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Peterson youth center set to temporarily close due to positive COVID cases By 21st Space Wing Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Peterson AFB leadership learned July 4 that a staff member and two children in the base youth center’s school age care program tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Individuals identified through contact-tracing having first-person contact with the employee or children have been notified and asked to be placed in quarantine for the recommended time frame. Out of an abundance of caution the Peterson youth center was closed and sanitized Monday, July 6, for the safety of its children and workers. Additionally, the base youth center’s open recreation program has been suspended until further notice due to staffing shortages. Peterson AFB is taking necessary precautions to avoid the spread of COVID-19 in our community. Existing recommendations from 21st Medical Group Public Health remain unchanged: practice physical distancing, wear a face covering when out in public, practice good hand hygiene and stay home if sick. In addition, 21st MDG will be offering testing through their drive-thru point of testing site to these individuals to identify early infections. Based on the child and staff member’s last contacts within the youth center and when they began exhibiting symptoms, there is minimal risk to any other members. As a reminder, Team Peterson members who are feeling ill during duty hours are encouraged to contact the medical appointment line at 719-524-2273 for specific procedural guidance. If members are feeling ill after duty hours, they can contact the nurse advice line at 800-874-2273 for further direction. Tricare beneficiaries can also visit https:// www.tricare.mil/coronavirus for more information.

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21st Space Wing holds racial diversity panel

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Dr. Carrie Baker, U.S. Space Force diversity and inclusion officer, speaks at a diversity panel June 30, 2020, on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. 21st Space Wing members came together to discuss unconscious bias, racism and other topics. The panel was formed because Airmen and family members wanted to open a dialogue on challenging issues the community is facing on a daily basis. “Behaviors are not written in stone,” said Baker. “Anyone can change if they put their mind to it. With commitment, consistency, awareness and education, change is possible.”

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Department of the Air Force Inspector General conducts Independent Racial Disparity Review DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — On June 2, 2020, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett directed the Department of the Air Force Inspector General Lt. Gen. Sami D. Said to conduct a review into racial disparity within the Department of the Air Force. Barrett along with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond acknowledged a need to hear the voices of Department of Air Force members. Once complete, the results of the report will be made available to the public. The analysis will be conducted in two phases: •• Phase one will assess the African American racial disparities in Air Force’s uniformed military discipline processes. •• Phase two will focus on African American racial disparities in Air Force’s leader development system including enlisted, civilians, and officers. Members of the Air Force IG Team stated they recognize other disparities exist, and these should be reviewed as well. However, for this immediate effort to be effective and result in lasting and meaningful change, it must be narrowly targeted. “We want to make sure our Air and Space Professionals are able to share their experiences and concerns, and we want to empower them to be a part of the solution,” said Lt. Gen. Said. “Their voices will be heard and captured for the record. We have a tremendous opportunity here, and we will not waste it.”

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The IG Team is confident that the lessons they will learn and recommendations they provide will benefit the force. It is critical that Airmen and Space Professionals provide their honest feedback to help evoke change.

In the coming days, enlisted, civilian, and officer Airmen and Space Professionals across the services will receive an anonymous email survey facilitated by the Air Force Survey Office.

AF Surgeon General talks about COVID, innovation, leadership

By Roland Balik | 436TH AIRLIFT WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, accompanied by Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, AF SG chief of medical operations, toured and learned about the Transport Isolation System aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26, 2020. While inside the TIS, Maj. Mark Dellinger, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron training flight commander, and Senior Master Sgt. Michael Malone, 36th AES training noncommissioned officer in charge and AE technician, both from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, briefed Hogg and Kolczynski on Dover’s role in safely transporting patients, medical support personnel and aircrew during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 30, two TISs arrived at Dover from Charleston AFB, South Carolina, as Dover became the U.S. East Coast hub for TIS decontamination due to its strategic location and support facilities. “The TIS mission started when Ebola [2014 outbreak] came about,” said Hogg. “We recognized that we would have a

