COMMANDER’S CORNER: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SUMMER AT CAVALIER AFS - PAGE 2 Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Thursday, July 5, 2018 Vol. 63 No. 27 Wolf recognizes importance of LGBT pride By Audrey Jensen 21st Space Wing Public Affairs
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — When she first joined the military in 2005, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, an official U.S. military policy that allowed gays and lesbians to serve in the military if they didn’t declare their sexual orientation, was still in effect. Since Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed by the Obama Administration in 2011, service members like Master Sgt. Sarah Wolf, 561st Network Operations Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge, don’t have to be worried when talking about their partner. “It was interesting to go from never being able to talk about your significant other, when you coworkers would ask, ‘Oh who are you going to lunch with? Why isn’t this gentleman coming to the door to get you?’ to what it is now,” Sarah said. Sarah met her wife, Amy Wolf, while working as the point of contact for Pacific Air Force/A2 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii in 2013. When she was in the Air Force, Amy worked as the desk sergeant for security forces and had to communicate with Sarah whenever maintenance was needed on an alarm. “I would talk to her on the phone and then it devel- oped from there,” Sarah said. “We would just talk and joke and eventually we became friends and started meeting up outside of work.” When Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was first repealed, Sarah said she was still hesitant to bring Amy up (U.S. Air Force photo by Audrey Jensen) in conversation. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Master Sgt. Sarah Wolf, 561st Network Operations Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge, sits at home in Colorado “At first, it was very awkward to bring Amy up Springs, Colorado, June 15, 2018, with her wife, Amy Wolf, who she met while they both were stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, in 2013. After the See Pride page 8 2011 repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, a military policy that didn’t allow gays or lesbians to be vocal about their sexual orientation, it was sometimes hard for Sarah to talk about her significant other. Sarah said the Air Force has been supportive of her, and in 2016, Sarah and Amy got married in Hawaii. Local religious leaders visit Determined to Peterson AFB for Clergy Day make a better life By Robb Lingley 21st Space Wing Public Affairs
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Growing up in Gilroy, California, she had everything a girl could wish for: money, designer clothes and so much more. Shortly after high school graduation, her father took everything from her and kicked her to the streets. Staff Sgt. Jacqueline Jauregui, Air Force Space Command enlisted aide to the deputy commander, was determined to make her life right but struggled to get there. She talked about her past to fellow Airmen during Storytellers at The Club on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, March 30, 2018. “Growing up in Gilroy was a place where every- body knew each other,” said Jauregui. “The way I was raised my dad gave me everything I wanted. I was the girl who spent up to $3,000 on myself every month.” Although it seemed that everything was perfect MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 9 on the outside, her home life was not great. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Justin Beebe) “My dad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, for PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Col. Todd Moore, 21st Space Wing commander, discusses the wing’s mission with local religious which he didn’t take his medication and he was an leaders on Clergy Day at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, June 26, 2018. Moore briefed the religious leaders on the global breadth of See Determined page 5 the wing’s mission.
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By Tech. Sgt. Shawn Thompson 10 Space Warning Squadron
CAVALIER AIR FORCE STATION, N.D. — Cavalier Air Force Station is the U.S. Air Force’s only CONUS-Isolated installation, located 15 miles from the Canadian border and 90 miles north of Grand Forks, North Dakota. For about eight months out of the year, the Spartans of Cavalier brace for the harsh North Dakota winters, where temperatures routinely hover around 0 degrees and dip as low as -40 degrees with 40+ mph winds. We also have lots of snow and rarely see the sun. This can take its toll on the 40 active duty Airmen and their families assigned to the 10 SWS. But after a long winter we start to thaw out, come out of our “caves,” and for a few months we get to experience a North Dakota summer! This is the time of year for the Spartans to start recharging and we’re taking full advantage of warmer weather and longer summer nights to experience all the North has to offer. Among other Morale, Welfare, and Recreation funding vehicles, the 10 SWS services director Patrick Keaveny uses the Recharge for Resiliency or R4R program to provide supplemental funding for 10 SWS MWR events that help with resilience, retention and recruitment without having Airmen dip into their pocket books. “Mr. Keaveny is in the business of coordinating and scheduling adventures. We’ve been able to secure world- class guided fishing tours to nearby Devils Lake, North Dakota, where Airmen spend a day on the lake fishing for Walleye and Northern Pike, while taking in the beauti- ful North Dakota plains. In the summer months we also schedule archery lessons, zip line adventures, sky diving, (Courtesy photo) See Summer page 12 CAVALIER AIR FORCE STATION, N.D. — 10 Space Warning Squadron members with a local Pembina County Emergency Services representative complete the last 1.2 miles of the GoRuck Challenge pulling a full-size truck.
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