04-08-2011 - Eglin Dispatch

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04-08-2011 - Eglin Dispatch
Friday, April 8, 2011
Inside
 Eglin doctor named
physician of the year.
See story Page 2
 Eglin up next for Jack
Daniel’s /USO ‘Toast to
the Troops.’
See story Page 3
 Reservist selected for
AF beach volleyball team.
See story Page 10
 Lester Rowley fought
in three wars.
See story Page 10
index
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Pet Adoption . ............... Page 5
Philpott........................... Page 12
Sports Briefs.................. Page 9
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Eglin doctor named physician of the year
By Kevin Gaddie
Team Eglin Public Affairs
Just minutes before convening a weekly
faculty meeting at Eglin’s hospital in late February, Lt. Col. Patricia Goodemote got a phone
call she couldn’t put off.
“The residency administrator came in and
said ‘I have a call for you,’” she recalled, asking her to take a message. “She said ‘no, you
have to take this one.’ ”
It was from the military chapter of the
Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians, telling Colonel Goodemote, the hospital’s assistant program director of family
medicine residency, she had been named 2011
Physician of the Year.
While she was on the phone, the administrator informed everyone at the meeting of
the good news.
“I wasn’t going to say anything,” said Colonel Goodemote, “but when I came back in the
room, everyone was clapping and congratulating me. I was very surprised and flattered.”
Colonel Goodemote, one of more than 2,300
military family physicians within DoD, has
been in her current job for the last four and
a half years. She works with a staff of 30
first-year residents (doctors who practice
medicine under the supervision of fully licensed physicians), 12 faculty members and
a behavioralist.
The Dell Rapids, S. D. native decided to
join the Air Force after a trip to East Berlin as
a ninth grader.
“I saw how much freedom the East Berliners lacked at the time, and really appreciated
the freedoms we have in America,” Colonel
Goodemote said. “I knew this was in part due
to the military, so I decided to join the Air
Force ROTC once I started college.”
Her calm voice, pleasant personality and
well-articulated medical knowledge combine
for a bedside manner suited to putting patients and co-workers alike immediately at
ease around her.
“I train physicians to become family medicine physicians,” Colonel Goodemote said.
“They’re already doctors when they graduate
from medical school, but to be a family medicine physician they need another three years
of training. My main day-to-day job entails
preparing the residents so they will actually
see patients in the clinic.”
Areas the residents are trained in include:
outpatient medicine - caring for patients with
diabetes, high blood pressure, congestive
heart failure, allergies, ear infections, pregnancy and well child care.
They also learn casting of fractures, vasectomies, exercise stress tests (to evaluate
Kevin Gaddie | USAF
Lt. Col. Patricia Goodemote, Eglin hospital’s assistant program director of family medicine
residency, performs a check-up on retired Chief Master Sgt. Tom Huene. Colonel Goodemote
was recently named 2011 Physician of the Year by Uniformed Services Academy of Family
Physicians.
for heart disease); and inpatient medicine
- delivering babies, pneumonia, chest pain and
kidney infections.
Colonel Goodemote and her staff guide the
residents through their patients’ problems
and concerns until they become proficient
enough to make proper diagnoses and correct
decisions on their own.
“The residents work incredibly hard and
do a lot of self-teaching,” she said. “However,
the faculty does a great job at helping the residents to identify their blind spots.”
Those areas are gaps in their knowledge
base, communication skills to improve patient
relations, and insight into a broader perspective of how a patient’s disease is affecting that
particular patient because of their social support system, according to the doctor.
Faculty assistance in overcoming recurring
issues includes discussions with the residents
on the best approach to a problem; videotap-
ing of patient session, with consent; and additional training, Colonel Goodemote said.
Colonel Goodemote knew Col. James
Haynes, the program director, put her in for
the award, but she didn’t think she had a
chance.
“I know there are a lot of family medicine
doctors who work very hard and are good at
what they do,” the 18-year veteran said humbly. “I know some of the people who’ve won
the award previously, and I don’t feel I’m in
that class.”
She credited her staff for her receipt of the
award, and described them as ‘stellar.’
“I was the acting program director for the
last six months while Colonel Haynes was deployed and I think the only way I was able to
do that job is the other faculty members I work
with are always looking to help in any way they
can,” she said. “They’re constantly watching
out for me and watching each other’s backs.”
Friday, April 8, 2011 | THE EGLIN DISPATCH | Page Eglin next up for Jack Daniel’s/USO ‘Toast to the Troops’
Team Eglin Public Affairs
courtesy photo
Country star Craig Morgan (second from right) helps stuff goodie bags at a stuffing party at
MacDill AFB. Eglin next up for Jack Daniel’s/USO “Toast to the Troops” program April 15.
eran, has been a part of all 13
previous Jack Daniel’s/USO
“Toast to the Troops” events
dating back to 2005.
Since 2005, the Jack Daniel Distillery has been collecting personal messages
of support in the form of
“toasts” to include in USO
care packages, and has
hosted 13 other “stuffing
parties” at military installations across the country.
More than 150,000 care packages have been sent to our
troops through the “Toast to
the Troops” program.
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Due to heightened security, individuals can no
longer send letters and
packages addressed to
“Any Service Member.” The
Operation USO Care Package program is the best
way to send a message of
encouragement directly to
troops and provide a touch
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volunteers.
Almost 150 volunteers will
be on hand to stuff packages.
Another 50 will set up and
tear down the venue. Master
Sgt. Mary Davis, head of the
Hearts Apart program at the
Airman and Family Readiness Center, said the first 50
volunteers are spouses from
the program. The rest of the
volunteers were recruited
through the First Sergeants
and Chiefs Councils.
“We got a really good response when we asked for
volunteers” Sergeant Davis
said. “The spouses want to
help out and give back. I sent
out an e-mail to the spouses
in the Hearts Apart program
and we got 50 volunteers.
The spouses feel so much is
done for them, they want to
do something for someone
else,” she said.
After all the packages
are stuffed, volunteers will
be treated to a “thank you”
barbeque sponsored by Jack
Daniel’s and catered by the
Eglin Club. At 7 p.m., a basewide concert will kick off in
Hangar 102. The concert is
headlined by country music
star Craig Morgan. Mr. Morgan, a ten-year Army vet-
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Deployed military personnel from all services
will be the latest recipients
of USO care packages assembled at a “stuffing party”
April 15 in Hangar 102.
The base was selected
as the site of the next Jack
Daniel’s/USO “Toast to the
Troops” event as military
spouses, USO volunteers
and others will assemble
thousands of Operation USO
Care Packages for troops
serving overseas.
“This is going to be a fun
event,” said Col. Marc Piccolo, 96th Mission Support
Group commander. “Most
of the volunteers stuffing
packages have loved ones
deployed or who have recently returned from a deployment, which makes it
that much more meaningful for them. We’re grateful
to have this opportunity to
remember our deployed
and recognize the contributions of the spouses that
keep things going back at
home. I’m looking forward
to a night of great family
entertainment.”
Eglin currently has more
than 500 personnel supporting operations around the
world.
Inserts for the care packages include items requested
by service members, such as
prepaid international calling
cards, toiletries, sunscreen,
playing cards, disposable
cameras and snacks. The
packages are being assembled for troops deploying to
Afghanistan, Iraq and other
overseas locations, as well as
troops arriving and departing on rest and recuperation
(R&R) flights.
Supplies will arrive with
the Operation USO care
package team. Master Sgt.
Thomas Thielman, 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron,
said the squadron is providing 30 wooden skids, two
pallet jacks, a forklift and
forklift operator to assist the
for Jack Daniel’s. “We also
recognize and sincerely appreciate the sacrifices made
by the spouses and families
of our military heroes. The
Toast program is just one
way for us to show our love
and support to those who
truly deserve it.”
