Peterson Space Observer Sept. 26, 2019

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Medical facility upgrades to streamline operations

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(U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Brian Bender)

An Airman with the 21st Medical group checks a prescription at the Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, pharmacy Sept.

11, 2019. Airmen who are part of the 21st Medical Group will become integrated with the Defense Health Agency beginning Oct. 1, which has the four-part aim of improved readiness, better health, better care and lower costs.

By Heather Heiney | 21ST SPACE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The 21st Medical Group, located at both Peterson and Schriever Air Force Bases in Colorado, is scheduled for two military construction projects that will streamline and expand its current facilities.

The Schriever AFB construction project broke ground Sept.

5. This project will add 14,000 square feet and renovate 4,000 square feet of the existing facility. The current building was constructed in 2004 with a capacity for 26 staff members.

This construction will more than double the size of the clinic, consolidate all services into one facility, and provide easier access to care for military members, dependents, and retirees. There is no expected impact to patient care for the duration of this project. Medical personnel will continue to

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CONTEST the years. This military construction is needed to meet this This project is estimated to cost $12 million and is sched...atMedical the expanded presence,” said Lt. Col. Jana Weiner, 21st uled to be completed in May 2021. The Library will host HOCUS READ-TO-US, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Squadron commander. “We’re going to modernize and Maxwell said that while there was a ground breaking Bow lingit will October 30. It’s a costumed story- at time that will take theeof away to“wall a collocate all our services in one building instead of being Schriever, the project at Peterson will be more a Center land of enchantment, spellbinding snacks and a bit of amok, in multiple buildings.” breaking” because the existing facility will berunning renovated amok, amok. After all, it’s just a Kids can cause a fright in the Capt. Tyler Maxwell, 21st Medical Group medical lo- from versus renovation will focus bunch of hocus pocus! For details, Bowling Center 3-5 p.m. adding more square footage. The call the Library at 719-556-7462.

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By Lt. Col. Jared J. Smith | 12TH SPACE WARNING SQUADRON PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — I laughed. It was an awkward, brief laugh, but a laugh nonetheless. That was my first failure during the conversation, but not my last.

Fourteen years ago I was on the phone with a very good friend and fellow lieutenant who had just received his call sign during a flight school naming ceremony. He was excited, full of hopes and dreams about his future as a fighter pilot, and with his call sign in hand he was officially part of that exclusive community.

During that conversation, my friend also told me about female lieutenant who had fared much worse. Her new name, bestowed by her comrades in arms and very literal wingmen, was “SUMAT”… Shut Up, Men Are Talking.

Women were somewhat recent additions to the fighter world at this point in time, a fraction of an already minute population in our military.

This female officer’s reward for years of hard work and determination to reach commissioning, and then successfully battling through pilot training to get tracked for fighters, was to be summarily and completely devalued by her peers and superiors. And this new title wasn’t just a temporary nickname, it’s the identity she would carry into the future,

how she introduces herself, who she is, a story she gets to recount the rest of her career. Even if the whole thing was meant as a joke, the permanent damage and scarring is already done.

Place yourself in her combat boots upon arrival at a new unit. Does she feel like a respected part of an elite warfighting team?

What are the chances she believes her leadership will give her fair and impartial consideration should any further incidents of harassment take place? Is this an environment where innovation flourishes because new ideas are welcome?

Lastly, can this young officer devote herself wholly to becoming the most lethal aviator possible, or is there a culturally induced anchor around her neck robbing the United States of another weapon to fight and win its wars?

Hearing this news from my friend, my brain instantly knew and answered all of the above questions, it wasn’t difficult to know something was wrong, but my first reaction was to laugh clumsily. My second reaction, which was far worse, was to do nothing. I joked uncomfortably about my friend’s

I believe that very few Airmen legitimately intend to hurt others with their words and actions, and are not adverse to a skillfully-applied correction when necessary.

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new call sign and then changed the subject.

Was I going to change the culture of the community by confronting this ugliness during a casual phone conversation? Absolutely not. But that kind of incremental step is so necessary to any kind of progress, and I wasn’t even willing to have the discussion with a close friend; I failed in that instance, and for that I am forever sorry.

Now, as a squadron commander, what can I do? I can view this problem as a readiness issue; I cannot posture my squadron to take part in a joint campaign to fight and win a war in space if I’m hemorrhaging brainpower and resources due to a hostile unit climate. I can simultaneously view this as a decency issue, in that situations like this are simply not how humans should treat each other. Each lens leads to the same actions: establishing high standards and then consistently and genuinely living them.

