, flown in from Lockheed Martin’s It will also be employed for non-war- Sikorsky Training Academy in Stuart, fighting operations such as civil search Fla., the Air Force said in a news release. and rescue, medical evacuation, disaster The service in February unveiled the response, humanitarian assistance, NASA name of its new combat rescue helicopter, space-flight support and rescue command which follows the tradition of the Vietnam- and control, the Air Force said. era HH-3E Jolly Green and the HH-53 The Air Force developed the origi- Super Jolly Green. The original chopper nal HH-3E helicopter, dubbed the Jolly ANDREA JENKINS/U.S. Air Force earned its nickname from a mashup of Green Giant by U.S. troops, by modify- its green exterior paint and a toga-clad, ing Sikorsky’s CH-3 transport helicopter. An HH-60W Jolly Green II taxis at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., on Nov. 5. The Air green-hued cartoon giant featured in a The choppers entered the Vietnam War Force received two of the helicopters, marking the beginning of a transition away from 1960s-era canned-vegetable advertising carrying armor plating and armament for the HH-60G Pave Hawk model. campaign. its primary mission of combat search and The delivery of the two helicopters rescue of downed airmen. awarded 24 Air Force Crosses, more than and present,” Barrett said. marks the beginning of the service’s tran- With a watertight hull, the chopper 190 Silver Stars one Medal of Honor dur- “Americans owe these courageous air- sition away from the HH-60G Pave Hawk could land on water, and its large rear door ing the Vietnam War. men the very best equipment,” she said. model, which airmen have been flying for it could be easily loaded and unloaded. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett “The new combat rescue helicopter, the more than 26 years, the Air Force said. With aerial-refueling capability, it also underscored the importance of the crews HH-60W, improves range and survivabil- The service will continue to use Pave had range, setting a record for helicopters operating combat search and rescue Hawks until the planned acquisition of 108 in 1967 by flying nonstop from New York missions during the February naming ity for safer search and rescue operations Jolly Green IIs is complete, the Air Force to Paris, according to the National Mu- ceremony in Orlando, Fla. everywhere, every time.” said. seum of the U.S. Air Force. “Reviving the Jolly Green name honors [email protected] The Jolly Green II features many Crewmen of the HH-3 choppers were our combat search and rescue crews past Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 13, 2020

