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CClairelaire GGrant,rant, 88,, pparticipatesarticipates iinn tthehe aannualnnual BBikeike RRodeoodeo oonn SSundayunday aafternoon.fternoon. IIslandsland cchildrenhildren wwereere ttaughtaught ssafetyafety rrulesules aandnd bbikeike rridingiding sskillskills dduringuring tthehe rrodeo.odeo. FForor mmore,ore, sseeee PPageage 44.. ((PhotoPhoto bbyy JJ.J..J. KKlein)lein) The Kwajalein Hourglass wwww.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/Hourglass/hourglass.htmlww.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/Hourglass/hourglass.html COMMENTARIES A great example of leading by example Coming up through the ranks as a without the infl uences of alcohol. Kwaj Soldier, often I found myself assigned to family, it was a shinning moment. a sergeant responsible for my training Special thanks go out our own Col. and mentoring. They were extraordinary Stevenson Reed for helping to capture men and women, who thrived at making the spirit of the events, Maj. Johnny sure I was where I needed to be, when Davis, our installation Provost Marshal, I was suppose to be there and with the and all of those who organized the right equipment. Their motto was simply event. I think of the tremendous efforts to accomplish the mission and take of Cardale Tademy and the entire youth care of Soldiers like me. Their watch activities staff; the coaches (women word was to “lead by example”. with the opportunity to lead. and men) for all four teams, that in- Admittedly, I recall some that were On Saturday we, as a community, clude our own Sgt. Chris Kurtzhals and not such good examples, but the vast had an opportunity to provide an exam- Sgt. Brandon Ridens. They all spent majority proved to be examples anyone ple to our own young people residing countless hours teaching and mentor- would aspire to become. I was always on the island. What a great time for all ing our young people in preparation for careful to approach my sergeants, both of us to celebrate in the form of two fl ag the games. Thanks to the young people the good and the bad examples, thank- football games with themes promot- responsible for the sound, music and ing them equally. Thanking the good ing “making the right choices”. It was announcing; the fans in the stands who examples for providing me a mold to a youth activities function, attended by yelled, screamed and danced in sup- follow. Thanking the poor examples for the vast majority of our residents. For port of their players and team and the providing me with an insight as to how I our young men and women, it was a excellent sportsmanship displayed by would never be and how I would never demonstration that anyone can have an treat my own Soldiers if ever blessed awesome time; have fun and celebrate See EXAMPLE, Page 6 Never fear to negotiate, never negotiate from fear Sometimes I’ll check out the BBC news Web site to get its to survive being view on current events and how it interprets what’s happen- surrounded by ing in the world. It can be enlightening to see what people in enemies because other countries are saying about such things. the Israeli Armed Recently, it ran an e-mail poll asking if Iran had benefi tted Forces have had from the Global War on Terror, the Iraq war and the recent an aura of invin- Israeli-Hezbollah confl ict. cibility. The Arab The e-mailed answers were from all over the world. They nations that sur- came from Muslim and non-Muslim countries, from Europe, round the Israelis the United States, Australia, just about everywhere. The have been wary of overwhelming majority felt that Iran was indeed coming out attacking them directly because of the perception that the on top in recent events. Unfortunately, it’s looking like that’s Israelis were unbeatable. In a stand-up conventional war, I the case. still think they would be. I wrote in a previous column that I felt a defeat (or at least But still, that aura has been severely diminished by the not a victory) for Israel in the fi ght with Hezbollah would be recent ‘war’ with Hezbollah. It’s pretty well documented seen as a defeat for all the western world and the United that the Israelis were taken by surprise at how well armed States in particular and would only further embolden Iran. Hezbollah was and how hard they fought. The Israelis did As much as it hurts to say this, it would appear that while something very unIsraeli-like. They underestimated the Israel may not have ‘lost,’ it didn’t ‘win’ either. That’s not a good situation since Israel has managed See NEGOTIATE, Page 6 TThehe KKwajaleinwajalein HHourglassourglass The Kwajalein Hourglass is named for the or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department E-mail: [email protected] insignia of the