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U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO | TECH. SGT. NATHAN ALLEN Survivors of the attacks on Pearl Harbor Naval Station and Hickam Field stand during the singing of the national anthem during the 75th Commemoration of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Hickam Field ceremony Dec. 7, 2016, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The attacks on seven bases throughout Oahu precipitated America's entry into World War II, and the annual commemoration ceremony is designed to foster refl ection, remembrance, and understanding for those affected by the events that took place 75 years ago. Survivors, friends, families remember Hickam Field attacks in 1941 1ST LT. KAITLIN DADDONA | 15TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

OINT BASE wounded on Hickam is a story of service, the attack. and their stories need to PEARL HARBOR- Field, came 75 years sacrifice, perseverance, “I am not a hero,” he be told,” he said. J HICKAM, Hawaii after the two waves of unity and triumph.” said. “I’m a survivor Former Tech. Sgt. -- attacks launched by the Of the 3,000 people in of war. We’re here to Durward Swanson, On the morning Imperial Japanese Navy attendance, 10 of them honor these boys who a survivor who has of Dec. 7th, on Dec. 7, 1941. were survivors from the lost their lives.” attended the Hickam servicemembers and “The attack on Oahu attack. During the ceremony, Field ceremony for the their friends and changed the course of Among those Gordon shared the past five years, retired families gathered here history for our nation survivors was Armando stories of the men who the flag that flew during to remember the fatal and the entire world, ‘Chick’ Galella, a came to revisit the the attacks. attacks on Hickam Field but it is merely the former Army Command place they called home “Around 9 p.m., in 1941. first chapter in a much Sergeant Major, 75 years ago. Sergeant Swanson The ceremony, which longer book,” said 15th whose presence at the “Our citizens stepped looked up and saw Old honored the 492 men Wing commander Col. ceremony was to honor up and fought back in Glory still flying right and women killed and Kevin Gordon. “This those who died during defense of our nation, here at this very flag pole,” Gordon shared. “He grabbed a buddy and they lowered the proudest symbol of our country. On a day when so much had fallen, Old Glory survived.” The men and women who were here during the attacks were honored by performances by the Pacific Air Forces Band, wreath presentations, and an F-22 flyover. “I wanted to thank everybody here from the bottom of my heart,” said Galella. “The ceremony was beautiful.” Following the formal ceremony, attendees posed for photos with the survivors and asked for their autographs. Gordon reminded the men, women and children in the audience the importance of U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO | TECH. SGT. NATHAN ALLEN preserving the Hickam Field heritage and Former U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Durward Swanson refl ects during the 75th Commemoration of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Hickam Field ceremony Dec. keeping the stories of 7, 2016, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Swanson was assigned the fateful day alive. to Hickam Field as a security forces guard. After the attack, he served as a “Because of you, the B-17 Flying Fortress crew chief. During the Battle of Midway, his aircraft was hit and crash-landed in the water. Seven of the 10-man crew were killed. events of 7 December Swanson received severe injuries and spent nine months in the hospital. He 1941 will not be received the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Purple Heart, and an honorable forgotten.” discharge. NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 3 Minot AFB Exchange pumping up fuel savings CONTACTUS COURTESY ARTICLE | 5TH BOMB WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS Tonya Stuart-Melland Sales Manager | Ad Designer [email protected] INOT AIR empty the wallet. for gas with their has in store,” said Beth Duchsherer M FORCE BASE, From Dec. 19 to Dec. MILITARY STAR® card General Manager Ad Designer | Sales Representative N.D. 25, the MILITARY will receive 10 cents off Kristine Cowley. [email protected] With the busy, and STAR® card is doubling per