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Thursday, July 20, 2017
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Vol. 11 No. 29
Schriever Airman earns IIHF world championship gold
EPME 21ST CENTURY TRANSITIONING Did you know EPME 21st Century is transitioning to 100% resident EPME effective immediately? This allows all active duty, guard and reserve Airmen an opportunity to attend ALS, NCOA and SNCOA. Not to mention, time in service gates for Distance Learning have been removed. Therefore Airmen will no longer be required, or even allowed, to take DL not commensurate with their grade. To find out more about EPME 21, read the detailed article at www.af.mil.
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THIS WEEK Fitness Center closures
Basketball Court closed: Thursday: 12 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Friday: Closed all day for 50th Space Wing Picnic No after-hours access: Thursday at 7:30 p.m. - Friday at 6 p.m.
EPMA self-study groups available
Group self-study for senior NCO Distance Learning Course 15 is now offered in Building 210, Room 310 Wednesdays and Fridays. Sign up through Share Point. For more information, contact Master Sgt. Janelle Amador at 567-5927.
Dietician at Schriever HAWC
A registered dietician is available at the Schriever Health and Wellness Center Thursday afternoons. She has three appointments available per week to discuss nutritional concerns and can see most TriCare beneficiaries. The dietician will be in Building 500 across from the Security Forces Squadron building. To schedule an appointment, call the HAWC at 567-4292. More Briefs page 12 Sign up for weekly Schriever announcements, news and more. Visit www.schriever.af.mil and click “Public Affairs” under featured links.
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Photo by Jan Sukup
Team USA, 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation In-line Hockey World Championship winners, celebrate with their trophy after their gold-medal victory against Finland at the Ondrej Nepala Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia, July 1, 2017. Capt. Derrick Burnett, National Reconnaissance Office, chief of mission operations, played his third year as a defenseman for Team USA, this being the first year he made it past the semifinal game.
By 2nd Lt. Scarlett Rodriguez 50th Space Wing Public Affairs
Capt. Derrick Burnett, National Reconnaissance Office chief of mission operations, as of July 1, is a world-champion gold-medalist for the Team USA in-line hockey league. This is the third year Burnett, as a defense-
man, has competed with the USA’s National in-line hockey team since 2014, and his first year making it past the semifinal game for the world championships. “Since I’d been on the team, we never played the gold-medal game,” Burnett said. “Getting past that semifinal game this year was probably one of the best moments.”
Team USA’s semifinal game against the Czech team trailed 3-1 at halftime. However, in the second half, Burnett was credited with two assists, bolstering the team’s efforts to rally back and achieve a 5-4 victory. “I was the oldest guy on the team this See Championship page 8
First 4 SOPS takeover of WGS satellite By Staff Sgt. Wes Wright 50th Space Wing Public Affairs
The 4th Space Operations Squadron assumed control of its first wideband global SATCOM satellite during a ceremony July 14. While there are eight other WGS satellites currently orbiting in the constellation managed by 4 SOPS, WGS-9 marked the first time the newly merged squadron assumed control of one. Previous assumptions of control happened under the recently deactivated 3rd Space Operations Squadron. “Similar to what the F-35 is to the flying community, the WGS spacecraft is the new thing in military satellite communications — it’s the top of the line,” said Lt. Col. Armon Lansing. “There is no other spacecraft in the world that does what this one does.” As the backbone of the U.S. military’s global satellite communications, WGS provides flexible, high-capacity communications for the nation’s warfighters through procurement and operation of the satellite constellation and the associated control systems. WGS provides worldwide flexible, high data rate and long-haul communications for marines, soldiers, sailors, airmen, the White House Communication Agency, the U.S. State Department, international partners and other special users. “Wideband communication provides the capability to send a large amount of data through space,” Lansing said. “Just like your typical ground systems: dial-up versus broadband See Satellite page 11
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The newly merged 4th Space Operations Squadron, in celebration of the first Wideband Global SATCOM satellite, conducted a ceremony with cake and base leadership July 14, 2017.