MILITARY Afghan pilot in hiding after DOD backtracks on US entry

BY J.P. LAWRENCE status for noncitizens in need of Stars and Stripes protection. He hoped to apply for asylum, which can take years, KABUL, Afghanistan — A while safely in the United States. helicopter pilot reputed to have Documents show he passed killed more Taliban than anyone several background checks, and else in the Afghan air force is in hiding after the Pentagon re- on Oct. 5, the Pentagon endorsed versed its decision to approve his his application. move to the United States. “Applicant and his family are In early October, the U.S. in imminent danger of being Citizenship and Immigration killed by the Taliban,” said the Service and the Defense Depart- document, signed by Assistant ment approved Maj. Mohammed Secretary of Defense Ezra Naiem Asadi’s request to seek Cohen. “Threat to applicant is refuge in America, along with directly related to faithful execu- his wife and 4-year-old daughter, tion of the job he was trained, because they were in “imminent equipped and advised by the U.S. danger of being killed by the to do.” Taliban,” approval documents But the day he was supposed to and emails shared with Stars and leave, Asadi said his appointment Stripes show. at the U.S. Embassy was can- But on Oct. 28, just hours celed. No reason was given. before they were to about to He then received a phone call leave, Asadi was told plans had from the Afghan air force’s com- changed. He would learn the Pentagon had withdrawn its mander, demanding Asadi report endorsement. to his office. He hadn’t told his The Pentagon had indeed command he applied to a U.S. approved Asadi’s application to program to leave the country. seek refuge in America, said a RESOLUTE SUPPORT/DVIDS He did not report, concerned DOD official who could not be he could be deemed a deserter named due to not being autho- In a screenshot from a 2017 NATO Resolute Support video, then-Capt. Mohammad Naiem Asadi talks by those who didn’t know or care rized to comment on the case. about flying helicopters for the Afghan Air Force. Now a major, Asadi and his family had been approved that he was applying through of- The military changed its stance to come to the U.S. for their protection until the Pentagon reversed its endorsement of their exit. ficial channels, and fearing that after a few senior leaders had ob- he would be thrown in prison he can return to his old life out jected that this decision had been among the Taliban. of fear of both the Taliban and made without their approval, the He learned later the Pen- retribution from the Afghan official said. tagon had placed his case on government. The U.S. military confirmed hold, before withdrawing the The 32-year-old flier is said to Nov. 6 it had pulled its support endorsement. have killed more Taliban than for Asadi and his family. “We were the ones who raised “The appropriate officials any other pilot in the Afghan Air our hands and said, ‘we’re not determined that DoD could Force during thousands of flight quite sure we checked all the not support the request,” Army hours, Afghan and U.S. military boxes when we endorsed this Maj. Rob Lodewick, a Pentagon officers told Stars and Stripes. thing,’” the defense official said. spokesman, said in an emailed Asadi protected an American “We don’t want to be put into a statement. pilot who crashed his A-29 Super position of facilitating the depar- The Pentagon’s reversal Tucano attack turboprop in ture of an active duty Afghan shocked one of the military of- northern Afghanistan this sum- military officer.” ficers who vouched for Asadi and mer, said a letter of commenda- Asadi is now somewhere in Af- had promised to host the pilot tion signed by Air Force Capt. ghanistan under U.S. protection. and his family upon arrival. Robert V. Yost. His young daughter has adapted “The family was about to Asadi led a flight of two well to life in hiding, he said, but travel to the U.S. in good faith, MD-530 attack helicopters that for him and his wife, the disap- that they had followed the proper scrambled to protect the crash QUINTON RUSS/U.S. Air Force pointment and uncertainty have process, and been approved,” site in Taliban-contested territo- Afghan pilot Maj. Mohammad Naiem Asadi receives final instructions been overwhelming. said Bryan P. McAlister, a for- ry, and Asadi’s efforts were vital before a solo flight in a MD-530 helicopter, Oct. 16, 2012 at “I cannot go backward,” Asadi mer Army pilot who was Asadi’s to the pilot’s rescue, Yost wrote. Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan. said. “And I cannot go forward, advisor. “Who is going to finally “The incident was just one because I am not allowed to go do the right thing, and let them of countless events where Maj. threats at home. Among several or his entire family would be forward.” come to the United States, where Asadi’s actions have protected threatening letters and phone killed. the American people are ready and saved lives,” he wrote. calls was one this spring, in Asadi applied to come to the Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this report. to receive and care for them?” But for all his heroics in the which the Taliban demanded U.S. under Significant Public [email protected] Asadi said there is no way air, Asadi and his family faced Asadi’s father hand over his son, Benefit Parole, a temporary Twitter: @jplawrence3 Over 5K sailors with critical skills eligible for $30,000 bonus

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY “[The bonus] rewards sailors who attain have 14 years of service or less, broken up who do not take advantage of the money Stars and Stripes training and skills most needed in the fleet into three zones. Zone A is for sailors who soon could lose out later. and helps meet critical skill reenlistment have served up to six years, Zone B is for The bonuses have also increased WASHINGTON — Some sailors are benchmarks, while enhancing [the] Navy’s service between six to 10 years, and Zone payouts for 14 skillsets but decreased the entitled to a reenlistment bonus of at least ability to size, shape, and stabilize man- C is for 10 to 14 years of service. $30,000 after the Navy added more criti- ning,” according to the Navy fact sheet on There are five bonus levels depending money for 51 others. The Navy removed cal skillsets to its eligibility list. the bonus. on the need for a specific skill: $30,000; 44 skillsets from the bonus list and left the The Navy added 78 more skillsets The Navy plans to spend slightly more $45,000; $60,000; $75,000, and $100,000. money amount the same for 107 skills, ac- eligible for the fiscal year 2021 Selective than $379 million on reenlistment bonuses Sailors will receive half of their bonus up- cording to a Navy fact sheet. Reenlistment Bonus list allowing about once the fiscal year 2021 defense budget front and the remainder will be spread out Sailors must submit their request for 5,220 additional sailors to receive the is approved, according to the service. over the rest of their enlistment, according the bonus between 35 and 120 days prior money, according to the service. The Defense Department is operating to the Navy. In addition, if a sailor reen- to their reenlistment date, the fact sheet Sailors receive a skillset code after they now under a continuing resolution while lists in a designated combat zone, they can have completed training for certain skills it waits for Congress to pass the defense receive the entire bonus tax free. states . or knowledge, such as learning a new lan- funding bill. The Navy said the service is constantly [email protected] guage or how to repair specific equipment. The bonus is only eligible for sailors who updating its bonus award levels, so sailors @caitlinmkenney Friday, November 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5

