Peterson Space Observer July 26, 2018

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Thursday, July 26, 2018

Vol. 63 No. 30

International rescue effort saves trapped soccer team

By Staff Sgt. Jessica H. Smith 18th Wing Public Affairs

(U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)

CHIANG RAI, Thailand — Airmen from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command prepare for dive operations July 2, 2018, in Chiang Rai, Thailand. At the request of the Royal Thai government, USINDOPACOM sent a search and rescue team from Okinawa, Japan to assist Thai rescue authorities in locating 12 youth football players and their coach.

MOH recipient visits Peterson

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) — Twelve boys ranging from age 11 to 16, along with their soccer coach, found themselves stranded in a cave in Thailand’s Chiang Rai province, June 23, 2018. After 17 days entrapment, an international rescue team successfully ended a nearly 3-week operation.

At the request of the Royal Thai government, members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from the 353rd Special Operations Group, and members of the 31st Rescue Squadron from the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan were ready to go.

Upon arrival, members were divided into teams to help the mission. Some assessed possible rescue operations at the mouth of the cave while others created helicopter landing zones by clearing areas of the surrounding jungle and planned for scuba tank cache locations.

With 24-hour operations and 16 to 18 hour shifts, the international rescue team worked around the clock to overcome the many challenges they faced.

“It’s important for people to understand that this kind of rescue had never been at-

tempted by anyone in the world,” said Tech.

Sgt. Adam Lopez, 31st RQS pararescueman.

“It was the most technically difficult mission any of us have ever been involved with.”

Confined space diving is considered to be extremely hazardous for even the most highly trained and competent divers, making it a high-risk mission for the rescuers and those trapped in the cave, he explained.

Unsure of where the children were within the cave, and whether they were even alive, the team needed to operate with a problem-solving mindset and communicate with all others in the mission – regardless of the inevitable communication barriers – to determine what efforts could be provided and by who.

“It was important for all the different supporting players to come together because everyone brought a different expertise to the table – no single entity had all the skills or answers to be able to complete the rescue,” said Tech. Sgt. Michael Smith, 31st RQS pararescueman. “We all had something to offer and we needed to be united to complete the mission.”

As soon as the location of the children was determined, safety and risk mitigation See Rescure efforts page 9

Combined Space Operations Center established at Vandenberg AFB Joint Force Space Component Command Public Affairs

(U.S. Air Force photo by Robb Lingley)

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Don Jenkins reads the names of Air Force Medal of Honor recipients at the Peterson Air and Space Museum on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, July 11, 2018. Jenkins received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during a battle in Kien Phong Province, Republic of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War in 1969.

By Robb Lingley 21st Space Wing Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — While at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, July 11, 2018, former Army Staff Sgt. Don Jenkins wanted to see if Airmen would notice he was wearing the Medal of Honor he earned during the Vietnam War. He thought if he ate lunch at the Aragon Dining Facility such an opportunity would present itself.

The Medal of Honor is the highest decoration that a service member can receive. According to the Medal of Honor Historical Society there have been 3,519 Medals of Honor awarded to service members.

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Joint Space Operations Center transitioned to a Combined Space Operations Center during a ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, July 18, 2018.

In 2017, Air Force Gen. John Hyten, U.S. Strategic Command commander, directed the transition. It is designed to improve coordination between the U.S., its allies, and commercial and civil partners for defensive space efforts. It will enhance individual and collective space capabilities in order to expand the overall multi-domain military effectiveness.

Air Force Gen. Jay Raymond, Joint Force Space Component Commander and commander of Air Force Space Command, presided over the ceremony.

“There’s never been a more exciting time for the combined team to come together, said Raymond. “Today’s establishment of the CSpOC is just the beginning, as our CSpOC family will continue to grow as we identify

(U.S. Air Force photo by Dave Grim)

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — U.S. Air Force Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command and Joint Force Space Component, U.S. Strategic Command, presides over a ceremony establishing the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, July 18, 2018.

Representatives of Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom joined Raymond in marking the transition of the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) to the CSpOC. The change is designed to enhance coordination and cooperation between the U.S. and its allies in safeguarding the space domain.

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The CSpOC ensures the combined space enterprise meets and outpaces emerging and advancing space threats. Conducting operations with allies and partners will

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improve space mission assurance, resilience and mutual security, broaden military relationships by leveraging capabilities, maximize effectiveness across all mission See Vandenberg page 14

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Resiliency and mindfulness Almost four years ago I received some troubling news. After discovering a small lump in my neck, I was diagnosed with stage 4 medullary thyroid cancer and informed that the five to 10-year survival rate for my condition was about 50 percent.

This was indeed quite shocking news and there was a lot to be angry and upset about. I had actually discovered the small lump in my neck on the very day I PCS’d away from my hometown in Arizona. I left my family behind to battle this life-threatening condition in an unfamiliar city.

At 33 years old, I was staring down a disease where chemotherapy and radiation were not really options.

A lengthy surgery was my only recourse. How was it fair that my wife and three children were going to have to go through this?

