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Inside ... Af Budget, P3 ... Jbsa Fourth Quarter Award Winners, P5 A publication of the 502nd Air Base Wing – Joint Base San Antonio JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH 66th Year • No. 7 • FEBRUARY 17, 2012 PAGE 4 INSIDE ... AF BUDGET, P3 ... JBSA FOURTH QUARTER AWARD WINNERS, P5 ... AETC HONORS CIVILIAN, P6 ... DENTAL HEALTH, P9 PAGE 2 WINGSPREAD FEBRUARY 17, 2012 ON THE COVER COMMENTARY From left: Staff Sgt. Natca Moye, Air Force Personnel Operations Agency Test Team and Requirements NCO in charge, Tiffa- ny Evans, 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron Airman overcomes pride to seek help environmental engineer and exercise eval- uation team member, Capt. Landon Phil- By Capt. Scott Taylor self, it would kill him. than anything else. When my father was lips, 12th Operations Group chief of in- 30th Space Wing Legal Offi ce Accepting help sick, I felt it was me against the world. I struction, Randy Simeon, 902nd CES fi re Years later, as I refl ect back on that would overhear my mother talking with services fi refi ghter, Airman 1st Class Julia As my offi ce has just completed a resil- dark time in my life, it frightens me to friends and family about what a rough Frensley, 359th Dental Squadron den- iency stand-down day, I am struck by the know how close I was to ending my life. time I was having in school and dealing tal assistant, and Senior Airman Daniel increasing numbers of suicides in the Air As I grew older, I developed a wonderful with my father’s illness. That only stiffened Kline, 902nd Security Forces Squadron, Force every year. There are more agen- support structure in place among my net- my resolve that I was tough, that I could represent JBSA-Randolph as the location cies and programs than I can count to as- work of friends. My father passed away hack it alone, and that I was OK. I refused completes its compliance inspection. See sist anyone thinking of hurting themselves, 11 years after his stroke while I was in to acknowledge or admit that I needed page 4 for the inspection results. and we receive regular training on how college. Two years later at the end of my help from anyone. To ask for help was to Photo by Rich McFadden to engage in positive behaviors. So why is fi rst year of law school, very unexpectedly, admit that I was too weak to deal with this still a problem? my mother was diagnosed with cancer the problem on my own. From my personal perspective, as long and passed away within a month. Once As someone who has made a career as people see asking for help as a weak- again, I was forced to deal with personal of helping clients in need, I can testify ness, positive change cannot occur. As trauma. there are a lot of people out there with long as there is a stigma attached to get- This time around, my friends refused huge hearts who want nothing more Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph ting help, people will continue to shoulder to cast me aside or to allow me to wal- than to help those around them. For me Editorial Staff their burdens alone and continue on this low in loneliness and depression. I credit personally, when I help someone out of a Brig. Gen. Theresa Carter path. I learned this lesson the hard way. them with getting me through law school. hopeless situation, I repay a little bit of the Commander My personal experience I tried to quit several times, and fortu- kindness that has been shown to me. It is Marilyn Holliday When I was younger, my father was nately every attempt was thwarted by the something I will gladly do for the rest of Chief of Public Affairs very sick. He had a malignant brain tu- registrar being out of the offi ce or a friend my life. There are people in all of our lives Senior Airman Precious Yett Editor mor that should have killed him. Instead, noticing and physically removing me from who will bend over backward for us if Airman 1st Class Alexis Siekert he had a stroke in the exact spot where the building. They were true wingmen for only we will let them know we need help Robert Goetz, Alex Salinas the tumor was, which saved his life, but it me and I can never repay them for being and be willing to accept it. Staff Writers paralyzed him and put him in a wheel- there for me during some of the darkest Accepting help does not make you weak Maggie Armstrong chair for the rest of his life. days of my life. One thing I have learned through my Graphic Designer I spent all of my time at the hospital. While these were tough times, I never experiences is that no two people go Wingspread Offi ce I wallowed in self-pity and watched my seriously considered committing suicide in through trauma the same way. There is 1150 5th Street East father suddenly unable to take care of law school. I struggled, but I got through no correct way to feel after experiencing Randolph AFB, Texas 78150 himself. I learned how to take care of my and graduated law school on time. I suc- grief, separation, anxiety, trouble at work, Phone: (210) 652-4410 father at a very young age and, along ceeded in law school because my support stress from a deployment or whatever Wingspread email with my mother, committed myself to his structure gave me the resiliency I needed problem you are going through. [email protected] care. I withdrew from all of my friends at to survive. It is what kept me sane. It is Needing help to get through law school Wingspread Advertisement Offi ce school, who frankly did not know what what kept me going. I have been an at- after I lost my parents did not make me Prime Time Military Newspapers to talk to me about. I was depressed and torney for six years now and pride myself a weak person; needing help made me a Avenue E at Third Street San Antonio, Texas 78205 withdrew from the normal aspects of on being the kind of lawyer to go out of normal person. One of the reasons pride (210) 250-2519 • Fax 250-2570 growing up. The situation eventually esca- my way to help people in my job. This is stopped me from accepting help when I lated to my former friends making fun of because others did the same for me. was younger is that I would see patients This newspaper is published by Prime Time Military News- papers, a private fi rm in no way connected with the U.S. Air my father, calling him a vegetable, which Pride in worse shape than my father at the hos- Force, under exclusive written contract with Joint Base San resulted in my getting into fi ghts at school. Examining these two diffi cult times pital. I would see kids my age seemingly Antonio-Randolph, Texas. This commercial enterprise Air All of the warning signs were there. in my life, I was seriously contemplating deal with it in stride. I would hear about Force newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. military services. Contents of the Wingspread are My behavior changed. I was isolated. I suicide in one, and never considered it kids in worse situations than me overcom- not necessarily the offi cial views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. was quick to fi ght and I simply was not during law school. Why did I react differ- ing adversity and rising above it all. My government, the Department of Defense, or the Department myself. I thought seriously every day for ently in these two situations, even though pride wouldn’t let me ask for help if they of the Air Force. The appearance of advertising in this publication, includ- a long time about ending my life. The both represented diffi cult times? could do it with no problems. ing inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement only thing that stopped me personally I believe the answer is because I knew What I have learned is that the people by the Department of Defense, the Department of the Air was what it would do to my father, who what I was going through the second time who seem to be in the same or worse Force or Prime Time Military Newspapers, of the products or services advertised. I was extremely close to. I was very close around was too big for me to do alone. situation than me are in just as much Everything advertised in this publication shall be made to ending things on several occasions. The difference was I did not believe that pain, but they are just hiding it. However, available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to Several relatives, teachers and counselors it made me a weak person to ask for or it all comes out eventually. My advice to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affi liation, or any other nonmerit saw what was going on and tried to stop accept help, which is signifi cant because anyone thinking of hurting themselves is factor of the purchaser, user or patron. what was happening, but their efforts I have a stubborn streak a mile wide. I to swallow your pride, and don’t try to Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the Public Affairs Offi ce of JBSA-Randolph.
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