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 QF-16 arrives for
testing, advances
53rd WEG mission.
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 EOD students donate
450 toys to the Airman’s
Attic.
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Year No. 6 Edition No. 49
Jingle Bell Jog set for Dec. 8
By LAUREN SAGE REINLIE
Northwest Florida Daily News
FORT WALTON BEACH — The
Army 7th Special Forces Group
(Airborne) has set its sights even
higher for its annual Jingle Bell Jog
this year.
In its 34th year, the group
hopes to attract 2,000 participants
for the jog Dec. 8.
The 5K and 10K runs raise
money for Special Forces Association Chapter 7, which offers
support to Special Forces Soldiers
and their families.
“We hope we will get the support we’re looking for,” said Lt.
Col. James Brownlee, a spokesman for the 7th Special Forces
Group.
Last year was the first time
the group held its run locally after
moving to Eglin Air Force Base
from Fort Bragg, N.C. The 7th
Special Force Group was able to
more than double participation.
At Fort Bragg, 600 to 700 runners usually turned out to jog
through downtown, Brownlee
said.
In Fort Walton Beach last year,
1,300 people signed up to run from
Uptown Station, across the Brooks
Bridge and then down Santa Rosa
Boulevard on Okaloosa Island.
This year, the group has set a
huge goal, Brownlee said. It has
purchased 2,000 T-shirts for potential participants and hopes to
draw an even larger crowd to the
same route.
The Army 7th Special Forces
employs has about 2,200 Soldiers.
Currently, between 600 and 800 of
them are deployed to Afghanistan
and a similar number are serving
in Central and South America,
Brownlee said.
The Special Forces Association
Chapter 7 offers support to those
Soldiers and for about 4,000 of
their family members.
“Chapter 7 was established to
do things right by our soldiers and
their families,” Brownlee said. “It
doesn’t matter if they’re Green
Berets or support Soldiers, our
motto is ‘it’s a family business.’ ”
That support extends from purchasing food and providing child
care for family events to helping
daily News file photo
Runners head down Eglin Parkway during the 2011 Jingle Bell Jog.
TO LEARN MORE
For more information about the
Jingle Bell Jog or to register, visit
www.sfa7.com.
daily News file photo
Runners wear holiday attire for the 2011 Jingle Bell Jog.
families after a soldier is killed in
combat.
For example, the association
was able to help Sgt. Jesse Britton after her husband, 25-year-old
Staff Sgt. Andrew Britton-Mihalo, also with the Special Forces
group, was killed in Afghanistan
in April. It purchased items for a
memorial and had a large portrait
of Britton-Mihalo printed and
framed for his family.
“The Army doesn’t pay for
that,” Brownlee said. “There’s not
a fund out there to help families
on a person-to-person basis.”
In addition, four 7th Special
Forces Soldiers have died in car
accidents or other non-combatrelated injuries since the group
relocated last year, he said.
Not only is the race for a great
cause, it’s also really fun, Brownlee said.
Last year, the group held its
first costume contest for the jog,
and Brownlee said many participants showed up in hilarious
and outrageous costumes. Many
people also donned Santa and elf
hats and reindeer antlers.
They plan to continue the tradition this year.
After the race, prizes ranging
from gift certificates to guns will
be raffled off, and a live band will
perform at Uptown Station.
In response to popular demand, the group will add an additional perk this year — free beer,
Brownlee said.
Check-in will begin at 6 a.m. at
Uptown Station. The race kicks off
at 8 a.m.
Registration is $30 online
through midnight Dec. 6. Participants also can register in person
for $35 from 2 to 8 p.m. Dec. 7 at
Uptown Station and at the starting
line Dec. 8.
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warfighter for tomorrow’s
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drone arrived for developmental testing Nov. 19.
“The work done prior
to today and the test work
that is forthcoming will enable the Air Force to transition from a 3rd generation,
Vietnam-era aerial target
performance to 4th generation threat replication and
beyond,” said Lt. Col. Lance
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Squadron commander.
The QF-16 is a supersonic reusable full-scale
aerial target drone modified
from an F-16 Fighting Falcon. At this time, the 53rd
WEG uses QF-4s, made
from 1960s F-4 Phantoms,
to conduct their full-scale
aerial target missions. The
targets allow the Air Force
and allied nations to have
a realistic understanding of
what they could face on the
battlefield.
