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MAJCOM Commanders Visit 24Th and 25Th Air Force A PUBLICATION OF THE 502nd AIR BASE WING JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, TEXAS • Vol. 73 No. 1 • JANUARY 8, 2016 MAJCOM commanders visit 24th and 25th Air Force Photo by Johnny Saldivar Gen. Hawk Carlisle (third from left), Air Combat Command commander, and Gen. John E. Hyten (far right), Air Force Space Command commander, are escorted by Maj. Gen. Ed Wilson (second from left), 24th Air Force commander, and Maj. Gen. BJ Shwedo (second from right), 25th Air Force commanderduring a visit to Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Dec 21, 2015. The MAJCOM commanders received briefi ngs from their respective NumberedAir Force and discuss the continued integration and collaboration between Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and cyber. INSIDE | Commentary 2 News 3 Community Briefs 14 Sports 17 ONLINE | http://www.JBSA.mil PAGE 2 commentary TALESPINNER JANUARY 8, 2016 Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland Finding strength, resiliency Editorial Staff BRIG. GEN. BOB LABRUTTA 502ND AIR BASE WING/JBSA COMMANDER TODD G. WHITE 502ND ABW/JBSA through Air Force family PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR By Airman 1st Class Christopher Thornbury and ensured I knew all my options so OSCAR BAllADARES 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs JBSA-LacKLAND we could take the best course of action. PUBLIC AFFAIRS CHIEF McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. This allowed Emmitt and Kristina to go to one of the best hospitals in the nation SENIOR AIRMAN LYNSIE NICHOLS joined the military to provide for for children with severe problems. If he SENIOR AIRMAN KRYSTAL JEFFERS my family, but I never would have had any chance of survival, it would be PHOTOJOURNALIST JOURNEYMAN I expected the challenges my family there and my leadership made it would face and how we would evolve. possible. JOSE T. GARZA, III When I enlisted in the Air Force I I was given emergency leave so we SPORTS/STAFF WRITER joined another family without intent. could stay at the nearby Ronald This family has been with me ever McDonald House allowing us to be DOROTHY LONAS PAGE DESIGN/ILLUSTRATOR since, especially during my family’s close to the hospital with the best care darkest tragedy. possible. In the end, the doctors couldn’t Family save our son, but knowing we tried has Office After completing basic military train- made our situation easier to live with. 2230 Hughes Ave. ing and tech school, my family and Air Force family JBSA-Lackland, Texas I made the 303-mile drive from our I received calls, texts and messages 78236-5415 (phone) 671-2908 hometown of Lebanon, Mo, to from many people sending condolences (fax) 671-2022 McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. and asking if there was anything they Email: [email protected] We didn’t know anyone or anything could do. A vast majority of those Straight Talk: 671-6397 (NEWS) about the area before arriving. It was people I had just met within the year For advertising information: only my wife Kristina, my daughter and a half of my enlistment, not in my EN Communities Kierstin, and myself. 24 years before; they were co-workers, P.O. Box 2171 My co-workers welcomed us and mentors, instructors and my leadership. San Antonio, TX 78297 within a few months, I had made It was my Air Force family that really 250-2052 friends at work. We soon found out made the effort to make sure we were that our immediate family was going OK. to grow. We were going to have a baby This newspaper is published by We had the funeral in our hometown, EN Communities, a private firm in no boy, who we decided to name Emmitt so he could be near family. It was a dif- way connected with the U.S. Air Force, Alan Thornbury. under exclusive written contract with ficult day that I wish no parent will ever JBSA-Lackland, Texas. This commercial On Sept. 18, 2015, Emmitt was born. have to go through. enterprise Air Force newspaper is an Hardship authorized publication for members Before the funeral, my brother came of the U.S. military services. Contents We didn’t have the chance to raise Courtesy photo up to me and said, “Your friends are of the Talespinner are not necessarily Emmitt. We’ll never know what kind of the official views of, or endorsed by, Emmitt Alan Thornbury’s headstone, son of here.” As I went to the back of the the U.S. government, the Department man he would become or if he’d have Airman 1st Class Christopher Thornbury, 22nd room, I saw four familiar faces that of Defense, or the Department of the my blue eyes or his mother’s dimples. Air Force. Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, I recognized from base. A chaplain, The appearance of advertising in We won’t be able to take him to ball- who was laid to rest in Lebanon, Mo. Emmitt two co-workers and my fearless leader this publication, including inserts or games or pick him up after a fall. We passed away as a result of deformities caused by supplements, does not constitute traveled the 303 miles to be there for endorsement by the Department of won’t be able to hold and comfort him his condition, Trisomy 18. me and my family. I felt overwhelmed Defense, the Department of the Air when he is upset – because he isn’t with Force or EN Communities, of the with emotion to the point I could barely products or services advertised. us anymore, but he is still with us in when they began talking about how breathe. Everything advertised in this our hearts. publication shall be made available much time we would have with him. It may not be as obvious as time for purchase, use or patronage without His fragile body couldn’t support life They weren’t talking about years or passes, but they are still helping me, regard to race, color, religion, sex, outside his mother’s safe womb. He only national origin, age, marital status, even months, not even days; they were whether they know it or not, just by be- physical handicap, political affiliation, lived a little over an hour but the im- talking about minutes and hours. ing a friend, mentor and always or any other non-merit factor of the pression he left will last forever. purchaser, user or patron. Hearing this hit me harder than a understanding. I don’t know what would Editorial content is edited, prepared We didn’t go in blind though. We speeding train and took me to an have happened without the resources and provided by the Public Affairs Office knew Emmitt was going to face chal- of the 502nd Air Base Wing. All photos, emotion I didn’t know existed. provided to my family by the Air Force unless otherwise indicated, are U.S. Air lenges when the doctors spoke to us Leadership and to my family back at McConnell, Force photos. about his deformities caused by his con- My leadership was incredible. They but I do know that because they picked Deadline for story submissions is noon Wednesday the week prior dition, Trisomy 18. It was gut-wrenching made sure I was at every appointment me up, I can put my best foot forward. to publication. JANUARY 8, 2016 TALESPINNER news PAGE 3 News in Brief Air Force cancels 2016 season of Tops in Blue Air Force officials an- NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR 2016 nounced Dec. 21, 2015 OUTSTANDING AIRMEN OF THE YEAR that Tops in Blue, the Air Force officials are seeking nominations service-unique entertain- for the 2016 12 Outstanding Airmen of the ment program, will cancel Year Award. its 2016 season, allowing There are three categories: Airman, NCO an extended review of the and Senior NCO. Major Commands and the program. Air Force District of Washington may each Over the last year, sub- nominate one candidate per category to the missions to the Air Force’s Air Force 12 OAY selection board, which will Airmen Powered by select the winners. Innovation program re- Organization and base-level personnel flected recommendations must contact their MAJCOM, forward operat- to cancel Tops in Blue be- ing agency, direct-reporting unit or MAJCOM cause of the required man- equivalent for applicable suspense dates. power and associated cost. Nominations are due to the Air Force Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Center by April 1. Deborah Lee James noted All nominees must be enlisted in the the topic was often a dis- Air Force through Sept. 30. Any nominee cussion during her base all with a projected separation date prior to calls with Airmen. Sept. 30, must take immediate action to Combined with today’s extend or re-enlist in the Air Force. Lo- fiscal realities and resource cal military personnel section officials may constraints, and chang- approve or disapprove extensions for the ing Airmen demographics Photo by Johnny Saldivar purpose of the 12 OAY program. AFPC will and entertainment prefer- Second Lt. Christina A. Muncey, United States Air Force Band of the West flight commander, leads make the final approval determination for ences, James sought ad- members of “Fiesta in Blue,” a Band of the West ensemble, during a performance at the Fiesta in Blue extension requests sent from the Military ditional feedback from Concert at Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium in San Antonio April 21, 2015. Personnel Section for 12 OAY nominees. Airmen about the program. Any nominees who extend their enlistment Headquarters Air Force Airman population, the 25- to feedback was extremely consider a wide range of for the 12 OAY award program and are not decided on two methods to 34-year-old age group was important, it was just one options to both entertain selected may cancel their extensions through gather this feedback.
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