gallon. “The savings at the Tia Klein expensive, holiday the everyday 5-cents- “As we head into the pump are just the Ad Designer shopping season in full per-gallon gas discount final holiday shopping beginning of the [email protected] swing, Army & Air cardholders receive week, we are providing value authorized Force Exchange Service when fueling up at a an added incentive for shoppers will find MINOT AIR FORCE BASE gas stations worldwide Minot AFB Exchange last-minute shoppers to at the Minot AFB PUBLIC AFFAIRS are helping to make sure gas station. For that come on base or post to Exchange.” Chief of Public Affairs that filling up doesn’t week, drivers paying see what the Exchange Maj. Jamie Humphries Public Affairs Offi cer Lt. Kylee Ashton Chief Editor Inspiring the force: New 20th AF vision and Senior Airman Kristoffer R. Kaubisch Staff Photojournalists mission statements Tech. Sgt. Evelyn Chavez Staff Sgt. Chad B. 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U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOS | AIRMAN 1ST CLASS JONATHAN MCELDERRY NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 5 6 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 NORTHERN SENTRY THE LIGHTER SIDE CROSSWORD PUZZLE SATURDAY MOVIES Across 12345 6789 10 11 12 13 CARMIKE CINEMA MINOT 1. Beginning 14 15 16 6. What icicles do 10. Church recess 17 18 19 COLLATERAL BEAUTY • (PG-13) 14. Baby grand, e.g. 20 21 22 15. Musical set in 1:45 • 4:10 • 6:35 • 9:00 ancient Egypt 23 24 16. Lecherous look 17. Prevent legally 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 When a successful New York advertising execu- 18. Bucks' mates 35 36 37 38 39 tive suffers a great tragedy he retreats from life. 19. Riot spray While his concerned friends try desperately to 20. What a cadet won't 40 41 42 reconnect with him, he seeks answers from the do (or tolerate those who 43 44 45 universe by writing letters to Love, Time and do), per the West Point Death. But it’s not until his notes bring unex- honor code 46 47 48 49 50 23. Bale contents pected personal responses that he begins to un- 51 52 53 54 24. Four years for a U.S. derstand how these constants interlock in a life president 55 56 57 58 59 60 fully lived, and how even the deepest loss can 25. "My gal" of song reveal moments of meaning and beauty. 28. Kind of torch on 61 62 63 64 "Survivor" 65 66 67 31. Noshes 35. Old 68 69 70 37. Siestas ROGUE ONE • (PG-13) 39. Spread around 1:00 • 1:30 • 2:00 • 4:05 • 6:00 40. TV title role for Pierce Brosnan 68. Violinists' needs 12. "Just a ___!" ("Hold 42. Frets 7:10 • 9:00 • 9:05 • 9:15 43. Occupied, as a 69. Golf pegs on!") 47. "Quit that!" restroom 70. Fishing rod 13. Before, in verse 49. Laundromat fixture 44. Blue-pencil attachments 21. Watching intently 52. What a charmer may From Lucasfi lm comes the fi rst of the Star 45. Coarse file 22. Artist Max charm Down Wars standalone fi lms, ‘Rogue One: A Star 46. They're stuck in milk 25. Calcutta dresses 54. Inscribed pillar 1. European car Wars Story’, an all-new epic adventure. In a shakes 26. Ten-percenter 55. Put away for later 2. Not yet final, at law time of confl ict, a group of unlikely heroes 48. Eject in all directions 27. Tree-dwelling 56. Merriment 3. Completely fill, as a band together on a mission to steal the plans 50. Bon ___ (witticism) primate 57. "'Tis a shame" hungry person to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weap- 51. Studio stages 29. Shakespearean shrew 58. Icicle's place 4. Tennyson's ___ Arden on of destruction. This key event in the Star 53. Lived 30. Devices getting 59. Blackhearted 5. Attire accompanying a music downloads Wars timeline brings together ordinary people 55. Supertough cane 60. Not so much 61. Destiny 32. It's skimmed off the 61. Little lie who choose to do extraordinary things, and in 6. Early baby word top doing so, become part of something greater 63. Become tiresome 7. Prison unrest 62. "Long ___ …" 64. Throw, as a shot put 33. Kutcher character on than themselves. 8. That is, in Latin "That 70's Show" 65. Dr. Frankenstein's 9. Affixes in a assistant 34. Took the World scrapbook, say Series in four games 66. Swedish furniture 10. School for which one giant 36. Hurricanes, fires, OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY • (R) feels nostalgic etc. 67. 50's-60's singing 11. Ring sensation 38. Scissors cut 1:25 • 4:00 • 6:35 • 9:10 41. More modern

