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COMMANDER’S CORNER: PRIORITIES GIVE DIRECTION - PAGE 3 Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Thursday, March 1, 2012 Vol. 56 No. 9 Battle of the childhood bulge By Lea Johnson 21st Space Wing Public Affairs Office staff writer PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Healthy habits are established at an early age, that’s why the Peterson Health and Wellness Center is sponsoring a program to teach kids about healthy living. The 5210 Let’s Go! program is a national program based out of Maine. Staff Sgt. Ronneisha Sargent, HAWC dietary therapist, said the program promotes healthy daily living through five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, less than two hours of screen time, one hour of physical activity, and no sugary drinks, including juice and soda. “We want to break the cycle and get (children) healthy from the beginning, so they’ll be able to do that for the rest of their lives. It will be the norm to them to exercise every day, to choose more vegetables,” she said. To jumpstart the program, the HAWC is sponsoring a weekly, (U.S. Air Force photo/Lea Johnson) healthy meal scavenger hunt at the commissary. “We’re going to Staff Sgt. Ronneisha Sargent, Health and Wellness Center dietary therapist, stands by a display at the commissary to hand out a have a table in the front of the commissary,” Sargent said. “It’s scavenger hunt and recipe cards to children. The scavenger hunt is part of the 5210 Let’s Go! program promoting five servings of going to have some handout information for parents and it’s go- fruits and vegetables, less than two hours of screen time, one hour of physical activity, and zero sugary drinks. Each week a different kid-friendly, healthy recipe will be available at the table. See Battle page 16 Condor Crest (U.S. Air Force photo/Lea Johnson) ABOVE: SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Emergency responders from Peterson and Schriever Air Force Bases responded to a simulated aircraft crash near the Schriever AFB west gate as part of the Condor Crest readiness exercise Feb. 28, 2012. The Schriever fire department, Ellicott, Colo., fire and rescue, and the Peterson fire department were among the first responders to the scene. The purpose of the exercise is to train and educate Air Force personnel to respond to crises and defend the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lea Johnson) LEFT: SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Members of the Schriever Air Force Base fire department treat a simulated casualty from a small aircraft crash near the Schriever AFB west gate, Feb. 28. The aircraft crash scenario was part of the Condor Crest readiness and preparedness exercise, to train and educate Air Force personnel to respond to crises and defend the installation. INSIDE News 1-13 Briefs 14 Classifieds 18 March SecAF Boxers Events Page 5 Page 6 Page 12 Space ObServer 2 Thursday, March 1, 2012 www.peterson.af.mil Space ObServer www.peterson.af.mil Thursday, March 1, 2012 3 21ST SPACE WING 21st Space Wing Commander Col. Chris Crawford COMMANDER ’S CORNER Chief of Public Affairs 1st Lt. Holly Hess Editorial Staff Priorities give direction Chief of Internal Information Mr. Steve Brady PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. to leverage our capabilities, weapon systems Staff Writer — Visions, mission statements, priorities Col. and manpower to support operations in Lea Johnson and goals are often overlooked. They are the Afghanistan and around the world. obligatory decoration for unit web pages, and Chris Crawford Getting control of the cost of space programs Published by Colorado Springs Military Newspapers they adorn slides we speed through at the helps us to both support the current fight and Group, 31 E. Platte Avenue, Suite 300, Colorado Springs, beginning of a presentation. While routinely 21st Space leads into future operations. Executing space 80903, a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. glossed over, goals and priorities are critically programs smarter and cheaper gives us more Air Force, under exclusive written contract with the Wing 21st Space Wing. This commercial enterprise Air Force important and, if done right, are crafted in “bang for the buck” now and enables us to newspaper is an authorized publication for members of carefully considered, precise language. They commander procure even more operational capability the U.S. military services. provide clear insight into a commander’s in the long run. Helping to keep costs and Contents of the Space Observer are not necessarily the intent for their command and, more impor- programming in check ultimately allows us official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, these priorities apply directly to the 21st Space the Department of Defense or the Department of the tantly, concise direction for the execution of to meet AFSPC’s goal of operating resilient, Air Force. each unit’s mission. Wing. Supporting the current fight is, almost integrated systems. The appearance of advertising in this publication, When I was a new lieutenant, I often won- verbatim, one of our wing priorities and ap- Cost control applies to all mission areas, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute dered where the major command was headed plies to the wing as a whole. Improvement of though, not just operations. Every dollar we endorsement by DoD, the Department of the Air Force, space acquisitions and reducing the cost of or CSMNG, of the products or services advertised. and what big initiatives were underway. I won- save means more funds for support and sus- Everything advertised in this publication shall be made dered how I could see the big picture from the space operations holds direct implications tainment, medical services, morale functions, available for purchase, use or patronage without regard peanut gallery, but I needn’t have done so. for our operations group, but the concept can fitness and the myriad other missions that to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital The Air Force Space Command priorities and also be expanded to apply across all mission shape our vast wing. These savings don’t just status, physical handicap, political affiliation or any other areas in the wing as well. non-merit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. goals would have given me that information come from smart programming on multi- Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by outright. Further, they would have given me Supporting the current fight is a no-brainer. million dollar projects — they come from the the 21st Space Wing Public Affairs Office, 775 Loring clear insight on how to tailor and focus my We are at war, we have Airmen in harm’s way, small but impactful innovations that each of Ave., Suite 219, Peterson AFB, Colo., 80914-1294, (719) innovations and efforts accordingly. and it is our duty to support that effort first us can devise, promote, and/or implement 556-5185 or DSN 834-5185, fax (719) 556-7848 or DSN and foremost. Our wing does this on a daily 834-7848. 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