COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP Thursday, December 7, 2017 www.csmng.com Vol. 11 No. 48 Did you know? Seasonal Celebration sparks Schriever holiday spirit Dorm shuttle service Did you know the dorm shuttle service has been reinstated? The service will run from Peterson Air Force base to Schriever AFB Monday-Friday, to exclude holidays and family days. Contact your unit’s first sergeant for more information. Base Briefs Spouses are invited to events marked with ON-BASE 50 SW anticipates Opinicus Vista (OV) 17-4 The Opinicus Vista 17-1 exer- cise will start Dec. 13. The Exercise Ground Rules has been distributed to the base populace via email and contains the rules of engagement for the base. Anticipate delays. For more information, Capt. Joseph Villalpando at 567-2170. U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher DeWitt Maj. Stephen Cash, 50th Comptroller Squadron commander, and 2nd Lt. Lucas Hash, Program Management Office program manager, dance during the Schriever Air THIS WEEK Force Base “Seasonal Celebrations around the World” holiday party at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 1, 2017. Cash was one of several raffle winners to take home a prize that night. 50th SFS Blood Drive Charlie flight will host the first 50th By 2nd Lt. Scarlett Rodriguez kick off the holidays by embracing holiday the different kinds of food,” said Chaplain Security Forces Squadron blood drive 50th Space Wing Public Affairs spirit in every sense of the word, as well as (Maj.) Martin Adamson, 50th Space Wing today from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in Building More than 170 of Schriever’s Airmen and every cultural interpretation. chaplain. “It is hard when there is not a script 442. For more information, con- family members enjoyed food, prizes and The event feature a buffet-style array of or program to guide people through the- tact Tech. Sgt. Dederick at 845-978- dancing, while embracing community dur- food stations, representing different coun- matic elements of the night, but in terms of 3393, or Airman 1st Class Ecalnea at ing the “Seasonal Celebrations Around the tries and cultures with each table. Stations the setting for socializing, it worked well. 210-946-8989. World” holiday party, at the Peterson Air were spread out along the edges of the room, People were able to mingle from food station Force Base Club, Dec. 1. encouraging guests to wander and mingle. to food station.” Legal Office changes See Celebration page 13 The thematic party invited all attendees to “I liked the theme and the stations with operating hours The 50th Space Wing Legal Office will be closed daily from 11:45 a.m. — 12:45 p.m. The office will also be Joint space forces restructure, AFSPC temporarily closed Thursdays until further notice. If you have a deploy- ment-related issue or need to contact commander becomes JFSCC a member of the staff, call 567-5050 for assistance. By Air Force Space Command, More Briefs page 14 Public Affairs Gen. Jay Raymond, Air Force Space Sign up for weekly Schriever Command commander, became the Joint announcements, news and more. Force Space Component commander in a Visit www.schriever.af.mil and click ceremony Dec. 1, taking operational responsi- “Public Affairs” under featured links. bility for employment of all joint space forces. Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Public Affairs Strategic Command, presided over the cere- mony, inactivating U.S. Strategic Command’s Joint Functional Component Command for Space. The inactivation is part of a broader Inside USSTRATCOM restructure of its components Honoring with dignity .....................3 to build a coherent and streamlined warfight- ‘Candyland’ brings joy ....................5 ing structure to improve the nation’s space Don’t be a scrooge ...........................6 warfighting effectiveness, which ultimately enhances the lethality of U.S. joint forces. The ceremony marked the initial operating capability for the new structure. “This is a significant milestone,” said Raymond. “We are now focused on further integrating space…on taking tried and proven methods of joint warfighting, and applying them to the space domain to ensure normal- ization across all mission sets.” U.S. Air Force photo Gen. Jay Raymond, Air Force Space Command commander, becomes the Joint Force Space Component com- See Restructure page 13 mander in a ceremony Dec. 1, 2017, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. 2 December 7, 2017 Schriever Sentinel Schriever Sentinel December 7, 2017 3 A LEADER’S PERSPECTIVE CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP (719) 634-5905 Honoring with dignity 235 South Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-1246 EDITOR & COO By Staff Sgt. always felt that being able to lay them to rest Amy Sweet [email protected] Matthew CSMNCOColeman-FosterLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP Many of the individuals with dignity and respect was a form of say- 50th Space Wing Public Affairs ing thank you. EXECUTIVE EDITOR The High Frontier honor guard that pro- we laid to rest in our time It feels as if the six and a half months I was Ralph Routon .......... [email protected] vides detail services to Schriever and Peterson were members of a great on rotation just began last week, but as I write STAFF WRITER Air Force Base, is unique. It is unique in the this, it is already over. sense it is comprised of members from Air generation of heroes; In that time, I was fortunate to have the Halle Thornton .... [email protected] CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP Force bases within the front range including people who paved the way opportunity to work with 12 fine professionals ADVERTISING Schriever, Cheyenne Mountain and Peterson for all of us serving today. whose time in service varied from just over Advertising Director AFB. The rotation for a ceremonial guards- a year to 16 years. While 13 of us was a good Jeff Moore [email protected] man is six months in active service, followed number, but there were simply not enough of Account Executives by six months of stand-by duty. us to handle the volume of request. Tammy Fogall ...... [email protected] The previous rotation leads two weeks of I feel that anyone who has served in the Rank was not a factor in our dealings with Royce Gomez .......... [email protected] training to include hundreds of push-ups, military should have some understanding of each other. What mattered was that we were Monty Hatch .............. [email protected] flutter kicks, iron chairs and cherry pickers what it entails to provide honors for a deceased a team, and we had a job that demanded our Vanessa Nagel [email protected] every day. We had those two weeks to learn military member, whether they are a veteran, trust in one another. and be completely ready to perform colors, retiree or active duty. Being a member of a base honor guard is ART DEPARTMENT retirements and veteran, retiree and active We have seen it in the movies when a flag not an easy assignment and should not be Art Director ....................................... Melissa Edwards duty ceremonies flawlessly. I performed two is presented and the presenter states, “On viewed as such, but I can say it was one of the Digital Marketing & IT Manager .............Ryan Hannigan details the day I graduated. behalf of the President of the United States, most rewarding duties I have been assigned. Graphic Designer.............................. Rowdy Tompkins When you see a member of the base honor the United States Air Force and a grateful It ranks right up there with my time spent as guard, it is usually at some type of official nation, please accept this flag as a symbol of a military training instructor. COLORADO PUBLISHING HOUSE ceremony. They come up to their designated appreciation for your loved one’s honorable I have now transitioned to ‘stand-by’ status John Weiss Chairman of the Board .................................. position, present or post the colors and then and faithful service.” with the honor guard. While I did not want Executive Editor Emeritus .........................Ralph Routon leave. What you do not see is what happens in It is different; however, when you have to to leave, and I would do another rotation in Circulation Coordinator .....................................Tim Kranz the training building or beyond the confines deliver these words to a grieving individual. a heartbeat; the one thing I would pass on to of the base. Grief varies from one person to the next and is those looking to become a ceremonial guards- Let me provide you with a few important always painful to witness. Anyone can memo- man is — be ready to work hard and not ask Published by Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group, rize the speeches that ceremonial guardsmen a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, details: the High Frontier Honor Guard is re- for anything in return. Being in a duty such under exclusive written contract with Schriever Air Force Base sponsible for over 93,000 square miles, which deliver, but to be able to deliver them with as this requires you to be selfless. and the 50th Space Wing. This civilian enterprise newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. military encompasses parts of Colorado and some of genuine empathy and to truly embody the To the leaders who get tasked with sending services. Contents of the Schriever Sentinel are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the the western portion of Kansas.