In ‘Offi ce Christmas Party’, when the CEO (Jen- Solution to last week’s Crossword puzzle. nifer Aniston) tries to close her hard-partying Solution to puzzle on page 14 HUNS CARBO SHOO SUDOKU brother’s branch, he (T.J. Miller) and his Chief EP I C ABOUT MA I N Technical Offi cer (Jason Bateman) must rally IRMA MOUN T OSLO GOBB L EDEGOOK 1 2 3 their co-workers and host an epic offi ce Christ- HAL ALES DELVE mas party in an effort to impress a potential TRESS BSER I ES client and close a sale that will save their jobs. MISSTEP NRA 45 1 TALK I NGTURKEY The latest comedy from directors Josh Gordon HER BAVAR I A and Will Speck (‘Blades Of Glory’) co-stars UNCLASP OTTER ETHAN SP I T AXE 26 7 8 Kate McKinnon, Olivia Munn, Jillian Bell, Rob GOBB L ERSKNOB Corddry, Vanessa Bayer, Randall Park, Sam MISO ELENA ANTE Richardson, Jamie Chung, and Courtney B. OREO LIEAT VE I L 57 68 BEEN APPLE ARCS Vance in the funniest movie of the holiday 48 37 season. 3719 MOANA • (PG) 34 62 1:15 • 4:00 • 6:45 • 9:30 719 From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes ‘Moana,’ a sweeping, CG-animated feature 63 5 fi lm about an adventurous teenager who sails ©2009 Hometown Content out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana (voice of Auli’i Cravalho) meets the once-mighty demigod Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson), who guides her in her quest to become a master wayfi nd- er. Together, they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfi lls the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she’s always sought: her own identity. DINING, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 7

Toasted Smore’s Blondies

INGREDIENTS:

Graham Cracker Crust: 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs, about 9 whole sheets 2 tbs light brown sugar 5 tbs unsalted butter, melted Blondies: 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 cup light brown sugar 2 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 egg 1 cup fl our optional pinch of salt 5 Hershey bars 20-25 large marshmallows, cut in half

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8x8 (pictured) or 9x9 pan with parchment paper and set aside. Stir graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and brown sugar together until all crumbs are moistened. Press into prepared pan and set aside. In a small saucepan turned to me- dium heat, place butter and brown by swirling constantly until it turns a light brown color. Be careful not to burn. Scrape up all brown bits from the bottom of the pan and pour butter into a large bowl with brown sugar and mix until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Stir in fl our until incorporated. Pour batter into graham cracker crust and bake for 23-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with only a few moist crumbs. When they are done baking, remove from the oven and immediately place Hershey Bars on top in a single layer. Break them apart and arrange as needed,. Top with Airman Cookie Drive marshmallow halves. Turn oven to broil and place bars back inside to toast marshmallows and melt chocolate. Be sure to watch them care- fully because once the marshmallows start brownine the process goes Offi cer’s Spouses Club volunteers from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, collected cookies for 1,341 Airmen on extremely fast and they will burn very quickly. Remove from oven and base Dec. 9, 2016. Cookies were donated by Team Minot personnel, local businesses and the Chamber of Com- allow bars to cool on a wire rack in the pan for at least 30 minutes. At merce. First sergeants from the base handed out cookies to dormitory residents and Team Minot Airmen working this point, you can just eat them this way but they will be a huge mess during the holiday season. to cut so I like to transfer the pan to the refrigerator for another 30 U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO | AIRMAN 1ST CLASS JESSICA WEISSMAN minutes to allow the chocolate to set up again. Cut them into bars and serve. Toasted S’mores Bars will stay fresh for up to two days stored in an airtight container at room temperature.