Functionally, this means continuously setting the example, addressing the off-color joke, and thinking bigger than their own experiences and surroundings. I believe that very few Airmen legitimately intend to hurt others with their words and actions, and are not adverse to a skillfully-applied correction when necessary. If accomplished routinely enough, it will become part of a unit’s culture, creating the environment where the full talent pool can be unleashed on the mission.

Fourteen years ago both the Air Force and I failed to live up to these standards. I believe that we have advanced since then, but further progress requires consistent, authentic, and personal interactions, which sometimes mean having that awkward conversation with a close friend.

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Red Arrows visit Front Range

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

Members of the 21st Space Wing leadership team pose for a photo with members of the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force aerial demonstration team Sept. 16, 2019 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The Red Arrows stopped at Peterson AFB as part of their 2019 North American tour.

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

A pilot from the Royal Air Force aerial demonstration team, the Red Arrows, lands a Hawk T1 aircraft Sept. 16, 2019 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The demonstration team stopped at Peterson AFB as part of their North American tour.

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

Royal Air Force aerial demonstration team the Red Arrows flies past Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, before landing Sept.

16, 2019. The team stopped at the base as part of their North American tour.

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

Royal Air Force Hawk T1 aircraft are checked by maintainers after landing on the flight line Sept. 16, 2019 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The aircraft are used by the aerial demonstration team, the Red Arrows.

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The National Weather Service is hosting a SKYWARN® Storm Spotter course from 2:30 — 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, at the base auditorium. This course is open to anyone with access to Peterson Air Force Base, and no prior weather knowledge is required. Attendees will learn how to identify and report severe weather phenomena and earn an official SKYWARN® Storm Spotter certification.

SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with between 350,000 and 400,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather.

The storm reports submitted by storm spotters help forecasters with the National Weather Service and Air Force provide more accurate forecasts of severe weather.

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The finance in-processing briefing is now every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in Building 350, room 2202. Please ensure that you have your lodging receipts, any receipts over $75 and your PCS orders and any amendments. Call 719556-4770 with questions.

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Michael Stallard, guest speaker during a Connection Culture workshop, speaks to the leadership from Peterson and Schriever Air Force Bases in Colorado about the importance of making connections in a unit Sept. 10, 2019, at Peterson AFB. Stallard said that he believes changing the culture of a group of people starts with the leadership.

By Airman 1st Class Andrew Bertain | 21ST SPACE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Finding the solutions for things like suicide prevention, boosting camaraderie and retention can be a difficult task, but approximately 100 people in leadership from Peterson and Schriever Air Force Bases in Colorado decided to find a different way to help by learning how to make genuine connections.

Michael Stallard was the guest speaker during a Connection Culture workshop on Peterson AFB, Sept. 10, 2019 and he stressed the importance of strengthening work relationships in regards to leadership.

“Disconnection is a stressor that diminishes our performance and our happiness and

harms our ability to accomplish the mission,” said Stallard. “Connection happens when leaders communicate a meaningful and inspiring mission, when they value the lowest of the chain as human beings, give them a voice and don’t treat them like a means to an end.”

While resiliency training focuses on teaching Airmen mindfulness, gratitude and growing through stressors, connection culture focuses on equipping one with the tools to build relationships within a unit so Airmen can feel connected and a part of something bigger.

“When you feel like someone has your back

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and you are connected to them, you are able to move though stressors better and grow in the face of challenges,” said Michel Crimeans, 21st Space Wing violence prevention integrator and organizer of the workshop He also said that when a person doesn’t feel a sense of connection, not only are things like work productivity at risk, but mental health is as well.

Jess Schroeder, 21st Space Wing community support coordinator, said she hoped that the attendees of the workshop understood that concept.

“We also wanted attendants to really understand the necessity of meeting those

universal human needs of respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth, and meaning,” said Schroeder. “Often times when those needs are not met, it leads to disconnect, which is a contributing factor to suicide.”

The workshop was intended for those in leadership positions, but Stallard said the message is for everyone.

“The individuals in leadership really are tasked with the responsibility of creating a culture of connection, but Airmen have the responsibility of responding to it,” said Stallard. “You need everyone to try if you want to strengthen a culture.”