Those were all things I could have focused on … but I didn’t. My first reaction was empathy for my doctor.

What a terrible feeling it must be to give someone news like that. Immediately after, my thoughts moved to my family. How was I going to tell them? I knew in my heart that I was going to beat the odds and as a “glass half full” kind of guy, feeling sorry for myself or becoming upset at the situation were nonissues.

All I knew was that I needed to tell them about the obstacle in our path. I used my drive home to examine the situation. There was nothing I could change about the circumstances and therefore no need to stress about them. The most important thing was taking care of my family and making sure they were in a good place to get through this with me.

My values of family and positivity were what I was

By Master Sgt. Bret Toliver 21st Dental Squadron going to need to rely on, and I needed them on the same page. When I got home, I shared the news in a manner that let them know I was going to fight, I was going to win, and I needed their positive thoughts and feelings to help me achieve my objective.

In the days leading up to my surgery, my eyes were opened to something. Family, friends, and co-workers were puzzled by the way I carried myself. I was told on numerous occasions that they weren’t sure how I was handling it all so well. I was happy, positive, and there for anyone who needed to talk. I knew I was resilient, but the reactions from those closest to me led me to realize that the resilience skills I inherently possessed, were not necessarily natural for everyone.

After a 15-hour surgery that involved a radical neck dissection, thyroidectomy, the removal of over 200 lymph nodes from my neck, and five days in the ICU, I was on my way to recovery. It was not easy, but I leaned on friends and family for support and was eventually declared cancer free.

During my recovery, I learned of the Wing’s resilience

program. I sought the guidance of a Master Resilience Trainer and started my journey to become a Resilience Training Assistant and eventually a MRT myself. I’ve since learned that the skill I used during my drive home after the discovery of my cancer diagnosis is known as mindfulness.

Mindfulness can be used to strengthen awareness and openness, allowing you to refocus on aspects where you have control and can take purposeful action. It is good to practice this on a regular basis, when you feel stress or need to counter negative thoughts, or when you feel overwhelmed. It can also be used during stressful times to examine what you can change, what is most important now, what values can motivate purposeful action, and what action you can take. Being able to put words to these skills has enabled me to connect with many people and teach, or at least reinforce for them, how to help themselves and others during times when resilience is necessary.

If you are interested in learning more about resilience skills please reach out to the RTA in your unit, an MRT, or even the installation resilience operations director, Beverly Barnish. You can also contact your helping agencies at 719-552-HELP and civilian Airmen can contact the 24/7 Employee Assistance Program by calling 1-800-222-0364 or at www.FOH4You.com.

Additionally, there are weekly Mindful Resilience sessions where breathing techniques as well as mindfulness are practiced. The class is held every Wednesday, 3-4 p.m. in building 350, room 2027. Interested parties must sign-up by contacting Barnish at 719-556-6768, as space is limited to 10 people.

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Air National Guard Team implements new software at Thule AB

By Audrey Jensen 21st Space Wing Public Affairs Office

THULE AIR BASE, Greenland — Being located in Greenland, Thule Air Base is 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle and just 947 miles south of the North Pole. More than 80 percent of the 840,000 square miles that make up Greenland are covered by a polar ice cap and glaciers.

With its extreme weather conditions, Thule AB may require more maintenance to its infrastructure than bases located in warmer regions.

To assess any current damage to the base, the 240th Staff Augmentation Team, Colorado Air National Guard, traveled to Thule AB, June 5-16, 2018, to survey bridges and facilities, report their findings and establish a database with the information.

The Air National Guard member in charge of the group, Lt. Col. Fred Brooks, works as the installation management flight chief for the 21st Civil Engineer Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, and is also a certified bridge inspector.

Brooks and his group inspected bridges for 21 CES and assessed buildings during their visit to update a database called the BUILDER Sustainment Management System, an online software system used to store and categorize data from building systems.

For the base to be awarded funding for any repairs it may need, the building assessments done by Brooks and his team have to meet a certain score once the data is updated in BUILDER, which helps civil engineers, technicians and managers best decide how to maintain building infrastructure.

“Without these BUILDER scores, Thule AB can’t compete at the Air Force-wide level [for funding], so they needed these scores to get awarded funding,” Brooks said.

A bridge inspection is due every two years and data from this is maintained by 21 CES, while findings from the building assessments will be updated in BUILDER and evaluated so the Air Force can prioritize this as a project to fund, if rated highly enough through the database.

Once the information is completely uploaded to BUILDER from the Thule AB assessment, it can be assigned a rating.

“The buildings will be assigned a condition and from that a technical rating for what the condition is as a building or as a particular system,” said Markus Tyboroski, 21 CES See New software at Thule AFB page 8

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THULE AIR BASE, Greenland — (From left) Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Beal, 1st Lt. Derrick Rule, Lt. Col. Fred Brooks and 2nd Lt. Ben Taylor, were part of the Colorado Air National Guard team that traveled to Thule Air Base, Greenland, to perform assessments on buildings and inspections on bridges, June 5-16, 2018. Brooks was in charge of the team that worked to input building data into a software program called the BUILDER Sustainment Management System, an online system used to store and categorize data from building systems.