Peppermint White Hot Chocolate

INGREDIENTS: 4 cup Milk 1/2 cup White Chocolate Chips 1 Peppermint Candy Cane 1 tsp Peppermint Extract Whipped Cream and crushed Peppermint Candy (for garnish) INSTRUCTIONS: Heat milk and peppermint cane over low heat in a saucepan until peppermint is melted. Add white chocolate, stirring continuously until melted. Remove from heat and stir in peppermint extract. Transfer to cups and garnish. Elsa White Hot Chocolate INGREDIENTS: 4 Cups Whole Milk 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract 1 Cup White Chocolate Chips Blue Food Coloring Whipped Cream, If Desired INSTRUCTIONS: In a large saucepan, stir together milk and white chocolate chips. Cook over medium-low heat until chocolate is melted, stirring fre- NORTHERN SENTRY | 839.0946 quently. Do not boil. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract and blue food coloring. Serve with whipped cream if desired. [email protected] | www.northernsentry.com 8 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 NORTHERN SENTRY

Savor New Year’s Eve Touch Of Class At Doolittle Center Are you looking for the perfect way to begin your New Year’s celebration? The Doolittle Center invites you to enjoy a night to remember during the New Year’s Eve Touch Of Class dinner buffet on December 31 from 6-9 p.m. Among the tasty menu choices planned for the event are Lobster Bisque, Steak Diane, Shrimp Scampi, and assorted cheesecakes. All meals come with a complimentary glass of wine. Cost for this unforgettable dining experience is $35/person for club members and $40 for non- members. Reservations are required by December 28 and can be made by calling the Doolittle Center at 723-3731 or Amy Filkins at (701) 340-7730. 2016 DoD MWR Customer Rough Rider Lanes Hosting Family New Year’s Eve Party Satisfaction Survey Seeks Make plans now to attend the Family New Feedback From Customers Year’s Eve Party at Rough Rider Lanes on De- cember 31st from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. It’s fun for the entire family as you bid farewell to the old year. Enjoy snacks, FREE shoe rental, and party favors as you bowl the night away and ring in the New Year with family and friends. Cost is $2.75 per game for adults and $2.25 per game for youth 17 years of age and younger. Sign-up at the bowling center to reserve lanes. Rough Rider Lanes will close at 4 p.m. on January 31st to prepare for the New Year’s Eve Party. For more information, call Rough Rider Lanes at 727-4715. Dog Sled Trip Provides Once In A Lifetime Experience If you’re looking for a once in a lifetime type Cost is $65/person quad occupancy, $85/ experience, don’t miss the Dog Sledding Adventure person triple occupancy, $127/person double oc- Trip on January 6-8. Outdoor Recreation invites cupancy, or $255/person single occupancy. Price you join the fun as you sled through the majestic includes the dog sledding day trip, two nights lodg- Superior National Forest in the heart of Minnesota. ing, and transportation to Ely, MN. Deadline for You will get to drive your own dog team and have registrations is December 30. For more details or lunch on the lake. reservations, call Outdoor Recreation at 723-3648. Recently, select members of active duty, National Guard and Reserve components received the 2016 DoD MWR Customer Sat- isfaction Survey. All recipients were chosen at random. The survey will measure the impact of satisfaction on three desired outcomes - readi- ness, retention, and unit cohesion of the MWR programs offered by Force Support Squad- rons. The survey will be distributed through GovDelivery.com and for the fi rst time, spouses will also have an opportunity to participate. If you receive the DoD MWR Survey, please take a few minutes to fi ll it out. Your response can make a signifi cant difference.

CLUB MEMBER DRAWING ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16th WILL BE FOR $1,650. You must be present to win. Become a club member today to qualif y. Simply visit Rockers Bar & Grill or the Jimmy Doolittle Center to obtain your application. The next weekly club member drawing will be held on Friday, Dec. 16 at the Jimmy Doolittle Center and Rockers Bar & Grill. Drawing time varies each week between 5:30-6:30 p.m. NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 9