MILITARY Marines holding on to community Semper tankers spirit as 100-year legacy ends

BY CHAD GARLAND Stars and Stripes The Marine Corps is ditch- ing tanks, but its tankers are working to preserve their unique subculture, some with hopes that their special breed may one day be called on again. “We are small and we are all really cut from the same cloth,” said Maj. Ronald “JR” Valasek, an armor officer who launched a YouTube channel this summer where the tight-knit community can document its own legacy. “I will always be a tanker.” Dubbed “100 years of Marine Corps Tankers,” the channel was born days after the 4th of July, as tank com- panies were closing and their M1A1 Abrams tanks were being hauled away. The Marines who crewed them were being asked Valasek to retrain, change services or retire. PATRICK KING/U.S. Marine Corps “It’s a way for us to keep our Marines with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, track through tank trails on Camp Lejeune, N.C., for the last time July 27 . stories alive,” Valasek said in a phone interview. “The series is going to go for as long as I have for the last time. and there’s nothing we can do Berger, he said he knows the Marine Corps now envisions and interviews.” “It hurts seeing that [tank] about it.” general’s decision wasn’t made suggested it could be more likely He was inspired to launch the ramp empty. Oh, it hurts,” For- Servicewide cuts to equip- without considering its full to see combat operations where weekly video series after real- mella said. “I’ve been trying to ment, units and personnel are ramifications. The commandant armor units would be direly izing many current or former hold it together all week.” partly meant to free up money envisions a lighter, more agile needed. tankers have memories and It’s like losing a loved one, for modernization without asking Marine Corps, largely designed “I really fear the day that a feelings to share. It’s been “like said Valasek, a 17-year veteran. Congress for a bigger budget. to counter China, and has said future Marine finds himself in a therapy,” he said, adding that it Another heartbreak was know- While Valasek didn’t expect the Army would continue to bind and looks around because had spurred old friends to recon- ing he and others will retire in a tank units to be unscathed, he provide tanks and other heavy he needs a tank and there isn’t nect off-camera, too. few years without the traditional was “personally shocked” that ground systems. one there to help him,” he said. In parts oral history, pep talk ceremony on the tank ramp, none survived. But the concept raises ques- But on the YouTube channel, and eulogy, the episodes occa- standing under crossed 120 mm A veteran of the Iraq War who tions for former Marine armor several Marines have voiced spent over six months fighting in officer Dan Grazier, who an- sionally open a window into the cannons, as their mentors and what Valasek calls “tanker opti- heroes had in years past. Fallujah, he said “tanks were an ticipated several complications final days of the service’s re- mism” that the service may one The Marines got the news absolute necessity” there during from relying on another service maining tank units, slated to be day backtrack — and that it’ll in the spring, when Marine Operation Phantom Fury and for heavy armor. This is partly shuttered by 2023 — one century need Marines like them again Corps Commandant Gen. David subsequent operations. Many because tanks are a maneuver el- after the Corps received its first when it does. six M1917 tanks from the Army. Berger published a vision for the Marine infantrymen would not ement of their own in the Army, “Just because our equipment’s Master Gunnery Sgt. Daniel service’s future without heavy have made it home without them, but the Marine Corps sees them going away, our brotherhood’s Formella, operations chief at the armor and several other units. he and others say. strictly as support for infantry North Carolina-based 2nd Tank But it’s a demise that’s long been “When you need a tank, noth- forces. not. It will never die,” Formella Battalion, spoke with Valasek foretold. ing else will suffice,” Valasek A military fellow at the said. “Our stories will continue in late July, just hours after his “This day has been coming said. “I don’t know what direct nonprofit watchdog Project on through our kids … until tanks battalion’s M1A1s were loaded for … 30 years,” Chris Juhls, a fire asset is going to replace Government Oversight, Grazier come back.” onto railcars at Camp Lejeune retired gunnery sergeant, said in [tanks].” was also skeptical that the U.S. [email protected] July. “It just so happens it’s now, Still, as a former aide to would see the type of conflict the Twitter: @chadgarland More Marines choose Corps over tanks as service drops armor

