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November 14, 2013 Vol COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP ursday, November 14, 2013 www.csmng.com Vol. 7 No. 45 Did you know? 50 SCS enters GBS DECC trial period Did you know the main fi tness cen- ter is hosting a Turkey Trot today at 3 p.m.? Registration is not required and those participating should arrive at 2:45 p.m. for calisthenics on the track infi eld. The fi rst three males and fi rst three females to fi nish will receive prizes and the fi rst 90 fi nishers will receive a t-shirt. Base Briefs 50 SW to host holiday party The Holiday Party Planning Committee would like to invite all to the 50th Space Wing Winter Wonderland Holiday Party, Dec. 6, at the Peterson Air Force Base Club, beginning at 6 (U.S. Air Force Photo/Dennis Rogers) p.m. For more details and to RSVP for Heather Nassar, Global Broadcast Service Operations Center broadcast analyst, adjusts a system disk here Nov. 13. The 50 th Space Communication Squadron is currently the party, please use the following link: testing the GBS operations center in preparation for operational acceptance. https://einvitations.a t.edu/inv/anim. By Scott Prater the newly developed Defense Enterprise cfm?i=174398&k=0366460A725F SCS Plans and Resources ight commander. Schriever Sentinel Computing Center architecture Oct. 25. “Our intent is to load the system as much as Schriever vanpool to A carrier strike group sits in the middle During the trial period, 50 SCS personnel possible, serving as many operational users of the Paci c Ocean poised to conduct anti- will interact with GBS’s military and civilian on this new architecture as we can, and then serve South Denver area piracy operations. Beamed into their opera- users worldwide. Together, they’ll run live, evaluate our con dence in employing GBS A new vanpool is forming to serve tions center is a crucial video feed from a real-world operations with a select group of DECC worldwide.” the southern Denver area. e route Global Hawk Remote Piloted Aircra in the users across various combatant commands So, what is GBS? is currently in the planning stages for region. at crucial piece of video is likely in order to stress and evaluate the hardware, It’s a communication broadcast service de- areas along the Interstate 25 corridor, being provided by the Global Broadcast so ware and procedures that make up the veloped to meet the ever-growing war ghter starting from the I-25 exit 193 area with Service, which is managed by the 50th Space new GBS operating architecture as well as demand for large-volume data throughput the personnel involved. possible stops at the Castle Pines, Castle Communications Squadron here. capabilities. e service disseminates large “ ink of it as a test drive, like you would Rock, Monument, and Woodmen/I-25 e unit began the Global Broadcast Service operational trial period using test drive a car,” said 1st Lt. Tobias Pedretti, 50 See Trial Period page 6 park and rides, as determined by the riders who sign up. Final destination is Schriever AFB with arrival times not later than 7:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. A Schriever marches in local Veterans Day Parade minimum of six riders is needed. Call 719-359-0343 or 719-721-8094 for more information. More Briefs page 12 Sign up for weekly Schriever announcements, news and more. Visit www.schriever.af.mil and click “Public Affairs” under featured links. Public Affairs Inside Did you earn the salute today? ..... 3 Opportunity in Black Forest .......... 4 Shriever’s own honored .................. 9 (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher DeWitt) Members of the 50th Space Wing march in the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade Friday. Representatives from all of the front range military installations participated in the parade. 2 November 14, 2013 Schriever Sentinel I AM NO ORDINARY STUDENT At Colorado Technical University, our strong support of the military is evidenced by the policies we have in place to help you pursue your education and achieve your personal, professional and academic goals. • 88% of active duty alumni and veteran alumni were satisfi ed with their CTU experience1 • 3 out of 4 active duty alumni would be very likely to recommend CTU1 Military Times ranks BEST CTU as the #1 BEST #1 FOR VETS FOR VETS in 2013. Call: 877.906.6555 Visit: coloradotech.edu/colorado-springs 1 2012 Champion College Services Alumni Survey of CTU graduates from designated years between 2002 and 2011. CTU is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association. (230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500. Chicago, Illinois. 60604-1411) www.ncahlc.org. 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Rather, Vanessa Nagel and I oen ask how they are able to cope with the salute rearms the idea of dedicating [email protected] the stressors of the job and the demands of ourselves to our fullest potential and commit- Julie Sandberg leading so many people. ment to preserving our freedoms. I encourage [email protected] A two -star general once said to me, everyone to embrace the signicance of the Chad Mason “Aaron, you need to ask yourself what you salute. A salute may not always come from [email protected] will do today to earn the salute of the Airman a member in uniform, but from our citizens who greets you at the gate. If at the end of who recognize our sacrices and are proud of ART DEPARTMENT the day you can say you gave it your all and the military for preserving their way of life. Production Supervisor truly earned the salute, then you can go home e next time you receive a benet from a Mike Reid satised and ready to face the next day.” local business or a sincere “thank you” from a [email protected] ose words resonate within me each day citizen for your service, take the time to speak Graphic Designer with them and thank them for remaining I face a new challenge or dicult tasks that Maj. Aaron Gibson Ryan Hannigan dedicated to our country. Our country faces cause me to question my decisions. So, what 22nd Space Operations Squadron commander [email protected] actions must we take before asking ourselves a dicult road ahead; however, the people of if we’ve earned the Airman’s salute? this nation will pull together as they always My grandfather served proudly with his live out their dreams. ey served in combat have to emerge stronger and more committed Published by Colorado Springs Military Newspaper two brothers in World War II as a Sherman to preserve the freedoms of our nation and to our shared freedoms. Now is not the time Group, a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Schriever tank commander and infantryman in North our way of life. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and to despair and throw our hands up because Air Force Base and the 50th Space Wing. This civilian Africa, Sicily, Italy and Germany. His broth- Marines today carry with them a legacy of of the challenges we face. 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