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AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION OF COMPRINT MILITARY PUBLICATIONS AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MD. DCMILITARY.COM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 | VOL. 4 NO. 34 SPORTS Washington Redskins conduct a walkthrough practice at JBA, Page 4 NATIONAL GUARD Leadership exchanges ideas with Jamaica Defense Force, Page 3 FITNESS Travis Manion Foundation to host annual 9/11 Heroes Run, Page 2 BY BOBBY JONES STAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST The Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Washing- ton is extending its phil- anthropic efforts to feed- ing homeless members, lower income families and the general public in the Temple Hills community by providing hot lunch meals from St. Maria’s Meals mobile food truck, every Tuesday, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the future sight of the Susan F. Mona Family Service Center (formerly the Trade Winds). Sponsored by Catho- lic Charities, the Temple Hills food program at the Mona Center parking lot has been up and running since June noted Lydia Pearl Monroe, Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Washington D.C. Program Coordinator, Cup of Joe & St. Maria’s Meals, and SHARE Food Network. Monroe oversees ser- vicing the Langley Park, Washington, D.C. and Temple Hills food sites. “We plan our menus in advance. Our menus are planned in thought of our urban participants in mind,” Monroe noted. “We cater according to their taste palates or what they like to eat. For example, in D.C. they ask for steak. Of course I can’t give them prime steak, but we’ll serve flank steak or beef and broccoli.” “We try to provide them with something dif- ferent, but we do take into account we have senior citizens and children. So we try to make sure we serve according to their dietary needs, but noth- ing too sweet or too high in cholesterol,” Monroe said. The program also re- ceives donations from Panera Bread, through Chris Thomas of Yahweh, a nonprofit organization. “We also have little goodie bags for the kids like CHEESE-IT crack- ers, Jell-O and other snacks. We’re happy to see everyone that comes through the line, but we pay special attention to the elderly, and spoil- ing children that come through the line. We try to let them know we’re so happy to see them as well as the adults. “We feed 100 to 120 people here at the Temple Hills site,” added Mon- roe. “Overall we feed 350 to 400 individuals every week at the combined three sites” said Monroe. While in route to bible studies, Danna Cole, a Marine veteran, stopped by to donate money to Catholic Charities during the food program. “One of the elders of our church told us about the food program and my wife and I stopped by and ate a meal. So I felt like its only right to bless God. And for us to give something, back to their program. This is a great outreach program to the community,” Cole said. The site receives vol- unteers from other such as the Sovereign Order of Malta, who serve food to the local residents. According to Jo- seph Dempsey, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Washington Director of Stewardship, Catho- lic Charities services Archdiocese of Washington feeds Temple Hills residents PHOTO/ BOBBY JONES Volunteers supporting St. Maria’s Meals mobile food truck prepare to feed local residents during a weekly turnout. BY LESLIE C. SMITH STAFF WRITER The Institute for Cre- ative Community Initia- tives (ICCI) will hold its second Girl Code confer- ence on Oct. 3, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Springdale. This free event is open to girls 12-18 in the greater Washington Metropoli- tan Area. “This year we want- ed to be an even bigger event, bringing in more girls from throughout the area and really turn it into a day of fellow- ship and education to discuss the important issues teenage girls face on a daily basis; and to introduce them to adults in the community that are committed to their success and are willing to help them reach their goals,” said Emily Wil- son, ICCI Project Man- ager. “The purpose of the conference is to build a community of well- informed, self-confident young women; to serve as a knowledge base and support system for their peers,” Wilson said. “We know it isn’t easy being a girl so these conference provide our young ladies with infor- mation and resources that will help them navi- gate their teenage years and beyond.” Some of the topics that will be engaged are Women’s Empowerment in the Media, Healthy Relationships: Because you’re Worth It, Myself: I’m Lovin It, #Girls Can. And by popular de- mand, Guy Code re- turns. This is a panel discussions that allows for the girls to submit ICCI gears up for second Girl Code Conference BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASS J.D. MAIDENS 11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS The Joint Base An- drews West Fitness Cen- ter is being renovated. Renovations will in- clude a new front lobby with an aesthetic update and new windows to re- duce energy costs, newly stylized locker rooms with new lockers, a new heating and cooling sys- tem, new equipment for the tactical fitness room, refinished basketball court floors and security cameras to accommodate 24-hour access to the fa- cility. “You have to be pre- Renovations planned at West Fitness Center see FITNESS, page 5 see GIRLS, page 2 see FOOD, page 3 BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASS J.D. MAIDENS 11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS Joint Base Andrews hosted a Women’s Equality Day event at the Smart Building, Aug. 26. The event featured a discussion and a ques- tion-and-answer session with a panel of distin- guished guests. “It’s important to remember the critical role women play in the military and the United States,” said 11th Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Vance Kondon. “Ad- Joint Base Andrews hosts Women’s Equality Day see EQUALITY, page 5
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AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION OF COMPRINTMILITARY PUBLICATIONS AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS,MD.DCMILITARY.COM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 | VOL. 4 NO. 34