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on streamlining operations for medical personnel and enhancing overall access to care for patients. This will include moving the pharmacy to a different location within the facility and doubling its size, providing a less restrictive space and giving pharmacy staff the ability to maximize operational throughput and capacity.

“It just makes us way more efficient as an organization,” Maxwell said. “As a result, we are better able to meet our strategic priority of optimizing and modernizing our infrastructure, which results in a higher quality of care for our patients and a better workplace for our staff.”

Setup of temporary facilities at Peterson is scheduled to begin in November and renovations are set to begin in February. The project is estimated to cost $31 million

and is scheduled to be completed in December 2021.

In addition to construction and renovation, a separate project also in the works is adding WiFi to the clinic. This will enhance the patient experience and allow beneficiaries to book appointments and check prescriptions on smart phones while they wait. These projects complement the new dental clinic that opened on Peterson in December 2018.

“All of these upgrades will streamline operations and improve our facilities for the long term,” said Col. Chris Vaughn, 21st Medical Group commander. “The medical service continuously modernizes infrastructure based on need and advances in health care. We’re excited for the benefit this will have on providing medically ready forces and enhancing the patient experience.”

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Project leaders smile for a photo during the 21st Medical Squadron's Clinic Alteration Project groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 5, 2019, at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The alterations to the clinic will allow the squadron to more effectively and efficiently provide services to Schriever members.

DHA to provide integrated health and readiness

By Heather Heiney | 21ST SPACE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Beginning Oct. 1, all medical treatment facilities in the continental United States across all branches of the military will integrate under the Defense Health Agency. Under this new umbrella, the 21st Medical Group will support DHA’s four-part aim of improved readiness, better health, better care and lower costs.

This transformation within the Military Health System was first signed into law under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017. DHA is first and foremost a combat support agency and will provide a unified system of health and readiness with a continued focus on providing a medically ready force as well as a ready medical force.

Before the realignment to the DHA, the local military medical community had already established a close working relationship through the Colorado Military Health System. This system includes the 21st MDG at both Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases, the 10th Medical Group at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Evans Army Community Hospital at Ft. Carson and the 460th Medical Group at Buckley Air Force Base, all in Colorado.

“This is an exciting time in Air Force

and military medicine,” said Col. Chris Vaughn, 21st Medical Group commander. “The Colorado Military Health System has been leading the way for integrated health care operations. The partnership within CMHS is already superb and will only grow. We continue to lean forward to advance the delivery of health care for over 165,000 eligible beneficiaries.”

The DHA will allow local medical personnel to work together even more closely to share resources and training.

For example, there is no inpatient treatment facility at Peterson, but under the DHA, 21st MDG medics will be able to perform advanced training in a hospital setting at Ft. Carson, and then carry those skills to any Air Force facility they may work at in the future without having to re-learn different processes and procedures.

Under this new structure, DHA will be responsible for budgetary matters, information technology, health care administration and management, administrative policies and procedures and military medical construction.

The individual military services will remain responsible for maintaining command and control of military personnel, operational medicine and

setting medical readiness standards.

“There’s a lot of transformation going on in the Air Force Medical Service, but locally you won’t see changes to the way we do business,” said Lt. Col. Jana Weiner, 21st Medical Squadron commander. “It’s about making us more joint, integrated and unified in our processes.”

Benefits already seen within the local area include a centralized appointment line, a joint refill pharmacy, integrated clinic planning, and resource sharing efforts. Also on the horizon is Military Health System Genesis. MHS Genesis is the DoD’s new electronic health record tentatively set to deploy locally in 2020.

As the next generation electronic medical record, MHS Genesis will follow the patient throughout his or her career and become a single point for inpatient, outpatient and dental information.

“While organizational relationships will continue to evolve even after Oct. 1, our commitment to providing the highest level of care for our patients will not change,” Weiner said. “We remain dedicated to being a learning organization with a focus on quality, safety, and access.”

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Traffic light installation near east gate now underway

By Griffin Swartzell | 21ST SPACE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Contractors began installing a full traffic light outside of the east gate at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, at Marksheffel Road, Sept.

20, 2019. Construction will take an estimated four weeks to complete.

Todd Frisbie, Colorado Springs city traffic engineer, says construction has been scheduled outside of peak usage hours.

“We [can expect] short-term lane closures between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.,” he says. “Typically, we do not have overnight closures or long-term closures.”