“We thank Jack Daniel’s
for their continued support,”
said Elaine Rogers, president and CEO of the USO
of Metropolitan Washington, which administers the
Operation USO Care Package program. “Since 2005,
these events have been an
excellent opportunity for local communities to demonstrate their support for our
Page | THE EGLIN DISPATCH | Friday, April 8, 2011
Country star headlines free concert
Team Eglin Public Affairs
Country music star
Craig Morgan will headline a free concert here
on April 15 in support of
the military. The concert
is scheduled for 7 p.m. in
Hangar 102 and is open
to all Department of Defense identification card
holders.
The concert is part of
the Jack Daniel’s/USO
“Toast to the Troops”
event. Since 2005, the Jack
Daniel Distillery has been
collecting personal messages of support in the
form of “toasts” to include
in USO care packages, and
has hosted 13 other “stuffing parties” at military
installations across the
country. More than 150,000
care packages have been
sent to our troops through
the “Toast to the Troops”
program.
Mr. Morgan, a ten-year
Army veteran, has been
a part of all 13 previous
events dating back to
2005. He is a recipient of
the USO Merit Award and
has made nine overseas
trips to entertain our U.S.
troops.
“I’ve been honored to
be part of the Toast to the
Troops program since it
began six years ago and
it’s always inspiring for me
to perform for our troops
and their families,” said
Morgan. “Having been
there, I know how much
it means to receive a care
package out in the field
and to know that you are
supported. Our troops,
their spouses and families
sacrifice so much, and I’m
glad to get the chance to
let them know how much
we value their efforts.”
One of country music’s
best-loved artists, Morgan
has made a name for himself with massive radio airplay of his signature hits:
“Bonfire,” “Almost Home,”
“Redneck Yacht Club,”
“That’s What I Love About
Sunday” (Billboard’s mostplayed country songs of the
year in 2005) and “International Harvester.” Craig
received one of country
music’s highest honors
when was inducted as a
member of the Grand Ole
Opry in 2008. Prior to becoming a country music
star, Craig Morgan spent
more than 10 years of active duty in the Army and
additional years in the
Army Reserves. Adding to
his diverse list of talents,
Morgan is also the host
of “Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors,” the Outdoor Channel’s #1 rated
Saturday morning hunting
show.
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Country music star Craig Morgan will headline a free
concert here on April 15 in support of the military. The
concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Hangar 102 and is
open to all Department of Defense identification card
holders.
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Friday, April 8, 2011 | THE EGLIN DISPATCH | Page Toth takes command
of 33rd Fighter Wing
Col. David A. Hlatky has
been relieved of command of
the 33rd Fighter Wing.
Maj. Gen. Mark Solo,
commander of the 19th Air
Force, relieved Hlatky of his
duties Thursday March 31,
according to a news release
from Randolph Air Force
Base, Texas.
“Major General Solo lost
confidence in Colonel Hlatky’s ability to command as
a result of a command-directed investigation following allegations of personal
misconduct,” the news release said.
Because of the administrative nature of a commanddirected investigation, the
Air Force is prohibited from
releasing more details.
David Smith, chief of public affairs at the Air Education and Training Command
at Randolph, said he did not
know why Solo lost faith in
Hlatky.
“I don’t have much that I
can say because it’s an ad-
ministrative action. I can tell
you that it is not at all related
to the F-35 program,” Smith
said.
Hlatky was the first commander of the 33rd as it transitioned to the home of the
F-35 training school. He took
command during the same
ceremony that changed the
former operational F-15 Air
Combat Command unit to
a training unit under the
Air Education and Training
Command’s 19th Air Force.
Col. Andrew J. Toth took
over command of 33rd on
Thursday. He previously
served as the executive officer to the commander of Air
Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, Va.
“He is an F-15 pilot and
an Air Force Academy graduate,” Smith said.
Marine Col. Arthur Tomassetti, vice commander
of the joint training school
at Eglin, could not assume
command because the position must be filled by an Air
Force officer.
Hlatky will remain at Eglin for the time being pending reassignment.
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Page | THE EGLIN DISPATCH | Friday, April 8, 2011
Commissioners OK funding
for veterans court coordinator
By Kari C. Barlow
Florida Freedom Newspapers
CRESTVIEW —Okaloosa
County commissioners on
Tuesday approved a parttime position for a coordinator of a proposed veterans
court.
County Commissioners voted unanimously to
fund the 20-hour a week job,
which will pay a part-time
salary of $17,992.
The veterans court, proposed by Okaloosa County
Judge T. Patterson Maney,
is a hybrid drug and mental health court designed to
serve veterans struggling
with addictions, mental illness and various disorders.
“We are very excited
that Judge Maney has taken on this,” Robin Wright,
trial court administrator for
the First Judicial Circuit,
told the board.
The position is funded
from the county’s court innovation trust fund.
“We’re thinking it’s going
to be a short-term position,
anywhere from 18 months to
two years,” Wright said.
The veterans court will
be modeled after the state’s
drug courts and will be located at the courthouse annex in Shalimar.
A coordinator is needed
to get the court up and running. Eventually, the position
will be dissolved and those
duties will be transferred to
the county’s current drug
court manager.
Wright said she would
like to see the veterans court
begin hearing cases before
the end of the year.
Commissioners balked at
Wright’s request for an addi-
tional $2,500 to $5,000 to buy
office equipment and other
supplies for the position.
She told the board the
money would be used to
purchase a new computer,
fax machine and various
office supplies for the new
coordinator.
Commissioner Don
Amunds questioned the necessity of the expense.
“There’s nothing wrong
with using a used computer,”
he said. “We do it all the time
at the county. … I just think
we’re going down a bad road
here.”
Amunds said the board
needs to be “good stewards”
of the court innovation fund.
Commissioners asked
Wright to present them
with a list of specific equipment and costs at their April
19 meeting in Fort Walton
Beach.
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By MONA MOORE
Florida Freedom Newspapers
SHALIMAR — Combat
veterans soon will have
daily access to counseling
services when Okaloosa
County’s first-ever Veterans Affairs Center opens.
The center will be at 6
11th Avenue behind Burger King in Shalimar. It is
expected to open in a few
months.
In the meantime, Clifford Harris, team leader
at the VA Vet Center, and
counselors from the center
are mobile. They work out
of a Veteran Affairs bus at
their future home or at local events.
The team also borrows
space from JobsPlus. They
spend Wednesdays at the
JobsPlus Crestview location and Thursdays at the
Fort Walton Beach branch.
Hours of operation are
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
“We want to try to
get into the community
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Pensacola Vet Center at 850-456-5886.
and make our presence
known,” Harris said. “We
welcome walk-ins. That’s
where a lot of our business
comes from.”
Harris’ team consists of
two counselors, one family therapist and an office
manager.
Veterans centers provide different ser vices
than local VA clinics. The
centers specialize in counseling and treatments of
mental illnesses like posttraumatic stress disorder
and drug abuse to veterans
who have been in combat.
The center also provides bereavement counseling and sexual trauma
counseling, Harris said.
The first centers opened
in 1979 when it appeared
Vietnam veterans were
having trouble adjusting
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“We provide readjustment counseling to veterans who have been in a war
zone, doesn’t matter which
war zone they participated
in,” Harris said.
The services also are
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All services are free.
There is no co-pay and no
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“A veteran can come in
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The clinic is another
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help in any area. Counselors answer questions and
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Harris’ biggest goal is
to let veterans know the
services are finally available in Okaloosa County.
Before the Shalimar location, veterans had to travel
to Pensacola or neighboring counties in Alabama
for counseling.
As the demand for services increases, the hours
will expand.
“We’re still trying to develop a caseload and certainly we don’t see enough
(veterans) yet. We’ve been
handicapped by the building issue,” Harris said.
“We’re just anxious to …
get it open.”
Friday, April 8, 2011 | THE EGLIN DISPATCH | Page Freedom Classic honors ‘fighting men and women’
By TRACY CONNER
Contributing Writer
DESTIN – It was just
after lunch, a breeze was
blowing and the sun was
shining, and Harris Carr
was getting ready to tee
off.