SPORTSWashington Redskins conduct a walkthrough

practice at JBA, Page 4

NATIONAL GUARDLeadership exchanges ideas withJamaica Defense Force, Page 3

FITNESSTravis Manion Foundation to hostannual 9/11 Heroes Run, Page 2

BY BOBBY JONESSTAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST

The Catholic CharitiesArchdiocese of Washing-ton is extending its phil-anthropic efforts to feed-ing homeless members,lower income families andthe general public in theTemple Hills communityby providing hot lunchmeals from St. Maria’sMeals mobile food truck,every Tuesday, from 5:30– 6:30 p.m. in the parkinglot of the future sight ofthe Susan F.Mona FamilyService Center (formerlythe Trade Winds).

Sponsored by Catho-lic Charities, the TempleHills food program at theMona Center parking lothas been up and runningsince June noted LydiaPearl Monroe, CatholicCharities, Archdiocese ofWashington D.C. Program

Coordinator, Cup of Joe& St. Maria’s Meals, andSHARE Food Network.

Monroe oversees ser-vicing the Langley Park,Washington, D.C. andTemple Hills food sites.

“We plan our menusin advance. Our menusare planned in thought ofour urban participants inmind,” Monroe noted. “Wecater according to theirtaste palates or what theylike to eat. For example,in D.C. they ask for steak.Of course I can’t givethem prime steak, butwe’ll serve flank steak orbeef and broccoli.”

“We try to providethem with something dif-ferent, but we do take intoaccount we have seniorcitizens and children. Sowe try to make sure weserve according to theirdietary needs, but noth-ing too sweet or too high

in cholesterol,” Monroesaid.

The program also re-ceives donations fromPanera Bread, throughChris Thomas of Yahweh,a nonprofit organization.

“We also have littlegoodie bags for the kidslike CHEESE-IT crack-ers, Jell-O and othersnacks. We’re happy tosee everyone that comesthrough the line, but wepay special attention tothe elderly, and spoil-ing children that comethrough the line. We tryto let them know we’re sohappy to see them as wellas the adults.

“We feed 100 to 120people here at the TempleHills site,” added Mon-roe. “Overall we feed 350to 400 individuals everyweek at the combinedthree sites” said Monroe.

While in route to bible

studies, Danna Cole, aMarine veteran, stoppedby to donate money toCatholic Charities duringthe food program.

“One of the elders ofour church told us aboutthe food program andmy wife and I stopped byand ate a meal. So I feltlike its only right to blessGod. And for us to givesomething, back to theirprogram. This is a greatoutreach program to thecommunity,” Cole said.

The site receives vol-unteers from other suchas the Sovereign Order ofMalta, who serve food tothe local residents.

According to Jo-seph Dempsey, CatholicCharities Archdioceseof Washington Directorof Stewardship, Catho-lic Charities services

Archdiocese ofWashington feedsTemple Hills residents

PHOTO/ BOBBY JONES

Volunteers supporting St. Maria’s Meals mobile food truck prepare to feed local residents during a weeklyturnout.

BY LESLIE C. SMITHSTAFF WRITER

The Institute for Cre-ative Community Initia-tives (ICCI) will hold itssecond Girl Code confer-ence on Oct. 3, 10 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. at CharlesHerbert Flowers HighSchool in Springdale.This free event is open togirls 12-18 in the greaterWashington Metropoli-tan Area.

“This year we want-ed to be an even biggerevent, bringing in moregirls from throughoutthe area and really turnit into a day of fellow-ship and education todiscuss the importantissues teenage girls faceon a daily basis; and tointroduce them to adultsin the community thatare committed to theirsuccess and are willingto help them reach theirgoals,” said Emily Wil-son, ICCI Project Man-ager.

“The purpose of theconference is to builda community of well-informed, self-confidentyoung women; to serveas a knowledge base andsupport system for theirpeers,”Wilson said.

