A PUBLICATION OF THE 502nd AIR BASE WING JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, TEXAS • Vol. 72 No. 13 • April 3, 2015 Female MTIs celebrate Women's History Month Photo by Benjamin Faske In honor of Women’s History Month, an all-female fl ight of military training instructors marched down the bomb run during the Basic Military Training graduation, March 27. All of the leadership positions for the entire parade were fi lled by female military training instructors. INSIDE | Commentary 2 News 3 Community Briefs 10 Sports 16 ONLINE | http://www.jbsa.af.mil PAGE 2 commentary TALESPINNER April 3, 2015 Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland Make a list, check it twice: Editorial Staff BRIG. GEN. BOB LABRUTTA 502ND AIR BASE WING/JBSA Ensure your day counts! COMMANDER TODD G. WHITE 502ND AIR BASE WING/JBSA By Lt. Col. David Woodley backs, and things will not always go our have given up. PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR 71st OSS commander, Vance Air Force Base, Okla. way. It will happen more than we want. Why? Most set a goal of something like How do you overcome these obstacles? losing 50 pounds. Great goal, but it will OSCAR BAllADARES ach day is a gift, and we need to I use the 24 hour rule. not happen overnight. So most people JBSA-LacKLAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS CHIEF ensure we make every day count After a setback give yourself 24 hours will focus on losing that 50 pounds, and to the fullest. But with everything to get mad, reflect and accept. in four weeks, when they only lose eight SENIOR AIRMAN LYNSIE NICHOLS E EDITOR else in life, many people do not know Get mad that it happened. It is ok not pounds, they get discouraged and quit. how or where to start. to be happy. How can you avoid this? You could buy a book that will “tell” Then, reflect on why you had that set Instead of focusing on the destina- JOSE T. GARZA, III SPORTS/STAFF WRITER you how to reach the stars, but there are back. Maybe you did not study enough for tion, focus on the path that will lead you so many written each year that it is diffi- a test, or maybe you should have worked there. Each day, set a small goal that will cult to determine which author is legiti- DOROTHY LONAS out more before the PT test. Discover move you forward down that path. If you PAGE DESIGN/ILLUSTRATOR mate and if the book is worth the money. what you are going to do to move for- missed a scheduled trip to the gym, make Over the course of my career, I have ward so you do not repeat the same set sure you do something, even as simple as built a daily checklist – my book for back. walking for 30 minutes or doing pushups success – to keep me focused on get- Finally, accept that it happened, and in your office. Office ting the most out of each day, which in that there is nothing you can do to You need to make sure that every day 2230 Hughes Ave. turn helps me reach my goals, keeps me change that fact. you do something that moves you closer JBSA-Lackland, Texas grounded and enables me to focus on Once your 24 hours is up, you move to your goal. And before you know it, you 78236-5415 671-2908; what is important. forward and never look back. will reach your destination. (fax) 671-2022 My checklist has only five items that Worrying Uses More Energy than Do Something For Yourself: We are so Email: [email protected] are simple to understand but difficult to Doing: It is very easy to fall into the trap busy every day taking care of the mis- Straight Talk: 671-6397 (NEWS) follow. For it to work, you need to read it of worrying about events in our past that sion, going to school, staying late at work For advertising information: each day first thing in the morning then we cannot change or future events with a to finish that EPR or helping out fellow EN Communities at night review how you did. It is my significant impact. Airmen, that we forget that we need to P.O. Box 2171 daily process. I hope it helps you. Too many people lay awake at night do something for ourselves. San Antonio, Texas 78297 Maintain Positive Attitude: Life is not replaying what went wrong. I missed that I am not talking about a vacation or 250-2440 easy and presents us with challenges final shot in a game. I got myself into taking a day off. It is something as simple every day. It does not take much to get debt. I was late and missed my testing as picking your kids up from school, go- This newspaper is published by beat down and let a negative attitude appointment time. ing out for a nice dinner, calling a family EN Communities, a private firm in no set in. We start thinking, “I will not pass The past is the past and cannot be member just to talk, reading a book or way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with my test,” “I am going to bust my check- changed. watching a movie. JBSA-Lackland, Texas. This commercial ride,” “I am not going to be promoted,” Then you have the polar opposite – At a bare minimum, take 30 minutes enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for members “no matter what I do I will fail,” or even people who lay awake at night worrying a day for yourself. If you do not, you will of the U.S. military services. Contents “everyone is out to get me.” Once those about what might happen. eventually burn out. After you take the of the Talespinner are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, negative thoughts set in, I guarantee that Will I pass my PT test? Will I be good time for yourself, you will feel refreshed the U.S. government, the Department the opposite of what you want to happen enough to pass my check ride? Do I have and ready to give 100 percent. of Defense, or the Department of the Air Force. will happen. what it takes to be a good supervisor? My kids like to quote Master Oogway The appearance of advertising in However, if you think “I will pass this Just think, if all that energy was used from Kung Fu Panda, “Yesterday is his- this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute test,” “I am going to get promoted,” or to work and not worry – you would get tory, the future is a mystery and today is endorsement by the Department of “I will not fail” then you will be amazed even more tasks completed than you be- a gift, that is why they call it the pres- Defense, the Department of the Air Force or EN Communities, of the how successful you can be. Also, you will lieved possible. ent”. products or services advertised. notice that people around you will start Set Goals, But Do Not Focus Only on Each day is a gift and once it is over Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available having positive attitudes. the Destination: Every New Year so many we will not get it back. This checklist can for purchase, use or patronage without Positive and negative attitudes are people set a goal of getting into shape. be a great starting point for you to begin regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, contagious. Then what happens? Come February, getting the most out of each day, and physical handicap, political affiliation, 24 Hour Rule: We will all face set- gyms are empty, and all those people then you can modify it to suit your needs. or any other non-merit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the Public Affairs Office For current, automated information during a natural disaster, One of the best things about ICE is that of the 502nd Air Base Wing. All photos, crisis or emergency, call your local Straight Talk line. people can let service providers know unless otherwise indicated, are U.S. Air Straight when they do a great job, not just for Force photos. •JBSA-Fort Sam Houston: 466-4630 Deadline for story submissions poor service. It takes five minutes or less is noon Wednesday the week prior Talk Line •JBSA-Lackland: 671-6397 • JBSA-Randolph: 652-7469 to submit a comment at http://ice.disa.mil. to publication. April 3, 2015 TALESPINNER news PAGE 3 Are you M.A.D.? How to make a difference NEWS IN BRIEF By Charlotte Moerbe, Ph.D. ing sexual violence within the services. AIR FORCE TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER JOBS Director, Joint Base San Antonio Sexual In the coming weeks, there will The Air Force will hire hundreds of stu- Assault Prevention and Response be opportunities to see, read or hear dents and others through the summer about how your teammates are mak- hire program, which kicked off March 9. The Department of Defense and ing a difference within the JBSA com- Participation in the program varies from Joint Base San Antonio offi cially munity. The goal of the JBSA SAPR/ base to base, but all listings will be posted recognizes Sexual Assault Aware- SHARP programs is that each service at https://www.usajobs.gov/.