He’s a gunnery sergeant who is helping his
fellow Marines stand up
the F-35 program at Eglin
Air Force Base, and this
outing – 18 holes of golf
on a weekday afternoon
– was a thank you for his
service.
“You’ve got airmen out
here, you’ve got soldiers,
you’ve got sailors, you’ve
got Marines,” Col. Sal
Nodjomian said of the
players taking part in the
Freedom Classic Golf
Tournament held April 4
at the Indian Bayou Golf
Course.
“To buy an entire golf
course for a day and invite
160-plus military men
and women to play and to
buy them lunch too, we
just cannot express our
gratitude enough,” said
Nodjomian, commander
of Eglin’s 96th Air Base
Wing.
Most of the golfers
were from the enlisted
ranks, some were playing
for the first time and all
of them were “enjoying
the camaraderie and the
chance to mingle with
some of our community
leaders,” the colonel said,
adding that he himself
was not getting out on the
greens that day.
“We wanted to let some
of the more junior airmen
get out here and experience something special,”
Nodjomian explained.
The Freedom Classic
is an annual event
that’s been held for five
years running to honor
America’s “fighting
men and women,” said
the organizer, Buddy
Runnels.
“We just thought that
in some small way that
we needed to honor what
they do to defend our constitution, our freedom, our
democracy and our way of
life,” Runnels said. “What
we try to do is get the enlisted men and women out
here for a day of golf and
fun. The military brass
and the officers often get
to play golf, but the enlisted folks don’t.”
Northwest Florida’s
military commanders
handpicked the service
members who played
in the Freedom Classic.
They enjoyed a barbecue
Tracy Conner | Contributing photographer
Col. Sal Nojomian (center), the 96th Air Base wing commander, came out to the Freedom Classic Golf Tournament to cheer on the players, but opted not to play himself.
“We wanted to let some of the more junior airmen get out
here and experience something special,” said Nojomian.
lunch, listened to some
live music and speeches
and then climbed into golf
carts, headed for Indian
Bayou’s Seminole,
Choctaw and Creek
courses.
“This is awesome.
I’ve never been a part of
something like this,” said
Justin Fahn of the Army’s
7th Special Forces, a
sergeant first class who
moved to the Emerald
Coast in August. “I think
it’s great that someone
is paying attention to
what we do” to serve the
country.
The 2011 Freedom
Classic was held in memory of Col. W.W. Hurt. The
tournament sponsors are
Runnels, Freedom Alliance, Real Estate International, Destiny Worship
Center, Hall and Runnels
Law Firm, Indian Bayou
Golf Course, Alliance
Management Co., 98 BBQ
and the Lily Bell Hope
Foundation.
Page | THE EGLIN DISPATCH | Friday, April 8, 2011
Month of the Military Child
symposium set for April 28
By TRACY CONNER
Contributing Writer
Activities at Eglin Air
Force Base on April 28 will
celebrate the Month of the
Military Child, now in its 25th
year.
“A recent conversation
with the Eglin Library staff
about a possible story hour
for families quickly turned
into a bigger venture,” says
Maryann Makekau, one of
the organizers of the daylong
event, which includes “a symposium for the heart, mind
and soul of deployment.”
The symposium will run
from 8 to 11 a.m. at the 9th
Special Operations Squadron Auditorium and feature
speeches, panel discussions,
refreshments and door
prizes.
The three keynote speakers are Makekau, who lives
in Fort Walton Beach and is
the author of the children’s
books “When Your Dad Goes
to War” and “When Your
Mom Goes to War;” Wendy
Hoffman, national president of Blue Star Mothers of
America Inc.; and Deborah
L. Kern, a licensed clinical
social worker and Air Force
wife whose father was a
Marine.
Makekau, who has a degree in psychology, uses a
“whimsical approach with
insightful tools to help bring
families closer in challenging times,” the promotional
materials say.
Hoffman, the mother of a
U.S. soldier, travels the country on behalf of the Blue Star
Mothers, a veterans’ service organization founded in
1942. Kern incorporates her
personal and professional
experiences with post-traumatic stress disorder into
her speeches to “help others
navigate … PTSD’s wrath,”
her biographical material
says.
Panelists will include
experts on family advocacy,
deployment, airmen and
family readiness and other
topics. Members of the audience will be encouraged to
interact and ask questions,
according to the symposium
agenda.
Later in the day, from 4 to
6 p.m., Makekau will host “A
Little Patriots” celebration
at the Eglin Youth Center.
Prizes will be awarded in
a coloring contest – for an
entry form, visit the Eglin
Library.
For more information
about the local events being held to commemorate
the 25th Anniversary of
the Month of the Military
Child, call 882-3462 or visit
Makekau’s web sites at
www.thelittlepinkbooks.com
or www.thelittlepatriotbooks.
com.
Members sought for AFMC marathon team
Air Force Materiel Command will receive reimbursement
from AFMC Services. Each
Services Marketing
member will be granted permissive temporary duty staWRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio tus in accordance with Air
— Air Force Materiel Com- Force Instruction 36-3003,
mand is currently seeking Military Leave Program.
As part of the AFMC
members for its command
team, members’ participaAir Force Marathon team.
A total of 10 active-duty tion can earn points tallied
members will be selected toward the Major Command
to participate. Three male Challenge. The winning
and two female runners will command earns possession
be selected for both the full- of a prestigious traveling
marathon and half-mara- trophy. The top male and
female Air Force finishers
thon races.
Individuals interested in in all age groups and both
participating should submit the half- and full-marathon
an Air Force Form 303 to races earn points for their
their local installation’s fit- commands.
The MAJCOM Challenge
ness center director no later
is an Air Force-wide compethan April 30, 2011.
Team members selected tition open to active-duty and
activated Guard and Reserve
service members. The challenge pits uniformed members of the service against
one another in a friendly
competition determined by
participation points and race
performance.
Headquarters AFMC
Services will appoint a selection board to evaluate
nominations for the AFMC
team based on the AF Form
303 content. The board will
make its recommendations
for final approval. Individuals will be selected based upon most recent experience
and fastest times.
For more infor mation please contact Tech.
Sgt. Hugh Word at (937)
656-0887.
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mile lake to lake hike between Karick Lake & Hurricane Lake. Can be done
in one day or you can backpack/camp and do in two
days. Details: 850-982-4544.
The group has several acApr. 10: 7 a.m. early
tivities planned for April.
morning hike near Milton.
Apr. 9 – 10: 9 a.m. an 11 Details: 850-776-5147 or
From staff reports
Florida Trail group
activities
850-434-8861.
Apr. 15 - 23: 7 a.m. Join
the Florida Trail Association
for the Panhandle Trace..a
series of nine day hikes from
Ft Pickens to the Alabama
line north of Blackwater
River State Forest. Do all
nine days or part. Details:
(850) 776-5147.
Apr. 17: 7 a.m. an early
morning hike near Navarre.
Details: 850-776-5147 or
850-434-8861.
Apr. 23: 8:30 a.m. a ten
mile hike near DeFuniak
Springs. Eglin recreation
permit required. Details:
850-682-6098 or http://tiny.
cc/o0lq3.
Apr. 24: 7 a.m. an early
morning hike near Milton.
Details: 850-776-5147 or
850-434-8861.
Apr. 26: 6 p.m. monthly
meeting of the Florida Trail
Association at Ed’s Home-
town Seafood & Steaks in
Niceville. Visitors welcome.
Details: 850-546-1172 or
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your canoe or kayak for a
paddle on Juniper Creek in
Santa Rosa County. Details:
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Reservist selected for
AF beach volleyball team
By LAUREN SAGE REINLIE
Florida Freedom Newspapers
By Tech. Sgt.
Samuel King Jr.
V
919th Special Operations Wing
Public Affairs
DUKE FIELD — A 919th
Special Operations Wing Airman was recently chosen to
play on the Air Force men’s
beach volleyball team.
