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Space Professional Development Pilot Program Achieves Milestone Will you help? The Air Force Assistance Fund enters its fi nal week today at 65 percent of the base goal. Contact your unit representative today to contribute. VOL. 9, NO. 17 April 26, 2007 Colorado Springs, Colo. www.schriever.af.mil News Briefs Barricade maintenance Traffi c on Enoch Road will be reduced to one lane due to barricade mainte- nance near the Enoch Road gate through May 4. Only inbound vehicles will be permitted through the gate between 5:30 and 8 a.m., and only outbound vehicles will be allowed through between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. At other times, drivers should observe four-way- stop rules and possible delays. Questions about housing? Schriever Airmen who live on Peterson Air Force Base are invited to attend a housing privatization lease- signing meeting May 9 in the Peterson AFB Commu- nity Center. For more information on the meeting, contact the Pe- terson AFB Housing Offi ce at 556-4332. photo by Staff Sgt. Don Branum Spring Cleaning HCAC to meet May 7 The 21st Medical Group Alexis, age 5, pitches trash as she and her father, Capt. Jason Resley of the 25th Space Control Tactics Squadron here, clean the will hold a Healthcare Con- west roadside of 30th Street in Garden of the Gods park Saturday. More than 200 volunteers, including Schriever Airmen and their sumers’ Advisory Council families, took part in spring cleaning as part of the park’s Earth Day activities. For more stories and photos, see pages 10 and 11. meeting in the DeKok Building Wing Conference Room May 7 at 3 p.m. The HCAC provides 21st MDG customers an oppor- Space professional development tunity to express concerns, ask questions and provide feedback on their healthcare plan. pilot program achieves milestone The meeting also allows 21st MDG to provide up- by Tech. Sgt. Kate Rust focuses on work-related disciplines that have made me more productive dates on healthcare enhance- Air Force Space Command Public Affairs in my job.” ments, explain changes to The AFSPC-funded program ties directly to space acquisitions and the healthcare system and The fi rst course of a pilot fi ve-course space certifi cate program initi- operations and helps improve the technical competence of the Air Force inform customers of any ated by Air Force Space Command and the University of Colorado in and its space professionals. upcoming building projects Colorado Springs concludes this month for 20 space professionals. Students have said they see benefi ts from the program as more than and enhancements. The goal of this fi rst-of-its-kind program is to increase the technical just graduate education. For more information, foundation of space pros and encourage them to pursue advanced aca- “This course directly relates to my acquisitions career fi eld,” said 1st contact Ric Carlson, 21st demic degrees relevant to the space professional career path. This Sys- Lt. Luke Rostowfske of the 2nd Space Operations Squadron here. “I con- Medical Support Squadron, tems Engineering class kicked off in January. sider it professional development as much as education.” at 556-1016. “The 20 space professionals who attended—offi cers and enlisted—had Senior Airman Jonathan Morris of 1st SOPS here said he hoped to very positive feedback,” said Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, AFSPC vice com- gain an expanded understanding of space operations from a managerial FIP requires registration mander. Airmen from Schriever, Peterson and Buckley Air Force bases in or engineering standpoint. Anyone who wishes to Colorado and F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., attended the fi rst course. “I think this course will prompt new ideas to conduct space operations, enroll in a Fitness Improve- “The members of this initial cadre are completing a space certifi cate whether it’s through developing new (concepts) or how we employ cur- ment Program class must program, which they can apply to a master’s degree in space operations, rent assets to enhance space capabilities to warfi ghters,” he said. register at least 24 hours systems engineering, engineering management or business administra- Students take one course per term through a combination of distance in advance by calling the tion with an emphasis in space,” the general said. learning and off-duty classroom attendance. The space certifi cate pro- Main Fitness Center here at The results of the UCCS pilot program will determine the future of gram consists of systems engineering management, space and space sys- 567-6628. the space certifi cate program. This program is a prototype, said Dr. Wil- tems, information and communications systems, space role in national Classes are held at the liam Ayen, senior instructor of information systems at UCCS’ College of policy and system lifecycle. Fitness Center daily from Business. UCCS