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July 31, 2014 Vol COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP Thursday, July 31, 2014 www.csmng.com Vol. 8 No. 30 50, 911 CES exemplify total force integration Did you know? Did you know the shuttle ser- vice for dormitory residents begins Monday. The service is from Monday to Friday. The pick-up and drop off sites are: Peterson-Aragon, DFAC; and Schriever-North Portal and Building 210. Base Briefs Volunteers needed for 10th annual Schriever Triathlon The Schriever Fitness Center is look- ing for volunteers to help with the 10th annual Schriever Air Force Base Triathlon Aug. 22. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Seth Cannello at 567-6658. Schriever recognizes Holocaust Remembrance U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes Join the 50th Space Wing Equal Airmen with 50th and 911th Civil Engineer Squadron work together to complete a cement pad for the Outdoor Recreation recreational vehicle parking lot Friday at Schriever Opportunity office as we recognize Air Force Base, Colo. Thirty-two 911 CES reservists with eight different Air Force Specialty Codes, such as electricians, utilities, heavy equipment operators, operations Holocaust Remembrance Day 10-11:30 and management, integrated into 50 CES shops and worked alongside Schriever Airmen on various 50 CES projects. a.m. Aug. 20 at Building 300 audito- rium. The guest speaker is David Bram, Colorado Springs’ only Holocaust By Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes From July 13 to 25, the 50th Civil Air Force Specialty Codes, such as electri- survivor. Seats are limited. To RSVP, 50th Space Wing Public Affairs Engineer Squadron hosted the 911th Civil cians, utilities, heavy equipment operators, contact Master Sgt. Jennifer O’Quinn It was approximately noon on a sunny Engineer Squadron from Pittsburgh Air operations and management integrated to 50 at 567-5310. The following are other Friday. At the south side of Schriever Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, as part of CES shops and worked alongside Schriever Holocaust Remembrance events: Force Base, a team of Airmen was busy the Reserve unit’s annual tour requirement. Airmen on various projects. • Holocaust exhibit — 8 a.m.-3 p.m. completing a cement pad for the Outdoor The Outdoor Rec pad was the last project for “We aligned with the shops and identi- at the Schriever Fitness Center Recreation’s vehicle parking lot. Some both squadrons. fied some projects that Team Schriever may • Movie “Defiance” — 11:30 a.m.- Airmen moved and evened the cement; while “Our partnership was close to perfect,” need,” said Capt. Robyn Froehlich, 911 CES 1:30 p.m. in Building T-135 a few provided finishing touches. said Capt. Dave Stringer, 50 CES chief of commander. “The 50 CES leadership was • Tribute Walk — 2 p.m. at the fitness With the way they work, it may seem the operations. “It was probably one of the best ready for us when we got here. We already center team had been doing this for a long time. total force integration events I have done in had materials and projects lined up for us.” • Balloon release — 2:30 p.m. at the Though they all wear the same uniform, the my 18 years of being in the Air Force. It was During their two-week tour at Schriever, fitness center Airmen were actually from two different phenomenal.” See Integration page 4 More Briefs page 13 squadrons, bases, states and status. Thirty-two reservists from eight different Sign up for weekly Schriever announcements, news and more. Visit www.schriever.af.mil and click 22 SOPS evaluator answers leadership call “Public Affairs” under featured links. By Scott Prater us to perform well when you con- Schriever Sentinel sider that we provide the entirety Public Affairs John Baldwin, a weapons and of the training every crew com- tactics evaluator for the 22nd mander, crew chief and scheduler Space Operations Squadron, sat receives,” Baldwin said. at his desk this past March think- Back in March, Gibson tempo- Inside ing something drastic was about rarily combined the two flights Military memories ........................ 3 to happen. He knew squadron under Baldwin. Airmen selected for promotion ..... 5 leadership faced a difficult pre- “We started off with a self in- Water safety paramount .................. 7 dicament. Two of the squadron’s spection and noticed that while training flights needed a com- one of the flights was running mander, but with no influx of of- smoothly, the other had some ficers ready to assume control, problems,” Baldwin said. “We they needed to find a solution civilian users, communicate with of users, satellites, orbital paths paid a lot of attention to the un- quickly. their satellites. and requests for contacts, it’s an der performing flight and it took Ultimately, Lt. Col. Aaron “The only caveat is that an extremely complex schedule.” some time to get the right people Gibson, 22 SOPS commander, AFSCN ground antenna can Schedulers in 22 SOPS devel- involved as well as gain the un- turned to Baldwin, who as only support one satellite con- op those schedules. And those derstanding and buy-in from the it turned out, already held a tact at a time,” Baldwin said. schedulers are trained by the flight members. Eventually, we clear vision for the squadron’s “Most missions have multiple 22 SOPS Operations Support ended up rebuilding our training Operations Support and Weapons satellite vehicles. Add the fact Flight. The flight also trains 22 program.” and Tactics flights. that we support communications SOPS crew commanders and The results couldn’t have 22 SOPS controls the Air Force for vehicles in geosynchronous crew chiefs, while the squadron’s turned out better, according to Satellite Control Network, a col- and low-Earth orbit as well as Weapons and Tactics Flight eval- squadron leaders. lection of 15 ground stations lo- mid- and high-Earth orbits and uates the schedulers, crew com- Maj. Bryan Dutcher, 22 SOPS cated around the world. Through it’s easy to see how things can manders and crew chiefs, as well director of operations, explained the AFSCN, squadrons in the get complicated. The AFSCN as the training they’ve received that despite extreme resource 50th Operations Group, as well schedule is organized by time in house. See Leadership page 12 as scores of other military and and antenna. Given the number “It’s even more important for 2 July 31, 2014 Schriever Sentinel 50 NOG holds leadership forum U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher DeWitt Retired Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall addresses the audience during a leadership forum July 22, 2014, at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. Jelinski-Hall served as the senior enlisted leader to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and has been featured in numerous publications as well as in the documentary, “Unsung Heroes.” The 50th Network Operations Group hosted the event, which also included a question and answer session. 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(AFNS) — ing career and lived in the Belleville area since EDITORIAL Twenty-five B-24 Liberators were lost during 1956. CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGSExecutive MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLO RADOEditor SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP his last mission during World War II. While we discussed his life after the war, Ralph Routon His airplane had been among those that VanBlair told me about his wife of 53 years, [email protected] went down when his crew had to ditch their Mary, who died in 2002. Reporter Scott Prater plane over the North Sea. Luckily, he was “I still miss her every single day,” he said, [email protected] rescued from the waters by an English air- with tears in his eyes and a gleaming wedding ADVERTISING sea rescue ship. band on his left ring finger. 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