FREE Admission For Club Dec 21 Bundles For Babies Members To UFC Fight Night Expectant mothers are invited to attend Bundles For Babies at the Airmen and Family Readiness Center on December 21 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The class is open to all ranks and not limited to a fi rst pregnancy. Attendees will learn how to budget for your new baby and about many of the support programs that are available. Meet other expectant parents and receive a free gift for your new baby courtesy of the Air Force Aid Society. To register or for additional information, call the Airman and Family Readiness Center at 723-3950. Jan 9 Family Child Care Pre-Orientation Would you like to work in your home, make a dif- ference on Minot AFB, and in the life of a child? Then attend the FCC Pre-Orientation at the Family Club members receive FREE admission to Child Care offi ce on January 9 from 6-8 p.m. to see the UFC 207 pay-per-view event at Rockers Bar if it is for you! All persons providing care in their & Grill on Friday, December 30. Non-members homes for more than 10 hours per week must be price is only $7. The action is headlined by the licensed. People who become affi liated providers UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship bout living downtown have the same opportunities as between current champion Amanda Nunes and base providers. For details, call the Family Child Family Fun Night Rough Riders invites you to enjoy their Family former champion Ronda Rousey. Care offi ce at 723-6662. Fun Night every Tuesday from 5-9 p.m. Club For 5th Force Support Job Opportunities, members can enjoy 2 large one topping pizzas, 12 visit www.nafjobs.org breadsticks, and 2 pitchers of soda for only $25. Non-members can join the fun for only $32. For or call NAF Human Resources at 723-2812 more details, call Rough Riders Pizza at 727-4377.

Dec 16 Friday Night Karaoke Dec 29 Off-Base Budget Class Come and show off your talent during Friday Night Planning to move off base? Do you have a func- Karaoke at Rockers Bar & Grill on Dec. 16 from tional budget plan? The Airman & Family Readi- 8 p.m. to close. Rockers Bar & Grill has a great ness Center is hosting an Off-Base Budget Class karaoke selection for your enjoyment. Gather on December 29 from 2:30-4 p.m. Airmen will up your friends and enjoy all of the fun. For ad- obtain important information on leases, military ditional information, contact Rockers Bar & Grill clauses, renters insurance, and so forth. Attend- at 727-ROCK. ees should bring their current LESs and have Dec 18 Football Frenzy knowledge of their bills. Class size is limited; call Catch all the exciting NFL action every Sunday dur- 723-3950 to register or for more information. ing Football Frenzy at Rockers Bar & Grill. Watch Jan 7 Indoor Sprint Triathlon your favorite team on the numerous televisions The Fitness Center is hosting a Indoor Triathlon throughout the facility. Club members, be sure on Saturday, January 7 starting at 7 a.m. How far to get the unique word of the week then register can you run in 20 minutes, swim in 20 minutes, and online to win weekly prizes. Registration details bike in 20 minutes? This FREE event is limited to are available at MyAirForceLife.com/Football the fi rst 50 participants. Visit the front desk of the Frenzy. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and the action Fitness Center from Janaury 1-5 to register. The continues until 6 p.m. For additional information, event is open to all active duty and dependents 16 please contact Rockers Bar & Grill at 727-ROCK. years of age and older. Call 723-2145 for details. Visit our website at www.5thforcesupport.com 10 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 NORTHERN SENTRY Road conditions: what they mean