will make what it learns from this available to other edu- The program provides a foundation of space-related technical and 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and from cation consortium institutions as a model for future space professional managerial coursework. Students have a variety of technical and non- 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. development programs. technical backgrounds. “UCCS is fully behind this initiative,” Dr. Ayen said. “This is a sig- Applicants must be part of the space professional community and Inside nifi cant opportunity to serve not only the community but all other AFSPC must have completed at least one bachelor’s degree, but not a master’s personnel around the world with an online program.” degree. Offi cers must be within their fi rst six years of service, while en- Commentary ............. 2 Capt. Stephan Cummings of Peterson AFB’s 21st Operations Support listed members must have less than 16 years of service. News .................... 3-5 Squadron is a student in the class. For more information on courses and the pilot program, contact the Features ...............7-11 “Any professional education for offi cers and enlisted increases capa- Space Professional Development Offi ce point of contact, Maj. Denise bility and effi ciency,” Captain Cummings said. “This particular program Harris, at 554-5173, or Tom Boland at 554-7755. Commentary Satellite Flyer 2 April 26, 2007 www.schriever.af.mil Big-picture awareness vital to mission by Staff Sgt. Don Branum awareness of what we make available to the warfi ghter 50th Space Wing Public Affairs that makes us warriors. Our warriors in the 50th Operations Group speak in the As editor of the Satellite Flyer, I read ... a lot. One language of combat effects. Through fl ying and fi ghting in article that caught my eye Friday was a commentary I read the ultimate high ground of space and the formless domain in the Spring 2007 “TIG Brief” magazine. Lt. Gen. Ron- of cyberspace, they make sure our deployed brothers and ald Sams, the Air Force Inspector General, wrote about a sisters can fi ght and win in the air and on the ground. chance encounter with a sharp, intelligent young offi cer In the 50th Network Operations Group, our warriors who didn’t consider himself a warrior. focus on cyberspace, defending our ability to commu- “You’re in the world’s most powerful Air Force,” nicate around the world. They keep us connected with General Sams explained to the lieutenant. “How can you counterparts through assets such as the Air Force Satellite say you’re not a warrior? Isn’t your profession about the Control Network and Defense Switched Network equip- global application of airpower? Space power? Cyberspace ment. power?” The 50th MSG is the foundation upon which the rest of The lieutenant replied, “No, sir, my job is about scien- the 50th Space Wing’s mission relies. Can you picture an tifi c engineering and analysis ... scientists and engineers Air Force base without its Defenders, its civil engineers, are not warriors.” its fi nancial and military personnel specialists or its legal Was the lieutenant uneducated? Obviously not—our experts? Can you picture a base without medics to keep offi cers are among the best and brightest professionals everyone in good physical and mental health, or without in any organization, military or civilian. Was he inexpe- chaplains to keep everyone in good spiritual health? rienced? Perhaps: he’d been in two years and hadn’t yet Tenant units are likewise vital. The Space Innovation The Airman’s deployed. More importantly, though, he lacked a “big-pic- and Development Center is the birthplace of ideas and ture” understanding of how his job contributed to fl ying, technologies that will bring us air, space and cyberspace fi ghting and winning in air, space and cyberspace. victories in the next generation. The 310th Space Group Schriever is integral to the space and cyberspace por- works alongside active-duty counterparts in the 50th SW Creed tions of the Air Force mission. The 50th Space Wing alone and regularly pulls down “do-or-die” weather information is responsible for operating more than 170 Department of that our deployed brethren need for the fi ght. I am an American Airman. Defense satellites. Throughout Schriever and throughout Air Force Space I am a warrior. But what makes us more than professionals? What Command, every one of our warriors—uniformed and I have answered my nation’s call. makes us warriors? otherwise—delivers the invisible power that makes the It’s not just the uniform. Uniformed servicemembers Global War on Terrorism possible. If you’re “only” a work alongside government civilians and contractors in space systems operator or a communications-computer I am an American Airman. seamless unison. Remove any one of those three elements, operator, you may be good at what you do.
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