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Meet the OG commander: Col. Matthew Cantore By Griffin Swartzell | 21ST SPACE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Colonel Matthew Cantore, 21st Operations Group commander, recently took time out his schedule to share a little about himself, his family and his priorities as a leader. He’s a native of Guilderland, New York. He and wife Laura, originally from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, have been married for 17 years. They have three children, ages 14, 12 and 7. Public Affairs: So tell us a little bit about yourself. Colonel Matthew Cantore: I grew up in upstate New York, near Albany. My mom and dad worked for the state of New York, as did many people in the Albany area. So I never moved growing up. We settled into a house when I was three months old, and my parents still live in that house today. It's fascinating to see the differences between the life that I had growing up and my own family’s journey. Coming out of high school, I knew I wanted to do something with space, but wasn’t sure how I could make a career out of that interest. I had a first cousin, Shelley, whose husband, Skip, was a member of the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed at [now-closed] Griffiss AFB, New York. We were talking at a family event, and he said, ‘Hey, you want to go to space? You should consider the U.S. Air Force Academy.’ I had never thought of the military up to that time. So I took a look, and found that USAFA actually had a space academic program unlike any of the other schools. I realized it offered more than just a physics or astronomy focus. You were actually preparing to execute a mission. I thought this really could open doors to doing something in NASA or the military space community. And I also enjoyed the fact that I could do something to support our country. I was a Boy Scout growing up, so I believed that serving the nation was important, but I had never really thought about the military, much less the Air Force. Fast forward from there, I applied and was accepted at USAFA. I went to orientation in April of 1993. I remember going to the noon meal formation, and there was a flyby of a B-1B Lancer, flanked by two F-16 Fighting Falcons and dragged by a KC-135 Stratotanker, all doing a low-altitude pass.

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I was sold. It didn’t hurt that New York was cold and full of snow, and on that Colorado spring day it was 75 degrees and sunny, and Pikes Peak was gleaming. So I signed up at that point, and the rest is history. I've very much enjoyed my time serving the nation and working in this great space community ever since. PA: I'm glad you had the opportunity to return here. Let's talk about your priorities in command. What's most important to you? Cantore: For me, there are three priorities. Number one is adapting for the future fight. We absolutely have to be focused on getting the mission done today. I think we do an amazing job with that task, with our men and women supporting the space situational awareness, missile warning, missile defense and the space electronic warfare missions. But I'm really looking at the future, making sure that we are poised to protect and defend our vital space assets that are so critical to our way of peace and our way of war. Number two is preparing our space warfighters and developing them. This is probably the most exciting time that I’ve seen in my career for the space warfighting community. We have the stand up of United States Space Command, and we have the discussion about major organizational changes for space in the Air Force. I want to ride that wave in terms of sharing the excitement and helping to prepare our own men and women for that mission. And when I say men and women, I mean not only the officers and the enlisted, but also our civilian members and our contractors who are all part of the space family. We all work on this together. I'm very focused on making sure that we develop the most cohesive and ready team to be able to perform that mission. My third and final priority is making sure we take care of our Airmen and their families, wherever they are. The 21st OG is global. We have sites around the world. So we have to remember that our people, they're not all here. We need to make sure that they don't feel lost, that they're still part of the 21st Space Wing. In some cases, because of the remote nature of some of the sites, the families are dislocated from the military members. I

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want to make sure those families also get the support they deserve from our Air Force. PA: What do you hope to bring to your group specifically? Cantore: Specifically, I'm coming with an outside perspective. My very first assignment in the Air Force was in the 21st OG. I was an operator at the 13th Space Warning Squadron at Clear AFS, Alaska, and I operated a system that no longer exists. It was the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System with the space fence and the tracking radar. We've since moved on to a more modern system up there. But I've been away from the 21st OG for many years. I've done a lot of planning, both at U.S. Air Forces Central Command and for the Joint Chiefs of Staff supporting the men and women doing the space electronic warfare mission. So with that, I bring in a fresh set of eyes and a new perspective to the group. I plan to make sure that we're giving a good

