COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP Thursday, June 4, 2015 www.csmng.com Vol. 9 No. 22 HHHHHHHH HHHHHHHH Did you know? 5050 FSSFSS HappeningsHappenings onon pagepage 1414 50 SW Changes Command Did you know the wing Warfit Run is 3 p.m. June 10 at the outdoor track? Base Briefs Finance office closes early The Finance office will close at 12:30 p.m. June 12 for an official function. Military Retirees Activities office holds luncheon The Military Retiree Activities office holds a luncheon at noon the second Thursday of each month at the Peterson Air Force Base Club, followed by its monthly council meeting at 2:30 p.m. in Building 350, Room 1206. The guest speaker for June 11 is Tech. Sgt. Joshua Linville, 21st Logistics Readiness Squadron, who will discuss Space “A” Travel. For more information please call 556-7153. U.S. Air Force photo/Dennis Rogers Crime Prevention Tip U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) and Joint Functional Component Command for Space, passes the guidon to Col. DeAnna M. Burt, as she assumes command of the 50th Space Wing, during the change-of-command ceremony Friday at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. As wing Let a friend or relative know spe- commander, Burt will be responsible for more than 4,200 military, Department of Defense civilians and contractor personnel serving at 14 operating locations worldwide cific details of the vacation plans. and operating 69 surveillance, navigation and timing, space situational awareness and communication satellites valued at more than $66 billion. Letting them know exact times and phone numbers of hotels and other emergency numbers will assure that Staff Report (Air Forces Strategic) and Joint Functional said. “The capabilities you provide allow com- someone knows when and where 50th Space Wing Public Affairs Component Command for Space presided manders to see the battlespace with clarity, the vacationing individual or family The 50th Space Wing welcomed new lead- over the ceremony May 29 that transferred strike with precision, navigate with accuracy, will be at all times. If you have any ership during a change-of-command cer- command of the 50 SW from Col. William communicate with certainty, and operate questions contact Staff Sgt. McCoy at emony held here May 29 at 2 p.m. J. Liquori Jr. to Col. DeAnna M. Burt. with assurance over global distances. To the 567-5830. U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John W. “Jay” “The role of the 50 SW is vital to the safety See Command page 7 More Briefs page 6 Raymond, commander, 14th Air Force and security of the United States,” Raymond Sign up for weekly Schriever announcements, news and more. Visit www.schriever.af.mil and click Burt holds first call for Team 5-0 “Public Affairs” under featured links. By Brian Hagberg Public Affairs 50th Space Wing Public Affairs For her third go-round at Schriever Air Force Base, Col. DeAnna M. Burt, 50th Space Wing commander, wants Inside to give the arid climate around the Are you MAD or SAD? ................. 3 base a more tropical feel. Hawaiian Surviving ‘face-breaking’ speed .... 4 shirts, maybe a luau or two and “Dirt Boys” to work overtime ....... 10 Schriever’s version of the popular series “Hawaii 5-0,” will be common themes as the 50th Space Wing was rechristened Team 5-0 during Burt’s first commander’s call at the fitness center June 1. “Team 5-0 unites us,” Burt said. “We have to be rallied as a wing in what we do day in and day out. We need an identity and we need some- thing to rally around.” The Team 5-0 rallying cry was just one of the things Burt touched on dur- ing her first commander’s call since taking command of the wing from Col. Bill Liquori May 29. In addition U.S. Air Force photo/Dennis Rogers to her affinity for flowered shirts, Burt Col. DeAnna M. Burt, 50th Space Wing commander, addresses wing members during her first commander’s call at the also shared some of her background. fitness center Monday at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. Burt succeeded Col. William J. 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Strozier Airmen already know their poor judgment and time again, we look at supervisors as CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP 92nd Security Forces Squadron or criminal activity could lead to disciplinary the root cause of SAD Airmen. However, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Jenifer Furda FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. actions. Furthermore, I would venture to say just as each of us independently raised our [email protected] There are two distinct types of Airmen who the majority of SAD Airmen once thought, hand as we recited our oath of enlistment, serve: those who are here to make a difference “That will never happen to me.” EDITORIAL we must take personal responsibility for CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP CSMNCOLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPERG GROUP COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP (MAD) and those who are selfish and dis- CSMNExecutiveG CSMN Editor G our own actions. Ralph Routon tracting (SAD). Each of us was equipped to Let’s reflect on what it means to be a MAD [email protected] be MAD once we graduated initial military Airman. You took an oath to protect and Reporter training and our various technical training You took an oath to defend our American freedom and agreed Brian Hagberg schools; we had the basic skills in our respec- [email protected] to live by a set of military rules and stan- tive career fields to be successful Airmen. We protect and defend dards. You are part of a great brotherhood ADVERTISING were ready to take on any challenge placed our American freedom that has stood the test of time from MAD David Alley before us. Unfortunately, many of us can Airmen like Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, the first [email protected] think of someone who didn’t make it to Air Force Chief of Staff, and Chief Master Tammy Fogall their first duty station for committing one and agreed to live by [email protected] Sgt. Paul Airy, the first Chief Master Sgt. or more selfish acts. I call those individuals a set of military rules of the Air Force, to Senior Airman Dustin Aimee Grable SAD Airmen. Unfortunately, SAD Airmen [email protected] Temple, who recently received the Air Force can be found in any stage of an individual’s Vanessa Nagel and standards. Cross Award for valor while saving 38 lives [email protected] military career. during a battle in Afghanistan in 2014.