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Task Force Releases Religious Climate Findings Vol. 45 No. 25 June 24, 2005 Inside COMMENTARY: Drug addict husband, Page 2 NEWS: Lt. Gen. Rosa to Citadel, Page 3 Information Technology boss lays out IT road map, Page 4 Athletic Director eyes Academy sports future, Page 6 Swim coach helps child cancer survivor Page 8 FEATURE: Global Engagement, Pages 10, 11 SPORTS: 34th TRW wins area volleyball matchup, Page 12 Men’s soccer schedule released, Page 12 How I spent my summer vacation ... A cadet guards the base perimeter as part of the field exercise during Global Engagement. Third class cadets learn what Briefly it’s like to live in a deployed location during the 10-day course in Jacks Valley. See story page 10. (Photo by Meggen Burghardt) Vice Superintendent selected Brig. Gen. Irving Halter Task force releases religious climate findings has been named to fill the new position of Vice By Eddie Kovsky exactly what is appropriate in regard to free ronment, both in our Air Force and at deployed Superintendent at the Academy Spirit staff exercise of religion. There were some faculty locations,” said General Brady. “I’m recom- Academy. General Halter, and staff, in efforts that were probably well- mending that we direct the Academy to develop who has been selected for The Air Force Task Force’s report on the intentioned, who expressed their faith in ways wider cultural awareness.” major general, is a command religious climate at the Academy was released that were inappropriate for somebody in a Following the Pentagon briefing, General pilot with more than 3,100 Wednesday morning. position of authority. We didn’t have any reason Rosa hosted a press conference in Arnold Hall flying hours. He is arriving Mr. Michael Dominguez, acting Secretary to think that people who were expressing reli- to answer questions about the report. from Washington D.C., where of the Air Force; Gen. John Jumper, Air Force gious messages were doing so maliciously, “The findings validate what we discov- he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff; and Lt. Gen. Roger Brady, Air but it was still wrong. ered and what we’ve been doing here,” said Director for National Systems Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and “Secondly, there’s the ongoing challenge the general. “The report reflects the the leader of the religious climate review task Operations for the Joint Staff, of dealing with 18-22 year olds, and making complexity of the issue. We will set up a team force discussed the report in a press confer- and Deputy Director for sure they understand our core values, namely to track the implementation of all the recom- ence at the Pentagon Wednesday afternoon. Military Support at the respecting each other’s beliefs,” the general mendations, four of which reflect changes that Senior leaders praised Lt. Gen. John Rosa, said. “Sometimes the pressure of a hot will be Air Force wide. One problem of reli- National Reconnaissance Academy Superintendent, for first noticing a cooking environment like our Air Force gious disrespect is too many. We’ll continue Office. problem with the religious climate at the results in slurs among the cadets, which we to address this problem in stage two and July 4 activities Academy, and taking the first steps to correct do not tolerate.” three of RSVP.” it. In their report, the task force made the Phase two will focus on educating cadets The Fourth of July cele- “General Rosa found this problem with following recommendations: Develop and and staff on other religions and cultures. bration at the Academy is the surveys in 2004, and brought it to the emphasize policy guidance for commanders General Rosa stated that cadets had asked for closed to the public. Only Board of Visitors to get their help,” said and supervisors regarding religious expres- multicultural education as part of the religious Military ID and DOD card Secretary Dominquez. sion, require all commanders to address reli- respect program. holders will be given access “The Academy is aggressively working the gious accommodation when scheduling General Brady was chosen by Secretary to the Field House Parking issue of religious respect,” said General Brady. operations, and provide a single point of contact Dominquez to lead the 16 person task force Lot and athletic fields for “There was some issue with the faculty for faculty, staff and cadets to raise issues of at the Academy in May. The team met in open viewing. The Air Force band and staff about what constitutes acceptable religious respect. The task force also recom- sessions with more than 300 people, including Wild Blue Country performs discussions of faith,” said General Brady. mended that cultural awareness and respect the Superintendent, commandant, dean of the at 7:30 and 9:20 p.m. The “There is a lack of operational guidance that training be implemented across the Air Force. Faculty, director of Athletics, and other staff, fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m. tells commanders and senior supervisors “We need to develop a wider cultural envi- faculty and cadets. Academy Spirit 2 COMMENTARY June 24, 2005 Shocked:‘My husband is a drug addict’ By Staff Sgt. Lindsay Thomas believed that everything would be was ruined. take a stand and help someone, even if 22nd Contracting Squadron made right and that if I just stuck This experience and his actions doing the right thing hurts like hell. Air Force Print News through it, there would be a light at left everyone hurt and betrayed. I feel If you know someone who has a the end of this long, dark tunnel. like I gave my soul to love, and it has problem with alcohol or prescription MCCONNELL AFB, Kan. -- I’ve And then, two weeks before the paid me back in change. medications or drugs, please, I am said those words many times, yet the court-martial, my husband’s stories Our son, who is two-years-old, begging with you and pleading with sound of them still makes me cringe. I started to contradict one another and resorted to taking a picture of his you, say something. still wonder how any of this could he kept backtracking on his stories, daddy to bed with him at night in have happened; I ponder how every- My husband is solely responsible grasping for some validity. He was some hapless, desperate effort to be for the crimes he committed; however, thing could have spun so horribly out slipping up, and it all began to unravel closer to his father. I cannot help but wonder how of control. before him. My daughter, who is five-months- different the circumstances would About a year ago, I was pulled out And then he said it. old, will not even know the man who have been if someone had taken a of Airman Leadership School by an “I slipped up,” is what he said. “I is supposed to be her father when he Office of Special Investigations agent used cocaine.” finally gets out of prison. stand against my husband’s drug abuse who informed me that my husband Dumbfounded, I demanded an Now, a heart that is worn and when he or she first obtained knowl- had failed a urinalysis for cocaine. explanation, only to hear the horrible weathered would know better than to edge of it. Perhaps he could have Shocked and troubled, I somehow stories of cocaine abuse, painkillers fight, but I have decided to wear mine gotten help before everything spun so stumbled back to class distracted by that were taken like they were pieces like a weapon. feverishly out of control. news that seemed unreal and impos- of candy, and the experimentation of I vowed that this abuse, this addic- As I reflect on the recent events, sible. every other drug you could imagine. tion that afflicts my husband will the answers are all so simple: If you And my husband swore to me that So, I told him that he needed to do NEVER touch my children again, or are abusing alcohol, prescription it was impossible. He pleaded his the right thing. It was the hardest and anyone else, for that matter, if I can medications or illegal substances, you innocence, giving me some elaborate easiest decision I ever had to make. help it. will eventually get caught and you story about a trip to the emergency To make a long story short, on our After the court-martial, I was will pay the ultimate price for your room for kidney stones and a three-year wedding anniversary, my appalled to know that there were many actions. morphine drip that caused him to test husband pleaded guilty to using who knew of my husband’s addictions. You will be ripped from your positive for cocaine. cocaine on several occasions, was “Why,” I pleaded, “didn’t you say family and your home and forced to And I believed him. Why wouldn’t sentenced to eight months confine- something? Why didn’t you help live in a prison where you can’t even I? There were no signs of drug abuse; ment, forfeiture of pay and him?” And I kept getting the same walk through a doorway without he didn’t match that profile. I never allowances, reduction to airman basic answers. asking permission. saw drastic mood changes, there was and a bad conduct discharge. My Some said they didn’t want the There is also another answer: We never an issue with money mysteri- husband is a drug addict, and his deci- conflict, others stated that it wasn’t are responsible for our fellow Airmen. ously disappearing from our bank sions and his disease ruined his life.
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