“We know it isn’t easybeing a girl so theseconference provide ouryoung ladies with infor-mation and resourcesthat will help them navi-gate their teenage yearsand beyond.”

Some of the topicsthat will be engaged areWomen’s Empowermentin the Media, HealthyRelationships: Becauseyou’re Worth It, Myself:I’m Lovin It, #Girls Can.

And by popular de-mand, Guy Code re-turns. This is a paneldiscussions that allowsfor the girls to submit

ICCI gearsup for secondGirl CodeConference

BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASSJ.D. MAIDENS

11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The Joint Base An-drews West Fitness Cen-ter is being renovated.

Renovations will in-clude a new front lobbywith an aesthetic updateand new windows to re-duce energy costs, newlystylized locker roomswith new lockers, a newheating and cooling sys-tem, new equipment forthe tactical fitness room,refinished basketballcourt floors and securitycameras to accommodate24-hour access to the fa-cility.

“You have to be pre-

Renovationsplanned atWest FitnessCenter

see FITNESS, page 5see GIRLS, page 2 see FOOD, page 3

BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASSJ.D. MAIDENS

11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Joint Base Andrewshosted a Women’sEquality Day event atthe Smart Building,Aug. 26.

The event featured adiscussion and a ques-tion-and-answer sessionwith a panel of distin-guished guests.

“It’s important toremember the criticalrole women play in themilitary and the UnitedStates,” said 11th WingCommand Chief MasterSgt. Vance Kondon. “Ad-

Joint BaseAndrewshostsWomen’sEqualityDay

see EQUALITY, page 5

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Pharmacy ChangesTricare beneficiaries who take

certain brand-name medicationson a regular basis will be requiredto fill prescriptions at a militarytreatment facility or through amail-in program, beginning Oct.1. The new policy does not applyto active-duty troops, overseasbeneficiaries, nursing-home resi-dents and those with other healthinsurance that has a prescription-drug program.. Some beneficiariesmight be waived from the programon an individual basis. Genericmedications are not affected bythe new policy. Affected beneficia-ries will receive a letter in Sep-tember, with instructions on thetransition. Those with questionsabout medications in the brand-name maintenance category cancall Express Scripts customer ser-vice at 1 877 363-1303. The newpolicy is expected to save benefi-ciaries $16.5 million in reducedcopays. Projected DoD savings is

$88 million during the first year,?a spokesman said.

School EnrollmentNearly 75,000 students are en-

rolled in the 2015-2016 SchoolYear in Department of DefenseEducation Activity schools aroundthe world. The schools educatechildren of service members andthe civilians who support themin 12 nations, 7 states and 2 ter-ritories. Through its EducationalPartnership Branch, DoD providessupport to more than a millionmilitary-connected students whoattend public schools throughoutthe United States. DoD operates172 schools in the United States,Europe and the Pacific througha worldwide network of 14 schooldistricts and about 14,000 employ-ees. All DoD schools are accreditedby AdvancED, a nonprofit, nonpar-tisan organization that conductsrigorous, on-site external reviewsof schools and school systems.

Honor Flight VisitsThe Honor Flight Network

Honor, in Springfield, Ohio, is anon-profit organization created tohonor veterans for their sacrifices.The group arranges transporta-tion to Washington from all overthe nation to reflect at memorialserected in their honor. Volunteerswith the Honor Flight Capital Re-gion are the local representativesfor these visits. Top priority is giv-en to World War II veterans andterminally ill veterans from allconflicts. For further information,call 312 714-4337.

The Retiree Activities Office isopen 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday. Visit the officein Building 1604 at Californiaand Colorado Avenues or call 301981-2726. Call before your visit toensure a volunteer is on duty. TheRAO has a website at www.an-drews.af.mil.

Retiree Corner

On Sept 13, the Travis ManionFoundation will host a 5K race inAnnapolis at the Navy-MarineCorp Memorial Stadium at 2 pmto unite the community and to re-member the sacrifices of the heroesof the September 11th attacks andin the wars since.

In its seventh year, the 9/11 He-roes Run will put on a series of rac-es in more than 50 locations acrossU.S. and abroad.

Following the start of the 5k,there also will be a family-friendly1-mile fun run/walk. Proceeds fromthe race will benefit the TravisManion Foundation, which offersveterans and families of the fallenunique opportunities to help themtake the next step in their journeys

and accomplish their personal andprofessional goals.