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Dr. Peggy Whitson and Col. Jack “2fish” Fischer discuss their International Space Station mission on Tuesday July 31, 2018 from 3 – 4:30 p.m. on Peterson Air Force Base, Building 1 Auditorium. Everyone with base access is welcome.

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MILITARY TUITION FUNDING REQUESTS

Due to an outage of the Air Force Education Management Systems projected to last through 31 July, students who need to request Tuition Assistance (TA) for classes starting now through August 7th can submit a request for a manual TA submission via an AF Form 1227 provided by the Education Center. Please contact the Education Center at 719-556-4996.

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BACK-TO-SCHOOL WORKSHOP & SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY

This two-part event consists of parents attending a 45-minute workshop – Parental Involvement for Parents of All Ages – and then picking up school supplies for their kids. Workshops begin at 10 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., Saturday, July 28. Pre-registration is required; seating is limited to 50 adults per session. For details, visit https://www.21fss. com/news/back-to-school-workshop-supply-giveaway/. To register, call A&FRC at 719-556-6141.

WALK THRU THE OLD TESTAMENT AT THE CHAPEL

The Base Chapel will be hosting, a Walk Thru the Old Testament on Saturday, August 18 from 9 a.m. – noon for anyone interested. This event is a family friendly interactive presentation, led by Dr. Greg Carlson, which will provide the attendees with a comprehensive and enlightening overview of the Old Testament. There is no cost for the event and a small continental breakfast will be provided.

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The RAO is also looking for volunteers who would be willing to donate about four hours of their time each week to keep the RAO open daily. Please call Mr. Bob Koenig at 719-351-5100 or Mr. Felix Uhlik at 719-264-0526 if you are interested.

THE SOCIETY OF MILITARY WIDOWS MEETING

The Society of Military Widows is open to all Military Widows of any branch of military service, regardless of the spouses rank. The Pikes Peak Chapter 15 of the Society of Military Widows meets on the last Wednesday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at the Peterson Air Force Base Club. Please call 719-597-0492 or 719-260-8172 for more information.

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Military children can celebrate magic and the power of friendship at a special event at the Peterson Main Exchange.

The My Little Pony Friendship Day Event will take place July 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the entrance of the Peterson Main Store and gives Peterson and Schriever AFB kids a chance to “ponify” themselves with colored hair extensions and temporary tattoos. Participants can also

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DEPLOYED FAMILY DINNER

August’s Deployed Family Dinner will be hosted by the Company Grade Officers Council on August 8th at the Chapel at 6 p.m. All deployed families assigned to Peterson are invited to come out to this month’s pirate themed dinner, and enjoy a night off with friends, food and family! Please RSVP to Scott.lauer@us.af.mil or RMCGOC@ gmail.com.

make friendship bracelets, have fun with coloring books and play with the latest My Little Pony toys.

“This event is such a fun way for Peterson and Schriever kids to meet new friends and check out the My Little Pony toys,” said Exchange General Manager Lawrence Simmons Jr. “The Army & Air Force Exchange Service appreciates these opportunities to make life a little brighter for our military brats.”

For more information on the event, Airmen/Family Members can call the Peterson Main Exchange at 719-596-7270/7272.

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Clear AFS breaks ground on new fire station

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CLEAR AIR FORCE STATION, Alaska — Clear Air Force Station, Alaska held a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the future home of a Clear Fire and Emergency Services facility, July 9, 2018. Clear AFS plans for the new fire station to include four drive through stalls, 14 individual bunkrooms, a first-class training room and support areas.

By Clear Air Force Station 13th Space Warning Squadron

CLEAR AIR FORCE STATION, Alaska — Clear Air Force Station, Alaska, has a population of 350 personnel and covers 11,500 acres of land with a hardworking, diverse community that includes Air Force Active Duty, Alaska Air National Guard, Department of Defense civilians, and contractor base operations and support personnel.

Clear Fire and Emergency Services is charged with protecting these lives and mission essential properties within the boundaries of its community while operating out of the same fire station since 1960.

To help with these efforts, Clear FES plans to build a new fire station, and July 9, 2018, marked the groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the future home of the Clear FES facility.

The new fire station will bring the living and working conditions into the 21st Century with four drive through stalls, 14 individual bunkrooms, a first class training room, and the support areas needed to provide the best customer service to the Clear AFS community.

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“This new fire station affects a lot more than just our job, it improves our quality of life. We have had to operate under a severe space shortage and place two firefighters in bunkrooms sized for only one person for quite some time now,” said Captain Kevin Morris, who has been with Clear FES since May of 1988. “Having everyone under the same roof will make response capabilities better and easier for all of us.”

The new fire station is an innovative two-story design, providing a separation of living and working areas for the 24 hour operations. Current operations are housed in a 6,046-square-foot station, while the new station will be a sprawling 20,583 square feet.