“In the imminent future,
the QF-16 will take air-toair testing and evaluation
to the next level,” Colonel
Wilkins said. “It will make
our American and Allied
aircrew, aircraft and weapons more reliable and more
lethal. It will serve a new
generation of warriors.”
Boeing Global Services
and Support will conduct
testing on the QF-16, according to a Boeing press
release.
The QF-16s will undergo
approximately six months
of testing to validate their
capabilities and ensure
compatibility with the Gulf
Range Drone Control System, explained group officials. Next, the aircraft
will deploy to Holloman
The 53rd WEG, which
falls under the 53rd Wing
at Eglin Air Force Base,
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infrastructure to test and
evaluate weapons utilized
by the combat air forces
of the United States and
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“It is a big day,” Colonel
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Forty-two years ago, the U.S. military
raided a POW camp in North Vietnam
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While the prisoners of war at the Son
Tay camp had been moved and were
not rescued, the raid sent a powerful
message to the North Vietnamese that
Americans were not messing around,
says one local Vietnam War veteran.
“That was probably one of the most
spectacular raids our military had done
since World War II,” said Bryant Middleton, a retired Army Ranger who lives in
Fort Walton Beach.
Middleton, who served in the military
for 22 years as a member of a Special
Forces group, said that in 1990 he was
encouraged by his doctor to revisit Vietnam to help him cope with the aftereffects of the Vietnam War.
During his time back there, he became one of only a handful of Americans
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points out the location of Son Tay on a map of Vietnam. Middleton was one of
only a handful of Americans who were given permission to visit the site of one
of the country’s most daring missions, a raid on a prisoner of war camp there
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given permission to visit Son
Tay, the area where an estimated 100 Americans were
held captive.
Middleton was not a part
of the raid that happened on
Nov. 21, 1970, but word of what
was being done to the prisoners had spread throughout
the military as they learned
about the torture and starvation their men were going
through at the camps.
“Just about everybody in
the field had heard about it,”
Middleton said. “You knew if
you got captured, it wouldn’t
be pleasant.”
In August 1970, Col. “Bull”
Simons chose 100 Air Force
and Army men to be a part
of the raid. The group practiced for months at Eglin in
preparation.
Middleton said he still remembers hearing that only
one American was injured in
the raid, that about 50 North
Vietnamese had been killed
and that, unfortunately, their
men were not at the camp.
“Word spread quickly, although I don’t think we ever
got official notification that
the POWs were not there,”
he said. “It was disheartening, but at the same time it
was remarkable that only one
person was hurt and he just
broke his ankle.”
Officials would later learn
that the prisoners had been
relocated to an area just 15
minutes away.
“We didn’t recover but we
sent a message,” Middleton
said. “The (North Vietnamese) knew they weren’t safe
anywhere, not even in their
own country. We told them,
‘We’re coming.’ ”
Middleton said while he
walked on the path where
the camp once was, he felt
the presence of the prisoners
who were tortured, starved
and lacking all hope.
“You could sense it, feel
what had been there,” he
said. “It was very gratifying
to stand in the place where
one of the greatest raids our
country has ever performed
happened. It gave me chills.”
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A time for ‘burning the boats’
By Col. Jim Phillips
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Operations Wing as a whole
are facing challenges I
haven’t seen in the 17 years
I’ve been at Duke Field.
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with this remissioning, not
just the operations units
like during the last one.
It’s human nature to
be fearful of change and to
want to cling to the past.
We must fight against this
tendency and embrace the
future missions of the 919th
SOW. It’s time to “burn the
boats.”
The phrase comes from
a historical event that took
place in the early 1500s.
Hernando Cortez, a Spanish conquistador, landed in
Mexico with 11 ships and
approximately 500 men.
The goal of this army was
to seize the Aztecs’ treasure
but his plans ran into difficulties shortly after landing
at Veracruz. Some versions
of the tale state that Cortez faced a mutiny from his
men who didn’t like Mexico
and were fearful of the coming campaign.
Other versions state that
Cortez wanted to ensure
that he had the full atten-
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tion of his men. No matter
the cause, he assembled
his army on the beach and
instead of firing them up
with a rousing speech he
ordered them to “burn the
boats.”
With this act, Cortez ensured the whole-hearted
commitment of his men to
the cause. With their only
means of escape destroyed,
the small army went on to
conquer the Aztecs and to
seize the riches they had set
out to capture.