BY CHAD GARLAND Up to about the end of September, that for the tankers was being done “in-house” combat engineer specialty, in part because Stars and Stripes appeared to have been the case, service within the battalions this summer, Master of stories his grandfather told of serving data show. At the time, 70% of Marines Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Formella, operations as an Army engineer during the Vietnam Most Marine tankers have chosen to who had submitted paperwork requesting chief at the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 2nd War, he said. stay in the Corps rather than join the one of the options had chosen to stay in Tank Battalion, said in July on the You- And Capt. John Neail, a company com- Army to keep on tanking in the months the Corps. Of 820 Marines, about 130 had Tube channel “100 years of Marine Corps since the top Marine general called for opted to switch to a new specialty within Tankers.” mander, was tempted to swap over to the the shuttering of heavy armor battalions the branch, 46 had requested transfer to A few Marines described their career- Army but eventually decided to become a earlier this year. another service and six had chosen early planning process in a statement the 2nd financial management officer in the Corps The service gave tank officers, enlisted retirement. Marine Division provided to Stars and after he was given no guarantee he would crew and maintainers the option to move About 650 had not requested any of the Stripes. be a tanker as a soldier, he said. into a new military specialty, retire early options by late September. About 30 Ma- After discussing his options with a “My only desire to transfer to the Army or transfer into another service by April rines whose contracts ended in fiscal year career planner, Staff Sgt. Edward Douse Jr would be to stay on the tank,” he said. “I 2022, when it would begin choosing for 2020 or were eligible for regular retire- requested jobs in the information security, wasn’t willing to risk hanging up my 8- them. ment by Oct. 1 weren’t included in the data, logistics and supply fields as his top three point (Marine hat) to put on (the Army’s) “They’re Marines,” said Chris Juhls, a said Yvonne Carlock, spokeswoman for choices, based on his interests and his retired gunnery sergeant, in a July episode Marine Manpower & Reserve Affairs. aptitude test scores, he said. patrol cap without knowing I’ll be back in of a YouTube series about the service’s With coronavirus precautions forcing Cpl. Tristen T. Stamps, a tank command- the tank.” tank community. “They’ll adapt, they’ll career services programs to close , much er with the battalion who hopes to stay [email protected] overcome, they’ll find something else.” of the transition and retention guidance in the Corps until retirement, chose the Twitter: @chadgarland PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 13, 2020