The 9/11 Heroes Run series wasinspired by Marine 1st Lt. TravisManion, who was killed by a sniperin Iraq in April 2007. Before his fi-nal deployment, Travis visited Res-cue One in NYC—famous for losingalmost all of their men on 9/11—and returned home with deeperpassion about why he was fightingin Iraq. At its heart, the 9/11 He-roes Run is a tribute to Travis’ per-sonal commitment to never forgetthe heroes of that day.

“Knowing that so many peoplegave their lives during the 9/11 at-tacks touched my brother Travis ina way that would forever changehim,” said Ryan Manion, President

of Travis Manion Foundation. “Sixyears after 9/11, my brother alsogave his life for his country, so ev-ery year we gather communitiestogether to run a 5K to honor thefallen. We are looking forward tothis exciting race season and unit-ing people around the world to re-member those whose service hasgiven us freedom.”

The Travis Manion Foundationinvested nearly $240,000 backinto the local race communitiesto support military, veterans, firstresponders and their families. Mis-sion BBQ will provide free food im-mediately following the run.

To learn more and to register fora race, visit www.911heroesrun.org.

-- Travis Manion Foundation

Travis Manion Foundation tohost annual 9/11 Heroes Run

anonymous questions to be an-swered by the panel.

“A lot of young women might nothave that positive male figure intheir life – someone they can go toand ask questions about what it’slike dealing with young men,” Wil-son said.

“This event is going to be ex-tremely engaging and allow thegirls to really speak their minds. It’snot just a lecture; it’s a very inter-active and collaborative conference.They should could come preparedfor lots of great discussion; theyshould come prepared to come to beexposed to the different viewpointsof their peers and they’ll think ofthings in way they never thought ofthem before.”

Jaquelyn Chin, now a freshman

at Howard University studyingPsychology, was one of two youthplanners that worked with Wilsonto plan the event. Chin respondedto the idea of the event with excite-ment and brought that enthusiasmto the planning hoping to make adifference in the lives of young girls.“I’ve always been interested in help-ing other people.”

Chin shared that as she plannedshe learned as well. Of particu-lar interest were women who hadovercome difficulties. “We wantedto incorporate women who have tri-umphed into one of the segments ofgirl code, telling young girls honest-ly no matter what you go through,no matter where you come from, youreally can overcome the difficultiesthat are against you and that is thelargest message of girl code.

“We really want the girls to takeeverything they learn at this con-ference and use it make a change

in the personal lives as well as thelives of their peers and their com-munity,”Wilson said.

“The theme for this conferenceis ‘When you have a voice, you havepower.’ It’s important to accept andembrace who you are as a youngwoman and know your opinion mat-ters and what you have to say is im-portant,” said Wilson “This is a daythat they realize they are not alonein facing their issues,” said Wilson.

Community businesses likeChick-fil-A and Wegman’s are mak-ing the day possible by providingbreakfast and lunch along withthe support of Gene Drummond ofHealthcare International,l of whichICCI is the philanthropic arm. “Weare very grateful to our supportivecommunity partners,”Wilson said.

Visit www.iccinitiatives.org/formto register. For more informationcall 301-552-8803 or email [email protected].

GIRLS, from page 1

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BY KATIE LANGEDOD NEWS, DEFENSE MEDIA

ACTIVITY

Traumatic brain injuryand post-traumatic stressdisorder often coexist inthe military because a lotof brain injuries happenduring traumatic experi-ences. But how do you tellwhich symptoms belongto which diagnosis, andhow do you fix it?

Some doctors are get-ting help figuring thatout through a big virtual-reality video game.

The computer-assistedrehabilitation environ-ment, or CAREN, at theNational Intrepid Centerof Excellence is the onlyvirtual reality machinein the Department of De-fense that does researchand clinical care for TBIand PTSD patients.

The CAREN is basical-ly a big treadmill in frontof a huge curved screen.While a harnessed pa-

tient walks, the treadmillmoves – up, down, right,left, forward, backward– to match the personal-ized game-like scenarioon screen.

“We may put reflectivemarkers on their hands,and they might control apair of boxing gloves onthe screen. Or you mightput two markers on theirback and then sync themto a boat, so when theystep right, the boat turnsright on the screen,” saidbiomedical engineer andCAREN operator SarahKruger.

Each patient is evalu-ated before using theCAREN, so Kruger has agood idea of what theirphysical and behavioralweaknesses are so shecan work to strengthenthem.

