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302Nd AW Unites, Fulfills Mission (Government-Licensed Drivers Are Needed to Drive the Trucks) Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group Vol. 1 No. 4 www.csmng.com Thursday, November 9, 2006 Base Briefs Promotion testing Testing cycle 07E8 is Dec. 4-15. All eligible master sergeants test either at the Peterson Air Force Base Military Personnel Flight, Building 350, Room 1085, or at the Peterson AFB Enlisted Club at either 7 or 10 a.m. Test dates have been distributed to commander support staffs. The Military Personnel Flight’s Testing Office ensures test dates are distributed in accordance with the Air Force Instruction 36-2605. Questions pertaining to the weighted Airman Promotion System can be an- swered by visiting http://ask.afpc.ran- dolph.af.mil and entering “weighted airman system” in the search box. Harvest of Love volunteers The Care & Share Harvest of Love Sgt. Heldwin Brito Master by Photo Food Drive is Nov. 13-17 and 20; morning and afternoon shifts are Left to right, Senior Airman Steven Fresquez, Master Sgt. Ken Hill and Senior Airman Andrew Kirst take a break from their aircraft maintenance duties in Southwest Asia. available. Pick-up teams use government trucks to pick up food at area schools and de- liver it to the Care & Share warehouse 302nd AW unites, fulfills mission (government-licensed drivers are needed to drive the trucks). Yard By Debbie Evert August 2005 to early October 2006. exactly who you are going with or what their workers at the warehouse unload the Space Guardian “We were all skilled in our jobs, but we capability is,” he said. “They start to meld to- food from the trucks into large totes Five days a week, “Rocky” Ramirez wears were not ready for the conditions (temper- gether as a team. They pass along knowledge and make sure each school's donations jeans and a shirt as an air reserve technician ature, housing, etc.), especially those of us and experience to each other. They also hold are recorded. Room workers take food at the 302nd Maintenance Squadron hy- who had never deployed,” Lechowit said. each other accountable. They struggle, win items out of the large totes, mark the and lose together. That is what it is all about.” bar codes as donations and put them draulic shop. One weekend a month and “But we adapted quickly.” two weeks a year he dons an Air Force uni- Ramirez echoed those thoughts. The reservists on these deployments were into family-sized boxes. mobilized. Unlike volunteer reservists, they Care & Share is the only food bank in form as a staff sergeant reservist to do the “Once we got there and saw the pace, same job. everyone came together,” he said. “We saw did not have a choice whether they would Southern Colorado, serving 25,000 deploy. Ramirez is one of several hundred re- a lot of teamwork. It was a 24-hour opera- hungry people every week. For infor- “The reservist is now truly an active duty servists of the 302nd Airlift Wing recently tion.” mation contact Master Sgt. Mark member for the length of the mobilization,” demobilized to civilian life. Chief Master Sgt. Ronald Bebow, 302nd Bronson at 556-1121 or Tech. Sgt. said Maj. Kristin Simpson, 302nd AW chief He joined Senior Master Sgt. Ed Rife, MXS superintendent, discussed the cohe- Terence Brown at 556-8357. of plans. “They may be extended in the- Senior Airman Andrew “The Kid” Kirst and siveness of the personnel during his three ater against their will, they may be sent to Related: Team Pete delivers page 4 Staff Sgt. Isaiah Lechowit and many others deployments. on several rotations in Southwest Asia from “You go into the deployments not knowing See 302nd page 11 More Briefs page 9 Armed Forces basketball Responsive space demonstrator ready to roll championship TacSat-2’s upcoming, flight serves as predecessor for rapid satellite production, launch, operation Air Force starts fast with victory over Army By Michael P. Kleiman into a responsive space demonstrator ready Built by the Space Vehicles Directorate, the Page 15 Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate for flight in 24 months. In addition, the 20-inch optical telescope will be operated Public Affairs micro satellite provides an inexpensive alter- during the satellite’s initial day in orbit and Employing the respon- native to most current defense-related space throughout the flight to exhibit low-cost, sive space concept, the systems, which cost about 90 percent more. high-quality photography. Air Force will design, “I am excited because TacSat-2 is another Other scheduled tests include the inte- construct, test demonstration of a new way of doing busi- grated global positioning system occultation and deliver a ness. We have had high level Air Force and receiver, which will compile high-precision mission-ready DoD interest, as well as high level congres- location data for the micro satellite, recycled satellite within a sional interest,” said Neal