Clear FES has decentralized operations spanning four separate facilities. Due to the unique location of Clear AFS in interior Alaska, Clear FES is required to maintain vehicles and equipment that support structural firefighting, emergency medical, hazardous materials incidents and wildland fire responses.

Clear FES can support remote search and rescue operations on the installation, and coordinates with the multi-agency Alaska Rescue Coordination Center. Clear FES provides mutual aid to several communities along the Parks Highway, with an annual response load of about 120 calls per year to

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surrounding communities. They also maintain the capability to protect the specialized facilities and systems that support the Solid State Phased Array Radar System, which comprises the primary mission at Clear AFS. In the next four years, the fire department will also be required to provide protection for the $1.2 billion Long Range Discrimination Radar, currently under construction through the Missile Defense Agency. The LRDR system is the largest construction effort being managed in the Air Force Space Command portfolio, and will include new dorms, shops, and security forces facilities as well.

The new fire station has been a long time coming for the 13th Space Warning Squadron fire fighters. The process started in 2004 after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake of 2002.

The earthquake wreaked havoc in the facility, showing stress cracks in the east and west exterior walls, the hose tower, at the roof line, and from the outside through the stall floors into the training room. It was identified at that time that there was not any seismic bracing in the mechanical and electrical room as well.

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Upon entering the Aragon Dining Facility, Jenkins grabbed his lunch and went into a room filled with Airmen who noticed his medal and had lunch with them. He explained to the Airmen what it was like when he served and that if a war the scale of Vietnam occurs, they would be the ones up front in battle like he was.

“I really enjoy traveling around the world meeting soldiers,” said Jenkins. “I get to tell them what it was like when I served.”

He told the Airmen the story of how he ended up fighting in Vietnam and what he did to earn the medal. When he finished speaking, he received a standing ovation and he shook everyone’s hand and wished them well.

On Jan. 6, 1969, Jenkins was serving as a private in Alpha Company, 2d Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division.

“I was in the hospital getting an Article 15 and being busted to private,” Jenkins said. “The next day I was recommended for the Medal of Honor and promoted to staff sergeant,” said Jenkins.

During a firefight that night in Kien Phong Province, Republic of Vietnam, Jenkins repeatedly exposed himself to hostile fire to engage the enemy, resupply his ammunition and obtain new weapons. Despite being wounded himself, he made several trips through intense fire to rescue other wounded soldiers.

“I had to crawl around the dead and wounded to find ammunition to defend myself,” said Jenkins. “I had been shot numerous times and had shrapnel in me.”

For his actions during that battle, Jenkins was promoted to (U.S. Air Force photo by Robb Lingley) staff sergeant and received the Medal of Honor in March, 1971.

Jenkins served in the Army for 19 months before he was hon- PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Don Jenkins had lunch at the Aragon Dining Facility at Peterson orably discharged as staff sergeant. He currently serves on tour Air Force Base, Colorado, July 11, 2018. Jenkins is a former soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration – the Medal of Honor – for his actions in the Vietnam War. as a guest speaker with The Wounded Warrior Project.

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Demand for missile defense continues to increase

By Lira Frye U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The demand for space and missile defense capabilities continues to grow in response to the complex array of challenges to our nation from foreign adversaries, said James Johnson, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command’s senior civilian leader.

Johnson, USASMDC/ARSTRAT’s deputy to the commander, discussed the increasingly complex threat environment during the Association of the United States Army Missile Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, July 10, 2018.

“Over the next 10 years we’ll no doubt expand the list of threat systems and capabilities we’ll need to defend against,” Johnson said.

“We have to sharpen our technical edge and ensure our lethality overmatch.”

Supporting those overmatch efforts, Johnson said SMDC provides critical technologies to address future needs that will enhance warfighter effectiveness. Technologies like the command’s high energy laser effort, microsatellite development and threat-representative low cost targets are key projects supporting Army modernization.

“We must remain bold and innovative, offering solutions to ensure our nation’s forces are prepared to fight across multiple domains,” Johnson said.

Highlighting preparedness, Johnson pointed out that SMDC provides trained and ready missile defense forces and capabilities to the global combatant commands.

SMDC Soldiers serving in the United States and in remote and austere forward-deployed locations operate the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, the Army-Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance Forward-Based Mode radars, and the Joint Tactical Ground Stations.

Part of preparing trained and ready missile defense forces includes providing relevant and updated training to those Soldiers operating global missile defense systems. The rigor of the command’s missile defense courses earned SMDC recertification as an Army Learning Institute of Excellence, Johnson said.

As a recognized Army Center for Analysis, SMDC conducts studies to determine how to best meet the Army’s assigned missile defense responsibilities. The command’s analyses support the processes the Army uses to document its missile defense modernization needs and pursue joint and Army validation of its requirements.

Modernization takes money, Johnson told attendees.

“We have seen vast improvement with the FY18 budget, with a 100 percent increase for air and missile defense from FY17 to FY18, going from $1.7B to $3.6B.” “That’s a great move toward what we need,” he said. “Sufficient and stable funding to support growth to meet the demand, and a high state of readiness in air and missile defense.”

