COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP Thursday, February 13, 2014 www.csmng.com Vol. 8 No. 6 Did you know? 50 SW honors Airmen, civilians Did you know Schriever will have a blood drive 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today at the Schriever Clinic parking lot? For eligibility questions, call 776-5822. For more information, call Staff Sgt. Roselle Chavez at 567-5247. Base Briefs 50 NOG honors Chief Sale Col. Jonathan Sutherland, 50th Network Operations Group com- U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher DeWitt mander, requests the pleasure of The 50th Space Wing honored its Airmen and civilian personnel during the Annual Awards Banquet Friday, 2013 at the Peterson Air Force Base club. your company at the retirement cer- emony honoring Chief Master Sgt. The 50th Space Wing honored its Airmen Operations Group First Sergeant: Brian Sale, 50 NOG superintendent, and civilian personnel during the Annual Company Grade Officer: Master Sgt. Erin French, 50th Security 2:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at Peterson Air and Awards Banquet Friday at the Peterson Capt. Kenny Grosselin, 50th Operations Forces Squadron Space Museum, 150 East Ent Avenue, Air Force Base club. The following are the Group Standardizations and Evaluation Civilian Category I: Peterson Air Force Base. To RSVP go to winners: Division Clifford Powers, 50 SFS https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim. Airman: Field Grade Officer: Civilian Category II: cfm?i=180400&k=0369420D7B57 to Senior Airman Nicholas Dick, 50th Space Maj. George Sanderlin, 21st Space Brad Baker, 4th Space Operations Squadron access the e-invitation. If you have Communications Squadron Operations Squadron Detachment 3 Category I Supervisor: questions, please contact Master Sgt. NCO: Honor Guard: Rick Rositas at 567-4364. Tech. Sgt. Ryan Gangadeen, 1st Space Airman 1st Class Justin Hodge, 50th Brad Bellas, 50 SFS Operations Squadron Contracting Squadron Category II Supervisor: FSS offers Valentine’s Senior NCO: Tech. Sgt. Alejandro Torres, 50th Space Dr. Bryant Rushing, 50th Force Support weekend movies Senior Master Sgt. Christine Wall, 50th Wing Squadron Join us on Valentine’s Day for a spe- cial movie showing in Building T-135. 5:30 p.m. — About Time (R) 7:30 p.m. — Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) Firefighters prove they’re ‘best of the best’ We will resume our regularly sched- ule movies Saturday at Tierra Vista Community Center. 3 p.m. — Apollo 13 (PG) 6 p.m. — Gravity (PG-13) More Briefs page 13 Sign up for weekly Schriever announcements, news and more. Visit www.schriever.af.mil and click “Public Affairs” under featured links. Public Affairs Inside Leading through change ............... 3 Military Saves Week coming ........ 5 14 TS showcases mission .............. 11 U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes Tracey Snyder, Schreiver fire department captain, participates in a monthly training exercise Monday at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. By Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes fire department earned the Air Force Space in a row is simply awesome,” said Dwayne 50th Space Wing Public Affairs Command Small Fire Department of the Year Painter, Schriever fire department chief. Bragging is not their strong suit; they don’t award. With these accolades, the Schriever “The recognition is an excellent morale- like to talk about themselves. They are not firefighters just made a statement regarding booster. Being selected by command vali- shy; they just want their actions to speak for their professionalism and excellence. dates what a great team we have and how themselves. “Earning the AFSPC Small Fire See Firefighters page 6 For three years in a row, the Schriever Department of the Year for a third year 2 February 13, 2014 Schriever Sentinel I AM NO ORDINARY STUDENT At Colorado Technical University, our strong support of the military is evidenced by the policies we have in place to help you pursue your education and achieve your personal, professional and academic goals. • 88% of active duty alumni and veteran alumni were satisfi ed with their CTU experience1 • 3 out of 4 active duty alumni would be very likely to recommend CTU1 Military Times ranks CTU RANKED amongst the “Best for BEST FOR VETS Vets” 2 years in a row. Call: 877.906.6555 Visit: coloradotech.edu/colorado-springs 1 2012 Champion College Services Alumni Survey of CTU graduates from designated years between 2002 and 2011. 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Lavon Coles deploy to combat zones around the world, Executive Editor 50th Space Wing command chief Ralph Routon doing so with incredible fortitude and hero- [email protected] “Leading through change” is a phrase ism. Families of deployed Airmen learn to CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP recognizable to many of us. So recognizable be resilient to the stressors that accompany Reporter many people might read the title of this article separation from a husband, a wife, a father, Scott Prater and without thinking twice, move on to a a mother, a son, or daughter who serve in [email protected] more interesting topic. But, if I’ve kept your harm’s way. Today’s Airmen are the best the ADVERTISING attention to this point, you have to read on Air Force has ever seen. Air Force Chief of because I believe you will want to hear this Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III said it best, “you Chad Mason message. don’t know how good you really are,” referring [email protected] This year, change will affect every Airman to the performance he witnesses every day in Julie Sandberg and family in our Air Force as we draw down our Air Force. Let me add to this by saying, [email protected] our force. Many extraordinary Airmen will be it is simply amazing to witness the effects we separated much sooner than they anticipated. deliver each and every day as a service. Aimee Grable Others will be asked to keep driving hard and, We owe it to every Airman to be honest [email protected] in some cases, to fill the holes that will be left and forthright in the decisions we make go- ART DEPARTMENT in the organization. Make no mistake about ing forward. In many cases, it will be difficult it; leading through change of this magnitude to look an Airman in the eyes and tell him Production Supervisor will be tough for the reasons below. or her thank you for your service but you Mike Reid Our Air Force has remarkable Airmen do- Chief Master Sgt. Lavon Coles have been selected for separation from ac- [email protected] ing remarkable things for our nation. Losing 50th Space Wing command chief tive duty. Difficult or not, we owe it to every Graphic Designer high caliber Airmen is not something any affected Airman to lead them through the Ryan Hannigan one of us wants to see happen. These warriors missile warning, space surveillance and space change of going from active duty to veteran [email protected] epitomize the true American Airmen spirit control to warfighters around the world and status. Equally important is the task that many people strive to emulate. 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