“The therapist mightsee that a person’s bal-ance is not that great.We’re going to put himdown here in a boat sce-

nario and give him atask of going through acourse of buoys or hunt-ing sharks,” Kruger said.“The therapist is actuallyable to watch their move-ment to see what theirstrategy is.”

Hearing loss and in-ner ear issues are a ma-jor focus since a lot of theservice members withPTSD and TBI have beenaround blasts, affectingbalance and vision per-ception. Cognitive func-tions are also tested. Kru-ger will briefly flash birds,math problems or rankinsignia onto the screento see how patients han-dle multitasking.

“Patients with braininjuries might be OK witha physical task and a cog-nitive task, but if we com-bine those two things to-gether, that’s where theymight struggle,” she said.

The scenarios are away of testing high-func-tioning patients for a re-

turn to their career fields.“They might be totally

fine when they’re walk-ing, but if you put themout on my system and youget them up to a jog or run... that might be wheretheir headache comes upor where their dizzinesscomes on,” Kruger said.“You might not see thatin the conventional evalu-ations because they’re notbeing pushed physicallyto where they experiencethose symptoms.”

Most of the patientsare service members whohave struggled to get aclear diagnosis in the gen-eral health care system.The CAREN’s strengthis that it separates theirTBI and PTSD symptoms.

“Sometimes, in order todiagnose the brain injurysymptoms – things likememory and headache –you have to get throughthe PTSD symptoms,which might be anxious-ness and hypervigilance,”

Kruger said. “So if youcan get those PTSD-typesymptoms down, thatallows the clinicians tofocus more on the TBIsymptoms.

The CAREN is usedin conjunction with con-ventional therapies, notin place of them. Thedoctors assigned to eachpatient use the CAREN’sresearch to develop com-prehensive rehab plans.

One NICoE patientwho has struggled withTBI symptoms since 2001said he’s been known toget a little angry andstruggle grammaticallywith communications --and his coworkers andwife have noticed.

“It’s been a bit of frus-tration with me internallywhen somebody’s saying,‘Hey, there’s somethingwrong with you,’” said the21-year active-duty ser-vice member, who didn’twant to be identified.

His doctors recom-

mended he go to NICoEto get some answers. OnDay 2 when I talked tohim, he had high hopes.

“I’m just hoping toidentify what is going onwith me so I can contrib-ute back to my family andthe military. I love whatI do and my family, andif I’m neglecting them insome way because I’m ei-ther not aware of what’sgoing on with me, orthere’s something physi-cally wrong with me thatneeds to be fixed – what-ever it may be, hopefullythey’ll identify it,” he said.

The NICoE CAREN isone of four used by theDoD. Two other machinesfocus on amputee care,while the fourth at theNaval Health ResearchCenter does pre-deploy-ment combat-scenario re-search.

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Virtual reality machine helps break down PTSD/TBI issues

Prince George’s, Calvert,Charles and St. Mary’scounties. “We serveabout a 120,000 peoplea year, with about a mil-lion pounds of food,” saidDempsey. “In the lastyear are so it has be-come our priority for usto do more to expand ourservices and do more inPrince George’s County.The county has need andwe need to do more inthe Temple Hills area,because the USDA haslisted is as a food desert,meaning there are notenough stores and notenough access to freshfruits and produce,” saidDempsey.

“In December oflast year, Mr. VincentMona, of Mona ElectricGroup Inc., owner ofTradewinds Restaurant,and former Joe Thies-mann Restaurant, giftedthe building to us.”

Based on their four“Pillars of Service” Cath-olic Charities the servic-es slated for the new cen-ter may include Feedingand Nutrition, Health-care, Legal Services, anda “Concierge Desk” thatwill direct visitors to theappropriate service pro-vider.

Monroe explained thecommunity feeding ser-vices the community willcontinue indefinitely.

“Even when we open

the doors of the center,we’ll continue this foodservice to the communityyear around, because wewant to bring awarenessto our program, “saidMonroe.

For more informationabout the food programheld the Susan F. MonaFamily Service Centeron 5859 Allentown Way,Temple Hills, [email protected].

PHOTO/ BOBBY JONES

Lydia Pearl Monroe,Catholic Charities,Archdiocese of Wash-ington D.C. ProgramCoordinator, Cup ofJoe & St. Maria’s Meals,SHARE Food Network,escorts Rachel Boozerof Temple Hills to thefood line. Boozer, 78,walks four blocks everyTuesday to pick up din-ner for her 101-year-oldmother and herself.