Tech. Sgt. David Dean,
919th Maintenance Squadron, was selected for the
second year in a row and is
looking to capitalize on his
strong second place performance at last year’s Armed
Forces Tournament.
The 33-year-old began
playing beach volleyball as a
high school freshman at age
15. A friend encouraged him
to try out for the team, but
he was cut.
“That gave me a lot of
motivation to make it the
following year and I’ve been
playing ever since,” said the
Keller, Texas native.
Since that fateful day,
he’s gone on to play in more
than 40 semi-professional
tournaments and even one
pro tournament. He played
well in many local and regional challenges, but said
he doesn’t plan on quitting
his day job any time soon
based on the tough competition at the pro level.
To prepare for the Air
Force selection, the 13-year
veteran said he tried to play
as much as possible. He
trained and played pick-up
games at the Boardwalk in
Fort Walton Beach.
The Duke Field reservist
said he sees a connection
between volleyball and life
on the “line” maintaining
Combat Talons.
“They both require
knowledge of what to do and
the timing and skills necessary to do it,” he said. “Then
patience, because both can
Rowley fought in three wars
Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr. | USAF
Tech. Sgt. David Dean, 919th Maintenance Squadron, goes
up for a spike April 3 at Eglin’s Post’l Point. Sergeant Dean,
an Air Reserve Technician at Duke Field, was recently
selected for the second year in a row for the Air Force
men’s beach volleyball team. His team placed second in the
armed forces tournament last year. A first or second place
finish in the tournament this year (April 12-15) allows them
to play in the World Military Games in Brazil.
be difficult.”
He and his partner, Capt.
Joseph Gross, Air Force
Special Operations Command, have to be in the top
two teams at the upcoming
Armed Forces Beach Volleyball Champion, April 12-15.
From there, they could represent the U.S. at the 5th Annual World Military Games
in Brazil in July.
He’ll take the lessons
learned from last year’s
tournament to help him advance this year.
“Never underestimate
how far playing with a lot of
heart can take you,” he said.
“The best thing about volleyball is competition, and it
doesn’t hurt that you’re out
in the sun and on the beach
either.”
ALPARAISO — One morning
in the fall of 1942, 20-year-old
Lester Rowley dressed for target practice.
He had just joined the Army Air
Corps and was training in Apalachicola
as a turret gunner. Soon he would be
shipped overseas to fly combat missions
in World War II.
He could not have known then what
an eventful flight he was about to take.
Rowley, now 89 and living in Valparaiso, said that in all his years and all
the people he has met, no one has had
the same experience he had in the air
that day.
Later that morning, Rowley hopped
in the back of the cockpit of an AT6
Texan. The plane was normally used to
tow banners used as targets, but for that
flight Rowley and the pilot would use the
plane to practice shooting.
Rowley was standing in the back of
the cockpit with his head in the open air.
He was wearing his helmet, which at
the time was only of a brown cloth cap
that wrapped down around his ears and
latched under his chin.
After he finished, Rowley remembered the pilot glancing back to see if he
was done. Then the pilot quickly flipped
the plane upside down into a wingover, a
common maneuver.
Rowley didn’t have a seat belt. He
tried to hold on, gripping and curling his
toes for as long as he could.
“I had no belt or nothing to hold me
in,” he said. “So out I went.”
Launched into the air headfirst,
Rowley said he didn’t have much time to
think.
He pulled the ripcord. The parachute
shot open, jerked his body from his free
fall and then dropped him unscathed into
the Gulf of Mexico 2,500 feet below. He
said air rescue crews plucked him from
the water just minutes later.
“I think I’m about the only one in the
Air Force that got dumped out of an airplane,” Rowley said. “It’s kind of a silly
thing to have happened.”
However, the near disaster didn’t give
him any second thoughts about a mili-
DEVON RAVINe | Daily News
Valparaiso resident Lester Rowley holds a model of a B-25 Mitchell in his home in
Valparaiso. Rowley flew 61 combat missions as a turret gunner during World War II.
tary career.
“I never thought anything about it,”
he said. “It was our job.”
Rowley, who grew up in Lansing,
Mich., served 36 years in the military. He
fought in three wars and worked his way
up to technical sergeant.
Rowley and his wife Patricia, who
passed away 12 years ago, had five children. Four of them live in the area and
the fifth is in Slidell, La.
These days Rowley spends much of
his time at a work table where he and
his wife used to sit, he said. The table is
piled high with papers and small projects
— he enjoys tinkering with wood. He
and his son Bruce own Rowley’s Router
Works in Fort Walton Beach.
Rowley flew 61 combat missions during World War II as a turret gunner with
the 57th Bomb Wing. He and his crew
flew B25G airplanes out of North Africa,
Corsica and Italy.
During the war, Rowley said the
plane was your life. There were no tents,
so he and fellow airmen slept in the
plane or under it.
He shot down five enemy planes. His
planes were shot at, too.
A .50-caliber bullet and pieces of flak
metal from when his plane was hit are
nestled in among his rock collections at
his home.
In Corsica, his plane had to make a
crash landing.
“It was either jump out or ride in with
no landing gear,” he said.
His crew chose to ride it out.
“When the plane came down, we all
went popping out in different directions,
running like mad” because they feared it
would catch fire, he said.
Luckily, no one was hurt.
He wasn’t so lucky in Vietnam. He
earned a Purple Heart when he survived
a car-bomb attack on his living quarters.
The thing about the Purple Heart,
Rowley said, is that it’s the medal nobody wants to get.
“You have to be in the right place at
the wrong time or the wrong place at the
right time,” he said.
The place was his bunk in the back of
a Navy hospital in Saigon on the morning of Dec. 4, 1965.
Rowley was sound asleep. Suddenly,
the wall behind his bed was all around
him and the window had crashed over
his head.
Someone had driven a car into the
front entrance of the hospital and set off
a bomb.
“It’s not a good way to get woken up
on a Sunday,” he joked.
Rowley didn’t know it at the time, but
he had pieces of glass embedded in his
back.
He pulled himself from the rubble,
got dressed, grabbed his camera and
Special to the Daily News
A young Lester Rowley is seen in uniform in this family photo.
went out to see what was happening.
Businesses around the hospital were
damaged from the blast. Rowley said he
helped people out of the buildings and
made sure everyone was safe. It wasn’t
until that afternoon that he realized he
had been injured.
“That’s just what Americans would
do,” he said. “Jump in and help other
people.”
Rowley is the last of the World War II
veterans in his local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, he said.
His chapter president has arranged a
reunion for him at the group’s meeting
at Bass Pro Shops in Destin. Rowley will
meet the pilot who dumped him from the
AT6 Texan plane nearly 69 years ago.
“I’ll probably ask him ‘Where have
you been? What have you done?’ ” he
said. “It’s good to get together with fellows that have been through the same
stuff that I have.”
Youth served: Teen takes
leadership to new heights
By Adam Duckworth
919th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
DUKE FIELD — Alix Bikker is only 14 years old, but the
Niceville High School freshman is quickly becoming a
positive influence in the military community. When she’s
not busy playing the French horn in symphonic band or
participating in varsity track, she takes part in the Air
Force Reserve Teen Leadership Council.
According to its
mission statement,
the AFR Teen Leadership Council is a
nationwide group
of AFR dependant
teens that provide a
youth perspective in
the planning, implementation and evaluation of AFR youth
programs.
Alix is no stranger
to the life of a military dependant. Her
father, Lt. Col. David
Bikker, is an Air Force
reservist assigned to
Adam Duckworth | USAF
the 5th Special OperaThe daughter of a 919th Special
tions Squadron as a
Operations Wing reservist, Alix
combat systems opBikker is applying her knowledge
erator. The squadron
and experiences as a military famis a subordinate unit
of the 919th Special
ily member to expand and develop
Operations Wing.
opportunities for teens through“I know what it’s
out Air Force Reserve Command.
like to move around
and have my father
deployed,” she said. “I want to help other teens in the
same situation.”