MILITARY Soldier wins Army challenge with range app

BY CHAD GARLAND said, but “nerds run the Army.” Stars and Stripes He said he chose that course be- cause it would help him develop Winning the XVIII Airborne more good ideas at this point in Corps’ first “Dragon’s Lair” his career. U.S. Army innovation challenge with an “It would be pretty cool to have During the XVIII Airborne Corps’ “Dragon’s Lair’’ innovation challenge, Capt. Michael Stevnik of the idea to improve training range HALO wings, but at the same 82nd Airborne Division pitches an idea for adding the option to reserve training ranges for smaller management by using mobile time, I’m a field-grade (officer) blocks of time in the Army’s range management system. apps earned Maj. Evan Adams ... I’m old,” the 13-year Army his choice of any Army school. He veteran said, referring to the opted for something sensible, if high-altitude, low-opening jump less action-packed. badge. The planning officer with the Besides, he’s already done 101st Airborne Division was one Airborne and Ranger schools of five finalists who presented and is likely to do Air Assault and problem-solving ideas via video Pathfinder anyway, he said. teleconference to a panel of judg- In addition to aiding range es in a competition last month at management, Adams said he was Fort Bragg, N.C. All were focused excited about the potential that on addressing headaches with the Army could develop user- training ranges. friendly mobile apps to help with Adams pitched a “RangeFind- medical readiness or to replace er” mobile application designed to the cumbersome Defense Travel help streamline the management System. and booking of weapons ranges, His idea beat out four other fi- while improving communications nalists that got the most votes out and disseminating plans, policies of the dozens of online submis- and procedures. He likened it to sions to the Dragon Innovation a Gerber multitool, which would Challenge. The initiative, backed bring several functions into one by the corps’ three-star com- pocket-sized package. mander Lt. Gen. Erik Kurilla, “We have all these tools, all is aimed at spurring creative these capabilities exist,” he told solutions from within the 3rd Stars and Stripes. “It’s just, Infantry, 10th Mountain, 82nd nobody’s combined them.” Airborne and 101st Airborne SCREENSHOT/Army innovation portal For wowing six panelists with divisions, as well as the 20th This proposed “RangeFinder” mobile application for scheduling and managing Army training ranges the idea , he got a four-day liberty Engineer Brigade, 16th Military earned Maj. Evan Adams, of the 101st Airborne Division, a four-day liberty pass and the school of his pass and could have also chosen Police Brigade and 3rd Expedi- choice in the XVIII Airborne Corps’ first “Dragon’s Lair” innovation challenge. to earn a shiny badge for his tionary Sustainment Command. Army Greens by attending an “Top-down leadership with and 1st Sgt. Richard Greve capsulated the spirit of the quarters began working on how elite military freefall parachute bottom-up refinement,” said — and 1st Lt. Nathan Wagner of challenge. to implement Adams’ idea, said course in the Arizona desert Master Sgt. Roy Smith, one of the the 10th Mountain Division. Adams, who sees the idea as Col. Joe Buccino, the corps’ or dive school off the coast of panelists. “You don’t need a lot of Florida. rank on your chest to have a good From tweaks to an existing “inevitable” rather than revo- spokesman. “No, he wants to go to Capabil- idea.” range management system to lutionary, highlighted several A second edition of the Drag- ity Developers Course,” the corps Filling out the field of finalists development of division-level advantages to using smartphones on’s Lair is scheduled for Nov. 17. said on Twitter, joking that he who entered the “Dragon’s Lair” marksmanship instructor train- to replace or enhance operations “We know there are ideas out might end up at austere survival, to pitch their ideas last week were ing, all five proposals had some that mainly rely on landline there and we want them in the evasion, resistance and escape three soldiers from the 82nd Air- merit, said panelist Capt. Anne phones, two-way radios, clunky Dragon’s Lair,” he said. training instead. borne Division — 1st Sgt. Daniel Blank. But Adams’ represented websites and PowerPoint slides. [email protected] It’s “kind of nerdy,” Adams Murphy, Capt. Michael Stevnick, something “bigger” that en- On Oct. 28, the corps head- Twitter: @chadgarland Fort Sill trainees first to get Army’s new greens