once over to all the missions. We’ve got a big restructure that is starting in the 21st SW. I'll be leading the charge for how we set up space electronic warfare for the future. I also plan to bring reinvigorated focus to both the missile warning and missile defense and the space situational awareness missions. PA: How do you think the stand up of U.S. Space Command will affect your day-to-day operations? Cantore: Day to day, it's going to feel very seamless. The missions we will perform in the future will be the same as what we do today. However, I'm excited because I think it's going to bring an invigorated focus and an effort to really boost the level of interest, all the way up to the President, by having a new unified combat command focused on space. See Meet the commander page 10

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By Lt. Col. David Tipton | 20TH SPACE CONTROL SQUADRON PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The “speed of need” is often how we describe our desired acquisitions pace, or the pace we need to operate at as a force in order to maintain the advantage over our adversaries or competitors. As a squadron commander, I also see it as the speed at which we need to move to retain our most valued resource: people, and more specifically, millennials. While our organization isn’t nearly as rigid and bureaucratic as 10-15 years ago, we need to move faster. The life blood of our Air Force – those who were born between the mid-1980s up to 2000 – certainly aren’t the ones slowing our force down. Rather, it is those of us who are leading them. Our efforts as an Air Force over the past decade to evolve through innovation, and our recognition that our youngest Airmen are the best to know how to do that, have certainly helped us advance toward that goal. There are leadership challenges associated with bridging

the gap between the older, more traditional generations who continue to serve, and millennials, who now make up a majority of our force, due to some of the stark differences in mindset as well as the associated personalities. The difference between putting the screw in because that’s where the screw goes, versus wanting to understand why the screw is needed and how it benefits the greater good, can create friction in the pursuit of problem solving and innovation between older generations and millennials. Often, using leadership rather than management is enough to overcome those challenges. Fortunately, as service members, our shared desire to serve is enough to take care of the rest.

To be most effective and move at the “speed of need” we have to delegate authority, not tasks. To truly innovate, we only have to put them on the path rather than dictate the destination.

Our millennials want to work in fast-paced organizations, and they want to develop as individuals. Luckily for us, they are primarily driven by principle, meaning they are willing to give up freedoms to work for an organization that matches their values. Retention of those who are unsatisfied with their development and/or the organization’s principles isn’t necessarily desirable from either the individual or Air Force perspective. What we don’t want is talent walking out the door because we are moving too slowly. Sure, there are characteristics that are generally tagged to each generation, both negative and positive. We have to harness the positives – the desire for close-knit culture and relationships, fast pace and fulfilling work and the non-linear thinking that is their creativity. As leaders we delegate in order to get more done with less resources and to build experience in our subordinates. To be most effective and move at the “speed of need” we have to delegate authority, not tasks. To truly innovate, we only have to put them on the path rather than dictate the destination. We need to align authority with responsibility to enable our Airmen if we want to retain our best and brightest, if we want our force to thrive.

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Mobility Airmen play key role in successful satellite launch By Airman 1st Class Cameron Otte |

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — With the help of mobility Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-5 communications satellite was launched into space Aug. 8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. According to Don Ruffin, chief of the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Satellite Communications Division, the AEHF-5 satellite is built to withstand the electromagnetic effects of nuclear blasts and resist the most sophisticated enemy jamming efforts. The AEHF communications stations “augment our warfighter's ability to fly, fight and win and do that at epic speed.” The fifth AEHF satellite, working with four similar relay stations already in orbit, will provide survivable, global, secure, protected and jam-resisting communications for high-priority military ground, fleet and air assets, Ruffin said. Before the AEHF-5 could do its job in space, Travis AFB Airmen transported the satellite from California to Florida, April 19. It was vital that NASA’s satellite arrived safely and on time. “We flew out from Travis AFB to Moffett Airfield which is 30 minutes down south in San Jose,” said Airman 1st Class Jerad Domico, 22nd Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy loadmaster. “We had a loading team prepositioned to load the satellite when we landed. After the satellite was properly secured onto the C-5C Space Cargo Modified Galaxy, we flew over to John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.” Without the support of Travis