Predominantly, Frisbie says that commuters will see occasional closures of the right turn lane on southbound Marksheffel Road.

Glenn Messke, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron base planner, says that the bulk of the work will be completed on weekdays.

In May of 2019, the 21st CES and the city of Colorado Springs collaborated to add signage and altered striping — lane lines — to reduce traffic collisions where the east gate lets out onto Marksheffel Road. These changes substantially reduced crashes at that intersection, according to both Messke and Frisbie. However, according to Messke, this was simply the first step as city and 21st CES engineers worked to design and fund a traffic signal for the intersection.

Fred Brooks, 21st CES flight chief, notes that much of the infrastructure for the light was already in place, which makes construction simpler and lower impact.

“The poles that are already out

there are going to have cabling added on to them and lights hung from those cables,” he says. “It’s not going to be mast arms out there.”

When finished, the intersection will be what’s called a Florida-T intersection. As Frisbie explains it, the rightmost northbound lane on Marksheffel Road will be continuously green.

“Vehicles turning left going northbound will turn into a median area, then accelerate and merge into traffic,” he explains. “The intersection will operate the same, in that the northbound through traffic will not stop.”

Ultimately, Frisbie says the city was able to source money from the Highway User Trust Fund and pay for the whole of the project from that.

“Our public works director, Travis Easton, said ‘I have a way to fund the traffic signal, so let’s go forward with a cost estimate,’” says Frisbie.

“It’s not city general fund money…

It comes from property taxes.”

Brooks says this kind of collaboration between the Air Force and community partners tends to be a major win-win situation for all involved.

“There have been more than 1,000 initiatives and 300 agreements that have generated $51 million in Air Force benefits and $26 million in community benefits,” he says. “I think this is a testament to the strength that we have in our partnership with Colorado Springs Utilities and the city of Colorado Springs, and we're continuing to grow our relationship. This is just a great example of what it's like when we come together.”

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(Air Force photo by Griffin Swartzell)

Crashes remain a possibility at the Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado east gate intersection with Marksheffel Road, where a recent collision damaged the guard rail along the right turn lane, pictured Sept. 23, 2019. Thanks to a partnership between Peterson's 21st Civil Engineer Squadron and the city of Colorado Springs, construction has begun on a proper traffic signal for the intersection, which should be complete by late October.

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Never forget, never lose faith

By Griffin Swartzell

21ST SPACE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — In 1967 a 12-year-old boy received a telegram notifying him that an aircraft carrying his father, Maj. Mark Stephensen, had failed to return after a mission in North Vietnam.

That boy was Mark Stephensen II, vice-chairman for the National League of POW/MIA families and guest speaker during the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance ceremony Sept. 19 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Stephensen describes his response at the time as disbelief.

“In 1967, the war was gearing up significantly,” he explains. “There had been other losses, other pilots that had been shot down, who'd been stationed there at Mountain Home [Air Force Base, Idaho] and were in dad's squadron. If a blue staff car with a white roof showed up outside of your house, you knew, it was not gonna be a good day.”

The Air Force took care of Stephensen and his family, he said, offering comfort and support in their time of need, and promoting the missing major to colonel. In 1970, Stephensen’s mother joined the then-new NLPF and acted as the state coordinator for Idaho. Years later, in 1984, Stephensen would take over for her.

The NLPF works to support the fullest possible accounting of unreturned veterans, the term Stephensen says is preferred for describing service members who are missing in action. Their original charter deals specifically with unreturned veterans from the Vietnam War, but they support accounting and repatriation of remains in all conflicts for all U.S. personnel.

“Our organization was instrumental in getting a defined organization [the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency] for that, to go above casu-

alty offices and mortuary affairs into a unit that is specifically designated for recovery of missing personnel,” he says.

To this day, he and his organization are in near-daily contact with the DPAA to support their efforts.

“It's not so much the league’s accomplishment, but as a result of this effort to work with our government, 1,057 missing in action have been returned since the end of the war,” says Stephensen. “And my father is one of those.”

In 1988, 21 years after his father went missing, Stephensen finally got closure. His father’s remains were repatriated to the U.S., and just like in 1967, his first response was disbelief.

“I think I said something completely silly, like I think you gotta be kidding me, knowing full well there was a higher probability of accountability because it was a multiple-crew aircraft and one member of the crew [Capt. Gary Siglar, then a 2nd Lt. and the crashed aircraft’s navigator] had been recovered,” he says. “I had been on the board of directors for years at that time, so I know exactly what had to occur for that to happen.”