FOOD, from page 1

BY SENIOR AIRMANSUMEANA LESLIE

113TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Maj. Gen. ErrolSchwartz, CommandingGeneral of the Districtof Columbia NationalGuard traveled to Kings-ton, Jamaica on a StatePartnership Programvisit Aug. 20. During thevisit, Schwartz reviewedthe development of thehumanitarian assistanceprogram, the disasterresponse program devel-oped with the JamaicaDefense Force.

“The DC NationalGuard had its first inter-national subject matterexchange with Jamaicain February 2004,” saidCapt. Tamara Tomlin-son, D.C. National GuardState Partnership Pro-gram coordinator. “Therelationship is beneficialfor both counterparts, forsoldiers and airmen pri-marily because they areable to experience reallife scenarios that theywould not ordinarily ex-perience, helping themadvance their develop-ment and prepare us all

in the event of a mobili-zation.”

The SPP offered train-ing opportunities for ser-vice members from boththe Jamaican DefenseForce and the D.C. Na-tional Guard, particular-ly in the areas of combat-ing drug and arms traf-

ficking, organized crimeand gangs, money laun-dering, criminal justicereform, economic devel-opment, financial stabil-ity, and medical care.

In his remarks wel-coming Schwartz and theSPP teams, U.S. Embas-sy Kingston Chief of Mis-

sion Ambassador (Des-ignate) Luis G. Morenoemphasized DCNG’scontributions in helping“advance U.S. policy ob-jectives in the Caribbe-an,” particularly in theirjoint JDF-DCNG effortsin aircraft maintenanceand boat patrol.

“The exchange hasbeen very effective be-cause we have been ableto exchange our subjectmatter expert knowledgeand assisted one anotherin a number of ways thathave benefited the Ja-maica Defense Force andthe DC National Guard,”said Jamaica DefenseForce Deputy Chief ofDefense Staff BrigadierRocky R. Meade. “Welook forward to the pro-gram continuing for avery long time.”

“I look forward to thispartnership betweenmyself and the leaders ofthe Jamaica Defense con-tinuing,” said Schwartz.“We have different levelsof expertise that we areable to offer one anotherand I also look forwardto having more successin the future.”

D.C. National Guard leadershipexchanges ideas, expertisewith Jamaica Defense Force

U.S. AIR NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO/SENIOR AIRMAN SUMEANA LESLIE

Maj. Gen. Errol Schwartz Commanding General of theDistrict of Columbia National Guard, discusses StatePartnership matters with Jamaican Defense ForceDeputy Chief of Defense Staff Brigadier Rocky R.Meade, at Up Park Camp in Kingston, Jamaica, Aug.18.

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Secretary of the Air ForceDeborah Lee James and Chief ofStaff of the Air Force Gen. MarkA. Welsh III held a State of theAir Force address at the Penta-gon, Aug. 24.

The first topic of discussionwas about Airman 1st ClassSpencer Stone’s heroic actionsaboard a train in France. Jamesbriefed that Stone’s unit will benominating him for the Airman’sMedal.

“American Airmen bindthemselves to a set of core val-ues: integrity first, service beforeself and excellence in all we do,”James said. “Airman Stone andhis friends personified ‘servicebefore self.’ Their fearlessness,courage, and selflessness inspireus all.”

In her opening statement,James pointed out the manyachievements the Air Force hasmade such as responding to anEbola outbreak in West Africa,providing humanitarian reliefin Nepal, maintaining ongoingcommitments in Afghanistanand in the Pacific, and reassur-ing allies in Europe in the faceof a resurgent Russia.

James announced an upcom-ing training exercise that willinvolve an F-22 Raptor deploy-ment to Europe. Welsh high-lighted the advanced aircraft’s

capabilities saying that Europe-an allies would like the Air Forceto operate with them in multipletypes of scenarios.

“Being able to train side byside with them and do that kindof training is really important tous,” he said. “This is a naturalevolution in bringing our bestair-to-air capability in to trainwith partners who have beenlong and trusted ones.”

James also discussed thefight against the Islamic State ofIraq and the Levant where theAir Force has executed nearly70 percent of the air strikes andflown more than 48,000 sortiessupporting operations in Iraqand Syria.

“We are now one year intoOperation Inherent Resolve,”James said. “We’ve said fromthe start this would be a multi-year fight requiring political,

economic, and military actions.We’ve made good progress withour strategy of deny, disrupt,and ultimately defeat. Thanksto airpower, we denied their ad-vances and have completely dis-rupted their tactics, techniques,and procedures.”