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — Spectators observe an Atlas V rocket as it carries the Fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite toward space Aug. 8, 2019, after it was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. In April, Airmen assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California, transported the satellite to Florida. The satellite will provide enhanced communications for high-priority military assets. AFB and its aircraft, transporting a satellite cross-country would have been nearly impossible. “We are the only base that use the C-model of the C-5s, which are specifically used for carrying NASA equipment,” said Senior Airman Matthew Warden, 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical environmental systems technician. “NASA equipment fits perfectly into the mounts of the C-5C which is why we used it,

this aircraft allowed us to transport the satellite safely.” As a new Airman, Domico said he was amazed by the opportunity to contribute to a mission of this magnitude. “The whole experience was so surreal, getting to see everything and be part of a mission like this was unbelievable,” Domico said. “Just knowing that I had a part in launching a satellite into space is mind boggling. I never thought I’d

be able to say something like that.” Thanks in part to Travis Airmen, the AEHF-5 satellite is now operational high above Earth, enhancing America’s ability to operate worldwide. “Strategically, the AEHF-5 mission continues the United States’ legacy of communications superiority, a force multiplier in America’s ability to project power globally,” said Maj. Ivan Slater, AEHF-5 Program Office chief. “With the AEHF-5 pro-

viding a reliable and resilient communications platform, America’s forces abroad can communicate in congested and jammed environments. In addition, the AEHF-5 strengthens America’s alliances with our international partners by providing satellite communications to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Canada.” The sixth and final AEHF satellite is scheduled for launch in March 2020.

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Defense Information Systems Agency, Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities and the many organizations within AFSPC. The summit was hosted by Maj. Gen. Kimberly Crider, mobilization assistant to the AFSPC commander, and Dr. Mark Brady, AFSPC chief data officer. Crider, who served as the Air Force’s first chief data officer, highlighted the AFSPC chief data office and all it has accomplished under Brady’s leadership, including the development of the command’s data strategy. “Establishing the AFSPC chief data office has been critical to drive innovation in our ability to seamlessly access, integrate and share protected data with multi-domain partners at higher speeds, and with greater precision than our adversaries,” said Crider. “The strategy will act as a clear roadmap outlining how AFSPC will structure and manage data. We look forward to sharing our breakthroughs across the Defense Department.” In September 2018, AFSPC became the first Air Force major command to have its own dedicated chief data office. The command hired Brady to be its chief data officer then gave him the immediate task to build a data strategy designed to aid space warfighting in both a supported and supporting role. One of the first things Brady did was enlist a team to go across the command to find out how people were using data, what was challenging their ability to leverage data, and what data they needed to accomplish their missions. The team met with more than 200 individuals, visiting 82 units at 19 sites. “That current-state assessment revealed a lot about what is happening in space operations and what operators need,” said Brady. “It identified our strengths, but more importantly it identified areas where we needed to improve.” During the assessment, a common theme emerged – historically, data has been stored, by the military and industry, in proprietary stovepiped systems. These systems are cut off from each other. They are not tied to a larger, enterprise level architecture and they are designed to only perform specific functions or support single mission areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dennis Hoffman) To help solve this issue, AFSPC developed the Unified PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Maj. Gen. Kimberly Crider, mobilization assistant to the Air Force Space Command commander, gives the keynote speech at the AFSPC Data Library through a partnership with the Air Force Chief Data Office Innovation Summit at Headquarters AFSPC, July 30-31, 2019. AFSPC held the event to unveil the command’s new enterprise data strategy, its construct, why Research Laboratory and the Space and Missile Systems it is needed, and how it will make U.S. and Allied warfighters more agile and lethal. Center. The UDL is a highly scalable cloud-based data en-

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force Space Command unveiled its new enterprise data strategy during the AFSPC Chief Data Office Innovation Summit, a two-day event held at Headquarters AFSPC, July 30-31, 2019. The command’s enterprise data strategy will provide the means to ensure greater mission success. It is a framework that integrates space enterprise data sources into a common, resilient and agile architecture optimized for space domain awareness and responsive multi-domain operations at speed and scale.