BY COREY DICKSTEIN senior enlisted leader for the 434th Field be issued the new uniforms. In addition for sale by December. AAFES locations Stars and Stripes Artillery Brigade, responsible for basic to drill instructors, other high-visibility in Alaska, Hawaii and on overseas posts training at Fort Sill. soldiers including recruiters and senior are expected to begin selling them by WASHINGTON — Some 200 new pri- Harding said it was “pretty neat” that generals have been sporting the new uni- February. vates nearing the end of basic training at some of his recruits would be the first in forms in recent months. The uniforms will initially cost about Fort Sill, Okla., received the Army’s new, the Army to receive it. He said he looked Army officials said in August that the $500, but that price is expected to drop throwback-style dress green uniforms last forward to seeing the unit wear the new new Army greens should be available to as the Army ramps up production of the month, becoming the first recruits issued uniform when they graduate Basic Com- nearly all soldiers to purchase on their clothing, Daniel Koglin, a military cloth- the World War II-inspired threads. bat Training this month. installations by the spring. They will not ing manager for the Army and Air Force The trainees assigned to the 1st Bat- The new privates were each issued one become mandatory until 2027, when they Exchange Service, said in August. talion, 79th Field Artillery basic training Army Green Service Uniform, which will replace the blue Army Service Uni- After Fort Sill, the Army is next ex- unit were issued the new uniforms Oct. 14, includes one jacket, pants, a dress shirt, forms as the service’s everyday, office-set- pected to begin issuing the Army greens ahead of their scheduled Nov. 13 gradua- brown oxford shoes, matching socks, their ting attire. The blue uniforms will remain to trainees at Fort Leonard Wood in Mis- tion, according to the Army. The soldiers, rank insignia, one long- and short-sleeved authorized for more formal functions, souri, Fort Benning in Georgia and Fort with the battalion’s alpha company, were T-shirt, a tie, gloves and a garrison cap, Army officials have said. Jackson in South Carolina, Army officials chosen to be first to receive the new uni- which is a straight-sided, foldable hat. Army and Air Force Exchange Service said. forms simply because of that timing, said Fort Sill’s drill instructors in September stores in the continental United States are [email protected] Command Sgt. Maj. Donald Harding, the were among the Army’s first soldiers to expected to have the uniforms available Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Friday, November 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7

MILITARY USAF football team honors fallen grads

BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL Stars and Stripes In a section of the U.S. Air Force Acade- my’s Falcon Stadium , cutouts of nearly two dozen graduates who have passed away “watched” as the academy’s football team fell Oct. 31 to Mountain West conference rival Boise State, 49-30. The fallen grads’ cutouts are part of a program launched in September by the athletic department to raise money to support cadet athletes and ensure that coronavirus restrictions don’t mean the nearly 47,000-capacity stadium is empty for home games. “We’re doing everything we can to keep everyone at the academy safe while complying with state and local guidelines, but we also want to try to fill the stands,” Eric Silakowski, the athletic department’s associate director and executive direc- tor of development, told Stars and Stripes in a telephone interview from Colorado Springs, Colo. . Days later, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark announced that, because of rising infection numbers, cadets would not be required to attend the Oct. 31 foot- ball game. Some did, anyway, and a section away from them, 22 fallen grads had been “seat- ed” in the stands a day before the game.

One row held several members of the ERIC SILAKOWSKI/Air Force Academy class of 1997. Capt. Luke Johnson, who died in 2002 when his F-16 crashed near Spang- A member of the athletics department at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., sets up cutouts of fallen dahlem Air Base as he prepared to land graduates in the stands of Falcon Stadium ahead of the Mountain West conference game Oct. 31 against Boise State. after a night training mission, was next to Maj. Jeffrey Percy, who died in 2015 when Holly Adams, one of just two women along cutouts after coronavirus restrictions led grad cutouts had been sold. “A lot of people the Sabreliner he was flying was involved with Capt Kimberly Harmon Wielhouwer the academy to bar all but cadets from have reached out and said they’re really in a midair collision on approach to Brown who were represented by cutouts at the attending home football games. Even when interested in the idea but want to work with Field in San Diego. Next to them were game. all 4,000 cadets attend games, which was a the families, to be respectful,” Silakowski David Ramsey and Dennis Rando, two of Adams was killed in a car crash a week requirement until last week when corona- said. several cadets who died in the 1990s before before Christmas 2002. Wielhouwer, class virus restrictions were stepped up, they The money raised from selling the graduating. Each cutout lists the fallen of 1991, died when the C-130 transport only filled 10% of Falcon Stadium. cutouts goes toward buying equipment, graduate’s name, the year they graduated plane she had just taken the controls of The cutouts program got off to a roar- renovating team rooms where athletes can and their last squadron at the academy. slammed into a mountain in Wyoming in ing start, with more than 300 cutouts of get away from the daily strains of cadet Cutouts of all 13 members of the class August 1996. cadets’ pets, friends, families and Falcons’ life, and ensuring the nutritional needs of Anna Vincent Adams bought the cutout fans sold in the six days leading up to the of 2001 who have passed were also in the cadet athletes are met, Silakowski said. stands for the Boise State game, one of of Wielhouwer, who was her roommate at game against Navy in early October. After And if the pandemic continues to bar their classmates told Stars and Stripes by the academy and at pilot training at Reese that game, which the Falcons won deci- email. Air Force Base in Texas. sively, the Association of Graduates told the fans from attending sports events, cutout “We came together as a class to honor “It’s a small gesture to honor her this athletic department they’d been contacted programs may be launched for the acad- them,” he said, asking not to be named so way,” said Adams, who retired from the by “lots of people asking if they could buy emy’s hockey, wrestling, and men’s and as not to detract from the group effort to Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 2016. a cutout to honor a fallen grad,” Silakowski women’s basketball programs, he said. “represent our fallen friends.” “Gone, but not forgotten.” said. [email protected] One of the 2001 fallen grads was 2nd Lt. The athletic department started selling By the end of October, a few dozen fallen Twitter: @stripeszeit USAF colonel becomes first astronaut to join Space Force