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INOT AIR commander will determine cruise control is prohibited FORCE when to change travel when operating government BASE, conditions on MAFB based vehicles. N.D., upon information received Red- This condition -- For from the 5th Mission describes a degraded approximatelyM six months Support Group. While environment when out of the year Minot, the 91st Missile Wing hazardous travel conditions North Dakota endures a commander determines exist. Motorists should not harsh winter which can when to change travel travel due to hazardous be surprising for any conditions within the conditions which may make newcomer to the city. Missile Complex based it unsafe. Snow plows may In order to keep base on information received be pulled from the roads personnel safe, whether from personnel and teams during severe conditions. they're traveling 20 miles traveling across the Motorists should take "no from the city to base or complex. travel advised" seriously as to a building one block If road conditions change, those motorists who choose away, Minot Air Force the 5th Security Forces to travel at their own risk Base has guidelines in Squadron will update the may become stranded and place to inform people on-base and Hwy 83 travel emergency responders how dangerous the road condition signs at the may not be able to reach U.S. AIR FORCE GRAPHIC | AIRMAN 1ST CLASS JESSICA WEISSMAN conditions are. installation entry and exit them safely. A "no travel Minot Air Force Base, N.D., experiences constantly changing road condi- The purpose of this gates. advised" has the potential tions throughout the winter and this graphic helps explain them. traffic code is to establish The following travel to change to a "road closed standardized procedures conditions are used to or blocked" if conditions Missile Complex are reporting." for motor vehicle traffic define road conditions deteriorate. similar except they are only The next day early supervision and ensure safe on and off base and how Black- This condition is coded green, yellow and morning notification is and efficient movement drivers should respond: the same as "road closed." red - red also serving as a made to leadership to begin of vehicles, materials and Green- This condition Motorists are not allowed combination of on-base red the personnel notification personnel to destinations describes the normal day- to travel on a closed road and black. process. on Minot AFB. to-day travel condition. due to life threatening Because weather or road More information on Changes to travel Yellow- This condition conditions. The road may conditions may develop duty reporting status conditions are implemented describes a degraded be impassible or blocked. during non-working hours during inclement weather when weather or other environment when Motorists may be cited by which make it difficult for procedures can be found in natural disasters affect cautious travel conditions Security Forces for driving employees to arrive at work Minot AFB Instruction 36- roadway travel conditions exist. Drive according during this condition. Gate on time, the installation 101. on Minot AFB and to the weather and road guards will stop outbound commander can determine To hear updated road roads within the Missile conditions, which may vehicles and inform the a later time for members to conditions please call the Complex. include a reduction of occupants. arrive at their duty stations MAFB Information Hotline The 5th Bomb Wing speed. Use of vehicle Road conditions in the -- this is known as "delayed at 701-723-1190 Inside look: A sensor operator’s fi rst weapons strike

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REECH AIR FORCE anxious about a job to remember all of their percent sure what I’d be there are other sensor CBASE, Nev. (AFNS) interview, college exam or training. Once the weapon doing but I had no idea I’d operator opportunities such -- a first date. Not Matthew. is away, however, the entire be taking bad guys off the as raid support, intelligence The feelings experienced He was worried about shot comes down to the battlefield for a living.” gathering and combat during combat missions can supporting troops on the sensor operator to maintain Matthew went on to say search and rescue. After a be intense for many aircrew ground from an MQ-1 the crosshairs and keep the it’s unreal that he lives up long day of these and other members. For Airman 1st Predator, operating the weapon on target to achieve to the military image of mission sets, Jesse likes Class Matthew, a 20-year- Multi-Spectral Targeting the ground commander's neutralizing enemies every that he’s still able to see old 15th Attack Squadron System while tucked away objective. day. his family after his combat MQ-1 Predator sensor in a ground control station The pressure was on. If “This job is awesome, but shift. “What other precision operator, his first air strike in the Nevada desert. he missed the target, the stressful, yet very crucial to strike platform can say was an event he will never “Matthew had to follow enemy would reach an area the military,” he said. “The that,” he said. forget. the moving vehicles with a where coalition forces were information and strikes we “No other aircraft can He became cold and his laser in order to guide the bedded down for the night. provide are amazing. It’s stay aloft overhead as long hands shook nervously as weapons while determining Despite the pounding those things most people as we can, let alone be as he moved the crosshairs the escape velocity of in his chest, Matthew’s don’t see or hear about that consistently precise with a over the target. Time the target,” said Master training paid off and he we do every day that keeps (AGM-114) Hellfire,” Jesse dragged on inside the dark Sgt. Jesse, the 15th ATKS successfully guided the people safe.” said. “This weapons system air-conditioned ground operations superintendent. weapons to the target, While close-air support has truly changed the way control station as he waited “He would weaponeer the saving the ground forces is a big part of the mission, we fight wars.” for the missile to explode missile impact in order to and boosting his confidence on one of his many screens. neutralize the target and sky high. Matthew recalls the the cannon mounted in the “It was a great shot and experience, clearly, as truck.” he's had a couple more the day he was suddenly All of this had to be done since then,” Jesse said. “It's thrown into his first while dealing with a one awesome to see. I'm glad weapons employment, a and a half second delay. things went well as this is day he had been trained for, “I was really nervous what we train so hard to but didn’t expect so early and got cold all of a do.” in his career. sudden,” Matthew said. Providing precision “We got the call from “I didn’t want anything to attack and dominant a joint terminal attack go wrong or to disappoint reconnaissance capabilities controller for a short- the supporting unit or to the combatant notice airstrike,” Matthew squadron. I wanted to prove commanders wasn’t what said. “We were tasked to myself and I had to rely on he thought he would be hit moving vehicles. One what I had been taught and doing after high school. was a motorcycle and the practiced.” “My brother was my other was a vehicle-borne Jesse said there are so recruiter and after looking U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO | SENIOR AIRMAN CHRISTIAN CLAUSEN [improvised explosive many different variables to at what I qualified for, Airman 1st Class Matthew, a 15th Attack Squadron MQ-1 Predator sensor device].” each weapons employment sensor operator sounded the operator, follows a moving target alongside an MQ-1 pilot during a training mission Dec. 5, 2016, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. Despite the remotely At his age, most that, as sensor operators, most exciting,” Matthew piloted aircraft stigma that operators don’t feel anything when conducting individuals would be there is a constant need said. “I still wasn’t 100 weapons strikes, Matthew explained he felt nervous, cold, and his heart raced during his fi rst weapons strike in support of ground forces. NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 11 SecAF visits F.E. Warren, discusses force improvement efforts 1ST LT. ESTHER WILLETT | 90TH MISSILE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