“The strategy is a plan for next generation data management that will energize AFSPC’s warfighting ability,” said Gen. Jay Raymond, AFSPC commander. “Decisions and actions are all based on analyses of data and the better that data is the more effective are our actions.” AFSPC held the summit to discuss the construct of the data strategy, why it is needed, and how it will make U.S. and Allied warfighters more agile and lethal. Attendees included representatives from NASA, U.S. Strategic Command, Pacific Air Forces, Air Combat Command, the Department of State, National Reconnaissance Office,

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Dr. Mark Brady, Air Force Space Command chief data officer, participates in a panel discussion during the AFSPC Chief Data Office Innovation Summit at Headquarters AFSPC, July 30-31, 2019. Attendees included representatives from the Department of State, NASA, U.S. Strategic Command, Pacific Air Forces and Air Combat Command, as well as the many organizations within AFSPC. vironment to store space data and other data. It is a place where data can be discovered and understood though its interactive documentation. It allows human users to tap in and query data directly. Through the activities being proposed in AFSPC’s enterprise data strategy, data is set to achieve its maximum utility in both real-time and near-real time mission scenarios, resulting in mission data instantly and more accurately being managed and transferred to: • Eliminate the need for manual processes; • Support machine to machine interaction; • Advance analytics and artificial intelligence / machine learning; and • Allow decision makers to be automatically alerted to threats and review courses of action in near real-time. AFSPC is a major command, headquartered on Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, focused on providing military-focused space capabilities with a global perspective to the joint warfighting team. The command’s mission is to provide resilient, defendable and affordable space capabilities for the Air Force, Joint Force and the Nation.

Solar Roast Coffee’s new Springs location a breath of fresh brew, and style By Matthew Schniper | Colorado Springs Independent Solar Roast Coffee finally opened its much-anticipated Colorado Springs location on Aug. 7, taking over a former Starbucks location on Tejon Street — yeah, up the street just a few blocks from the other Starbucks — yay for an independent eating a chain, for once, rather than the other way around! If you’re new to Solar Roast, check out my original interview with brothers Mike and Dave Harkop back in early 2008, when they were still roasting literally using the sun’s rays as part of a solar concentrator named Helios 4, composed of 800 IKEA mirrors focused on one point, which generated more than a thousand degrees of heat with which to roast. Today, the roasting process is different, as solar panels mounted atop the Pueblo roastery on 226 N. Main Street generate about 13 kilowatt hours of energy, says Mike Hartkop. He adds that the actual roasting process only utilizes 12 kilowatt hours, leaving more available to offset office and the coffeehouse’s usage. When I ask Mike if they have plans for more expansion, he says: “This has strained every relationship I’ve ever been in. This is it for now.” He appears to only be half joking, or not at all, but says “it’s fun to be here” and walk out the doors of a familiar coffee setup but into a new town. “Pueblo has been so great to us, and there’s Puebloans everywhere — we stick together.” (Right next door is Bingo Burger’s Pueblo expansion, for example.) Another Pueblo person provided all the muralist work at this new location: Mathew Taylor, who the Indy has caught up with before, regarding his work with the Creatures Crew. Beyond the artwork on the walls, a records shelf adds more character to the coffee shop, allowing customers a chance to peruse labels while waiting for their drinks to pop up at the pickup counter. All coffees sourced by Solar Roast are 100-percent organic, says Mike Hartkop. Indulge me this bit of self-satisfaction, but I’m overjoyed to see my 11-year-old article still posted on Solar Roast’s walls, still getting to tell the story of the mad scientist Dave Hartkop.“Our overall vision is ... to be a recognized brand and entity in the world of coffee,” said Mike at the time. “That means being able to provide coffee to anyone in the world who wants it and following through with vision of solar roast using alternative energy for industry.” Matthew Schniper Side Dish is Matthew Schniper’s weekly food news column, which also runs in the Colorado Springs Independent, a sister paper to the Peterson Space Observer. The full edition of his column and his food reviews can be found at csindy.com.

