NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019 1 FREE | WWW.NORTHERNSENTRY.COM | VOL. 57 • ISSUE 23 | MINOT AIR FORCE BASE | FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019 Operation Operation Heroes is an annual event that allows children to experience a pre-departure briefi ng and equipment demonstrations from different units around Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, June 1, 2019. During the event, children tasted Meals Ready-to-Eat, got their faces painted, saw a static B-52H Stratofortress and weapons displays. Heroes U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO | SENIOR AIRMAN DILLON J. AUDIT June 14-16 Go-Karts, Bounce Houses ND State Fairgrounds & Vendors! Live Music Featuring an Eagles Tribute Band $5 Admission Saturday Night! MINOTRIBFEST.COM 2 FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019 NORTHERN SENTRY All in a weekend: JB Charleston’s 315th Reserve Airmen deliver humanitarian aid to Dominican Republic CAPT. JUSTIN CLARK | 315TH AIRLIFT WING PUERTO PLATA, Dominican is expected to benefi t through the Republic (AFNS) -- improvements in the ability of the itizens of Peurto fi re departments in the region to Plata, Dominican provide fi refi ghting and rescue Republic and their fi re services. An earlier delivery Cdepartment received dropped off an ambulance that life-saving equipment delivered was the fi rst for Puerto Plata’s fi re by a team of Reserve Airmen from department. Joint Base Charleston’s 315th Rochester and Puerto Plata are Airlift Wing, in South Carolina, “Sister Cities,” which allows for the on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, exchange of resources, training and May 31. expertise between the two cities. The dual-purpose weekend Their relationship is managed by humanitarian and training mission the Puerto Plata Rochester Sister allowed for the Reserve aircrew Cities Committee, or PPRSCC. to maintain fl ying currency and Mayors from the respective cities readiness requirements, with signed the relationship into eff ect the added benefi t of delivering 20 years ago, and since then have humanitarian aid to organizations made formal visits to and from in the Caribbean via the Denton each others communities. Cargo Program. The Denton Cargo Program, Military aircrews must fl y as authorized by the Denton regularly to maintain their currency, Amendment, is a State Department/ and missions like these are planned United States Agency for to allow fl yers to meet all their International Development program readiness requirements with while that enables humanitarian charities serving a humanitarian cause. and U.S.-based nongovernmental Operation The cargo, weighing in at organizations to use space available nearly 33,000 pounds, consisted on military cargo aircraft to of a fi re truck, ambulance, transport humanitarian goods to fi refi ghting equipment, tools, countries in need. Consequently, clothing, protective gear and these missions are fl own at no or Heroes rescue equipment, all of which minimal additional cost to the U.S. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOS | SENIOR AIRMAN DILLON J. AUDIT was donated by the Rochester Fire taxpayers. Cargo goes through a Department Engine 1 in Rochester, vetting process to ensure it meets Operation Heroes is an annual event that allows children to experience a pre-departure briefi ng and equipment New York. It was handed over standards and will most benefi t its demonstrations from different units around Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, June 1, 2019. During the event, directly to personnel from the fi re intended recipients. children tasted Meals Ready-to-Eat, got their faces painted, saw a static B-52H Stratofortress and weapons displays. department in Puerto Plata, who To help ensure that the were on the scene to accept the fi refi ghting equipment would be delivery. put to best use, training manuals For the aircrew, the mission and materials were translated into allowed them to practice unique Spanish and Spanish-speaking skills that can’t be replicated fi refi ghters from Rochester while fl ying within the continental volunteered their own time to U.S., such as coordinating with accompany Puerto Plata fi refi ghters international air traffi c controllers on both training and real-world and ground crews, fl ying over fi refi ghting runs throughout the water and navigating in foreign Rochester area. 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NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019 3 CONTACTUS We’re U.S. and Japanese elementary school teachers participate in group activities Ted Bolton getting during “We Can!” bilateral training at the Ryukyu Middle School, Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 24, 2019. Okinawa teachers engaged in learning activities Publisher | Advertising designed to help them integrate new teaching methods for future curriculum [email protected] requirements of the foreign language initiative instituted by Japan’s Ministry of Education. Personal U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO | STAFF SGT. PETER REFT Beth Duchsherer with you! Editor | Advertising & Creative Director Let everyone [email protected] or at the [email protected] Minot AFB Rod Wilson and surrounding Business Development | Marketing areas know [email protected] your news! MINOT AIR FORCE BASE PUBLIC AFFAIRS The Chief of Public Affairs Northern Maj. Natassia Cherne Public Affairs Offi cer Sentry 2nd Lt. Gabriel Cushing 2nd Lt. 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PETER REFT | 18TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS Senior Airman Alyssa Akers • Obituaries Senior Airman Dillon Audit KADENA AIR BASE, Japan training program is the result of acquisition skills,” Dr. Airman 1st Class Heather Ley (AFNS) -- a partnership between the U.S. Rice said. “The engaging Airman Jesse Jenny Call pon fi rst glance, a and Japanese governments to activities are aligned to the fi rst-time observer roll out new English language “We Can!” books and can COMMANDERS 701.839.0946 might think this curriculum for all Japanese easily be implemented with 5th Bomb Wing Commander: Ucolorfully-dressed students across the country by students in the classroom.” Col. Bradley Cochran or email group of fully-grown adults 2020. Okinawa teachers who 5th Bomb Wing Vice Commander: are teaming up for a children’s Kadena Air Base middle participated in the “We Col. Sloan Hollis [email protected] contest to win prizes and candy, school staff shared activity- Can!” training appreciated 91st Missile Wing Commander: with huge smiles on their driven English lessons to the format of the lesson for more info! faces and laughter fi lling the Okinawa elementary teachers in demonstrations. Col. Glenn Harris ears. The “We Can!” bilateral support of the foreign language “This is very productive, 91st Missile Wing Vice Commander: initiative at the Ryukyu Middle Dr. Rice has so many Col. Craig Ramsey School, or RMS, May 24. ideas, and I was very NEWSSUBMISSIONS Dr. Tracy Rice, regional impressed and touched English Language Coordinator, with her creativity,” said Northern Sentry Offi ce developed the “We Can!” Yuko Sakurai, Ginowan [email protected] | 701.839.0946 training program in support City Kakazu Elementary of the Department of Defense School teacher. “I was so Educational Activities role impressed after our last MAFB Public Affairs Offi ce in the bilateral agreement, session that I couldn’t [email protected] enabling RMS to host training sleep last night because 701.723.6212 for local Okinawa teachers. I was making a numbers “The foreign language card game lesson plan MAIL&FAX initiative is a joint eff ort with ice cream fl avors, 315 South Main Street, Suite 202 between the Japanese Ministry an idea I got from this Minot, ND 58701 | 701.839.1867 of Foreign Aff airs, DoDEA training.” and the State Department to Not only are RMS foster positive relationships staff engaged with the VIEWONLINE between Japan and the U.S. training program, but U.S. www.northernsentry.com by providing training for local students also participate in www.minot.af.mil Okinawa teachers,” Dr. Rice the cooperative learning FIND US ON FACEBOOK said. environment. Minot Air Force Base - Northern Sen- The bilateral training “The Kadena English try. The Northern Sentry is published program began in 2018 after for Speakers of Other by BAG, LLC., a private fi rm operating Japan’s Ministry of Education, Languages team students independently of the U.S. Air Force. culture, sports, science and are an integral part of the Contents of the Northern Sentry are technology revised foreign professional development not necessarily the offi cial views of, or language requirements for and they assist with endorsed by, the U.S. government, the Department of Defense or the Depart- elementary students.