need to transport contaminated patients, and so we had to figure out pretty quickly how to do that on the back of the aircraft to keep the aircrew safe.” By partnering with industries, the TIS was manufactured in approximately two weeks as a result of requirements identified during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. “The capability that it has is that it contains the biological agent, chemical agent, whatever is inside, so that everybody else is clean and safe on the outside,” said Hogg. Patient care is possible while being transported in a TIS aboard a C-17 or C-130 Hercules aircraft. “We can deliver care inside there,” said Hogg. “We can do critical care patients, we can do ambulatory patients and we can configure it in a way that is needed for the complexity of the patient.” After exiting the TIS, the surgeon general and chief met with 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight aircrew, the TIS support team See Surgeon General page 7

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Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, U.S. Air Force surgeon general chief of medical operations, left, and Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, were guests for a podcast from Dover’s Bedrock Innovation Lab, June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Hogg and Kolczynski talked to podcast listeners about COVID-19, innovation and leadership from their perspectives.

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Lt. Gen. Richard Clark nominated to be next Academy superintendent

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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark to become the Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy. “I am extremely humbled and honored by the nomination to serve as the Superintendent of the Air Force Academy,” said Lt. Gen. Clark. “I’m also excited for the opportunity to build on the tremendous work of Lt. Gen. [Jay] Silveria and to give back to the institution that has given me so much. Go Falcons!” If confirmed by the Senate, Clark will direct the Academy’s undergraduate academic program, cadet military and athletic training and character development, leading to a bachelor’s of science degree and a commission as a second

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NPC completes first operational patient movement By Air Mobility Command Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) — Less than 100 days from an idea on a napkin to its first realworld, aeromedical evacuation, the Negatively Pressurized Conex completed its first operational mission July 1, moving 12 patients from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to receive a higher level of care at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. The NPC is the latest isolated containment chamber developed to transport individuals with infectious diseases, like the novel coronavirus. This operation brings the total number of patients retrieved by the mobility Air Force using an isolation containment chamber to more than 100 across 18 missions since the COVID-19 pandemic began. At the onset of the outbreak, in anticipation of the need to transport individuals with the coronavirus, Air Mobility Command increased training on the Transport Isolation System, an isolation chamber developed during the 2014 Ebola crisis but never operationalized. The TIS was first used April 10, 2020, to transport three COVID-positive patients and has since been used to perform 16 additional aeromedical evacuations. However, the TIS offers limited capability, as each was designed to transport two to four patients. So, in early April, AMC and Air Force Materiel Command leaders joined forces to invite creative materiel and non-materiel solutions to address a Joint Urgent Operational Need, or JUON, to move large numbers of COVID-19 patients. The answer was the NPC, which was made possible by a team comprised of the Air Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Systems Branch working with the Joint Program Executive Office for CBRN Defense and partnering with teams across the Air Force and Department of Defense under the direction of the Program Executive Office for Agile Combat Support as the JUON lead for the Air Force. The NPC offers a significant capacity increase, capable of safely transporting up to 28 passengers, 23 ambulatory patients, or eight litters. Multiple configurations are available to accommodate combinations of ambulatory and litter patients, as dictated by the situation. On June 24, only 88 days after the idea was introduced, the NPC arrived at Ramstein AB from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to stand alert. “Watching the team come together

to train on this system in theater and then fly its first mission shows what can be accomplished when whole-ofgovernment and industry partners work selflessly, sacrificing long hours and personal time in order to produce a solution that saves lives,” said Capt. Alexis Todaro, NPC program manager who delivered the NPC to Ramstein AB for training and site activation. “It

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Airmen assigned to the 313th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron transfer a COVID-19 patient following the first-ever operational use of the Negatively Pressurized Conex to transport 12 patients aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 1, 2020 to receive higher level of care at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany. The NPC is the latest isolated containment chamber developed to transport up to 28 individuals with infectious diseases. took a team of teams to get NPC from a concept to operational in under 100 days.” It was called to action less than one week later aboard a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, JB Charleston. “I’m impressed with how quickly this idea became a fully functioning system,” said Brig. Gen. Dan DeVoe, 618th Air Operations Center commander. “Our planners and controllers expertly handle aeromedical evacuation missions on a regular basis, but the increase in capability the NPC offers is a great advantage to have available for our operations in the COVID-19 environment and beyond.” This was a demanding lift as it required use of a brand-new isolation system, multiple stops, and critical care procedures.

