Colorado S prings M ilitary Newspaper Group
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Did you know?
www.csmng.com
Vol. 12 No. 37
17 years later, Schriever remembers 9/11
HHHHHHHHHH
Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders HHHHHHHHHH The Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders are hosting a meet and greet for Schriever Airmen from 4-5 p.m. Friday in the event center. For more information, contact the 50th Force Support Squadron at 567-5362.
Base Briefs Spouses are invited to events marked with
ON-BASE Schriever AFB to hold POW/ MIA 24-hour run
In remembrance of those who have given their freedom for ours, Schriever Air Force Base will be holding a 24hour vigil run. The opening ceremony will feature guest speaker and former POW, U.S. Navy Lt. Robert Wideman 7:30 a.m. Sept. 17 in front of Building 210. The vigil run will start at 10 a.m. Tuesday, running until 10 a.m. Wednesday, at the fitness center parking lot. The closing ceremony will take place 1 p.m. Sept. 21 at the fitness center with a speech from Wideman. To volunteer for the event, contact Tech. Sgt. Matthew Barbett at 567-5272 or Tech. Sgt. Arnold Collin at 567-3356.
THIS WEEK EMF to host National Preparedness Month information booths
Each September, National Preparedness Month encourages and reminds Americans to be prepared for disasters or emergencies in their homes, businesses and communities. The Schriever Emergency Management Flight will host National Preparedness Month information booths at the following locations to raise awareness: Sept. 18 West Portal Sept. 24 Building 210 atrium More Briefs page 19 Sign up for weekly Schriever announcements, news and more. Visit www.schriever.af.mil and click “Public Affairs” under featured links.
Public Affairs
Inside Leadership perspectives...................3 1st SOPS esports champions............ 8 Where can I get my OCP’s?............ 14
U.S. Air Force Photo by Dennis Rogers
Airmen raise and then lower the U.S. flag to half-staff during the 9/11 reveille ceremony at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 11, 2018. The ceremony marked the 17th year since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and also included a striking of the four fives and wreath laying at the base’s 9/11 artifact.
By Airman 1st Class William Tracy 50th Space Wing Public Affairs
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Schriever Airmen, their families and members of the local community gathered to remember the attacks of Sept. 11 with a reveille and wreath laying Sept. 11, 2018. “On this day, our nation remembers the tragic events at the World Trade Center in
New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and Somerset Field, Pennsylvania,” said Col. Jennifer Grant, commander of the 50th Space Wing. “At Schriever, we honor the victims, the first responders and the families. We will never forget the lives we lost on this day, but we must also remember the sacrifice and acts of heroism made when our nation needed us most.”
After a formation, consisting of Airmen from the wing’s three groups and Reserve partners, in which the flag was raised and lowered to half-staff in tribute to those who lost their lives, Grant and Don Addy, chairman of the Colorado Thirty Group, laid a ceremonial wreath in front of the See Remembers page 12
NSDC welcomes new leadership By Steve Kotecki 50th Space Wing Public Affairs
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The National Space Defense Center welcomed new leadership at a change of authority ceremony at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 6. Maj. Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of Fourteenth Air Force and deputy Joint Force Space Component commander, presided over the ceremony, during which Col. Mitchell Stratton assumed command of the center from Col. Todd Brost. “In 27 months the team here at Schriever has developed this critical and still growing capability for our nation, and cultivated the innovative Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, DoD Civilians, interagency partners and contractors who play an integral part of warfighting around the globe,” Whiting said. “You have made the NSDC a warfighting organization, and I’m proud and impressed with what you do every single day.” Stratton joins the NSDC after serving as the director of operations, logistics and cyberspace at Fourteenth Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. “I know the operators in this room are excited about the experience that Stratton brings, the depth of his resume is impressive,” Whiting said. “All of his assignments have solidified his leadership prowess, warfighting See Leadership page 9
U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers
Maj. Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of the Fourteenth Air Force and deputy Joint Force Space Component commander, passes the National Space Defense Center’s colours to Col. Mitchell Stratton, incoming director of the NSDC, during a change of authority ceremony at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 6, 2018. Stratton joins the NSDC after serving as the director of operations, logistics and cyberspace at Fourteenth Air Force, Vandenberg AFB, California.