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COLORADO SPRING S MILITARY NEW S PAPER GROUP Thursday, January 24, 2013 www.csmng.com Vol. 7 No. 3 Did you know? 50 LRF ensures readiness, helps protect RA assets By Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes 50th Space Wing Public Affairs “Logistics is a very broad term, but it is extremely important.” This is how Staff Sgt. Dionisio Bowen described the 50th Logistics Readiness Flight. As a logistics planner, also called “loggies,” he would know. He has been in the career field for more than nine years. The 50 LRF’s mission is to conduct deployment planning, training and ex- ecution; base support planning, and lo- gistics command and control in support of the Aerospace Expeditionary Force and Global Force Management construct. The flight performs logistics planning; manages the wing support agreements, Did you know you can use your smart- mobility bags, deployment small-arms phone to submit anonymous tips through weapons, ammunition and transporta- the U.S. Air Force Eagle Eyes program tion programs. mobile app or via text message? For more The 50 LRF mobility and weapons information, see page 4. section provides equipment support to 50th Space Wing Airmen deploying to various locations, including Afghanistan and Djibouti, as well as those supporting Base Briefs the presidential inauguration. “We provide them with anything that 50 OG holds Chief Shirley’s U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes they may need for their deployment,” said retirement ceremony Staff Sgt. Dionisio Bowen, 50th Logistics Readiness Flight logistics planner, and Senior Airman Ashley Mondragon, Robert Ness, 50 LRF mobility and weap- The 50th Operations Group invites 50th Force Support Squadron installation personnel readiness journeyman, discuss personnel deployment records ons section lead. “This may include body Jan. 15 at the installation deployment readiness cell. The 50 LRF’s mission is to conduct deployment planning, training all Team Schriever to attend the retire- armor, plates, helmets, cold-weather gear and execution; base support planning, and logistics command and control in support of the Aerospace Expeditionary ment ceremony for Chief Master Sgt. and weapons.” Force and Global Force Management construct. The flight performs logistics planning; manages the wing support Brad Shirley Feb. 15 at the Peterson agreements, mobility bags, deployment small-arms weapons, ammunition and transportation programs. See Readiness page 13 AFB Club, honoring more than 28 years of service. For more informa- tion or reservations, visit https:// einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim. Open mind leads novice to weightlifting victory cfm?i=135522&k=0362470C7955 or please contact Senior Master Sgt. Ray Smith at 567-4468. 50 OG hosts Chief Shirley’s retirement dinner The men and women of the 50th Operations Group invite all of Schriever to attend the retirement dinner for Chief Master Sgt. Brad Shirley Feb. 13 at the Peterson Air Force Base club. For more infor- mation or reservations, please visit https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim. cfm?i=135552&k=0362470C7E55. For more information, please con- tact Senior Master Sgt. Ray Smith at 567-4784. More Briefs page 6 Inside Pay yourself first ............................ 3 Tomorrow’s event planners .............. 5 Active-shoorter guidance ................... 14 U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans Rodrigo Ocampo performs a deadlift during the Schriever Bench Press and Deadlift competition Friday at the fitness center. Ocampo bench pressed 235 pounds and deadlifted 360 pounds to win the competition. By Scott Prater sured attributes. “I had the academics down, but I learned Schriever Sentinel The Bogota, Columbia, native came to the successful candidates also played a sport and Rodrigo Ocampo competed in his first United States as an adolescent. His parents needed to be in good physical shape, so I weightlifting competition Friday, but it didn’t migrated, in part, to provide him with a began taking classes in everything I could matter. Strength trumped experience during chance to pursue his passion for a career in think of, like swimming, golfing, cycling and the annual Schriever Bench Press and Deadlift the space industry. running,” he said. competition as Ocampo lifted a combined total Since the day he arrived in south Florida, Due to citizenship issues, he wasn’t able of 595 pounds to edge out veteran competitor Ocampo explains, he has tried to be a virtual to attend the Academy, but he did man- David Anthony for the victory. sponge for information. age to gain acceptance into an aerospace At 5-foot-5 and 136 pounds, Ocampo isn’t He was a sophomore in high school when engineering program at the University of an imposing figure in the weight room, but he began learning the steps needed to earn See Victory page 13 drive and a desire to learn aren’t easily mea- acceptance to the U.S. Air Force Academy. 2 January 24, 2013 Schriever Sentinel eeeekkllyy SSppeecciiaallss WWNowNow carryingcarrying Asian,Asian, Mexican,Mexican, EuropeanEuropean productsproducts $1.89 $11.49 $4.99 /lb /lb /lb Fresh Chicken Breast Live Lobster Live Tilapia $0.99 $1.19/ /each each $3.99 or or $8.99/ $1.49 /each $9.95 case /pc /case (9 each) Large Permelo Bowl Noodle Kent Mango Ramune Soda FREE! 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Executive Editor Commander, 23rd Space Operations Investing in myself is where the Air Force Ralph Routon Squadron, Detachment 1 core value of Service Before Self comes in. [email protected] My grandparents used to say to me, “Pay What? Sounds like the opposite, right? The Reporter yourself first.” Being only 10 years old at pay-yourself-first concept I’m talking about is Scott Prater the time, I’d shrug my shoulders, give them not a selfish act, but rather a strengthening of [email protected] my best thanks-for-the-advice look and say myself to be in a position to help others. Just “OK.” But deep down inside, I didn’t really like the safety brief you get on commercial ADVERTISiNG know what they meant. After all, I was just a airlines about putting on your oxygen mask Advertising Director kid with no money. Thirty short years later, before helping others with theirs, if I can’t Jamila Khalil I’ve come to have a richer understanding of help myself, how can I help others? Many of [email protected] their advice and I use it to support the Air us volunteer our time to mentor, serve, com- Force core values through balanced plan- fort and contribute to worthy charities and Stacy Brack ning, prioritization and discipline. causes. Developing myself in this way keeps [email protected] Though we may never know who first me ready to help others. However, growing uttered those words, the fact that they en- in this way has to be deliberate. Classifieds dure lends credibility to their soundness. In When I pay myself first, I strive for a bal- Hyrum Choate [email protected] the literal sense, while living within one’s anced approach to planning. Many aspects means, paying yourself first means setting influence my planning but here are a few: aRt dEPaRtMENt aside money for one’s needs before fulfill- family, friends and career; short, medium ing one’s wants. For example, every month I and long term goals; wants and needs; and Art Director unwittingly used to make sure all my credit known and unknown. Each aspect needs to Rowdy tompkins card bills were covered, then tried to make be in the right balance or mix to make the [email protected] life work with what I had left. Now, I set aside most of my resources. I find that the balance money for my family’s goals and dreams shifts through time as things change so I Maj. Austin Hood first and still manage to pay my bills each readdress my plans regularly. Commander, 23rd Space Operations month. Enjoying life is one of the reasons I Once my family and I decide on a plan, Published by Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Squadron, Detachment 1 Group, a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. work so hard for my money. we prioritize the parts so we know which Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Schriever Air Force Base and the 50th Space Wing. This civilian The pay-yourself-first idea can be adapted aspects in life will get our efforts when time enterprise newspaper is an authorized publication for to other aspects of life as well. It uses the tured to tackle unforeseen obstacles. In the and resources become constrained. To stay members of the U.S. military services. Contents of the Schriever Sentinel are not necessarily the official views same approach of balanced planning, pri- case of personal finances, setting aside 10 focused, I often think to myself, “A priority of, or endorsed by, the U.S.