COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP SCCHRIEVERHRIEVER SEENTINELNTINEL Th ursday, August 7, 2008 www.csmng.com Vol. 2 No. 32 Base Briefs Leave carryover extended to 75 days Servicemembers may now carry forward up to 75 days of leave for Fiscal Year 2008, according to the Secretary of Defense General Counsel office. For more information, contact Staff Sgt. David Allen of the 50th Comptroller Squadron at 567-5101. Awards ceremony to be held Aug. 8 The 50th Space Wing, Tenant, and Team Schriever 2nd Quarter Awards Ceremony will be held 8 a.m. Aug 8 in the Satellite Dish Dining Facility. Nominees must be in place by 7:15 a.m. For more information, contact Staff Sgt. Claudia Puentes of the 50th Space Wing at 567-5691. Marian House volunteers needed Aug. 9 The National Reconnaissance Office Operations Squadron is co- U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stacy D. Foster Vern Wittenbrook serves breakfast to a 50th Security Forces member Aug. 1 in the Satellite Dish dining facility here. Mr. Wittenbrook, a grill cook for the Satellite Dish, ordinating for volunteers to work has been at Schriever AFB for the last 18 years. at the Marian House Soup Kitchen Aug. 9. There are two work shifts: the first shift, 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. is food Satellite Dish offers service with a smile preparation and cooking; the second By Staff Sgt. Stacy D. Foster personnel receive the best hot meals, a relax- “We are not only providing customer 50th Space Wing Public Affairs service to people who eat here every day, shift, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. is serving and ing dining experience, and the best customer service. While some employees have daily but also to vendors, delivery drivers, and a clean up. Walking through the Satellite Dish dining face-to-face interaction with customers, oth- lot of other people behind the scenes,” Ms. For more information, contact Jeff facility, one is sure to fi nd a smile on the faces of it’s employees. One may wonder, what’s ers work behind the scenes to ensure each Schaff er said. Graham of NOPS at 567-7716. Ms. Schaff er said that since vendors have to their secret? Simply put, they love their job. day runs smoothly. go through a lot to deliver goods to the base, Blanca Schaff er, storeroom clerk, consid- AAPI committee hoping to From the clerks to the cooks, and through- she wants to make sure that she treats them out the entire staff , it’s easy to see that the ers herself to be the fi rst line in customer fi ll position vacancies well and processes each delivery as quickly Satellite Dish employees take the phrase “ser- interaction. While she doesn’t serve food or as possible. The Asian-American Pacific- vice with a smile” to a whole new level. run a register, she orders food and supplies Islander committee is seeking nomi- Each employee of the dining facility plays from vendors to ensure each week’s menu See Dish page 14 nations for the following positions: an important part of ensuring Schriever AFB goes off without a hitch. president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. For more information, contact New 2nd SOPS commander returns to Schriever Capt. Earl Chang of 595th Operations By Staff Sgt. Daniel Martinez Colonel Burt graduated from Support Squadron at 567-7895. 50th Space Wing Public Affairs Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Single Parent Network An officer once assigned to University, Fla. in December 1991 the now deactivated 76th Space and received her commission. meeting held monthly Operations Squadron, a former unit Her military education includes The Single Parent’s Network of Schriever, returned to the 50th Undergraduate Space Training at Lowry AFB, Colo., U.S. Air Force meetings are held the first and Space Wing to assume command of 2nd SOPS in a ceremony August Weapons School at Nellis AFB, third Tuesday of every month at the Nev., Intermediate Developmental Airman & Family Readiness Center 1 at the DeKok Building. Lt. Col. DeAnna Burt succeeded Education, Air Command and Staff from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. College and School of Advanced Air Lt. Col. Kurt Kuntzelman, who will and Space Studies at Maxwell AFB, The purpose of the Schriever SPN remain at Schriever as the deputy Ala. is to provide an opportunity for commander of the 50th Operations single parents to network, identify Her awards include a Defense Group. Meritorious Service Medal, two common concerns, share ideas, learn Colonel Burt returns to Schriever Meritorious Service Medals, two new information andskills on vari- aft er an assignment at Vandenberg Joint Service Commendations ous parenting issues and for parents Air Force Base, Calif. as Chief, Medals, two Air Force and children to socialize. The next Combat Plans Division, Joint Space Commendation Medals, a Joint meeting will be held Aug. 19. Operations Center. Her other assign- Service Achievement Medal and an For more information, contact ments include Crew Commander, Air Force Achievement Medal. Deputy Flight Commander, and Tech. Sgt. Martie Moore of 50th Space As commander of 2nd SOPS, Chief, Current Operations of the Wing Public Affairs at 567-5042. Colonel Burt will be responsible 4th Space Warning Squadron at for more than 150 military and More Briefs page 5 Holloman AFB, N.M., instruc- Department of Defense civilian tor at the U.S. Air Force Weapons personnel operating the Global School Space Division at Nellis AFB, Positioning System, the largest Inside Nev., and Th eater Missile Defense military satellite constellation, Operations Offi cer and Deputy while conducting 24-hour satel- U.S. Air Force photo Chief, Special Technical Operations lite operations, providing naviga- Commentary ......................... 3 Lt. Col. DeAnna Burt assumed command of the 2nd Space Operations Branch, Headquarters European tion and timing signals to over one Soft ball ..................................... 9 Squadron in a ceremony August 1 at the DeKok Building. 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