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DCMILITARY.COM FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 | VOL. 4 NO. 21
AIR FORCE NEWS
11 CONS wins Air Force award, Page 4
EVENTS
Fun things to do this weekend,
Page 2
COMMENTARY
US Embassy Singapore, AF team up
for diplomatic success, Page 2
811TH AIRMEN AWARDED
VP SERVICE BADGE
U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/SENIOR AIRMAN JOSHUA R. M. DEWBERRY
TheVicePresidential ServiceBadge is awarded toStaff
Sgt. Peter Velez, former 811Security ForcesSquadron
NCO in-chargeof vicepresidential aircraft security;
Staff Sgt. LeonardAntonio, 811SFSvicepresidential
aircraft security team leader; Staff Sgt. SorhaindoPeter,
811SFSvicepresidential aircraft security team leader;
SeniorAirmanAlbert Ritterbeck, 811SFSvicepresi-
dential aircraft security teammembersat Joint Base
AndrewsonMay21. Story on page 4.
BYSENIORAIRMANMARIAHHADDENHAM
11THWING PUBLIC AFFAIRS
The 11th Force Support Squadrons Outdoor Rec-
reation Center is gearing up for their busiest time of
year and is ready to support Team Andrews members
summer plans and activities.
With approximately 3,000 pieces of equipment for
checkout, outdoor recreation rents out all the supplies
needed to make the most of the upcoming summer
months.
Airmen, especially dorm residents, have a limited
space to store recreational equipment, said Shelley
Smoot, 11 FSS recreation specialist. Why not come
rent a bike or kayak for that hot summer day, and not
have to worry about where you are going to store it
Gearingup for thegreat outdoors
U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN MARIAH HADDENHAM/
RELEASED
About3,000 itemscanbecheckedout fromthe11th
ForceSupportSquadronsOutdoorRecreationCenter.
see GREAT, page 3
BY BOBBY JONES
STAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST
Pamela Stokes Egg-
leston, a native of Co-
lumbia, Md., knows rst-
hand the benets of yoga,
through expertise as an
instructor of 14 years and
the wife of a veteran.
She holds a free class-
es at noon, the third Sun-
day of each month at the
Imagine Yoga and Well-
ness Center in Bowie. A
second free class is held
at 4:30 p.m. for non-com-
bat veterans.
In my training I focus
on the breath with move-
ment with this mindful
yoga therapy for veter-
ans, Eggleston said. It
concentrates on their pos-
tures with the movement,
to be here in the present
mind when performing
yoga.
Eggleston said theres
scientific evidence that
yoga works with the com-
bat-stressed population.
The Naval Institutes of
Health has done studies,
a lot of medical journals
have conducted studies
with yoga in depression,
post-traumatic stress dis-
order and traumatic brain
VeteransfindpathtopeaceinBowie
BOBBY JONES/ANDREWS GAZETTE
Charles Eggelston and Lorinda Fontaine-Farris bring their palms together, greet-
ing their instructor during a free yoga class for veterans at Imagine Yoga and
Wellness Center in Bowie, Md.
see YOGA, page 6
BY LESLIE C. SMITH
STAFF WRITER
Art created by young
artists from Walt Whit-
man High School celebrat-
ing the life of Matthew
Papirmeister was pub-
licly debuted at the Fisher
House Joint Base Andrews
on May 6. The event was
made possible through the
organization Youth Art for
Healing.
Youth Art for Healing,
a nonprofit founded in
2012, brought the project
to Fisher House as a way
to add beauty and inspi-
ration and also honor the
memory of a young man
a U.S. Army Iraq veteran
who died from injuries
suffered from being struck
by a car while helping a
stranded motorist.
Matts mother, Jan,
brought the project to Ja-
net Grampp, manager of
the Fisher House Joint
Base Andrews.
You can go buy art
anywhere, any furniture
store, but it doesnt look
like this. It doesnt inspire,
this is all done especially
for this facility and for the
families that stay here.
And they notice it, said
Grampp.
Its making a differ-
ence. The colors are so vi-
brant but yet still peace-
ful, Grampp added.
Several young artists
took part in the endeavor,
rendering paintings of ev-
erything from a portrait of
Matt, family memories of
sailing and on the farm to
the dogs he loved so much.
Ive always been rela-
tively interested in art. I
take art in school. When
I heard about the club, I
gured Id join, and it was
a great project to do. I was
thrown off at rst by how
big the canvas was. Id
Youth Art for Healing exhibit debuts
at Fisher House Joint Base Andrews
see HEALING, page 4
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May 29
Old Greenbelt Theatre Grand Re-Opening
6-10 p.m.
Old Greenbelt Theatre, 129 Centerway, Greenbelt
The Old Greenbelt Theatre celebrates its grand
re-opening after a 10-month renovation. The eve-
ning will feature a 1938 Evening at the Pictures,
screening the Theatres rst lm. Little Miss Broad-
way starring Shirley Temple. Admission includes
popcorn and will reect 1938 prices, 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children. Call 301-329-2034
or visit www.greenbelttheatre.org.
May 30
Beltway BBQ Showdown
Noon to 7 p.m.
Tucker Road Athletic Complex, 1770 Tucker
Road, Fort Washington
The 9th Annual Beltway BBQ Showdown contest
highlights the art of barbecuing in Prince Georges
County and the Mid-Atlantic region. This BBQ
Showdown is nationally sanctioned by the Kansas
City Barbeque Society (KCBS)and draws teams
from the Mid-Atlantic area. More than 5,000 people
come to celebrate and enjoy the art, music and his-
tory of barbecue in Prince Georges County, Mary-
land. Free admission. Call 301-203-6000 or visit
www.pgparks.com.
May 30
Marietta Wine Festival
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Marietta House Museum, 5626 Bell Station Road,
Glenn Dale
Join us for this one-of-a-kind event featuring
local wineries, food vendors, live music and much
more. ($) Call 301-464-5291 or visit www.history.
pgparks.com.
May 31
Sunday Sunset Concerts: U.S. Navy Country Cur-
rent
7-8 p.m.
Allen Pond Park, 3330 Northview Drive, Bowie
Enjoy a variety of concerts at Allen Pond Park.
Concert goers should bring a blanket or chair. Con-
certs are canceled in case of inclement weather.
Free. Call 301-809-3011 or visit www.cityofbowie.
org.
Hot tickets
around town
BY COL. CURTIS WALKER
SINGAPORE AIR ATTACH
Singapores founding fa-
ther, Lee Kuan Yew, recently
passed away at the age of
91. Given Lees stature and
standing, all of us at U.S.
Embassy Singapore expect-
ed a large state funeral and
a high-level U.S. delegation
would be named and arriv-
ing soon;the funeralwas just
a few short days away.
It didnt take long for
President Barack Obama
to select former President
Bill Clinton to lead our del-
egation.That meant the em-
bassy and the Air Force had
roughly 72 hours to build
and execute a plan of action
to support our presidents
diplomatic mission.
We knew the complex-
ity of the movement and the
compressed timeline meant
we would have to come to-
gether quickly as a team,call
on the sumof our experience,
and leverage our personal
and professional relation-
ships around the world to
pull off such a tall order.The
clock was ticking and failure
was not an option.
Watching this mission
come together was like
watching poetry in motion.
There were thousands of
questions that demanded
answers, countless details to
be tended toand critical deci-
sions to be made at scores of
separate agencies each a
potential show-stopper.
Working side by sidewith
my embassy colleagues as
the air attach, I watched
with pride as my fellow Air-
men didwhat Ive seen them
do for nearly 30 years: They
enth
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