As the Talon mission
comes to a close and the
Talons themselves fly off
into retirement, it’s time
to close that period of the
919th SOW history and look
forward to the future. And
there’s plenty to look forward to. The 2nd SOS will
be expanding their remotely piloted aircraft role at the
same time they move from
Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
to Hurlburt Field in 2014.
The 5th SOS continues
to grow and to stand up
their detachment at Duke
instructing pilots and loadmasters in the C-145. The
711th SOS is in the process
of training members in combat aviation advisor roles
and also C-145 aircraft.
The 919th Operations
Support Squadron is absorbing the command and
control requirements from
a dwindling 623rd Air Operations Center. There are
even more missions and
roles waiting in the wings
for the approval processes
to run their course.
On the way to the foreseen end state, we have
many hurdles that need to
be overcome. The wing has
a major inspection coming
up in just a few months; just
16 days in Reserve time!
Each squadron in the OG
has at least part of their
unit currently working from
temporary facilities.
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command, our center, our wing and
our squadron. We know how important it is to educate our Airmen on
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE the mission so they know what they
are driving toward and how their acBASE, Ohio — The other night I was
tions are instrumental in getting that
driving home from work listening to
mission done.
the radio. A commercial came on for
This is how we do: values. NCOs
Mountain Dew and Jason Aldean, a
know, care about and enforce our
popular country singer, said, “This
core values. We embrace, preach
is how I Dew” — then went on to exand live the guidelines set forth in
plain his life philosophy. Later I saw
our Enlisted Force Structure, and we
a commercial with another music
absolutely embrace the responsibility
star that was advertising for Mounto train our Airmen in their specialty,
tain Dew. He also said, “This is how
I Dew” and explained his philosophy. to be masters at their trade, and to
teach them how to be professional
That “how I Dew” tagline prompted
Airmen.
me to think about what we do as
This is how we do: priorities. NCOs
NCOs. In essence, “this is how we
know what is important. People are
‘do.’ ”
important. What is going on in their
This is how we do: the mission. As
lives is important. Development of
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark
our Airmen is important. Discipline is
Welsh III said, “No one will care how
well you take care of your people if we important. Fitness is important. Honlose the next war.” NCOs understand est, direct feedback and honest evaluations are important. Leadership by
the priorities of the Air Force, our
example is important. Open communication with Airmen is important.
Face-to-face interaction is important.
This is how we do: conviction. NCOs
know when to stand up for what we
believe — standards, discipline, core
values, EPR ratings that are earned.
When something needs to be said,
NCOs say it. When something needs
corrected, NCOs correct it. If someone has earned recognition, NCOs
make it happen. We cannot just go
with the flow, be silent or ignore problems. Because we stand up for what
we believe, inaction is not part of our
behavior.
This is how we do: leadership. First,
NCOs know leadership is hard work.
For every one leader, there are 1,000
critics. This does not deter us. Hard
work is expected; hard work is given.
There is no room for laziness in good,
old-fashioned NCO leadership. Being an NCO is tough, but so what
— it wouldn’t be as critical to our Air
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will be many people moving into new working locations, with all the chaos and confusion that goes along with a move. These
moves need to be done as expeditiously
as possible in order to get the focus back
onto preparation for the inspection and
re-missioning.
With all that is happening, don’t forget the
first of the Special Operations Force Truths:
humans are more important than hardware.
We need to take care of the people in our
units and help each other through these
challenging times. In addition, we need to
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recruit a large number of quality people and
train them not only in the wing’s missions
but in how to be SOF warriors and professional Reservists.
Realities of the world are forcing us to
become a more efficient Air Force. While
numerous other units are facing downsizing
we are fortunate to have the opposite situation. We are being given these opportunities
largely due to our past successes but we
cannot rest on our laurels.
Let us burn the boats and get on to the
future.
weren’t tough. We earned
the promotion because our
leadership knew we could
do it.
Second, once we’ve
proven ourselves up to the
challenge, NCOs realize
that leadership is a gift
given by those that follow.
Being in charge and being
a leader are not the same
thing. NCOs know the difference and we know it is
us who determines where
we stand. NCOs embrace
that leadership isn’t a popularity contest — it is about
living up to what it means
“to serve” and to be called
Sergeant. We know Airmen
don’t want a soft leader.
They want someone who
will push them to be the
best they can be, to challenge them, to discipline
them, to listen to them and
to care about them.
