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NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 1 FREE | WWW.NORTHERNSENTRY.COM | VOL. 57 • ISSUE 47 | MINOT AIR FORCE BASE | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 WHATS INSIDE THIS WEEK: GENERAL RAY 2019 AFGSC AWARDS VISITS MINOT A2 MENTAL HEALTH TRIGGERS OF DEPLOYMENT B3 $$1.001.00 CCLASSIFIEDS!LASSIFIEDS!* $3.00 for Classifi eds with photo Active Military & Dependents only Gen. Timothy Ray, Air Force Global Strike commander, visits Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota early November 2019. Gen. Ray’s visit Sign-up online at included briefi ngs and tours of launch, missile alert, aircraft maintenance facilities and many others across base. More photos on page B4 and www.northernsentry.com on MAFB PA Flickr page. *OFFER ONLY AVAILABLE WHEN BOOKING ONLINE U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO I AIRMAN 1ST CLASS JOSH W. STRICKLAND 2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 NORTHERN SENTRY 2019 AFGSC AWARDS The Lance P. Sijan USAF Leadership Award and Edward D. Payne Missile Maintainer Supervisor of the Year Award presented at the Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, November 18, 2019. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOS AIRMAN 1ST CLASS JESSE JENNY NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 3 CONTACTUS Ted Bolton Team Minot’s exercise in Moses Lake Publisher | Advertising 5TH BOMB WING [email protected] MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, nimbler than wing-sized units. incorporate smart ideas from the like Moses Lake show that there Rod Wilson N.D. -- Moreover, America’s bomber lowest levels, and that we might is still some room for improved Business Development | Marketing As America’s national security forces no longer assume that Major even fail in areas where I’m able lethality with the aging bombers [email protected] strategy evaluates “growing Operating Bases, both CONUS to assume appropriate risk,” said we have. However, we must be political, economic, and military and overseas, are sanctuary from Col. Brad Cochran, 5th Bomb willing to harness the ideas of competitions,” marked by potential enemy attack. The 5th Wing Commander. our incredible Airmen—the Air Nikki Greening advancing technologies and an BW’s recent Moses Lake exercise While critical modernization of Force’s competitive advantage, Creative Services increasingly complex global exemplifi ed this new concept America’s bomber force will take and Team Minot is on the leading environment, Gen. Timothy for dynamic execution and some time, exercise experiments edge. [email protected] or Ray, Air Force Global Strike survivability of America’s long- [email protected] Commander, has directed his range strike from a location far bomber forces to “critically from a typical operating base. MINOT AIR FORCE BASE examine how we train and “We fi gured it would require PUBLIC AFFAIRS employ the bomber fl eet and a pick of our Airspace Ground Global Strike identify areas that must change Equipment, maintainers, and Chief of Public Affairs in order to become the long-range aircrew Airmen with some B-52H Maj. Natassia Cherne precision strike force our nation Stratofortresses, and just operate Public Affairs Offi cer requires.” out of a strange location for about Challenge 1st Lt. Victoria Palandech Seeking areas for new ideas a week,” added Zabka. AIRMAN 1ST CLASS CALEB S. KIMMELL, and potential change, Airmen Team Minot Airmen relocated 2nd Lt. Gabriel Cushing 5TH BOMB WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS from Minot Air Force Base’s to a remote former-military Superintendent 5th Bomb Wing, North Dakota, airfi eld, established, sustained Master Sgt. Jeremy Larlee are experimenting to improve and defended an operating base. MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, Teams compete in events that Civic Outreach the fl exibility, adaptability Then, the team produced combat N.D. -- require innovative thinking and Staff Sgt. Steven Adkins and resilience of America’s training sorties to participate in Team Minot worked hard teamwork. Approximately 450 conventional and nuclear bomber an integrated fl ying exercise. this summer while they competitors take part in the GSC forces from the bottom up. This fi rst eff ort to implement a competed in the Global Strike which test Airmen rigorously. Staff Photojournalists “We need to be prepared, new warfi ghting concept required Challenge. Global Strike The goals for the challenge Technical Sgt. Crystal Cherriere especially as a combat wing, to months of planning between Challenge is the world’s largest are to showcase the world’s Staff Sgt. Benjamin Smith operate out of diff erent locations Team Minot’s leadership, internal competition involving bombers, premier bomber and ICBM Staff Sgt. Michael Kantack where things are not as familiar,” and external support agencies, intercontinental ballistic missiles, force. It displays pride for the Senior Airman Jonathan McElderry said Lt. Col. Dennis Zabka, 69th and AFGSC staff . helicopter operations and Air Force through competition Senior Airman Ashley Boster Bomb Squadron and previous “A lot of thought was put into security forces. and teamwork, recognizes Senior Airman Alyssa Akers Moses Lake, Washington, exercise the planning phases so that when As the challenge closes, Airmen outstanding personnel and teams Senior Airman Dillon Audit commander. it came to execute, it was fairly are looking forward to seeing the and improves the Air Force’s In fact, with the Air Force’s easy,” Zabka refl ected. results of their hard work and combat capabilities through Airman 1st Class Josh Strickland renewed emphasis on its Next time, a deployment like dedication. competition and communication. Airman 1st Class Caleb Kimmel squadrons as warfi ghting units, Moses Lake will be even easier. The competition occurs every Approximately 33,700 Airman 1st Class Jesse Jenny bomber forces are demonstrating “I’m leading my Airmen to other year throughout the Airmen make-up Global Strike Airman Jan Valle their capability of deploying, understand we can learn more summer months. It contains Command, whose mission is dispersing, training and quickly as a wing if we are units from all across the Air to provide strategic deterrence, COMMANDERS employing as bomber task forces not afraid to set objectives that Force, Air Force Reserve and the global strike operations and 5th Bomb Wing Commander: that are much smaller and force us to think diff erently, to Air National Guard. combat support. Col. Bradley Cochran 5th Bomb Wing Vice Commander: Col. Brian D. Vlaun 91st Missile Wing Commander: Col. Glenn Harris HIRING!!! 91st Missile Wing Vice Commander: Col. Barry E. 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