Alix became involved with the AFR Teen Leadership Council in the summer of 2010 when her mother
informed her about the Teen Leadership Summit where
she learned leadership principles and assisted veterans.
There, she along with 300 youth was invited to apply for
membership in the council. From the hundreds invited,
Alix was one of 16 actually accepted.
Alix does not take her role in the council passively.
Since last summer, she has attended several Yellow Ribbon Events - a pre and post-deployment information
seminar for Airmen and their families. She also maintains
a web site for the council (afrtlc.tripod.com) while making preparations to teach 300 people about first aid on
the battlefield over the summer. In the meantime, she is
developing a proposal for free child care to Air Force Reserve spouses who are attending college.
For someone who isn’t even old enough to receive a
driver’s license, one may wonder where she gets her
inspiration.
The answer to that question is simple enough.
“My father. He’s my role model.”
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Disability evaluation reforms seen falling short
After a three-year effort
by the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs
to improve the process, ill
and injured military members still endure a long,
complex and often contentious evaluation system
when seeking disability
ratings and compensation
for service-related health
conditions.
The process has been
made more convenient and
even shortened by an average six to eight months under a pilot program jointly
run by the two departments
and which continues to be
expanded to more military
bases.
Yet the Defense Depart-
ment’s personnel chief and
the Army’s surgeon general
both have concluded that
the “integrated” disability
evaluation system, or IDES,
remains a disappointment.
More dramatic changes,
they suggest, have to occur
or else wounded warriors
and other disabled service members still will be
saddled with a process not
befitting their sacrifices to
serve the country.
Clifford L. Stanley, undersecretary of defense for
personnel and readiness,
first revealed the depth of
his concern to the annual
Military Health System conference in January. Stanley
said he had been “raising
Cain” over
the time
that injured
and ill
members
still spend
in “limbo”
awaiting
medical appointments
and medical review
board decisions.
Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, the Army’s top
medical officer, told the
House military personnel
subcommittee in March
that the pilot run by the
two departments since late
2007 “remains complex and
adversarial.”
Soldiers, he said, “still
undergo dual adjudication
where the military rates
only unfitting conditions
and the VA rates all service-connected conditions.”
That produces separate
ratings “confusing to
soldiers and leaves a serious misperception about
Army’s appreciation of
wounded and injured soldiers (and their) medical
Tom
Philpott
and emotional situation.”
During an interview in
his Pentagon office recently, Stanley said he agrees
with criticism of IDES,
although the pilot continues
to be improved as it replaces, base by base, the far
more flawed legacy DES.
The legacy system, still
used for 40 percent of members seeking disability ratings, requires each service
to conduct its own medical
evaluation to identify only
“unfitting” conditions and
award them a rating. If
the rating is 30 percent or
higher, the member is retired and draws a lifetime
annuity and other retiree
benefits, including access
to military medical care.
If the rating is below
30 percent, the member is
separated, usually with a
lump sum severance payment. Veterans then go to
VA where a new evaluation
process begins, this time
of every service-related
condition found. VA ratings
and compensation usually
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Eglin Briefs
torcycle Safety Rally from
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 21 at
the Eglin Heritage Hall. The
rally is open to all bikers with
access to Eglin. It is mandatory for all military riders
stationed at Eglin. Sign up
is available at the A3 website
or at the event.
The event consists of
Eglin’s Safety Offices guest speakers, briefings, a
will host the 4th Annual Mo- range course and group ride.
From staff reports
Inside the
gates
Annual Motorcycle
Safety Rally
For more information, call ing from an aviation mishap)
882-7353 or see your unit mo- that may be related to your
torcycle safety coordinator. service in helicopters. Back
pain afflicts approximately
20 percent of the general
population, but studies have
If you are or were a U.S. indicated military helicopter
military helicopter pilot or crews are reporting unusualcrewmember, the Depart- ly high rates of back pain and
ment of Defense wants to related injuries. A Departknow if you suffered back/ ment of Defense-sponsored
neck pain or injury (not result- study is under way to better
DoD Survey
understand the mechanisms
of those injuries, the impact
such injuries may have on
operational readiness, safety
and quality of life, and to identify the best options available
for reducing such injuries in
the future.
Researchers for the Office of the Secretary of Defense are urging current and
former military pilots and
crewmembers to complete
this short online survey at
www.DoDhelicopterseatsurvey.com. Completed surveys
are anonymous and should
only be taken once. If you participated in a similar January
2010 Navy and Marine Corps
survey, do not complete this
survey, as the results will be
See briefs page 14
disability From page 12
are higher than the service
allowed.
Back in 2007, it took
an average of 540 days to
clear both DES processes.
The pilot program to integrate them uses one set
of medical examinations
done by VA doctors to VA
standards. It has honed the
total process time down to
an average of just over 300
days. Members leave service with both their military
and VA ratings set and with
their compensation, usually
based on the VA, starting
immediately.
Stanley and Schoomaker
agree that IDES, where
it operates, has been an
improvement. Yet both
leaders say it doesn’t go
far enough to simplify and
accelerate the process for
the 26,000 members moving through it at any given
time. Stanley has had a
working group studying its
weaknesses. Recommendations to improve it will be
presented to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and VA
Secretary Eric Shinseki at
the end of April.
The ideal system, Stanley said, would produce “a
single evaluation based
upon one medical record,”
and over which Defense
and VA officials “have
joined hands and made
a decision: ‘Here’s the
disability rating. Period.’
That’s what we’re looking
for … That’s nirvana.”
But such a change, presuming the one and only
rating was set by VA, would
make many more military
members eligible to be
disabled “retirees,” thus
driving up DOD retirement
and medical costs. Neither
Stanley nor Schoomaker
have addressed, at least
publicly, the possible cost
consequences of their
vision.
What both appear to
be embracing is a key recommendation of the 2007
Dole-Shalala Commission,
which Congress and the
Department of Defense
choose to ignore because
of the costs involved. DoleShalala, formerly called the
President’s Commission on
Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors, was
formed after the scandal involving neglected wounded
warriors at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center.
It recommended getting “DOD completely out
of the disability business”
by giving VA sole responsibility for setting disability ratings and awarding
compensation. It urged
replacing “confusing parallel systems” of DOD and VA
ratings with a single simple
and more generous system.
Congress instead passed
more modest reforms to
integrate the two processes
partially. In the pilot, DOD
and VA use the same set of
exams. Both ratings occur
while members remain on
active duty. But IDES still
allows the military to rate
only “unfitting conditions”
for determining retirement
eligibility and the VA to rate
all conditions.
During the interview,
Stanley said this dual adjudication process keeps the
system too long and complex, and shakes the bond of
trust members should have
with their service branch as
they leave for civilian life.
Stanley isn’t persuaded,
as some IDES experts are,
that the law would have
to be changed to allow the
services to use more than
just “unfitting conditions”
to set disability ratings for
determining retirement
eligibility.
While that debate continues internally, Stanley is
pressing IDES officials to
take more steps to cut down
wait times for members,
and at the same time ensure that their rights to due
process are protected.
“At no time in this process are we talking about
going faster than they want
to go,” Stanley said. “We’re
not trying to rush people
out. We’re talking about
respecting them (and) giving them an opportunity to
go through a process that is
not dehumanizing.”
Tom Philpott is a syndicated
columnist. You may write to him
at Military Update, P.O. Box
231111, Centreville, VA 201201111; or at milupdate@aol.com.
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1:00-3:30P
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Class meets: 5/20, 5/21, 5/22, 6/3, 6/4, 6/5, 6/10, 6/11, & 6/12.
Purchase textbook prior to first class.
HUM: CONTMPRY PERSPCT 3CC 5:00-7:30P
F
Hurlburt
9:00A-12:00P SU
1:00-3:30P
SU
Class meets: 7/8, 7/9, 7/10, 7/15, 7/17, 7/22, 7/23, & 7/24.
Purchase textbook prior to first class.