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Air Force astronaut Col. under the Department of the Air mission, which will be the first The transfer ceremony to Stars and Stripes Michael “Hopper” Hopkins will Force. The branch has already crew rotation mission to the Space Force on the space station transfer to Space Force once he is started enlisting recruits and space station as part of NASA’s would involve Hopkins reaffirm- WASHINGTON — The Space on board the International Space conducting transfer ceremonies Commercial Crew program, ac- ing his oath of office, according Force will soon have its first Station, said Col. Catie Hague, for service members, including cording to NASA’s website. The to a FAQ page on the Space Force astronaut when an Air Force a spokeswoman for the chief of for the first deployed Space Force mission is expected to launch website. colonel joins the newest military space operations. personnel in September, accord- Nov. 14 from the Kennedy Space Service members have joined service in a ceremony planned Space Force is the newest ing to the service. Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA’s astronaut corps for more during his upcoming space mis- branch of military and was offi- Hopkins is the commander for Also on this mission is Navy sion, a Space Force official said. cially established December 2019 the upcoming SpaceX Crew-1 than 60 years, Hague said in the Cmdr. Victor Glover Jr. as the statement. pilot, Shannon Walker as the “Space Force, as the new- Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher This publication is a compilation of stories from Stars and Stripes, the mission specialist, and Soichi No- est military service, is looking editorially independent newspaper authorized by the Department of Defense guchi with the Japan Aerospace forward to contributing to this Terry Leonard, Editor Exploration Agency, who is also for members of the military community. legacy,” she said. The contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, and are not to be consid- a mission specialist, according to Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Gen. John Raymond, the chief ered as the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government, including NASA. Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content of space operations, is working the Defense Department or the military services. The Guam Edition of Stars Hopkins, a native of Lebanon, Doreen Wright, Guam Edition Editor and Stripes is published jointly by Stars and Stripes and this newspaper. Mo., was selected to be an astro- with NASA’s Administrator Jim Scott Foley, Revenue Director The appearance of advertising in this publication, including inserts or Bridenstine on the ceremony supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of De- naut in 2009 and has been aboard the space station previously, log- aboard the space station “as a CONTACT US fense or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. way to spotlight the decadeslong Products or services advertised in this publication shall be made avail- ging 166 days in space, according 633 3rd Street NW, Suite 116, Washington, D.C. 20001 able for purchase, use, or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, to his official NASA biography. partnership between [the De- Editorial: (202) 886-0005 sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affilia- As of Nov. 2, there are no astro- fense Department] and NASA,” Advertising: (202) 886-0014 tion, or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user, or patron. nauts in the Space Force, said a Hague said. Additional contact information: stripes.com © Stars and Stripes, 2020 Space Force official who spoke on [email protected] the condition of anonymity. Twitter: @caitlinmkenney PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 13, 2020