.E. WARREN AIR the Force Improvement Commander, Lt. Gen. F FORCE BASE, Program in 2014. Jack Weinstein. Wyo. -- While FIP began as a “We need to sustain Secretary of the Air ground-level initiative this weapon system Force Deborah Lee designed to highlight until we get a new one. James and Deputy Chief and address prominent Conversations like these of Staff for Strategic issues, it has developed help us when we’re in Deterrence and Nuclear into a culture of shared battles defending why Integration Lt. Gen. Jack practices and innovation. we need to make this Weinstein visited F.E. Since FIP’s inception, investment,” Weinstein Warren Air Force Base a number of quality- said. “What you do every to speak directly with of-life and operational day is foundational to the Airmen about ongoing improvements have defense of our nation, so improvement efforts positively impacted the these discussions keep throughout the nuclear Airmen who operate, us headed in the right U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO | STAFF SGT. CHRISTOPHER RUANO enterprise, Dec. 7-8. maintain, defend and direction.” Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James receives a briefi ng about During the visit, support the nuclear In addition to the UH-1N “Huey” and its contribution to the ICBM mission at F.E. Warren James discussed mission. participating in round- Air Force Base, Wyo., Dec. 8, 2016. The 37th Helicopter Squadron plays an current challenges and “The Secretary and the table discussions, James important role protecting America’s nuclear assets while on missile convoys successes related to Air Force in general have and Weinstein also and patrols in the missile complex. the ICBM mission with done an amazing job of paid a visit to the 37th commanders, missile investing into the nuclear Helicopter Squadron to crews and mission enterprise,” said Lt. discuss the UH-1N Huey. support personnel. Col. Russell Williford, Pilots and security forces “Three years ago, we 320th Missile Squadron members from mobile implemented a number of commander. “FIP was a fire teams briefed the changes throughout the singular effort to address senior leaders on their nuclear enterprise, and the culture and climate contribution to the ICBM I am acutely interested of the nuclear enterprise, mission. in following up to see but it was also the start Both senior leaders how we’re doing,” said of a new philosophy of left the base encouraged James. continuous improvement. by the progress that has U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO | STAFF SGT. CHRISTOPHER RUANO Air Force Global While many FIP aspects been made across the Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James addresses missile combat Strike Command has were implemented enterprise, but fully crews at their pre-departure briefi ng at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., Dec. 8, 2016. She emphasized that the ICBM mission remains critical and introduced a number successfully, we need to aware there is always relevant to the nation's strategic defense. The SecAF and Lt. Gen. Jack Wein- of aggressive efforts continue the process.” more work to be done. stein, Deputy Chief of Staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration designed to make As the initiatives “I have no doubt our visited Warren to speak directly to Airmen on the front lines of the ICBM fundamental changes in continue, conversations nuclear force is moving mission. ICBM operations and with Airmen at the in the right direction. that changes have had a of our nation’s national culture. Many of these tactical level will It’s good to know what positive impact overall,” defense, and I thank you endeavors began with remain invaluable, said the problems are, but James said. “The nuclear for bringing all you’ve the implementation of former 20th Air Force it’s also good to know force is at the forefront got to the fight.”

