“2003 AFSPC Best Large Wing PA Office” Thursday, July 15, 2004 Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Vol. 48 No. 28 Photo by Airman Mandy Weightman Photo by Budd Butcher Photo by Staff Sgt. Sue Mrowiec Photo by Staff Sgt. Sue Mrowiec Inside This Issue: Blotter ... 11 At Your Service ... 14 Straight Talk Line 556-9154 SPACE OBSERVER 2 Thursday, July 15, 2004 From the top New leadership takes command at Thule AB By 1st Lt. Jennifer Tribble Construction Requirements for the Civil Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in June 1982. He Thule Air Base Public Affairs Engineering Directorate at Headquarters Air has commanded at the squadron level three times Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill. and has performed key staff duties at the major com- THULE AIR BASE, GREENLAND – Col. Colonel Haven expressed his excitement to mand, combatant commander and Joint Staff levels. Thomas Walker relinquished command of the 821st take the reins as the group’s newest commander. Colonel Haven most recently served at HQ Air Base Group to Col. John Haven II in a ceremo- “I consider it a true honor to lead the men and AFSPC, as the commander of the Space ny here July 8. Brig. Gen. Richard Webber, 21st women of the 821st Air Base Group into the future,” Communications Support Squadron. Space Wing commander, presided over the ceremo- he said. “I am confident that Team Thule will con- Major Boswell graduated from the University ny. tinue to maintain a tradition of excellence.” of Missouri at Rolla, Mo., and was commissioned In a subsequent ceremony, Lt. Col. Neil Wentz The 821st Air Base Group operates and main- into the Air Force in June 1993. He was first relinquished command of the 821st Support tains Thule Air Base in support of missile warning assigned to Kirtland AFB, N.M., as a space power Squadron to Maj. Randy Boswell. and space surveillance operations missions, as well engineer for Philips Laboratory. He then held other Colonel Walker will now serve as the acting as satellite telemetry, tracking and control missions. positions within the civil engineer career field to director of staff for the 21st Space Wing, Peterson Colonel Haven enlisted in the Air Force in include chief of site development, chief of technical Air Force Base, Colo., before serving as the chief of 1968, performing cryptographic maintenance duties engineering, chief of maintenance engineering and the Analysis Division at Headquarters Air Force in Colorado, Thailand, the Pentagon, Germany and military construction program manager. He served Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. Colonel New Hampshire. His career as an officer began most recently as the executive officer to the director Wentz has been reassigned as the Chief of upon completion of Officer Training School at of mission support at HQ AFSPC. Action Lines Submitting Action Lines for dishes to be installed within the fenced The Action Line is your direct link to the area and below the fence line. The satellite 21st Space Wing Commander. We suggest you dishes must be positioned for line-of-sight to first try to resolve problems at the lowest the southern sky to receive signals. Many level possible – with the person or activity, housing units do not have the required line- and then follow the chain of command. of-sight access from their fenced yards. Though it’s not required, we ask that Installation of dishes in these units would you leave your name and phone number so have required mounting the dish on the we can get back to you for clarifications, or if house, fence or outside the fenced area, your response isn’t printed. If you can’t get resulting in significant damage to the quar- satisfactory results, call 556-7777, or fax ters and surrounding areas with a negative your question to 556-7848. impact on the appearance of the housing areas. Satellite suggestion The available high-speed internet and Question: Why aren’t satellite dishes digital cable options provide equal access to allowed in Base Housing any longer? My all residents and eliminate the “have” and husband and I love football. We knew that “have-not” satellite dish situation within the our move to the western part of the coun- housing area. I am glad to say we have two try meant we would have to subscribe to a cable companies available to residents, both certain network to be able to watch our providing digital cable and high-speed inter- home team games when football season net. Residents can call Adelphia at 648-0051 comes around. We didn’t think to ask this or Peterson Broadband at 597-0873. question before moving in, because we saw However, residents who installed the dish dishes on numerous houses in Base systems prior to upgraded cable availability Housing. are allowed to utilize the dishes until they Answer: I appreciate your concern and vacate housing. At that time, the system must Photo By Tech Sgt. Daniel Rea the opportunity to explain how the cable be removed. Incoming residents are not company works on base. Prior to the avail- allowed to accept satellite dishes from out- Royalty visits Thule ability of high-speed internet and digital going families. In order to avoid future mis- Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II is escorted by Commander cable to Military Family Housing residents, understandings, Housing Flight personnel Tommy Toft, Thule’s Danish liaison officer, through an 821st we permitted residents to install satellite will emphasize this restriction to members Air Base Group Honor Cordon after arriving at Thule Air Base dishes at their own expense. For aesthetic being offered quarters. If you have further June 30. The Royal Family of Denmark visited Thule as part of a two-week tour throughout Greenland. The Royal Party last reasons, our standards for interim installation questions, please call Daniel Uresti at 556- visited Thule in 1997. of satellite dishes included the requirement 7761 or Carl Patty at 556-7947. A Moment in Time July 15, 1961 – The first Published by Gowdy Printcraft, 22 N. 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Craig Dockum, 21st SVS first sergeant, looks on during a change of command ceremony July 7. Photo by Dennis Plummer SMDC, ARSTRAT welcome new deputy commander to unit Army Col. Jeffrey C. Horne accepts his new position as deputy commander for operations of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command in a ceremony June 30. Army Brig. Gen. Robert P. Lennox held the position previously. Photo by Joe Fischer New commander joins AFOTEC team Col. Dennis Miller, the new Detachment 4, Air Force Operational Testing and Evaluations Center commander, accepts the guidon from Maj. Gen. Felix Dupre, the former Det. 4, AFOTEC commander, during a recent change of command ceremony. Photo by Robb Bussard 21st CES greets new leadership Col.