The secretary went on to saythe Air Force is still the great-est on the planet because of itsAirmen.

“America expects an AirForce that can fly, fight and winagainst any adversary,” Jamessaid. “We must continue to giveour nation the Air Force capabil-ity it needs today and well intothe future. This will only occurby properly investing in our Air-men and our capabilities.”

James and Welsh then an-swered a multitude of questionsfrom media on a wide-range oftopics.

AF Senior leaders give Stateof the Air Force address

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/SCOTT M. ASH

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James provides an updatewith Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III on current AirForce operations during a press briefing in the Pentagon, Aug. 24.

WASHINGTON REDSKINSCONDUCT A WALKTHROUGH

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Air Force District of Washington Commander Maj. Gen. Dar-ryl Burke takes a group photo with Imagine Andrews PublicCharter School students as the Washington Redskins con-duct a walkthrough practice at the fitness center’s field, JointBase Andrews on Aug. 28. The Redskins spent time meetingwith Airmen, Sailors and Marines, family members and localschool children and their chaperones to show their apprecia-tion to the military community. The Redskins conducted thepractice and signed autographs as part of their RedskinsSalute effort.

The Washington Redskins conduct a walkthrough practice atthe fitness center’s field.

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pared with market research, and bewilling to spend,” said Isaac Melendez,Complex Director for the West FitnessCenter. “We want to provide the bestpossible experience for our patrons,so when leadership gives us the greenlight, we update our facilities with thecutting-edge of fitness and athleticequipment. A fit Air Force is an effec-tive Air Force.”

The updates are being funded par-tially by the base’s recent awarding ofthe Commander-in- Chief InstallationExcellence Award.

“We won the CINC award becausewe’re top dogs,” Melendez said. “Ourfacilities are directly benefitting fromthe hard work Team JBA puts in ev-ery day.”

The center provides service to theentire National Capital Region withboth its indoor and outdoor facilities,including: baseball fields, a turf fieldfor soccer, multiple running tracksand basketball courts, both indoorand outdoor, and new batting cages tobe built behind the scoreboard of thepresent baseball fields.

The West Fitness Center has alsobeen recently updated with Wi-Fi.

Group aerobics classes such as cy-cling, Zumba, yoga, Korean martialarts, Salsa and the West Fitness Cen-ter’s signature Tactical Fitness Class

in the tactical fitness room are offeredat the facility.

Upcoming events will also be facili-tated at the current facility: a Sept.4 “Run for your lungs” 5-km run, thebeginning of intramural-league flagfootball on Sept. 7 and a Nov. 19 Tur-key Trot.

For more information regardingclasses and events, call the West Fit-ness Center at (301) 981-7101.

“We’re lucky to have such greatclientele,” Melendez said. “We feel ap-preciated here; there’s no feeling likekeeping the Air Force fit to fight.”

FITNESS, from page 1

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Kait Miller, dependent, lifts weightsat the Joint Base Andrews West Fit-ness Center, Aug. 31. The West Fit-ness Center is being renovated withnew equipment and energy-savingupdates.

ditional perspectives on missions areindispensable.”

The panel discussed obstaclesthey have faced, women’s suffrage,what can be done to improve women’sequality today and equality in Africaand the Middle East.

“Without a diverse group of indi-viduals, we won’t be able to solve thechallenges facing the world today,”said Catherine Coleman, NASA astro-naut.

Sexual assault and harassmentwere also discussed during the ques-tion-and-answer session.

“We have to hold people account-able for their actions,” said Maj. Gen.Linda Singh, Adjutant General ofMaryland. “We have to have conver-sations about our culture and values.”

Women’s Equality Day commemo-rates the anniversary of women’s suf-

frage in the United States, and hasbeen proclaimed every year since1972.

EQUALITY, from page 1

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Panelists discuss contemporarywomen’s issues at the Smart Build-ing, Joint Base Andrews, Aug. 26.Members of JBA attended the event,featuring a discussion and question-and-answer session with a panelof distinguished guests. The paneldiscussed the obstacles they havefaced, women’s suffrage and whatcan be done to improve women’sequality today.

BY TECH. SGT. JOSEPH SWAFFORD455TH AIR EXPEDITIONARY WING

Airmen assigned to the 455th Air Ex-peditionary Wing recently traveled to Ha-mid Karzai International Airport to assistTrain, Advice, Assist Command-Air withtraining and validating the Afghanistanair force’s aircrew flight equipment sec-tion.