The United States’ competitors and adversaries will never stop fielding new types of weapons, Johnson said. “Together we are engaged and poised to respond to the needs of today’s forces, to anticipate the future, and to ensure the U.S. Army remains the most dominant land power in the world.”

New software at Thule AFB From page 3 site support engineer. “That information is then used to justify project funding for repairs.”

Brooks and his team were asked to do the site assessment because, “at Thule AB, we don’t really have on-site capability to generate that information, so we put a request in and Fred’s team went up and are working on getting that database [BUILDER] established for us,” Tyboroski said.

One of the key functions of BUILDER is also to provide a framework for communicating and establishing standards of buildings based on concepts of condition, risk and mission readiness.

(U.S. Army photo by Lira Frye)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — James Johnson, deputy to the commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, says during the Association of the United States Army Missile Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, July 10, 2018, that the demand for space and missile defense capabilities continues to grow.

“Without that BUILDER data being established for Thule AB, we really weren’t able to get a priority for a lot of our projects up there,” said Tyboroski.

Sending Brooks and other Air National Guard members to assess Thule AB was helpful for 21 CES, Tyboroski said.

“We rely on a bunch of different resources to keep things going at Thule AB, so for us to get a team up there and support us, it really deferred a lot of potential costs,” he said.

Usually Brooks and his team are involved in staff-level exercises for operational planning, but assessing facilities at Thule AB allowed them to utilize their engineering skills in a different way.

“It was unique problem solving and creativity, it was complex issues that we were able to chew on collectively

and come up with very innovative solutions and ideas,” Brooks said. “The other thing we were able to do was really be a new set of eyes from a different perspective.”

Once BUILDER is completely up to date with the data collected at Thule AB, the Air Force can look at its ratings for funding, and from there will decide what projects can take place at Thule AB. “The entire team experienced a euphoria, because it was value-added work,” Brooks said. “And of course the setting in Greenland was awe inspiring. A traditional Air National Guard person is never going to be in Greenland otherwise — it was a once in a lifetime experience for them. It was fruitful work, we brought unique skills and talents from each member.”

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THULE AIR BASE, Greenland — 2nd Lt. Ben Taylor (left), and Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Beal , who traveled to Thule Air Base, Greenland, with the rest of their Air National Guard team, assess buildings at Thule AB, June 12, 2018. The Air National Guard team visited Thule AB so they could inspect bridges and input their assessment of buildings into the BUILDER Sustainment Management System, which helps civil engineers, technicians and managers decide how to maintain building infrastructure.

THULE AIR BASE, Greenland — (From left) Lt. Col. Fred Brooks, 2nd Lt. Ben Taylor, Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Beal, 1st Lt. Matthew Hoff, Chief Master Sgt. Jill Loyle and 1st Lt. Derrick Rule, form the Air National Guard team that traveled to Thule Air Base, Greenland, to inspect bridges and assess buildings, June 5-16, 2018. Once the team’s building assessments are uploaded in the BUILDER Sustainment Management System, the Air Force can use this tool to decide what projects receive funding at Thule AB.

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became a priority for the rescue team and all others involved, to ensure the best possible outcome, explained Staff Sgt. Jamie Brisbin, 31st RQS pararescueman.

Having found the children, the international rescue team began the real prep work for fulfilling the rescue plan. However, because of the complexity of the effort, the team feared the loss of some of the children, unsure if everyone would survive.

“Due to the technical difficulty of this mission, we didn’t expect all of the children to survive the rescue,” Lopez said. “However, we had the right people and equipment in place, and we knew that due to the low oxygen levels in the cave, as well as the worsening weather that was sure to further flood the cave, we had a small window of time to execute a rescue.

The risk mitigation that went into planning this rescue was done with such a high level of attention to detail that we knew the plan was solid.”

Kadena AB Airmen took on the role of executing logistics dives to pre-position scuba tanks that would later be used for divers to swap used tanks for full tanks, explained Master Sgt. Christopher Uriarte, 31st RQS pararescueman. The team placed over 200 strategically throughout the cave on the first day.

Another role performed by members of Kadena AB involved carrying the children from chamber to chamber and diving with them from the third chamber to the second chamber where they were handed off to Australian team members be-

fore being further guided by Thai members.

“It was an amazing experience to have so many people, regardless of nationality or culture, working together towards a common goal,” said Stephen Drakes, 31st RQS SERE specialist. “Obviously communication is the immediate barrier to any multi-national effort, and that was true during this rescue as well – we were able to overcome communication barriers by building solid relationships with the folks we worked with day-in and day-out. By the time we were pulling the kids out of the cave, we were operating as a cohesive team.”

While almost everyone involved had a personal sense of pride in their contribution to the success of the life-saving mission, many also found professional value in it.

“What I took away from this mission was gratitude toward our leadership; because this mission was so high risk, I expected that our involvement – specifically the confined space diving – would be restricted,” Uriarte said, “But we kept our leadership up to speed on our decision-making process and how we planned to mitigate risks, and they fully supported our decisions on how to execute at the tactical level.”