Mobility Operations Wing at Ramstein AB was essential to the success due to their role in training the NPC personnel, loading the system onto the C-17, and sanitizing the aircraft and NPC for the next mission. The NPC is certified to fly on a C-17, and testing for certification on the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft is underway. The NPC-Lite, a smaller variation configured to be used aboard the C-130 Hercules, was certified for operational use on June 25. “This milestone and the process of getting the system into the hands of our Aeromedical Evacuation teams and aircrew is proof that we can do business at the speed of need,” said Lt. Col. Timothy Mach, AMC Requirements Division chief. “That effort is already saving lives and is crucial to joint readiness in remote locations.”

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Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, AF/SG chief of medical operations, pose for a photo on the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Other personnel in the photo were Dover AFB senior leadership, 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight aircrew, the Transport Isolation System support team, 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 436th Security Forces Squadron personnel.

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and 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron personnel before heading to Dover’s Bedrock Innovation Lab to conduct a podcast on innovation and leadership. During the podcast, Hogg spoke about the continuous process of innovation and the Negatively Pressurized Conex that was cleared for operational use on June 24 for C-5 Super Galaxy and C-17 aircraft. “It actually was certified to fly this past week. It can hold more patients … instead of a small handful that the TIS can hold,” said Hogg. The NPC can transport up to 28 passengers or 23

patients, either ambulatory or litter. Speaking about the TIS mission, “It’s a Total Force mission … Reservist, active-duty and a variety of Air Force Specialty Codes [career fields] that are doing it, and it’s not their primary job,’ said Kolczynski. “We’re putting them there, they’re learning and while they are doing the job here practicing, they are also being innovative and figuring out, ‘how do we do it better?’” On the topic of innovation, the surgeon general expressed her perspective: “My platform is disruptive innovation. When I go out and talk to people, I challenge them to think without a box, not outside the box but without a box. We have to cultivate a culture where we are willing to take risks, where it’s ok no matter what rank you are, where you come from – that you can step up and say I have a better idea.” The surgeon general also stressed the importance of

communication and its challenges during COVID-19. “It’s so difficult to try to keep everybody informed of what’s going on, and I’ve found that to be a little bit challenging, because you have a lot of players,” said Hogg. “So not only do you have Department of Defense in this fight against COVID, you also have Health and Human Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” During COVID, disseminating messages from multiple agencies at the right time to the right people is really important to the surgeon general. “For us in the medical community, this was a medical contingency ops,” said Hogg. “We’ve never been in that kind of environment before; we’ve usually been in a supporting role. We are now in a supported role, and it’s been challenging for some line leaders to understand the medical community and how it operates.”

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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper talks with Col. William Freeman, 352nd Special Operations Wing commander, and other wing leaders during a visit to RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, June 25, 2020. The purpose of his visit was threefold: familiarization with the CV-22B Osprey platform, discuss COVID-19 response, and have a sit-down discussion with Airmen on discrimination, racism and prejudice in the Air Force and the workplace.

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After about three days of inprocessing, the reservists were on the floor. They adjusted to the facilities, learned the charting systems and were caring for patients. Houston said she was usually assigned one or two patients, but would often assist staff and have contact with as many as five per day. During her 12-hour shifts, she spent hours with patients, helping with whatever they needed and providing a human connection. In addition to medical treatment, the major would do things to help patients get through