Finally, NCOs use digital
as a tool, not a leadership
method. NCO leadership is
all about one-on-one, faceto-face, daily dialogue with
our Airmen. Being an NCO
means training them and
leading them in person,
not by absentee means.
Just because it is quicker
to send an email or make a
phone call does not mean it
is the best way to lead.
This is how we do: the
Wingman Concept. People
are our most valuable
resource ... period. As the
saying goes, people will
never care how much you
know until they know how
much you care. Every Airman has a story — why
they chose to serve, what
they hope to accomplish,
what degree they want to
earn, where they want to be
assigned. NCOs know those
stories because we ask,
because we care, because
it is part of being an NCO.
We know where our Airmen
live, who they are married
to or dating, what their
kids’ names are, if their
parents are sick. NCOs
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March for toys
EOD students
donate 450 toys
to the Airman’s Attic
By LAUREN DELGADO
Northwest Florida Daily News
A
s the sun set Tuesday, Nov. 20, about
450 Army Explosive Ordnance
Disposal students marched toward
Airman’s Attic, the distribution site
for toys during the holidays.
Each Soldier brought a toy to donate to
the Attic, which normally issues household
items to eligible military members. Some
donned Santa Claus hats. All of them wore
fatigues, which contrasted sharply with the
doll or Lego set they clutched.
“Victory, victory, that’s my battle
cry,” one group chanted as they arrived
at the brightly lit Attic at Eglin Air Force
Base.
The pile of toys grew and grew as the
Soldiers deposited their offerings on a table
and marched back out into the night.
Bob White, the Attic’s volunteer manager, said he was much too emotional to
give the speech he had written to thank the
Soldiers.
“I just can’t emphasize enough how
proud I am of them,” White said.
The Soldiers are going through a demanding and difficult EOD schooling, said
White, who added that they must be incredibly stressed from the experience.
“It’s just amazing that they can find the
time to go downtown and buy a present for
someone in need,” he said.
Each Soldier was asked to contribute a
toy worth no more than $15.
At 9 a.m. Nov. 29, the Attic opened to distribute the toys to any active-duty military
family, rank E-6 or below, of any military
branch. Each family will leave with five
gifts per child.
“We go ballistic at Christmas,” White
said with a laugh.
In years past, a line has formed at the
door by 4 a.m., White said.
Above, about 450 Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal students marched Tuesday, Nov. 20, to Airman’s
Attic carrying donated Christmas presents. Airman’s
Attic is an on base charity for needy active duty military
families in all branches of the military.
At left, Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal students
lay donated Christmas presents on a table at Airman’s
Attic.
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Friday, November 30, 2012 | THE EGLIN DISPATCH | Page 11
Reservist to headline MMA event
By Tech. Sgt.
Samuel King Jr.
919th Special Operations Wing
Public Affairs
D
UKE FIELD — Danny
Ruiz is a fighter.
He is a staff sergeant
in the Air Force Reserve,
a husband, father and coach. But
above all, he’s a fighter.
Ruiz, the fighter, is a week
away from his 19th professional
mixed martial arts fight. But this
one means more. This fight, the
Strike Fight event Dec. 8 at Eglin
Air Force Base, will be in front of
a hometown crowd of his military
brethren. It will also be a return to
the location where he made the decision to become an MMA fighter.
His combative journey to the
octagon and the main event began in New York. Ruiz’s father, an
Army veteran, taught him to box
and showed him some martial arts
techniques at age eight. At age 13,
Ruiz discovered knowing how to
throw jabs wasn’t the only way to
win a fight. The realization came to
him like a slap in the face, literally.
Instead of punching, a technique
Ruiz could defend, a school-yard
opponent tackled him and beat
him up.
“That’s when I started training
in wrestling and judo with my uncle,” laughed Ruiz, a cargo loader
with the 919th Logistics Readiness
Squadron.
He moved to Orlando soon
after, but continued the training.
He met his current trainer Daniel
Silva there and the two became
fast friends. Silva taught him to
incorporate Brazilian jiu jitsu to his
repertoire.
“I went into this new gym thinking I knew a few things and could
handle myself,” said the energetic,
170-pound Ruiz. “We started grappling and I tried a wrist lock and
he choked me out. The next time
he arm-barred me. I said, ‘Oh I like
this, where do I sign up? I like this
Brazilian jiu jitsu stuff.’”