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ELLIS AIR everything from people, is sortie production and curriculum for what became back to when needed, and FORCE BASE, processes and resources to that’s something that’s a the ASPC. The 16A class the graduates have really Nev. (AFNS) weapons, munitions, supply really big emphasis issue began in September and formed a network that’s N-- The Advanced chain, consumption chain for (Air Combat Command) all but one of the selected available any time.” Maintenance and Munitions and mission execution and the Air Force. We students were assigned to Ultimately, DePorter Operations School applications,” said Lt. have to be able to produce ACC bases. said the ASPC is designed (AMMOS) here graduated Col. Joe DePorter, the combat airpower,” said Capt. David Liberti, to provide an immediate 15 offi cers from its fi rst AMMOS commandant. “We Maj. Dan Connors, an an AMMOS academics impact to the Airmen that Advanced Sortie Production really drive to develop the ASPC class 16A graduate operations offi cer and an each ASPC graduate is Course (ASPC) Dec. 7. student’s ability to look and operations offi cer ASPC instructor, explained charged with leading. The 12-week course — at things through a more assigned to the 4th Aircraft how the course benefi ts each “The Airmen are the ones which targets maintenance, critical lens. Not just being Maintenance Squadron graduate for the duration of that are doing the day-to- munitions and logistics able to identify something at Seymour Johnson Air their Air Force careers and day heavy lifting, but the readiness offi cers in their and repeat that answer back, Force Base, North Carolina. beyond. offi cers that graduate from four to nine year time-in- but no kidding, be able “The biggest thing I’m “One of the excellent this course will now have service window — teaches to identify the problem, going to take away from aspects of this schoolhouse the critical thinking skills to students to think and analyze that problem this course is I think we’ve is we’re not just teaching better serve them,” DePorter view problems diff erently, through critical thinking, kind of settled into thinking the students one thing to go said. “I’m looking forward ultimately to help them and apply that process resources are our number back and use in their current to the new classes going solve sortie production change going forward to one problem so that’s job and then move past forward and the increased defi ciencies more remedy that defi ciency.” clouded our judgment in the it. We have 593 graduates interest and eff orts in eff ectively. DePorter said all of the way we look at a problem, going all the way back to making the course better to Through key leader students in this graduating but if we throw that away 2003. So they’re going produce a more profi cient seminars, classroom class — ASPC class 16A for now it really allows back to execute what they graduate going out in discussions, guided — have deployed once you to be creative in how learned here to help their the fi eld and leading our simulations and hands-on or twice, have signifi cant you achieve the task, job, current unit but it’s going Airmen.” scenarios, each student experience in working mission or whatever it is to continue to help them The school has been is immersed in the world fl ightline operations, and you need to do.” throughout their careers,” providing the Air Force’s of sortie production and are going back into jobs Previously, AMMOS Liberti said. “It’s going to premier advanced charged with solving an that heavily eff ect sortie off ered maintenance, now infl uence how they maintenance training ever-present issue facing the production. In addition, munitions and logistics think, how they approach and expanding combat Air Force today. all of the students were readiness offi cers the problem sets, and that’s capability through graduate- “This course goes selected through a Combat Support Course, really what we try to do. level education since it fi rst through six blocks of nomination process. but in the beginning of 2016 The schoolhouse is a opened its doors in 2003. instruction that focuses on “The title on the course the school developed the resource for them to come