INTRO WORLD RELIGIONS 3CC 5:00-7:30P
F
Hurlburt
9:00A-12:00P SU
1:00-3:30P
SU
Class meets: 5/20, 5/21, 5/22, 6/3, 6/4, 6/5, 6/10, 6/11, & 6/12.
Purchase textbook prior to first class.
INTRO WORLD RELIGIONS 3CC 5:00-7:30P
F
Hurlburt
9:00A-12:00P SU
1:00-3:30P
SU
Class meets: 7/8, 7/9, 7/10, 7/15, 7/16, 7/17, 7/22, 7/23, & 7/24.
Purchase textbook prior to first class.
GENERAL BIOLOGY
4CC 4:30-8:35P
F
Hurlburt
8:30A-2:35P
S
Class meets: 5/20 - 6/18. Purchase textbooks prior to first class.
EARTH SCIENCE
4CC 4:30-8:45P
F
Eglin
8:00A-12:15P S
Class meets: 5/20 - 6/18. Purchase textbooks prior to first class.
EARTH SCIENCE
4CC 4:30-9:05P
F
Hurlburt
8:30A-2:05P
S
Class meets: 6/24 - 7/23. Purchase textbook prior to first class.
SESSION 1 � MAY 9 TO AUGUST 2, 2011
MAC1105 75057 COLLEGE ALGEBRA
3CC 12:00-1:15P
MTW Hurlburt
Class begins 5/16/2011.
MAT0002A 75791 COLLEGE PREP MATH
2PC 5:00-8:45P
TR
Eglin
This class is meant for students wishing complete MAT0002A and
MAT0024 in one semester. Students wishing to take both courses
should also register for MAT0024 - 75792. Meets: 5/09 - 5/31.
MAT0002A 75802 COLLEGE PREP MATH
2PC 5:00-6:15P
TR
Hurlburt
This Class begins 5/17/2011.
MAT0024 75792 COLLEGE PREP ALGEBRA 4PC 5:00-8:45P
TR
Eglin
This class is meant for students wishing to complete MAT0002A and
MAT0024 in one semester. Students wishing to take both courses
should also register for MAT0002A - 75791. Meets: 6/01 - 7/29.
SESSION 1 � MAY 9 TO AUGUST 2, 2011 (continued)
MAT0024 75058 COLLEGE PREP ALGEBRA
Class begins 5/17.
MAT1033A 75373 INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
MAT1033A 75059 INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
Class begins 5/16/2011.
STA2023 75801 STATISTICS
Class begins 5/16/2011.
4PC 6:30-8:25P
TWR
Hurlburt
4CC 12:00-1:05P
4CC 4:30-6:15P
MTWR
Eglin
MTW Hurlburt
3CC 11:00 -11:55A
MTWR Hurlburt
FAST TRACK SESSION 2 � MAY 9 TO JUNE 20, 2011
MAN2300 75787 PERSONNEL MGMT
3CC 5:00-6:35P
TR
Hurlburt
Blended class/text-based DL. Class meets: 5/10 - 6/16.
ENC1101 75382 ENGLISH COMPOSITION I 3CC 4:30-7:50P
TR
Hurlburt
ENC1101 75372 ENGLISH COMPOSITION I 3CC 5:00-8:20P
MW
Eglin
SPC1608 75375 SPEECH
3CC 5:00-8:20P
MW
Eglin
SPC1608 75432 SPEECH
3CC 5:00-8:20P
MW Hurlburt
CIS1000 75780 INTRO COMPUTER SCIENCE 3CC 5:00-8:25P
MW Hurlburt
HUM1020 75569 HUMANITIES INTRO
3CC 5:00-8:15P
MW
Eglin
PHI2010 75652 INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY
3CC 5:00-8:10P
MW Hurlburt
PHI2600 75630 INTRO TO ETHICS
3CC 5:00-8:10P
TR
Hurlburt
MAC1105 75415 COLLEGE ALGEBRA
3CC 5:00-8:10P
MW
Eglin
DEP2004 75803 HUMAN GRWTH/DVLPMT 3CC 5:30-8:50P
W
Hurlburt
Blended class/on-line DL. Class meets: 5/11 - 6/15.
PSY2012 75812 PSYCHOLOGY
3CC 5:30-8:50P
M
Hurlburt
Blended class/on-line DL. Meets: 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13 & 6/20.
SLS1101 75374 COLLEGE SUCCESS
3CC 5:00-8:20P
MW
Eglin
SLS1101 75384 COLLEGE SUCCESS
3CC 5:00-8:20P
TR
Hurlburt
SYG2000 75819 SOCIOLOGY
3CC 4:30-7:45P
M
Hurlburt
Blended class/text-based DL. Meets: 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13 & 6/20.
FAST TRACK SESSION 3 � JUNE 21 TO AUGUST 2, 2011
GEB1214 75673 BUSINESS/SUPERV TRMEN 2CC 5:00-7:30P
MW Hurlburt
MAN2021 75788 MANAGEMENT
3CC 5:00-6:30P
TR
Hurlburt
Blended class/text-based DL. Class meets: 6/21 - 8/2.
ENC1102 75428 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II 3CC 4:30-7:40P
TR
Hurlburt
ENC1102 75414 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II 3CC 5:00-8:40P
MW
Eglin
SPC1608 75418 SPEECH
3CC 5:00-8:40P
MW
Eglin
CGS1550 75779 INTRO TO THE WWW
3CC 5:00-8:25P
MW Hurlburt
PHI2010 75430 INTRODUCTION TO PHIL
3CC 5:00-8:25P
MW Hurlburt
PHI2600 75653 INTRO TO ETHICS
3CC 5:00-8:00P
TR
Hurlburt
REL2300 75417 INTRO WRLD RELIGIONS
3CC 5:00-8:10P
TR
Eglin
STA2023 75419 STATISTICS
3CC 5:00-8:25P
MW
Eglin
DEP2004 75804 HUMAN GRWTH/DVLPMT 3CC 5:30-9:30P
M
Hurlburt
Blended class/on-line DL. Meets: 6/27, 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, & 8/1.
PSY2012 75431 PSYCHOLOGY
3CC 5:30-8:50P
W
Hurlburt
Blended class/on-line DL. Class meets: 6/22 - 7/27.
SLS1101 75831 COLLEGE SUCCESS
3CC 5:00-8:05P
TR
Hurlburt
ENROLL APRIL 11 & 12
8:00 am to 4:30 pm at Eglin Center
8:00 am to 6:00 pm at Hurlburt Center
ENROLL APRIL 13 - JUNE 21
Eglin & Hurlburt Centers - Normal Business Hours
NWFSC prohibits any form of discrimination on the basis of age, color, ethnicity, disability,
marital status, national origin, race, religion, or gender in any of its programs, services, or activities.
Day Codes: M - Monday; T - Tuesday; W - Wednesday; R - Thursday; F - Friday; S - Saturday; U - Sunday
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merged with this study.
The survey will be available online from April 1
through April 30.
Spring Fashion
Show and Luncheon
The Annual Spring Fashion Show and Luncheon will
feature the latest clothing
styles and accessories from
the Eglin Exchange. The
show and lunch is at 11 a.m.
April 21 at the All Services
Club at Eglin AFB.
Marinated chicken,
grilled vegetables, garlic mashed potatoes, rolls,
beverage and tables sweet.
Interested guests invited.
The cost is $12. Reservations are due by April 14, call
651-1453.
Safety expo set
for April 14
The Air Armament Center Safety Office hosts a
safety expo from 10 a.m. - 3
p.m. April 14 at Luke’s Place.
The focus areas presented
are the latest technologies
in occupational safety and
health, PPE, arc protection,
hazmat, system safety engineering, training, composite
risk management, tools and
equipment. The free event
is open to all Team Eglin
personnel. For information,
call 882-7353.
