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Thursday, May 11, 2017
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Vol. 11 No. 19
Force guides Schriever during Wingman Day
Transgender Panel Discussion Did you know the CGO Council is hosting a Military Transgender Panel Discussion 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Building 300 auditorium Wednesday? The event is open to all personnel with restricted area access and the panel will discuss the new transgender policies.
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THIS WEEK Combative courses available at Schriever Fitness Center Free basic and intermediate combative courses are available at the Schriever Fitness Center 6 — 7 a.m. every Wednesday. The course is open to all Department of Defense cardholders affiliated with Schriever (15 years old and above). This is limited to 20 people a week and filled on a first come, first served basis. Bring a mouth guard, water bottle and exercise clothing that you’re not afraid of tearing. Individuals must register with the fitness center at 567-6628, no later than 5 p.m. every Monday.
EPMA self-study groups start Group self-study for senior NCO Distance Learning Course 15 is now offered in Building 210, Room 310 Wednesday and Friday. Sign up through Share Point. If you would like to attend but need more information please contact, Master Sgt. Janelle Amador at 567-5927. More Briefs page 6 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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Col. DeAnna Burt, 50th Space Wing commander, speaks during the Wingman Day opening event at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Thursday, May 4, 2017. Wingman Day provided an opportunity for Schriever Airmen to step out of their workplace and social circles to spend a day engaging in education and team building.
By Airman 1st Class William Tracy 50th Space Wing Public Affairs
Schriever Airmen stepped out of their workplace and social circles to spend a day engaging in education and team building during Wingman Day May 4. “We offered 28 Wingman University classes and Airmen were able to choose the specific topics that were most applicable to building their own resilience skills,” said Jessica Schroeder, event organizer. “The time set aside on Wingman Day for units to bond is critical in building these important social connections and morale.” This rendition’s theme was “May the fourth
be with you,” a nod to fictional space movies in light of Schriever’s critical space mission, with base leadership entering the fitness center to the Ellicott High School band’s rendition of the iconic “Imperial March.” Col. DeAnna Burt, 50th Space Wing commander, kicked off the event highlighting to the audience, (many of whom donned space movie-themed T-shirts), the importance of unit morale and working as a team. “Today is about resiliency, learning new skills and taking time for ourselves,” said Burt. “I want to take this day to take care of us through team building.” The opening event also featured guest
speaker Stephen Garbett, an Olympic athlete who related the struggles of learning how to master the sport of Skeleton (a competitive sport in which an individual races down a hill head first on a sled for the best possible time) to overcoming fears and building resiliency in life. He learned about the sport while critically ill in the hospital, watching the Olympics on television. The threatening illness ignited a realization in him of how precious and short life is, and he chose to pursue goals he previously neglected. “From that point on, I wanted to do two See Wingman Day page 9
50th Space Wing Priority #1 Innovate space and cyber operations to stay ahead of the enemy
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-4 lands at Kennedy Space Center By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON — The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4, the Air Force’s unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility May 7. “Today marks an incredibly exciting day for the 45th Space Wing as we continue to break barriers,” said Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, the 45 SW commander. “Our team has been preparing for this event for several years, and I am extremely proud to see our hard work and dedication culminate in today’s safe and successful landing of the X-37B.” The OTV-4 conducted on-orbit experiments for 718 days during its mission, extending the total number of days spent on-orbit for the OTV program to 2,085 days. “The landing of OTV-4 marks another success for the X-37B program and the nation,” said Lt. Col. Ron Fehlen, X-37B program manager. “This mission once again set an on-orbit endurance record and marks the See Vehicle-4 page 5
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The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 lands at NASA ‘s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Florida, Sunday, May 7, 2017. Managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the X-37B program is the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft that performs risk reduction, experimentation and concept of operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies.