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Thursday, March 29, 2018
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Vol. 12 No. 13
All Airmen responsible for base defense By Tech. Sgt. Wes Wright 50th Space Wing Public Affairs
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — While everyone who works at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, has a specific job, the installation’s law enforcement agencies are reminding Airmen they all share a critical area of responsibility: base defense. “Every Airman is a sensor,” said 1st. Lt. Robert Scholl, operations officer with the 50th Security Forces Squadron. “Our primary mission is base defense, but we need every Airman on this base to be a force multiplier.” Though most Airmen do not carry weapons on a daily basis, Scholl said they are a weapon system for base defense. “The phrase, ‘if you see something, say something’is crucial to us being able to be proactive instead of reactive when it comes to base defense,” Scholl said. “We have numerous lines of defense throughout the base, but one of the most important is our Airmen.” Scholl said security forces employ a concept known as security in-depth. “The big thing we focus on is not having a single point of failure,” Scholl said. “Schriever has a very robust defense force, and procedures in place to ensure our safety. There are backups to backups.” Base defenders recently installed a new overwatch position to beef up base security. “We’re always improving where we can,” Scholl said. “Things like overwatch positions give us a great field of view on approaches to the installation; it’s all about layers.” Scholl said it is important Airmen report suspicious activity on and off the base. “Reporting concerns that happen off base, can help us anticipate or posture with heightened security if a situation calls for it,” Scholl said. “If you hear or see something that appears to have ominous intent to the base or our Airmen, let us know.” To report suspicious behavior, Scholl said Airmen should use the SALUTE reporting method. SALUTE stands for: Size, Activity, Location, Uniform, Time and Equipment. “Through SALUTE, you’re able to get a clear site picture to convey to first responders,” Scholl said. “It helps us to know what to expect on scene so that we come fully prepared to mitigate that situation. Basically, we want to know who is doing what, where, how and what they may have with them that could pose a threat to responders.” While base defenders are on the front lines of collecting threat information, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations is right beside them monitoring the Eagle Eyes program. “Eagle Eyes is a program for people to report any kind of suspicious activity,” said Sade Spencer, special agent with Detachment 807, AFOSI. “People can call to make reports, leave their information for follow-up questions or can make reports anonymously if they so desire.” Spencer said Airmen can help SFS and OSI agents keep the base secure by notifying authorities when they see or hear something out of the norm. “Even if it’s something you think might not be that important, it very well may be,” she said. “Sometimes, any one tip on its own may not seem like much, but they can establish trends or lead us to discover patterns of suspicious activities.” The OSI agent pointed to recent security threats across the U.S. as reasons people
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CC holds conference to sync leaders
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Col. Jennifer Grant, commander of the 50th Space Wing, addresses 50th Space Wing Commander’s Conference participants in Doolittle Hall, at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 21, 2018. The two-day conference included approximately 70 wing leaders, spouses and mission partner.
By Jennifer Thibault 50th Space Wing Public Affairs
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The 50th Space Wing commander held a commanders’ conference to help leadership across the installation synchronize and collaborate efforts at the Doolittle Hall at the U.S. Air Force Academy March 21-22. Col. Jennifer Grant, commander, kicked off the two-day conference focusing attendees on the need to increase readiness and lethality throughout the wing’s operations. “Synchronization of mission will be the key to both days,” she
said. “We are focused on integration and innovation, we do this across our groups and with our mission partners. We are one team!” In addition to wing’s commanders, superintendents and first sergeants, the conference included the wing’s Reserve counterparts, specifically the 310th Space Wing commander and 310th Operations Group commander. “I’m grateful you could be here with us,” Grant said. “We accomplish our mission side-by-side, so it’s befitting we take this time to resync together as well.” Col. Traci Kueker-Murphy, commander of the 310th SW, echoed those comments in her overview brief to the participants. “We work every space command mission except launch and radar,” Kueker-Murphy said. “We started out as a strategic reserve, but today we do everything from strategic reserve to daily operations. We must continue to collaborate in order to be mutually successful, especially as Airmen transition. Together we can maximize retention while protecting the Air Force’s investment in Airmen and their training.” Each of the wing’s groups presented mission area highlights and what they see on the horizon. Additionally, the wing’s geographically separated unit leaders made similar presentations while seeing their squadron and agency counterparts, some for the first time since taking command. Grant continued the collaboration discussion recalling the Air Force Chief of Staff’s number one focus area: revitalizing the squadron. “This was an effort for us to identify, quantify and buy down risk at the unit level,” Grant said. “We are making incremental changes, even though some may not have seen it.” See Leaders Conference page 7