a blood draw for someone else, then directing care for another, he did it. “The mission is to take care of the people here, not to worry about what letters come after your name.” After approximately 9 long weeks of difficult work, the coronavirus curve had flattened, and the IMAs and other reservists were allowed to return home to their families. The RRC continued to support the 13 mobilized members, and the team came up with innovative ways for the IMAs to accomplish their outprocessing tasks, including health assessments, pay and travel reconciliations, virtual Deployment Transition Center activities facilitated by AFRC/A1 and finalizing orders, virtually. “The normal systems the Air Force Reserve has for mobilized IMAs aren’t optimized for a situation like this,” said Maj. Sergio Apedaile, HQ RIO Special Assistant to the Commander and RRC lead. “It presented a lot of challenges for us, and although there are still a lot of things we could do better, I’m really glad we could help in our own way to complete this mission.” Once the reservists arrived home, they spent 14 days in self-isolation before taking a second COVID-19 test. After some much needed rest and recuperation, the IMAs in conjunction with the RRC completed their final outprocessing and were released from their mobilization. “I am extremely proud of the amazing medical officers who brilliantly served the city of New York during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak there. It is an honor to serve alongside them in the Air Force Reserve Command,” said Col. Amy Boehle, HQ RIO commander. “I’m also proud of the Rapid Response Cell members who worked tirelessly to provide truly innovative solutions to make sure our mobilized members had what they needed, and were able to receive all the support necessary to both inprocess, serve and outprocess. Being an IMA isn’t always easy and being mobilized only adds another layer of complexity. Everyone really stepped up and made it happen.”

During her 12-hour shifts, she spent hours with patients, helping with whatever they needed and providing a human connection. the day such as play music and charge their cell phones so they could call their children. Not only were the patients fighting the disease, but they were doing so without the ability to see their family members in person. Fisher, Team Lead for Jacobi Hospital and assigned to a COVID-19 step-down unit, also went wherever he would be most helpful. “Some of us are doing everything literally from working as nursing assistants to providers all in the same shift,” he said. If that meant charting for someone, then helping with

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SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado House Bill 20-1326, “Create Occupational Credential Portability Program Act,” into law at the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver June 25, 2020. This legislation allows military spouses with an active occupational license in good standing, who are relocating to Colorado as part of an active duty military assignment, to receive temporary occupational licenses that last three years, at no cost to the military spouses. “Every time you PCS [permanent change of station], there are so many different things you’re worried about, such as where you’re going to live or where your children will go to school,” said Andrea Hernandez, Airman and Family Readiness Center flight chief. “If you have a career and you’re trying to get back into the work force, having the extra time to get your license makes it much less stressful and removes one more thing from your to-do list.” Prior to this bill, spouses only had a one-year licensure exemption, so the new legislation allows military spouses more time to find a job in their career field. After their three-year temporary license has expired, military spouses can either renew their temporary license or apply for a Colorado original license. Aside from the new legislation, service members and their spouses have the opportunity to save money following permanent changes of station or address through the Department of Defense’s Licensure Reimbursement Program. The LRP, which went into effect May 17, 2019, allows military spouses to recoup up to $1,000 in reimbursement for re-licensure or recertification when they move to a different state. “As military spouses, we do so much in assistance of our service members,” said Colleen Rastellini, 50th Security Forces Squadron budget analyst. “We follow them, we support them when they’re home or away. We literally pick up our lives and our families’ lives and move from location to location. This expense is something we have no control over. We have to pay for this if we want to continue working in our fields.” To qualify, the program requires the following from service members: •• Airman is issued PCS/PCA orders •• Movement of Airman’s dependent is authorized at government’s expense •• Airman PCS/PCA to another state (includes Alaska, Hawaii, Washington D.C. and the U.S. territories) •• Cost must be incurred and paid after the date of the Airman’s PCS/PCA orders are authenticated. (Airman must file a claim within 24 months of the date the orders are authenticated) Airmen can get information on how to apply to the DoD’s Licensure Reimbursement Program by contacting Melvin Castile, 50th Force Support Squadron community readiness specialist, at melvin.castile@us.af.mil. For more information on the Colorado House Bill 20-1326, visit https:// leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1326. Editor’s note: Marcus Hill contributed to this article.

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