A PUBLICATION OF THE 502nd AIR BASE WING JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, TEXAS • Vol. 70 No. 16 • April 26, 2013 Marching in step Commentary Milestone Sports The reality of sequestration SAPR o ers information and support FSS stays undefeated Page 2 Page 3 Page 19 Photo by Carlos Ramirez Staff Sgt. Katrevious Swift leads 322nd Training Squadron Flight 287 past the grandstands during Air Force Basic Military Training graduation at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 18. Swift was the fl ight’s military training instructor team chief. Story Pages 10 &15. INSIDE | Commentary 2 News 3 Community Briefs 17 What’s Happening 18 Sports 19 & 20 ONLINE | http://www.jbsa.af.mil PAGE 2 commentary TALESPINNER April 26, 2013 Joint Base San Antonio Lackland If it isn’t you, it’s the person next to you Editorial Staff BRIG . GEN . THERESA C. CAR T ER , By Senior Airman Kelly Galloway seats to get away from him. This was why I was being called into the JBSA/502ND AIR Bas E WING , 439th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. With my new location in the classroom, room. The other girl was witness to what COMM A NDER I felt a bit more at ease. Although the Air- happened and they both wanted to open an TODD G. WHI T E , “Hey sexy ... you single?” man now had one of his male friends start investigation after speaking with the sexual JBSA/502ND AIR Bas E WING I turned to see a fellow Airman in to jeer me because I had gotten him in assault response coordinator on base. PU B LI C AFF A IR S DIRE C TOR training; standing about 5 foot 8 inches trouble. I felt beaten and angry. I had no They knew I had been in a situation and OS C AR BALLADARES , tall, dark hair and eyes. Over the next control over the situation. It wasn’t “my” wanted to know if I also wanted to open an JBSA-Lac KL A ND PU B LI C AFF A IR S CHIEF four months, I heard this fellow classmate fault he did what he did. investigation. ALEX DELGADO repeat the same line more than a couple He was lucky I didn’t take it up the chain I realized that what was thought to be INTERN A L COMMUNI ca TION S CHIEF dozen times. of command. simple, but annoying, joking was turning MA N A GING EDITOR It wasn’t just me he had an eye for; it About a week after the hand gesture into something much more serious. 671-4111 was a handful of my new girlfriends as incident, I’d had it with the remarks from How much more would his behavior MIKE JOSEPH , well. We laughed it off. All of us had just him and his friend. That’s when I asked deteriorate? What if I had reported this SENIOR WRITER completed basic training and were begin- one of our former ropes in our dormitory incident when it happened to me? Would JOSE T. GARZA , III, ning another chapter in our brand-new to have a talk with these two guys. this still have happened to this girl? SP ORT S /ST A FF WRITER , military careers at technical school. Why This former rope commanded the re- The thoughts in my mind raced. I agreed make enemies at the start? spect of all the guys in the Airman dormi- to speak to the sexual assault response DORO T HY LONAS , DE S IGN /LA YOUT About a month in, I grew tired of the tory; certainly he would be able to have coordinator. cheesy pick-up lines and over-used sexual an impact on this guy. Shortly after the The concept of an entire office commit- innuendos. I asked one of our ropes (stu- discussion this time, the jokes and rude ted to sexual assault boggled me. dent leader) to step in to have a chat with remarks stopped altogether. The Airman I had no idea what was in store as the Office the guy regarding how uncomfortable he and his friend now completely avoided me. three of us walked into the SARC office to 1701 Kenly Ave. Suite 102 made me. Lackland AFB, Texas Victory at last! again explain what happened. To my relief, 78236-5103 Unfortunately, that chat didn’t have Three months later, two weeks before the officer was approachable and sincere; 671-2908; much of an effect on the Airman and as our class graduation date, a female instruc- she made every effort to ease our minds (fax) 671-2022 “luck” would have it, I sat next to him dur- tor came up to me as I was on my way and explained what was going to happen. Email: [email protected] Commander’s Action Line: ing class. back from a class assignment. All three of us had to give her our writ- [email protected]. Lucky me, right? “Airman Galloway, follow me please,” ten statements separately and without Straight Talk: 671-6397 (NEWS) I was pretty good at letting his sugges- she said. prejudice. For advertising information: tive comments flow in one ear and out the I proceeded down the hallway and into After reviewing our statements, she Prime Time Military Newspapers other, careful not to show it bothered me a small room with a handful of comput- concluded that there was a definite issue 2203 S. Hackberry, (as that only added fuel to his fire). ers and two girls from my class already in and asked us individually if we wanted to San Antonio, Tx 78210 210-534-8848 Up to this point, his words were the only place. proceed with a restricted or unrestricted offensive thing he had been doing. But then Confusion and a spark of panic overcame report. I dropped my pencil. As I stooped over me when the door was shut behind me and A restricted report requires the mem- This newspaper is published by Prime to pick it up I heard a loud voice boom I realized something serious was going on. ber to be in status and can only report the Time Military Newspapers, a private firm in no way connected with the throughout the classroom. One of the female Airmen had been crying incident to medical personnel, SARC or a U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written “Are you serious, Airman?” and her eyes were still puffy and red. victim advocate, but an unrestricted report contract with JBSA-Lackland, Texas. This commercial enterprise Air Force Startled, I nearly smacked my head off “Galloway, as I understand, you had a means the member can report the inci- newspaper is an authorized publication the table trying to sit back up. With our harassment issue with a particular Air- dent to investigative agencies such as the for members of the U.S. military services. Contents of the Talespinner entire class now looking back toward us, man?” my instructor asked. Air Force Office of Special Investigation or are not necessarily the official views of, our two class leaders, Marines, shrugged I acknowledged her question and ex- security forces, as well as to members in or endorsed by, the U.S. government, the Department of Defense, or the them away and stated “We’ll talk about this plained my experience with the group and their chain of command such as the first Department of the Air Force. at break – carry on.” asked why this was just coming to light as sergeant, supervisor or commander. The appearance of advertising in this publication, including inserts or Unbeknownst to me, this guy had just the incident happened nearly three months All three of us wanted the unrestricted supplements, does not constitute executed one of the foulest and most sexu- prior. report. endorsement by the Department of Defense, the Department of the Air Force ally suggestive hand gestures behind my Her response shook me to the core as We were sent back to the dormitory after or Prime Time Military Newspapers, of head. The class leaders luckily sat behind she explained that the two female Airmen, meeting with the SARC to speak with our the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this us and saw what he had just done. fellow classmates, had just had the same military training leaders. publication shall be made available That was the final straw. The class lead- type of harassment, only it had gone above Upon arrival, the captain was already for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, ers already knew how annoyed I was by what this man had done to me. waiting for us. As we entered her office, national origin, age, marital status, his behavior and asked if I wanted to take The Airman allegedly grabbed one of the coming to attention and visibly shaken, she physical handicap, political affiliation, or any other non-merit factor of the this latest development “up the chain.” girls and cornered her in an area where asked us to sit down. purchaser, user or patron. I had no intention of getting anyone in we kept our equipment. He put his hand Up until this point, we had not had any Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the Public Affairs Office trouble since we were all brand new to the over her mouth and pushed her back personal interaction with this busy officer of the 502nd Air Base Wing. All photos, military. I’d hoped that the class leaders against the lockers – pressing his body and had grown to fear having to report to unless otherwise indicated, are U.S.