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Stock# 10960 Stock# 11004 Stock# 190778A Stock# 11033 Schriever Sentinel January 10, 2019 3 A LEADER’S PERSPECTIVE CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP (719) 634-5905 One team ready for ‘19 235 South Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-1246 PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR Commentary by supported a record 29 U.S. national and Amy G. Sweet [email protected] SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP Col. JenniferCSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWS PAGrantPERG GROUP commercial space launches vital to space 50th Space Wing commander EDITOR power projection. Three of those launches Bryan Grossman [email protected] SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. grew our own arsenal with the addition of — The New Year presents the perfect op- the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-4, STAFF WRITER portunity to take stock of what we have a GPSII, and a GPS III satellite. Halle Thornton .... [email protected] accomplished while setting our sights on Additionally, our finance and contract- CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP ADVERTISING what we will do in the coming year. For us ing experts executed 617 contract actions here at Schriever, and more specifically the valued at $114 million, 76 percent going to Advertising Director Jeff Moore [email protected] 50th Space Wing, the good news is we do small businesses (exceeding small business Account Executives not have a major course correction ahead. participation goals for the third straight Tammy Fogall ...... [email protected] Our established mission statement to evolve year). These contracts, as examples, sup- Monty Hatch .............. [email protected] space and cyberspace warfighting superi- ported U.S. Strategic Command’s National Vanessa Nagel [email protected] ority through integrated and innovative Space Defense Center transition to 24/7 op- ART DEPARTMENT operations focuses us on our daily tasks erations and cyberspace defense operators to protect, detect and respond to malicious Art Director ....................................... Melissa Edwards while setting us up to maintain our posi- tion as the epicenter of space in the most attacks across the wing’s portfolio. Production Manager ................................Jayson Peters powerful Air Force the world has known. Throughout these activities, our defend- Graphic Designer.............................. Rowdy Tompkins I have no doubt we will continue to grow ers tirelessly ensured the security of our Graphic Designer..........................................Elena Trapp and execute beyond even what we expect Col. Jennifer Grant mission and personnel 24 hours a day, 365 COLORADO PUBLISHING HOUSE but I would like to take this opportunity 50th Space Wing commander days a year. Chairman of the Board ..................................John Weiss to highlight some of the great works we As we look to win tomorrow’s fight, our Executive Editor Emeritus .........................Ralph Routon completed together in 2018. Schriever Airmen to more than 30 locations engineers and contract professionals spear- Circulation Coordinator .....................................Tim Kranz headed construction and furniture acquisi- We executed today’s operations like the around the world, supporting combatant champion team we are. Basewide, to in- tion to support the beddown of the Joint command contingency operations. 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