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COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP Thursday, October 18, 2018 www.csmng.com Vol. 12 No. 42 Did you know? 50th SW/CCC: Awaken the champion HHHHH CCAF GRADUATION HHHHH Join us 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Building 300 Auditorium for the Team Schriever Fall CCAF Graduation Ceremony. For more information, contact Master Sgt. Benjamin Davis at 567-5260. Base Briefs Spouses are invited to events marked with THIS WEEK 50th SW/PMD has free furniture The 50th Space Wing Program Management Directorate has the fol- lowing avaliable to the base: Wooden desk, wood chair with ma- terial seats, multiple white boards. U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn Calvert The PMD is located in Building 210, Chief Master Sgt. Boston Alexander, 50th Space Wing command chief, addresses the crowd during an enlisted and Company Grade Officer call at Schriever Air Force Room 366. For more information, con- Base, Colorado, Oct. 10, 2018. Alexander advocates Airmen adopt the champion’s mentality of PUSH: Perform, Uncompromising, Selfless and Humble, to succeed in their tact Nancy Anderson at 567-3083. careers and further the mission. ON-BASE By Senior Airman William Tracy expectation, are uncompromising in their ap- army, went into combat and lost his weapon 50th Space Wing Public Affairs proach, preparation and execution, they are but later somehow made it to brigadier gen- Green Dot classes in final SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. selfless for the mission and they are humble at eral,” Alexander said. “When he was a briga- two weeks — Chief Master Sgt. Boston Alexander, 50th what they do,” Alexander said. “Ask yourself, dier general, he received a bad performance what is your charge? What is your lane? Are report — he thought his career was over. Space Wing command chief, hosted an enlist- Green Dot refresher classes are in you giving it your all? Remember this — your But he kept performing, giving his all, and their final stretch. They are conducted ed and Company Grade Officer call advocat- microphone is always on, and people are al- sure enough someone was watching, and he 2 — 3 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 — 9 a.m. ing Airmen adopt a champion’s mentality at ways watching what you do.” made his next star. Fridays in the Building 300 auditorium. Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 10. He used retired general and former “He would go on to serve as the chairman Register at https://eis2.afspc.af.mil/ He explained this mentality can be Secretary of State Colin Powell’s career as of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of sites/50sw/wsa/50swsppv/greendot/ achieved through PUSH. an example. See Champion page 4 Pages/default.aspx. “Champions PUSH — they perform above “He was once a C student who joined the 21ST MDS to host flu line There will be a flu line 6 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Peterson Air Force Base youth Defenders hold Controlled F.O.R.C.E. training center gym Oct. 18. Vaccines will be provided to Depart of Defense benefi- By Staff Report ciaries aged 3 or older. The 21st Medical 50th Space Wing Public Affairs Squadron will host an Influenza vac- cination line 8 a.m. — noon Oct. 26 SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, in the physical therapy building next Colo. — Defenders hosted a two week to the fitness center. All vaccines are Controlled First Official Response in Critical injectable as Flumist is not available Environments training for approximately 25 this year. For more information, con- Front Range security forces and local law tact Tech. Sgt. Joshua Vigil at 567-3842. enforcement participants at various loca- tions on Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, More Briefs page 16 Oct. 1-12. The 50th Security Forces Squadron led Sign up for weekly Schriever the training event for the Front Range to announcements, news and more. ensure personal and team proficiency in Visit www.schriever.af.mil and click close quarter combat, small team tactics “Public Affairs” under featured links. and weapons proficiency training in close quarter situations. Public Affairs Nicholas Cassiano, lead instructor, con- ducted the training and encouraged par- ticipants to fully engage. “Don’t be nervous,” he said. “They go Inside through a lot of reps, a lot of drills. They U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn Calvert Choose to serve, buy in and lead .....3 take you through it step by step, it’s progres- Airman 1st Class Anthony Bustamante, 21st Security Forces Squadron entry controller, practices drawing Avoid the real scares ........................5 sive training.” his weapon during the Controlled First Official Response and Critical Environments close quarter tactics and Healthy relationships ..................... 11 Training ran Monday through Friday, weapons training course at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 9, 2018. Bustamante and other military typically from 8 a.m. — 5 p.m, with a new and civilian law enforcement members spent the afternoon training in fundamental techniques such as proper group of students starting the following firearms stance and suspect detainment. Monday. Participants appreciated the training op- ing and just seeing them evolve from ques- “I enjoy training,” Cassiano said. “I enjoy portunity, feeling it enhanced their skillset. tioning stuff to actually enjoying it by the showing these skill sets to people that will “It was not so much something different end,” Cassiano said. save their lives and others at the same time.” but it was an add on to training we previ- “We went through a lot of muscle memory This is just one example of local law ously had,” said Staff Sgt. Nicholas Burdick, movements and then it kicked in almost enforcement partnering to better support 50th SFS evaluator. immediately, and I was able to neutralize community members. 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