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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) — Fida served her country for almost five years as a military working dog. During the German Shepherd’s career, the European-born canine served as a combat tracker for the Marines and worked in detection training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland before medically retiring in 2013. Thousands of MWDs are stationed around the world placing themselves in harm’s way detecting bombs, land mines and subduing threatening people; all in the name of keeping Americans safe. When it was time for Fida to retire, Robert Klesges stepped up to the plate to adopt her and took her home to Tennessee. “She was almost like a human with fur; she was that smart,” Klesges said. “She deserved to be treated like a queen.” During her time with Klesges, Fida loved walks in parks and playing with children. “She was the sweetest thing in the world,” Klesges said. “Fida was a child magnet.” During one outing, Klesges recalled another dog trying to attack him and Fida sprang into action to protect him. Once the incident was over, he said Fida wanted to go and play with children again. A veterinarian told Klesges Fida would live about two more years before her body simply wore out, but the retired four-legged warrior instead remained an important member of Klesges’ family for almost five. Fida crossed the rainbow bridge earlier this year and Klesges decided to adopt another MWD to honor her. He returned to JBSA-Lackland in June 2019 to meet up with Jerry Britt, 37th Training Wing MWD dispositions coordinator. “You get the satisfaction of giving the retired military working dog a good place to spend the twilight years,” Britt said. Prospective adopters must fill out paperwork that includes questions about where the dog will live and if they will be cared for with necessary medications throughout their lives. The adoption process is different for every dog and can happen almost immediately or take up to two years. Each dog’s welfare is important when it comes to making a good match. Since they can’t speak for themselves, Britt represents their interests. Canines are screened for aggressiveness, how they interact with people, children and other dogs before that final match is made, he said. To be approved for a MWD adoption, applicants must have a 6-foot fence, no children under the age of 5 and no more than three dogs already in the home. They must also have

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Cantore: I like some of the classics, some books focused on our history. One of my favorites is Catch-22, by Joseph Heller. I like the humor that's in it, but I also think that it helps you understand the military organization. Certainly, the characters are developed such that you can enjoy them and see the satire while learning a few things about what not to do in an organization. I absolutely would implore all our folks to read the National Defense Strategy. That is a must read for all of our Airmen. Beyond that, I like reading books about organizational structure. Things that are maybe a little outside the normal Air Force reading, because I'm interested in how other people do the impossible and succeed at it. PA: Would you say it's a way to bring in thinking that wouldn't necessarily be within the typical wheelhouse of Air Force thinking? Like another outside tool? Cantore: I think the Air Force has become much more accepting of alternative ways of getting things done. We've come back and said that there's not one right way to develop a system or to lead an organization, so there's much

more openness in terms of what we're willing to accept. With that, it's a great opportunity for us to step back and ask if we’re leading the organization in the most effective and appropriate way forward for 2019 and the 2020s around the corner. It's a great chance for us to use modern leadership and modern acquisition, to really bring the people, the mission and the tools they need to perform those functions all together. PA: Modern thinking for modern success. Cantore: Absolutely. You need to look at the juxtaposition of the way things have always been done versus the future. I'm not going to say the modern ways are absolutely superior. There's some benefit of how things were done in the past. But I’m trying to bring the two together and figure out what works for us in our unique situation in the Air Force, and also at this time in the world. PA: What has been the best experience thus far in your career? Cantore: The best experience is not a singular event. It's all the people I have had the great honor of meeting, working with, serving beside and also becoming friends with. I like to say that in this Air Force, we're family, and I honestly believe that. That has been the best experience. I would not trade all the people that I've had the chance of coming in contact with for anything. And it's been truly fantastic.

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