Eglin Caring for
People Forum
The 96th Force Support
Squadron needs approximately 100 volunteers for
an upcoming “Caring for
People” forum May 12. The
event, which lasts from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., will address quality of life issues/concerns.
The topics will be tracked at
the wing level, and Air Force
issues will be forwarded to
major commands and then
to AF level. All Eglin personnel are welcome to include
retirees, dependents, etc.
To register, find the link at
www.eglinforcesupport.com
or call 882-4319.
pate in the Executive Leadership Development Program.
The program begins with a
September orientation. This
program is designed specifically for highly-motivated, active duty officers who have
demonstrated outstanding leadership ability, commitment to public service,
integrity, and who have an
interest in moving into senior
management positions. Active duty military personnel
must apply to AFPC Officer
Developmental Education no
later than May 31. For further
questions on program applications, contact your local
personnel section’s customer
support.
Chapel News
Chapel community
center garden party
For all those who love to
garden come out and help
beautify the Chapel Community Center’s flower garden
at 10 a.m. April 16 at Bldg 605.
Donations of perennial flowThe Department of De- ers in various colors, such as
fense is looking for active duty chrysanthemums, wild peAir Force officers to partici- tunias, wild sage, miniature
Executive
Leadership Program
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Monogramming
Embroidable bags,
bears & other items
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Uniforms
Nametapes
Dog tags
Rank & Patches
Custom Patches
Sewing of Uniform
Caps
Other Accessories
Teen Ministry
The Eglin Chapel will be
hosting a Protestant Teens
for Christ Ministry for all preteens 6-8th grade and teens
9-12th grade which will meet
every 1st and 3rd Sunday of
the month at the Eglin Youth
Center at noon. There will be
quiet study for middle school
students and also for 9-11th
grade. All 12th grade students will have a leadership
study. All studies will end with
group activities, fun games,
and much more. Volunteers
are needed to assist. For
more information, contact
coordinators Weyana Cook
at weyana.cook@cox.net or
Michael Coats at michael.
coats.ctr@eglin.af.mil.
Catholic Stations
of the Cross
10 online at www.eglinforcesupport.com. Entries are also
available at the Club. Full
contest details and timeline
The St. Michael Catho- are available online and at
lic Community will have the Club. 678-5127
Stations of the Cross and
Lenten Meal at 5 p.m. on
Wednesday, April 13 at the
West Gate Chapel. For information, call Susan Huberty
The Eglin Beach Park, loat 882-7320.
cated on Okaloosa Island at
the foot of the Destin Bridge,
is open daily, April 1 through
October 31. The facility is
open to all authorized access
The Eglin Chapel Prot- to Eglin facilities and their
estant Community will host guests. The park is open
Lenten Devotionals and seven days a week, 9 a.m.-5
lunches at 11:30 a.m. on p.m. during April with hours
Wednesdays April 13 and 20 extended to 8 p.m. beginat the Chapel Center Annex. ning May 1. Admission fee
Volunteers are needed to is $3 per vehicle. A seasonal
provide homemade soup and parking pass is available for
bread.
purchase at Outdoor Rec for
$75 if purchased in April or
May. The park features direct access to the gulf with
four large pavilions, central
deck area and two sets of restrooms with showers. One
pavilion is available for reservations through Outdoor Rec.
Attention Eglin Club Reservation fee is $200 with
members: your suggestions a $50 reimbursable cleaning
for a new Club name are beSee briefs page 16
ing accepted through April
Eglin Beach Park
Now Open
Protestant Lenten
Devotionals, Lunches
Eglin
Services
Name your Club
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roses, marigolds, basically
any plant that can handle
full sun would be much appreciated. Please no shrubbery, bushes or trees as this
all will be planted in flower
boxes. Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by Eglin’s
Pagans. For more information or to sign up as a volunteer contact SSgt Heaton.
(96 MDSS/SGSM, 883-9158,
linsey.heaton@eglin.af.mil )
God’s grace
changes everything!
Join us for worship beginning April 10.
We have the friendly knowlegable staff to help you
finish all your outdoor projects. We can help you
change your yard into a living space you’ll be proud of.
• Decks
• Garden Tools
• Patios
• Mulch
• Fence Packages • Fertilizer
• Edging
• Top Soil
• Power Tools
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P: (850) 678-5041 F: (850) 678-5043
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850.398.8490 • www.graceredeemerpca.org
850-939-2550
2013 Highway 87 Navarre, FL 32566
2082541
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Operation Purple
Accurate questions regarding the Op- your bingo package for every
eration Purple program to new guest you bring! The Club
OPC@militaryfamily.org
even provides free transportation to the Club any night
Bingo is played. That s right,
free transportation from your
The Eglin Club knows how house to the Club! Just give
to spell the secret to great them a call at 850-678-5127 to
riches: “B-I-N-G-O!” Bingo is make arrangements. (Transplayed every Wednesday and portation is only available to
Thursday at the Club, with outlying areas, i.e. Crestview,
your chance to win up to $3500 when a minimum of 4 players
cash nightly! Then on April are requesting pick-up.)
8 and 22, you could win up to
$4500 cash playing Big BIG
Bingo! Early bird games begin
at 6:30 p.m. and regular play
begins at 7 p.m. Play is open to
Golf Shop merchandise
all ranks military and civilian,
sale
is scheduled for April
family members and guests. If
you’re already a regular play- 9-10. Available will be men’s
er, bring a friend with you to and women’s apparel from
play who s not a current bingo Cutter & Buck, Monterey
player and you’ll receive $5 off Club , Page & Tuttle and Div-
Win Big with Bingo
Spring Cleaning
Golf Shop sale
Saturday family
movie
The Library will show
“Tangled”, rated PG, at
1 p.m. April 9. Snacks will
be provided or participants
may bring along their own
refreshments. 882-5016
National Library
Week
Celebrate National Library week, April 11-14, with
Library Olympics. Visit the
Library for a new event every day and win fun prizes!
882-5016
Youth
programs
FCC Annual Spring
Fling
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Magnolia Grill
Call 850-863-9794
FAITH INDEPENDENT
BAPTIST CHURCH
1309 Valparaiso Blvd. • Niceville
678-4387
LEV HUMPHRIES, PASTOR
7025876
Lunch M-F 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner M-Sat 5 p.m. Closed Sunday
Reservations: 850-302-0266
1016705
157 Brooks St. SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL
Text “Magnolia” to 56654 for Events and Specials
Get in rhythm with the
Enlisted Club’s Latin Nights.
Join the fiesta in the Eglin
Club Lounge starting at 9
p.m. Dance to the exotic DJ
sounds of salsa, meringue,
bachata, cumbia, reggeaton,
and more on Friday, April 15.
Enjoy DJ variety music on
alternate Friday nights. Everyone is welcome. 678-5127
The Eglin Aero Club has
a 1986 Cessna 172P Aircraft
(N63450) and a 1985 Cessna
172P Aircraft (N98874) available for sale through NAF
Sealed Bid. Bidding ends
at 4 p.m. on April 25, with
minimum bids required as
follows: N63450 - $29,250 and
The FCC parent advisory
N98874 - $25,455. The aircraft
board will host their annual
may be viewed from 10 a.m.
Spring Fling at pirate’s cove
to 4 p.m. at the Aero Club. All
playground behind the Youth
bids will be reviewed within
Center from 9-11 a.m. on Friday, April 15. If you have a
Dorothy’s Hair Care child attending any part of
the in-home Family Child
All Nationalities
Care program, you are welHair Extensions
Relaxer, Body Wave
come to attend. For informaPress & Curl
tion, call 882-2994.
Facials
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1910 Catalog
House located at
the foot of the
Brooks Bridge
in Historic
Downtown, FWB
Visitor Friendly!
The museum that
serves food.
2 business days, and the responsive bid with the highest amount offered wins the
bid. The winning bidder will
have 3 business days from
the time they are notified of
winning the bid to make full
payment by either cash or a
certified cashier’s check. Full
details on the bidding process, photos, and required
documents are available at
www.eglinforcesupport.com
or call Don Riedel, club manager, at 882-5148.
