COMMANDER’S CORNER: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SUMMER AT CAVALIER AFS - PAGE 2 Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Vol. 63 No. 27
Wolf recognizes importance of LGBT pride By Audrey Jensen 21st Space Wing Public Affairs
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — When she first joined the military in 2005, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, an official U.S. military policy that allowed gays and lesbians to serve in the military if they didn’t declare their sexual orientation, was still in effect. Since Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed by the Obama Administration in 2011, service members like Master Sgt. Sarah Wolf, 561st Network Operations Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge, don’t have to be worried when talking about their partner. “It was interesting to go from never being able to talk about your significant other, when you coworkers would ask, ‘Oh who are you going to lunch with? Why isn’t this gentleman coming to the door to get you?’ to what it is now,” Sarah said. Sarah met her wife, Amy Wolf, while working as the point of contact for Pacific Air Force/A2 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii in 2013. When she was in the Air Force, Amy worked as the desk sergeant for security forces and had to communicate with Sarah whenever maintenance was needed on an alarm. “I would talk to her on the phone and then it developed from there,” Sarah said. “We would just talk and joke and eventually we became friends and started meeting up outside of work.” When Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was first repealed, Sarah said she was still hesitant to bring Amy up in conversation. “At first, it was very awkward to bring Amy up See Pride page 8
(U.S. Air Force photo by Audrey Jensen)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Master Sgt. Sarah Wolf, 561st Network Operations Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge, sits at home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 15, 2018, with her wife, Amy Wolf, who she met while they both were stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, in 2013. After the 2011 repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, a military policy that didn’t allow gays or lesbians to be vocal about their sexual orientation, it was sometimes hard for Sarah to talk about her significant other. Sarah said the Air Force has been supportive of her, and in 2016, Sarah and Amy got married in Hawaii.
Determined to make a better life
Local religious leaders visit Peterson AFB for Clergy Day
By Robb Lingley 21st Space Wing Public Affairs
MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 9 (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Justin Beebe)
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Col. Todd Moore, 21st Space Wing commander, discusses the wing’s mission with local religious leaders on Clergy Day at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, June 26, 2018. Moore briefed the religious leaders on the global breadth of the wing’s mission.
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Growing up in Gilroy, California, she had everything a girl could wish for: money, designer clothes and so much more. Shortly after high school graduation, her father took everything from her and kicked her to the streets. Staff Sgt. Jacqueline Jauregui, Air Force Space Command enlisted aide to the deputy commander, was determined to make her life right but struggled to get there. She talked about her past to fellow Airmen during Storytellers at The Club on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, March 30, 2018. “Growing up in Gilroy was a place where everybody knew each other,” said Jauregui. “The way I was raised my dad gave me everything I wanted. I was the girl who spent up to $3,000 on myself every month.” Although it seemed that everything was perfect on the outside, her home life was not great. “My dad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, for which he didn’t take his medication and he was an See Determined page 5
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