Overcoming so many difficulties and barriers may have been an accomplishment experienced only by those directly involved, but as news of the last child being rescued spread throughout the media – making it a 100 percent successful rescue mission – the world sighed in relief too.

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innovations for next-gen special ops Airmen

By Shannon Collins DoD News, Defense Media Activity

WASHINGTON — For the first time in the Defense Department, a series of career field specialties is using human performance monitoring and a data collection system, as well as specialized recruiters.

Because of high attrition rates in its special operations career fields -- pararescue, combat controller, tactical air control party and special operations weather technicians -- the Air Force stood up the 350th Battlefield Airman Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, and the 330th Recruiting Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas. Recruiters also focus on the special operations support career fields: survival, evasion and resistance and explosive ordnance disposal.

Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Josh Smith, the special warfare preparatory course superintendent for the 350th BATS, has been a pararescueman, or PJ, for 25 years. He said his team was tasked to stand up the squadron within 121 days. They shadowed the Army’s and Navy’s special operations programs and used their best practices to model this new program, he said.

The team received “amazing support” from Naval Special Warfare at Great Lakes Naval Training Command in Illinois, Smith said.

“And we’re using the same contract for our coaches, so some of their staff could help us set up the program here,” he added. “It’s been an amazing partnership between the two organizations.”

Pilot Course On June 5, 2017, the first battlefield airmen preparatory pilot course ran through its first eight-week iteration. Smith said the course’s goal is to “create a program focused on creating that fitter, faster, stronger, more mentally resilient warfighter.”

He said one area the Navy would like to increase training on is psychology. “We really try to focus on that communication, team building, the character tributes of leader, integrity, professionalism, trainability and teaching them how to improve in those areas,” Smith said. “This generation knows how to text, but they need to work on communication.”

Smith said the team was tasked to improve production by 10 percent, but were able to improve it by 20 percent overall. They were able to eliminate the two-week pararescue development course, and tactical air control party candidates went from a 30 percent graduation rate to 66 percent.

(DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Jette undergoes a body composition measurement test at the 350th Battlefield Airman Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas June 28, 2018. Jette is a special operations recruiter based in Fresno, California.

Air Force Maj. Heath Kerns, 330th Recruiting Squadron commander and a special tactics officer, said the squadron pulled recruiters from 27 different squadrons across the Air Force who showed an aptitude and interest as well as other qualifications to head up this new squadron, specializing in recruiting for the three Air Force special forces career fields and its support career fields.

“Instead of worrying about 160 jobs, [our battlefield airmen recruiters] can get really smart on six jobs,” Kerns said.

The Air Force has learned that potential special operations recruits are not motivated in the same ways as recruits from the larger force, he explained. “They don’t care about the benefits or the money. They care about the challenge,” Kerns said.

“I wanted to know, ‘What’s the hardest thing in the world I could do?’ I wanted to become the most elite [and] challenge myself in the worst ways possible,” he said of his own motivation.

{DoD photo by EJ Hersom}

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — A computer displays up to 300 data points monitoring the strengths and weaknesses of Air Force special operations recruiters during an after-midnight ruck march at the 350th Battlefield Airman Training Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, June 28, 2018.

Kerns said the recruiters’ mission is to scout, develop and guide the future warriors for their combat calling. With this new program, the recruiters work hand-in-hand with the squadron ahead of time and have developers, retired operators, who will work with the recruits to make sure they can pass the physical training test and be ready for battlefield airmen prep before arrival.

Recruiter Training To help recruiters understand what the course is like, about 90 of them attended a one-week version of the course, June 25-29.

“This week has been excellent training.

Simple things like you normally swim with goggles, but now you have a face mask fogging up, and your nose isn’t used to having dead space, so it’s trying to breathe in but it’s not [able to],” Kerns said. “We can now absolutely understand that even though my applicant passed the test well in a different environment, he may show up here and freak out and his score may look bad. We understand the process now because we’ve lived it.

It’s going to change the way our recruiters go back and work with the candidates.”

He said having the partnership with the active-duty community has also been helpful.

“I reach out to my brothers and tell them, ‘If you want me to replace you with quality people, I need you to provide these things.’

It’s been a great partnership,” Kerns said.

Recruiters are critical because they’re the first contact with candidates, Smith said. “If they’re not sending the correct candidates,” he added, “that will affect the capabilities of what will be produced out of this program.”

Cutting-Edge Technology The squadron uses many cutting-edge innovative technology systems. By January, the squadron will have a 55,000-square-foot smart gym with an indoor track with an LED lighted system called a rabbit. The gym will know when the students enter via a chip in their smart watches. The cardio equipment will read the chips as well. The weight equipment will have tablets with video cameras where the students will type in their student number and record their workout, and then the coaches will critique and send them a message if they did anything wrong in their techniques.

The squadron is the first in DoD to use a digital functional movement screening called DARI for all candidates. The camera system identifies joint mobility and strength imbalances of 28 movement patterns.

The first class had 14 candidates who were identified to be at high risk for injury, Smith said, and within 10 training days, 12 of the 14 were injured in the way the computer had predicted. “For the next class, for those identified, we gave them homework,” he said.