Hot Latin Nights
Aircraft for Sale by
NAF Sealed Bid
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ots; golf shoes from Foot-Joy
and golf clubs from Callaway, Cobra, Taylor Made or
Cleveland. 882-2949
2082471
fee. For information or reser- ral world. The program is
vations, please call 882-5058. joint or “purple”— and open
to children and families of
active duty, National Guard
or Reserve service memThe National Military bers from the Army, Navy,
Family Association’s Op- Air Force, Marine Corps,
eration Purple camps are Coast Guard, or the Coma time for having fun, mak- missioned Corps of the US
ing friends, and reminding Public Health Service and
military kids that they are NOAA. The Operation Purthe Nation’s youngest he- ple program includes camps
roes. The mission of the Op- for teens, family retreats
eration Purple program is to at the national parks, and
empower military children camps geared to address the
and their families to develop needs of children and famiand maintain healthy and lies of our nations wounded
connected relationships, in service members. The 2011
spite of the current military Operation Purple camp apenvironment. They do this plications are now available
through a variety of means, at http://www.militaryfamily.
including the healing and org/our-programs/operationholistic aspect of the natu- purple/2011-camps/. Direct
• Nursery
• Bus
• Junior Church
• Near Eglin AFB
Sunday School................10 a.m.
Preaching........................11 a.m.
Sunday..............................6 p.m.
Wednesday Night..............7 p.m.
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FitFamily Healthy
Recipe Contest
The FitFamily Cook it Up!
Healthy Recipe Contest gets
underway as entries began in
March. Entrants choose from
a variety of categories and
meal times and submit their
healthy recipe. All recipes will
be reviewed by a nutritionist.
Enter as often as you like for
better chances to win great
See briefs page 17
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Fitness &
recreation
Intramural Softball
All Active Duty, Guard,
Reserve, DoD Civilians, Contractors and family members
over age 18 are invited to participate. Participants must
be assigned/affiliated to units
on Eglin. Contact your unit’s
sports rep now if interested. A
coaches meeting will be held
at 9 a.m. April 13 at the Fitness Center in Gym 1. Season
starts May 17. 882-2994
Spring Stableford
Golf Tournament
In house golf event
scheduled for April 16 at 7:30
a.m. shotgun on the Falcon
Course. Format is an individual event using Stableford
Point System and flighted
based on participation. Cost
is $20 per player, not including
green fees and cart fees. Included is lunch and prizes for
winners. Registration ends
Wednesday, April 13. 882-2949
Bob Hope Memorial
Charity Golf Classic
Divemaster classes
Frequent Flyer
Challenge
Do you fly with the Eglin
Aero Club? Eglin’s Club is
open to the public, so any
pilot flying with the Aero
Club is eligible to win the
Ultimate Aviator Adventure
when you play the Frequent
Flyer Challenge – a new Air
Force Aero Club promotion
that runs through April 30.
Players earn miles by logging flight hours, attending
monthly safety meetings, and
bringing in new members.
Earn the most miles and you
could be filing a flight plan
for 2 to Oshkosh EAA Air
Venture in July. Other prizes
include Handheld Garmin
Aero 510 GPS systems, ACR
Aqualink View PLB, and a
host of monthly prizes. Contact the Eglin Aero Club for
more details. 882-5148
Hone your mental and
physical skills as you become
a dive professional. The Divemaster internship develops
your leadership abilities by
preparing you to confidently
lead dive activities and assist
instructors with student divers. Advanced Open Water
and Rescue diver certifications are prerequisites for
this professional-level class.
For information, contact Rob
Join ITT on a trip to BiHyde at 850-217-1261.
loxi Hard Rock Casino on
ITT
Lucky 7/11 Casino
Trip
April 16. Cost is $7 for one or under 3 years of age. Pay
$11 for two. $15 free play and balance or make cancellatransportation included. For tions by April 16. 882-5930
details, call 882-5930.
Talladega discount
tickets
Discount tickets for Talladega Superspeedway for
April 16-17 are available at
ITT: Sunday only Grandstand from $40; Sunday
only Anniston Tower $90;
weekend Grandstand with
Pit Pass from $85; weekend
Anniston Tower with Pit Pas
$150. Purchase early for best
selection. 882-5930
Wild Adventures
Easter Trip
Join ITT on a day trip
to Wild Adventures Theme
Park in Valdosta, Ga., on
Sat., April 23. Pick your
level of adventure from
mild to wild with everything from family concerts,
rides, and amusements to
roller coasters, water and
wild animal parks. Cost
for transportation and admission is $50 per adult or
child and $15 for children
Community
Army of Hope
Picnic
April boating
seminar
A Monday night boating
seminar starting at 7 p.m. will
be conducted on April 11 at
the Anchorage, 404 Green
Acres Road in Fort Walton
Beach. The two hour seminar, which is geared toward
local boaters, covers “How to
Read a Chart”
The seminar will be conducted by experienced local
boaters, and covers the practical aspects of boating. The
seminar will be especially
valuable to boaters who are
new to Gulf Coast boating,
are interested in improving
their boating skills, or have
recently acquired a new boat.
The Seminar is presented by the Fort Walton Sail
and Power Squadron, a unit
of the United States Power
Squadrons.
For information, call 850315-0686 or 850-473-7468 or
visit the website www.fwsps.
com.
Fort Walton Elks Lodge
1795 and Elks of the Florida Northwest District are
sponsoring an Army of
Hope Picnic from noon to
5 p.m. Saturday, April 16,
at the Elks Lodge, 1335
Miracle Strip Parkway.
The mission of the Army of Hope is to provide
aid and assistance to families of deceased, disabled
and deployed Florida
servicemembers. There
is no charge for activeduty military and their
family.
There will be activities and entertainment
for the kids. Come out for
an afternoon of appreciation and fun courtesy of
the Fort Walton Elks. For To submit an item for the
more information, call the briefs, e-mail us at news@
lodge at 244-5632.
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WEDNESDAY
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Join the Air Force Enlisted Village for the 8th Annual
Bob Hope Memorial Charity
Golf Classic on May 13 and
14 at the Fort Walton Beach
Florida Golf Club. An established golf tradition with sold
out registrations each year,
the tournament is AFEV’s
major fundraiser in support of building a memory
care wing at the Hawthorn
House, AFEV’s assisted living community.
The 8th Annual Bob Hope
Memorial Charity Golf Classic
begins on Friday, May 13 with
a shotgun start at 12:03 p.m.
on The Pines course. Golfers will play The Oaks course
on Saturday, May 14 and an
awards luncheon will complete the event. There will be
prizes for the winning teams,
skill contests, raffle drawings,
a silent auction and a holein-one prize. For information
about registration, corporate
sponsorship packages and
hole sponsorships visit us online at www.afev.us.
8556354
prizes – like movie tickets,
iTunes gift cards, iPads and
a chance to bring celebrity
Energy Chef, Herb Mesa to
Eglin! In addition, families
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Local gymnast wins gold, state title
intense two day competition that was held March
12 – 13.
Bain, a second grader
Niceville’s Major Bain at Bluewater Elementary
recently won the Gold School was awarded first
Medal in men’s gymnas- place on the vault; second
tics during the 2011 Florida place on the floor, pommel
State Men’s Gymnastics horse, and parallel bars;
Championship held at Flor- third place on the rings, and
ida Atlantic University in placed fifth overall on the
Boca Raton.
high bar.
The Florida State Men’s
His score of 15.000 on the
Gymnastics Champion- vault earned him the Gold
ship was a USA Gymnas- Medal and title as the 2011
Major Bain
tics sanctioned meet that Florida State Men’s Gymfeatured more than 400 nastics Champion on the
Gymnastics Plus Competicompetitive gymnasts from event.
around the state during the
Bain is a member of the tive Team in Panama City,
Florida. His total score of
89.800 helped lead the team
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