U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division, of Defense, Department of the Army or USAKA. which liberated the island from the forces of Im- It is published Wednesdays and Saturdays in ac- Commanding Offi cer......Col. Stevenson Reed perial Japan on Feb. 4, 1944. cordance with Army Regulation 360-1 and using a The Kwajalein Hourglass is an authorized pub- network printer by Kwajalein Range Services edito- Public Affairs Offi cer......................Sandy Miller lication for military personnel, federal employees, rial staff. Editor......................................Nell Drumheller contractor workers and their families assigned P.O. Box 23, APO AP 96555 Graphics Designer..........................Dan Adler to U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll. Contents of the Phone: Defense Switching Network 254-3539; Reporter............................................J.J. Klein Hourglass are not necessarily offi cial views of, local phone: 53539 Printed circulation: 2,000 Distribution...................................C.J. Kemen The Kwajalein Hourglass 2 Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006 Women inspire hope, possibility Passage of 19th admendment commemorated Saturday By J.J. Klein Reporter The Kwajalein community com- memorated the 85th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amend- ment, granting women in the United States the right to vote, at a Women’s Equality Day cer- emony on Saturday. In 1971 the U.S. Congress established August 26 as Women’s Equality Day. ‘Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility’ was the theme of the ceremony, which included an original poem written by Tamara Ward, U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll Command secretary; and several songs sung by Sandi Askew. Guest speaker Suza Goltz’s speech focused on her experience as a young woman entering the male-dominated fi eld of engineer- ing. Goltz was one of a handful of women working at the Kennedy Space Center in the early 1980s. Suza Goltz and Nathan Anderson talk at the Women s Equality Day “I was fortunate to have had commemoration at the Religious Education Building on Saturday. good bosses that mentored me (Photo by J.J. Klein) and believed in my abilities and gave me opportunities to excel,” men to “be aware of opportuni- a meeting at the Russian Space said Goltz. “I’ll admit it was hard, ties at every stage of your life’s Center they called on Goltz, who being the fi rst female in a lot of ar- experiences.” She explained how happened to be in the city for the eas that had an established ‘boy’s her interest in Russian culture women’s conference. As a result, club’, but I concentrated on get- and her desire to visit Russia cre- Goltz was in on the ground fl oor ting the task done, and eventually ated once-in-a-lifetime opportuni- development of the docking mech- that’s what I was measured on. ties while employed at the Space anism that would allow the Space “By 1990, one out of six engi- Center. Shuttle to dock to Mir. neers were women, and by the A friendly hello to a Russian “When I returned back to work time I left the Space Center in rocket scientist led to an invita- at Kennedy I was immediately re- 1998 we had launched 95 shuttle tion to chair a science committee assigned to lead the Shuttle Mir missions and had enough women with Svetlana Savitskaya, the fi rst Docking Mechanism Program,” engineers with the right skills so woman in space, at an Interna- said Goltz, “coordinating the U.S. that every console in the launch tional Women’s Conference in and Russian teams working to- control room could be ‘manned’ Moscow. gether in each other’s country. by a woman,” said Goltz. When the Space Center could “I truly believe that the doors of Goltz encouraged women and not get visas for its staff to attend opportunity were always out there; however, today it’s a lot easier to walk through them, thanks to the “By 1990, one out of six engineers were women, and by women and men who’ve helped to the time I left the Space Center in 1998 we had launched 95 lay the ground work,” said Goltz. “As our generation continues to shuttle missions and had enough women engineers with carry the torch, our daughters the right skills so that every console in the launch control and granddaughters should have an even easier time, so much so, room could be ‘manned’ by a woman.” that a need to hold a Woman’s — Suza Goltz Equality Day will not be required as it will be the norm.” Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006 3 The Kwajalein Hourglass Rodeo g RRidingidin Kaile’a Moseley, 7, rides the bike course under the watchful eye of Kwajalein Police Department’s Salvestin Nathan. (Photos by J.J. 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