The three-day trip gave the 455thAEWAirmen the opportunity to share theirAFEknowledge with theirAfghan counterpartsand also assist TACC-Air with keeping co-alition AFE current.

Having AFE qualified techniciansis critical as Afghanistan continues tostrengthen its air force.

“We’re building up the Afghan air forceso they can stand on their own two feet,”said Master Sgt. Michael Doane, the TA-AC-Air flight equipment adviser and op-erations team superintendent. “A criticalpart of that is making sure the pilots canleave and return safely to base and they dothat with the equipment AFE provides forthem in the aircraft.”

Doane is a one-man shop and havingthe extra help from the 455th truly makesan impact on the success of the TACC-Airmission.

“With having the extra help here wewere able to get a week’s worth of workdone in a half a day,” Doane said. “Withoutthe last visit and this visit I wouldn’t beable to survivemymission andwould havefailed without working seven days a week,15 hours a day. It was awesome to have thehelp and be able to have a team here; thesupport has been immeasurable.”

One of the Airmen who assisted Doaneworks with him back at their home stationof Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas,and he knew he would bring a lot of C-130knowledge to share with the Afghanistanair force.

“Having his expertise here for theC-130 (Hercules) mission is awesome,”Do-ane said. “A lot of the things I’ve learned

at Little Rock, with it being my first C-130base, were taught to me by Staff SergeantMaurer. So who better to come down andteach these guys. Having worked togetherin the past I knew it would be a good ex-ample for the Afghans to see how the U.S.Air Force works. Knowing what he wouldsay and do showed a unified front and thatwe have our stuff together.”

The Afghanistan air force C-130s wereacquired from the U.S., and once residedat Little Rock AFB, so seeing the sameaircraft they use to work on brought backmemories for the two Airmen.

“It was surreal to see the same aircraftthat I had seen for years,” said Staff Sgt.John Maurer, the 774th ExpeditionaryAirlift Squadron AFE NCO in charge. “Iremembered all the times of opening thedoor and climbing the steps to do postflightinspections with an American flag on thetail, now coming out here and seeing thesame aircraft with Afghan flag is reallycool.”

For Doane, it was full circle seeing someof the same aircraft he worked on at LittleRock AFB.

“The latest aircraft we received I got afolder with all the inspection letters ad-dressed to me,” Doane said. “I got to showthe Afghans that this came from my baseand now I’m here to train them on it. Ithink it is appreciated to the lowest levelsof theAFE shop here that I’m here to teachthem on equipment I’m familiar with.”

After the three day trip, the 455thAEWAirmen were amazed at how much knowl-edge theAfghan airmen retained fromDo-ane and their eagerness to learn more.

“I was honestly taken back on howmuch the Afghans wanted to show theirknowledge of AFE with us,” said MasterSgt. Nicholas Voaklander, the 555th Expe-ditionary Fighter Squadron AFE qualityassurance NCO in charge. “Even with alanguage barrier they were able to pointat things and show us what they wouldnormally check and demonstrated whatthey have learned.”

Airmen share knowledge,experience to betterAfghanistan’s air force

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/TECH. SGT. JOSEPH SWAFFORD

An Afghan airman demonstrates his aircrew flight equipment knowledge to U.S.Airmen from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing and Train, Advice, Assist Com-mand-Air aboard an Afghanistan air force C-130H Hercules at Hamid Karzai Inter-national Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 29.

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REMEMBER THEIR COURAGE

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Two UH-1N Twin Hueys from the 1st HelicopterSquadron fly by the Washington Memorial, Washing-ton D.C.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOS/STAFF SGT. CHAD C. STROHMEYER

Retired Maj. Gen. Carl McNair gives the keynotespeech during the VietnamWar Pilots and AircrewMemorial Tree Dedication Ceremony on ArlingtonNational Cemetery, Va., Aug. 28. The Memorial ser-vice was hosted by the Vietnam Helicopter PilotsAssociation and honored the thousands of men andwomen who perished during the “Helicopter War.”

Four UH-1N TwinHueys from the 1stHelicopter Squadronfly in formation overthe National CapitalRegion, Aug. 28. Thehelicopters flew forthe Vietnam Helicop-ter Crew MembersAssociation MemorialService Flyover.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY STAFF SGT. CHAD C. STROHMEYER

A wreath lies next to a maple tree at the VietnamWar Pilots and Aircrew Memorial Tree Dedication onArlington National Cemetery.

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