As of Sept. 13, 2019, the DPAA reports that 1,587 Americans remain missing from the Vietnam War. But Stephensen is hopeful, saying that National POW/MIA Recognition Day and POW/MIA Remembrance Week are reminders to never forget the nation’s unreturned veterans and to never lose faith.

As for Stephensen, he still remembers his father as a humorous, humble man who joined the Air Force to be a cook and wound up a pilot instead.

“He made us laugh all the time,” Stephensen says. “He was a hero, but he’d come home, and he was a regular dad. He took care of all of us.”

(U.S. Air Force photo by Griffin Swartzell)

During reveille on Sept. 16, 2019, members of the High Frontier Honor Guard raised the prisoner of war/missing in action flag to mark the beginning of POW/ MIA Remembrance Week on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Griffin Swartzell)

The High Frontier Honor Guard prepares to lower the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag Sept. 20, 2019, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, during a retreat ceremony at the end of POW/MIA Remembrance Week.

The week honors American service members who were captured overseas and all unreturned veterans.

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Col. Sam Johnson offers opening remarks at the beginning of Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Week on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 16, 2019. POW/ MIA Remembrance Week ran Sept. 16-20, 2019.

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Mark L. Stephensen II, vice-chairman for the National League of POW/MIA families, right, accepts an award from Col. Jennifer Fitch, individual mobilization augmentee to the 21st Space Wing commander, Sept. 19, 2019 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Fitch presented the award as part of POW/MIA Remembrance Week to thank Stephensen for his service and sacrifice in working toward full accounting of all unreturned veterans.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Griffin Swartzell)

The High Frontier Honor Guard folds the U.S. flag for storage Sept. 20, 2019, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, during a retreat ceremony at the end of POW/MIA Remembrance Week. The week honors those American service members who were captured overseas and all unreturned veterans.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Griffin Swartzell) (U.S. Air Force photo by Griffin Swartzell)

Members of the High Frontier Honor Guard mark the beginning of Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Week by raising the POW/MIA flag during reveille on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 16, 2019. The week was marked by events including a 24-hour remembrance run and a remembrance ceremony with guest speaker Mark L. Stephensen II, vice-chairman of the National League of POW/MIA Families.

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Support the mission — wash your hands

By Griffin Swartzell | 21ST SPACE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The respectful, ready and responsible Airman has many adversaries, but few are so subtle and insidious as viruses and bacteria. Recently, a contractor working on Peterson Air Force Base caught a gastrointestinal infection caused by a bacteria called shigella. It’s a self-limiting disease, according to Lt. Col. Heath Woockman, 21st Medical Group public health flight commander, so in most cases, the disease runs its course without treatment. But that doesn’t mean it’s harmless.

“Shigella is one of those things that can spread very quickly,” Woockman explains.

Shigella is spread through fecal-oral contact, according to Woockman.

That means shigella bacteria often get onto a person’s hands when they use the bathroom and either don’t wash properly or touch a contaminated surface after washing. That also means people can be exposed in places like child daycares, where diapers are changed, and by touching or eating unwashed produce, even organic produce, citing the water source used as the most significant possible disease vector.

Woockman says that the best way to prevent the spread of shigella and similar diseases is good old-fashioned hand-washing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend scrubbing hands for 20 seconds before rinsing to best ensure that hands are free of disease-causing microbes. While the CDC acknowledges that alcohol-based hand sanitizers can help reduce the number of germs on hands, it’s better as a contingency.

“When you're washing your hands you're not only loosening up particles, you're washing them off,” says Woockman. “Then the mechanical action of using paper towel that further cleans your hands is just more thorough.”

Woockman says that cases of illnesses like shigella are present yearround, but he sees a spike in cases about two weeks after the start of a new school year.

“Any place where there's a large group of people with varying levels of hygiene, multiple people can be sick,” says Woockman. “So by washing your hands, you're not only protecting yourself, you're protecting others around you.”

If someone shows signs of being infected with shigella or any other communicable disease, the best way to avoid spreading it is to go home and avoid contact with other people.

“If you’re sick, you shouldn’t just take something to mask your symptoms.

