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Vol. 12 No. 38
Schriever honors POW/MIA with reveille
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CUSTOMER APPRECIATION EVENT The 50th Force Support Squadron will host a Customer Appreciation event in the Fitness Center and Indoor Running track Friday at 10 a.m. There will be a live band, games and activities at the event. For more information or to sign up, call 567-6658 or 567-2015. See page 19 for details.
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THIS WEEK Schriever AFB to hold POW/ MIA ceremony In remembrance of those who have given their freedom for ours, Schriever Air Force Base will hold a ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday at the fitness center with a speech from U.S. Navy Lt. Robert Wideman. For more information, contact Tech. Sgt. Matthew Barbett at 567-5272 or Tech. Sgt. Arnold Collin at 567-3356.
U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers
Schriever Airmen conduct a POW/MIA flag raising during a reveille ceremony at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 17, 2018. The ceremony was conducted to honor and remember U.S. service members who were prisoners of war and those still missing in action.
I am Schriever: Making biscuits, guiding satellites
OV 18-2 exemption and simulation deadline OV 18-2 exemptions and simulations requests are due for any 50th Space Wing squadron that needs them by Oct. 3. Please email signed letters to the 50th SW IG Work flow 50SWIG@ us.af.mil.
AFI Rescission AFI 36-2907, was republished Sept. 7 and renamed Adverse Administrative Actions. The publication was rescinded Sept. 12 to complete staff coordination. Accordingly, the Nov. 24, 2014 version is the current and approved version. More Briefs page 20 Sign up for weekly Schriever announcements, news and more. Visit www.schriever.af.mil and click “Public Affairs” under featured links.
Public Affairs
U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers
Rick Holzwarth, quality assurance specialist with the 50th Contracting Squadron, packs up his office after 18 years at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 14, 2018. Holzwarth has been in the 50th CONS since 2000.
By Halle Thornton
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50th Space Wing Public Affairs
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — From the view of his office window in Building 210 for 18 years, Rick Holzwarth, quality assurance specialist with the 50th Contracting Squadron, has seen Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, transform from a small base on the outskirts of Colorado Springs into what it is today. Holzwarth is retiring after 24 years of active duty and 18 years of civil service, Sept. 28., a total of almost 40 years of service. Holzwarth retired from active duty at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado as the vice commandant for the noncommissioned
officer academy for eight years, he was somewhat familiar with Schriever AFB. “In that job I made a difference,” he said. “I taught at the NCO academy, influencing young sergeants. That was a great way to wrap up a military career, and it was a lot of fun.” Holzwarth arrived at Schriever AFB in 1998 and began his career as a contractor for the Harris Corporation. “When I first started, the base was known as Falcon Air Force Station, and they used to call it ‘Falcatraz’ because it was really remote,” he said. “I was almost apprehensive about taking the job.” Holzwarth added back then, he worked in a building that has since been demolished, and the base didn’t even have a gas station.
“You had to watch your gas tank, because if there was an exercise and the gate was closed, you might run out of gas,” he laughed. “I saw plenty of people pushing cars off the road.” Additionally, there was no housing, so Holzwarth only saw adults. “At four o’clock, there was a mass exodus to the gate and this place was pretty much empty,” he said. “The only people left were the people on crew. Now I actually see people out riding bikes and walking with their kids.” After working as a contractor for a year, Holzwarth became familiar with the base and heard about openings in the 50th CONS, applying for a position soon after. See Satellites page 9