“They wear these compression shirts and shorts that link to their tablets to show that they’re doing the exercises for accountability.

The injuries went down.”

The students wear a harness with a Zephyr biomodule sensor, which measures their core body temperature throughout the day, as well as 44 individual post-training event data analytics that provide in-depth understanding of individual and group data on heart rates, calorie burns, estimated core temperatures, physiological and mechanical training. It provides feedback on windows of trainability in endurance, speed, power, strength and coordination.

The squadron’s dietician is working with Google to implement an automated process of determining a candidate’s food consumption by providing a machine-learning vision system to digitally track food. It will compare a trainee’s performance calorie burn before and after meals for nutritional intake of actual calories consumed by taking a photo of the plate of food before and after the meal.

The subject matter expert can address the disparities, Smith said.

Omegawaves The most successful technology has been tracking omegawaves, Smith said. It directly assesses the central nervous system, direct current potential, autonomic regulation of the heart and heart rate variability and the cardiac system through and electrocardiogram. It provides feedback on windows of trainability in endurance, speed and power and strength and coordination.

The staff uses all of this technology, as well as contrast therapy, massage, cold tanks, movie theaters, a recreation room, hydrotherapy and float tanks for recovery See Innovations for next-gen page 15

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AF week in photos FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) — This week’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein addresses an Airman during an all call June 28, 2018 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Goldfein spent two days visiting Eglin AFB, the Air Force Enlisted Village and Hurlburt Field.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rhett Isbell)

Staff Sgt. George Childres, 41st Airlift Squadron loadmaster, scans the skies over Oregon July 14, 2018, at Kingsley Field, Oregon. Childres worked to keep F-15Cs from Kingsley Field in sight during engagements.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dennis Spain)

Special Tactics Airmen demonstrate dive techniques to U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an Air Force Special Operations Command immersion at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 17, 2018. Special Tactics operators are the Air Force’s premiere special operations ground force and are highly trained to deploy whenever they are needed into restricted environments by air, land or sea to conduct air power on the front lines, to save lives and ensure mission success.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justin Parsons)

Senior Airman Ansumana Turay, 9th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms Training and Maintenance instructor, gives instructions to Airmen on the firing line during a weapons qualifications class at Beale Air Force Base, California, July 6, 2018. CATM instructors are responsible for qualifying service members and civilians on various weapons systems.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Kimball)

A U.S. Air Force pilot demonstrates the capabilities of the F-35A Lightning II during the 2018 Royal International Air Tattoo, or RIAT, at RAF Fairford, England. July 14, 2018. This year’s RIAT celebrated the 100th anniversary of the RAF and highlighted the U.S.’ ever-strong alliance with England.

(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson)

Firefighters assigned to the 139th Fire Emergency Services, Missouri Air National Guard, battle a simulated aircraft fire at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, July 16, 2018. The civilians and Airmen were conducting an aircraft live-fire exercise as part of their annual training.

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302nd AMXS maintainer headed to Air Force Academy

By Staff Sgt. Heather Heiny 302nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Crisp white hats thrown like confetti toward a deep blue sky and the sound of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds zooming overhead is a tradition that symbolizes the end of a long journey.

A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron will begin that journey at the U.S. Air Force Academy this summer.

Senior Airman Travis Moore, 302nd AMXS communication and navigation systems specialist, is headed to the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School this month with the goal of being part of the academy’s class of 2023.

Moore was selected through the Air Force’s Leaders Encouraging Airmen Development Program.

According to the academy’s admissions website, “Airmen possess both military knowledge and proven reliability, and as such, are the archetypal cadet and commissioned officer we are looking for at the academy.”

As the 302nd AMXS commander, Maj. John Fite recommended Moore for the academy through the LEAD program.

“We have an outstanding group of Airmen within our squadron, and Travis has done a fine job,” Fite said. “He impressed his supervisor and, in turn, impressed me.”

Moore said he was always interested in attending the academy. Also, being part of the 302nd Airlift Wing and talking to officers who had gone to the academy made him realize it would provide experiences he could not get anywhere else.

Fite said he believes this is a once in a lifetime and an outstanding opportunity for his Airman.

“Travis is relatively young within the squadron and has drive and determination,” he said. “When he made the decision to attend the Air Force Academy, we supported him fully.”

Moore said it felt like a long time before he received any news, but when he found out he was selected, he was excited.

“The week before I found out I spent a lot of time thinking of a plan B, which I hadn’t really been doing until that point because I felt pretty confident in my application,” Moore said. “It was kind of scary to think ‘if I don’t get in, then what do I do?’ So when I finally found out that I’m going, it was such a relief.”

Moore said his time as a Reserve Citizen Airman has helped prepare him for the next phase in his career. He also said meeting new people, making lifelong friends and having experiences he would not be able to have anywhere else is what he’s looking forward to most at the academy.

“There aren’t many other colleges where you have an opportunity like that,” he said.

Although he will not find out which career field he will join until his senior year at the academy, Moore hopes to eventually become a pilot.