Peck, TacSat-2 solar array panels producing 500 watts of 15-month time program manager, AFRL’s Space Vehicles power and autonomous operations allowing frame, as well as launch and operate the Directorate. “The push that we are getting TacSat-2 to think for itself. vehicle in the cosmos one week following One particular trial, the Common Data receipt of a tasking order. from high levels will cause real change in how we procure space systems. TacSat-2 is Link (CDL) tactical radio, has significant With the TacSat-2 micro satellite’s sched- impact for deployed forces. The CDL will step one in that process.” Inside the Guardian uled lift-off from the National Aeronautics provide communication and imagery to the Weighing about 814 pounds, TacSat-2 and Space Administration’s Wallops Island Modular Interoperable Surface Terminal features 11 onboard experiments, which NEWS 1-7 Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., in (MIST) at the U.S. Navy’s China Lake, Calif., will be conducted during the spacecraft’s December, this rapid capability will take facility. NEW PCS POLICY 5 planned six- to 12-month mission. significant steps toward becoming reality. During functional testing, the apparatus The U.S. Navy’s Target Indicator Experi- TEAM 21 DINNER 10 Unlike similar military spacecraft, which successfully passed color pictures through the have taken 10-plus years to go from the ment (TIE) consists of a wideband sensor to spacecraft to the ground station. In addition, GO GET OUT 12 drawing board into the heavens, TacSat-2, gather radar, radio and handheld communi- program personnel will assess the satellite’s managed by the Air Force Research cation signals. The TIE also will check for the ability to accept commands from the MIST, PIGSKIN PICKS 16 Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, automated identification transmission now Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., has evolved mandated for large ocean-going ships. See Satellite page 12 SPACE GUARDIAN www.csmng.com Thursday, November 9, 2006 3 PUBLISHER Airmen live, work on dangerous ground Lon P. Matejczyk [email protected] By Senior Airman Josh Moshier EDITORIAL 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Editor CAMP HABBANIYAH, Iraq — Tucked in Mike Boyd a valley between the Euphrates River and some [email protected] of the most dangerous territory in Iraq is an Staff Reporter oasis in the middle of the desert — Camp Debbie Evert Habbaniyah. [email protected] Sports Reporter The British operated at this location from 1934 Walt Johnson through 1959, when it was known as Royal Air [email protected] Force Habbaniyah. Forty-seven years later, the Lt. Landon Derentz 1st by Photo ADVERTISING democratic government of Iraq is in control of the Advertising Director/GM base, and about 20 airmen assigned to the 732nd Tex Stuart Expeditionary Mission Support Group are sta- [email protected] tioned there, serving as advisers to an Iraqi Army Kathleen Gannon still trying to find its footing. [email protected] The base is a ghost of its former self. Roads that Airman 1st Class Francisco Garcia discusses his responsibilities with Brig. Gen. Robin Rand, the 332nd Air Expeditionary Mike Keplinger [email protected] were once paved and smooth are now marked Wing commander, at Camp Habbaniyah. Garcia is a civil engineer technician with the 732nd Expeditionary Regional Tabitha Kidd with potholes and weeds. Living quarters are Support Unit. [email protected] weathered and sometimes lack electricity or run- Linda Stuart ning water. For the Iraqis, supplies are scarce diers and basic military trainees. The goal is McWhorter said that one of her team’s most [email protected] and funding is hard to come by. Many of the for the base to hold approximately 9,500 sol- gratifying successes was helping the Iraqis im- Classified Ad Manager airmen live off food received in care packages diers and trainees. plement a process for the disposal of garbage. Emily Frazee from home as an alternative to the “red stuff and Despite the conditions and dangers, the airmen “When we arrived here, they had no scheme [email protected] rice” prepared by locals. at Camp Habbaniyah press forward each day, for picking up trash,” she said. “They didn’t un- ART DEPARTMENT Outside the perimeter of the base is perhaps teaching Iraqi soldiers the fundamentals of op- derstand the trash cans didn’t empty themselves.” Art Director Rowdy Tompkins the most dangerous area of Iraq. Improvised erating as a professional military organization Other successes include implementing pre- [email protected] explosive devices, sectarian violence and other on a military installation. Airmen from the ranks and post-convoy searches and a fuel issue system Graphic Designer insurgent activity are as common as sunrise of airman first class to lieutenant colonel work in log, both of which helped curb what RSU Jeff Adcox and sunset.
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