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BMT Begins Cyber Training A PUBLICATION OF THE 502nd AIR BASE WING – JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS • www.lackland.af.mil • Vol. 68 No. 41 • OCTOBER 15, 2010 INTERSTATE MARCH INSIDE Commentary 2 Recognition 6 What’s Happening 22 News & Features Oktoberfest ready 10 New AF motto 13 Photo by Robbin Cresswell Airmen and family members join 15 Airmen Saturday as they march in honor of fallen special tactics Airmen. The 860-mile march will take Burn victim research 15 the Airmen from the Lackland Training Annex to Hurlburt Field, Fla. For more photos, see page 14. BMT begins cyber training Ready to ramble 23 By Mike Joseph work to meet the Air Force mission. Training takes place in the fourth week of Staff Writer “We’re teaching about a warfighting BMT, and uses curriculum developed by the domain that is essential to military opera- Air Force Institute of Technology under the The importance of defending cyberspace tions – cyberspace,” said Col. Shane guidance of Air Force Space Command. was taken to a new level last week when Courville, 737th Training Group command- To supplement the training, Air cyber training became a permanent fixture er. “(The training) gives trainees a founda- Education and Training Command pur- of the Air Force Basic Military Training cur- tion to understand that we’re all cyber war- chased 120 computers. Once installed in two riculum. riors. classrooms, trainees will receive an addi- The first trainees attended a four-hour “This course shows the importance of tional three-hour practical application seg- cyber training course devoted to defending cyberspace to the Air Force mission and its ment in the seventh week. the Air Force networks and operations in impact. We are all cyber warriors and we all The 24th Air Force is working with BMT View the Talespinner online cyberspace Oct. 4. The course teaches basic have a responsibility to ensure that we pro- on the training. The numbered Air Force at www.lackland.af.mil operating fundamentals on the AF network tect the cyber domain because military oper- and the significance of protecting the net- ations depend on it.” See TRAINING P5 PAGE 2 TALESPINNER OCTOBER 15, 2010 OCTOBER 15, 2010 TALESPINNER PAGE 3 COMMENTARY News JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS BRIEFS BAND OF THE WEST AUDITIONS MWD foster families serve nation Editorial staff The Air Force Band of the West is BRIG. GEN. LEONARD PATRICK, holding two auditions for an all volunteer By Maj. William Roberts 502ND AIR BASE WING holiday chorus at the Skylark Community 341st Training Squadron COMMANDER Center Fiesta Room. OSCAR BALLADARES, The auditions are Thursday, 9 a.m. to I’d like to recognize some unsung patriots DIRECTOR, 502ND ABW OL-A noon and 1-4 p.m. PUBLIC AFFAIRS who quietly make important contributions to The chorus will perform at this year’s the security of the nation – the foster fami- JOE BELA, Holiday in Blue concert series, Dec. 12- lies for Department of Defense military CHIEF OF INTERNAL working dog puppies. I recently had the COMMUNICATIONS, 671-4111 14, at Trinity University. pleasure of spending time with some of SHANNON CARABAJAL, All active-duty Airmen, members of these foster families during a puppy hike at MANAGING EDITOR, 671-1786 the Air Force Reserve and Air National Eisenhower Park. MIKE JOSEPH, Guard, civilian employees, retirees and One couple, Art and Kathleen King, has STAFF WRITER, 671-4357 adult dependents are eligible to partici- fostered three puppies. 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