For more information about the LEAD program, visit https://www. academyadmissions.com/admissions/advice-to-applicants/enlisted-airmen/

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Senior Airman Travis Moore, 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication and navigation systems specialist, checks controls inside a C-130 Hercules aircraft Aug. 20, 2018 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Moore was recently selected to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School through the Air Force’s Leaders Encouraging Airmen Development Program.

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Senior Airman Travis Moore, 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication and navigation systems specialist, poses for a photo in front of a C-130 Hercules aircraft Aug. 20, 2018 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Moore was recently selected to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School through the Air Force’s Leaders Encouraging Airmen Development Program.

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areas, and expand international partnerships in support of combined objectives.

“No one nation can do this alone,” added Raymond. “The partnerships we are forming today will no doubt lead to a more stable and sustainable space domain for years to come.”

The CSpOC will provide input to develop and improve the ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and defend against disturbances to space systems. The center will help to increase the resilience of the combined space enterprise and support the delivery of space-based capabilities for allies, partners and other responsible space-faring nations. These space capabilities allow decision makers to see the battlespace with clarity, strike with precision, navigate with accuracy, communicate with certainty, and operate with assurance over global distances.

Some missions the CSpOC will be responsible for directing are missile warning; positioning, navigation and timing; optimization and restoration of military satellite communications; theater battlespace awareness using overhead persistent infrared; environmental monitoring; theater support fires; defensive space situational awareness and space defense.

“We are improving our interoperability— both within the CSpOC and with our partner Space Operations Centers to improve coordination and enhance our individual and collective space capabilities to expand our effectiveness across all domains, said Col. Scott Brodeur, Director, Combined Space Operations Center and Commander, 614th Air Operations Center.

Space is a warfighting domain, just like air, land, maritime and cyber. Strong partnerships are vital to tempering the would-be designs of those who might attack other nations. The CSpOC positions the U.S. and allied space forces to deter conflict from extending into, or starting in space; and, should deterrence fail, to fight and win.

“Today is a very special day for the space community,” said Raymond. “I am proud of what we’ve achieved in the past, and I am excited to see where the CSpOC will go from here.”

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The coaches and staff consist of nutritionists, psychologists, a physician assistant, athletic trainers, medics and many more who have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree. Most of them have a master’s degree in some type of exercise physiology and multiple certified strength and conditioning credentials, and some are Level 2 and 3 Crossfit instructors.

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“I have the most amazing group of individuals who are the most brilliant minds throughout their different modalities,” Smith said. “This is what makes this program so successful.”

One instructor, who’s ranked in the top 100 in the world for the freestyle in swimming, even enlisted to become a combat controller and is now at Air Force basic training, Smith said.

Isaiah Harris, a former Atlanta Falcons linebacker, worked with the Chicago Bears for eight years and would take the players over to the Naval Special Warfare Team program at Great Lakes. He said all the coaches work together as a team to make sure each candidate is ready for graduation.

“The dietitian, that’s our student’s fuel, the mobility strength and conditioning coach, he ensures they’re ready to perform at the highest level at each evolution,” he said. “Administration, there’s so much paperwork that goes into each of our students. We all work together just like they will work with the Army, Navy, different embassies as our battlefield airmen.”

Maximizing Human Performance “We all come from different backgrounds, and we [use a] best evidence, expertise approach and take the human performance broader spectrum and just max and optimize that for the students and operator staff here,” said Air Force Maj. Sean Wilson, 350th BATS human performance flight commander and physical therapist. “I know what to look for in the training because I’ve been

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These guys are the root of our national defense.”

Taylor Starch, who has worked with professional NFL players, teaches the first DoD stand-alone mobility curriculum.

“Instead of someone getting to the age of 32 and they can’t bend over and touch their toes or they have so much pain and they have to see a chiropractor every day, I’m giving them a system they can take to their family and friends or units,” he said. “They can use it to take care of themselves the rest of their lives. This increases longevity of the force and makes sure these guys get fit, get strong, get mentally tough. But we don’t break them in the process, so they don’t spend their later years in pain. This helps increase healthy joints.”

“These candidates are a human weapons system, and they’re considered as such here,” said Patrick Wilson, program manager for innovations. He is a former career field manager for the Air Force’s security forces and co-creator of the battlefield airman concept.

“They are a weapon, and just like making sure my weapon was cleaned down range, the food you put into your body, the water you drink, the sleep you get, the technology we give you and how you leverage that and understanding your body and how it works [are all important],” he said. “The Air Force is breaking ground … through an investment in all these areas. It’s already starting to show a result, and it’s only going to get better.

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From the coaches to the subject matter experts and recruiters, Smith said the team continues to learn and reduce attrition rates by building a fitter, faster, stronger and more mentally resilient battlefield airman.

“We’re taking a holistic approach to it from the day they walk into the recruiter’s office until the day they graduate and walk across the stage with their beret,” he said. “At no point have we ever looked at this process in this way before, and that’s why this is becoming a more successful change in movement.”

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