You’re still sick, and you can still spread those things. And that includes (U.S. Air Force photo by Griffin Swartzell) everything from shigella to influenza,” he says. “You're not really doing anybody any good by pushing through it and showing up to work sick.” Proper handwashing can help prevent the spread of infectious disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers guidelines on how to do it If you suspect you have shigella or any other gastrointestinal disease, effectively. First, wet your hands with clean, running water. Next, apply soap and lather your hands. Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds, making sure to get the backs of your hands and under your nails. Finally, rinse your hands under clean, running water and dry them. please consult your healthcare provider for diagnosis and treatment.

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USAF reservists, Army Soldiers team up to improve deployment operations

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Tech. Sgt. Michael Fricault, 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, speaks to Soldiers with the 59th Quartermaster Company at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 6, 2019. The Soldiers were with nearly 100 of their fellows from Fort Carson who spent a day learning Air Force ground refueling processes from reservists with the 302nd Airlift Wing's logistics readiness squadron.

U.S. Army Specialists Katelyn McDole and Justin Livergood, 59th Quartermaster Company, attach a refueling hose to a vehicle at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 6, 2019. Nearly 100 Soldiers from Fort Carson in Colorado Springs spent a day learning Air Force ground refueling processes from the 302nd Airlift Wing's logistics readiness squadron.

By Tech. Sgt. Frank Casciotta | 302ND AIRLIFT WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — When Air Force reservists deploy it’s often alongside other military branches with similar missions. Challenges come into play because the processes and equipment are rarely the same. To tackle this issue, nearly 100 Soldiers from the Army’s 59th Quartermaster and 247th Composite Supply Companies out of Fort Carson came to the Reserve wing here to learn Air Force ground refueling processes from the 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels department earlier this month.

“They approached us about two months asking if we could

train their Soldiers, which is a great opportunity for both of our organizations.” said Master Sgt. Paul Franklin, the 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Flight superintendent.

U.S. Army Capt. Rachel Campion, the 59the Quartermaster Company commander, said the idea came from a junior enlisted Soldier after returning from a deployment where he worked with Airmen regularly, but felt unprepared because he was unfamiliar with Air Force processes. Once she heard the idea Campion began coordinating with the 302nd Airlift Wing to select a date for training.

“This isn’t just about us teach them,” said Franklin. “We are already working on a plan to get the same type of training from them to learn their processes as well. If we can do this right, it will make us members of both branches more effective during the next deployment.”

The two parties are planning to have another similar training in the coming months at Fort Carson to teach the 302nd LRS Fuels Flight Reserve Citizen Airmen Army ground refueling processes and the use of their equipment.

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0000 Waterfall Loop Crystal Park • $63,000 Land 1655 Aldrin Place Park Ridge • $65,000 Land 1715 Aldrin Place Park Ridge • $65,000 Land

1321 Abriendo Avenue Pueblo • $70,000 Commercial/ Under Contract

10115 Everglades Drive Meridian Ranch • $334,900 Under Contract

Steep Road Crystal Park • $105,000 Land

410 Union Place Stratmoor Hills • $375,000 Under Contract

20040 El Valle View Midway • $149,900 Mobile

9164 Copenhagen Road Woodmen Hills • $384,900 Under Contract

1535 Monterey Road #220 Spring Creek • $187,900 Condo/Under Contract

397 S Tejon Lane Pueblo West • $384,900

350 Longhorn Cattle Drive Ellicott • $199,900 Commercial

1390 Becky Drive Pleasant View Estates • $394,900

1225 N Devils Claw Place Pueblo West • $218,500 New Construction/ Under Contract 739 S Watermelon Drive Pueblo West • $326,500 New Construction 5837 Uncompahgre Street Ridgeview at Stetston Hills • $329,900 Under Contract

221 Crestridge Avenue Stratmoor Hills • $399,900 Under Contract 2457 Marston Heights Cypress Ridge • $450,000 8470 Aspenglow Lane Cascade • $799,900 6 Las Piedras Escondidas Garden of the Gods • $1,275,000

NEW CONCEPT HOMES PUEBLO WEST $198,500-$225,000 Brand new homes with 10 floor plans to choose from. All homes are 1620 sq. ft. with 2 to 4 bedrooms, 1 to 2 bathrooms & a 2-car garage.

Mother-in-law suite or duplex floorplan available.

Central air & appliances included. Stucco exterior, metal roof & 2x6 construction. Built with pride by New Concept Homes. Several 0.28 to 1 acre lots available. VA & FHA financing available.

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