Ruiz was hooked on the new
techniques and in 1998 started
training for his first fight. In September of that year, he fought and
won a three-round decision.
After a bounce-back knockout
victory in 2008, Ruiz struggled with
four straight losses by knockout or
submission. This career low-point
had a dramatic impact on Ruiz’s
MMA career. He faced tough
choices in rebuilding his game to
start over. The first step was to
repair his mental game and the
crippling anxiety he suffered with
big matches.
“Pushing past the physical is
tough; a program called ‘Wintensity’ helped me understand what
happens to the mind before a fight
and how to deal with the anxiety,”
said Ruiz.
Following the program’s exercises and taking a few psychology
classes helped Ruiz gain focus and
Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr. | USAF
clarity of mind. The techniques alStaff Sgt. Danny Ruiz, a Reservist with the 919th Logistics Readiness
lowed him to manage the nerves
Squadron, is one of two Air Force fighters preparing for Strike Fight,
and anxiety that held him back in
the fight.
Eglin Air Force Base’s first-ever mixed martial arts event Dec. 8.
Silva saw immediate progress
“The nerves and anxiety were
come a long way toward accepting once Ruiz finally took hold of his
overwhelming at first,” said Ruiz,
MMA. The culture of fitness has
mental game.
who holds a 12-6 record. “I think
changed and MMA is much more
“His greatest improvement
I was more scared of my trainer
widely accepted today,” said Ruiz,
came after those four tough
than my opponent.”
who now helps train other Airmen losses,” said Silva. “He was comRuiz said the win had him on
in MMA at a Fort Walton Beach
pletely humbled after that. It is
fire for the sport for a while, but he gym. “Over the years, I’ve seen the incredibly difficult for a fighter to
got lazy and didn’t want to battle
Air Force adopt many of the MMA- have humility, admit their mistakes
the weight management it took to
style workouts I used when I began and understand those errors can
continue fighting.
the training. Several of my stube learned from. He had to go deep
In 2003, he entered the activedents have continued to train even down and find out who he was and
duty Air Force and was stationed
in a deployed environment.”
who he wanted to be and do it.”
at Eglin as a weapons loader. Ruiz
He began making monthly
Ruiz decided he wanted to be a
said his next life-changing moment eight-hour road trips back to Orfighter again.
came in January 2005 while watch- lando to train in the gyms where he
During this dark time, he sepaing the first season of “Ultimate
started years earlier. Ruiz said this rated from active duty and joined
Fighter,” a reality show about
was a ‘bruising’ period for him as
the Air Force Reserve. He served
MMA fighters competing for a shot his trainers wore him out physical- for a year as a weapons loader with
in the sport’s premier league, Ulti- ly. He would not be broken, though. the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell
mate Fighting Championship.
Ruiz continued and returned to
Air Force Base, Ala., before cross“Phil Nichols was bragging
fighting status in 2006.
training to join the 919th Special
about his two-and-a-half years of
His return was a success. While Operations Wing here in 2010.
jiu jitsu training and that fired me
fighting at 185 pounds, he racked
After an eight-month recovery
up,” recalled Ruiz. “I’d been trainup four straight wins within a year. both mentally and physically, Ruiz
ing five times as long as this guy
For his fifth fight, he dropped down returned to the octagon with a new
on TV and here I am laying on the
to 170 pounds. The weight loss
intensity. He won five fights in less
couch watching it happen.”
proved too significant; and though
than a year en route to six straight
That’s when he devoted himself Ruiz broke his opponent’s nose
victories including the Atlas Fights
to training for and competing in
and orbital bone, he lost by techni- Welter Weight Championship in
MMA again. Initially, his dream
cal knock-out in the second round. April 2011.
met with some push-back from su“I was gassed, man, I just gave
“He found his heart,” said Silva.
pervisors and co-workers, but with up,” he said of the first loss of his
“His mind was clear and he went
the help of his leadership, he got
career. “From then on I began to
in there and executed. He became
the approvals needed to train and
concentrate harder on the cardio
an all-around fighter; so whatever
fight while on active duty.
and diet because I wanted to remission was in front of him, he got
“Since 2005, the Air Force has
main at that weight.”
in there and got it done.”
Currently, Ruiz is coming off
a tough five-round decision loss
in February. It was his first loss
from a decision. He believes he
should’ve won. He put that out of
his mind, however, to focus on his
Strike Fight opponent: William
Kuhn, a fighter from Atlanta, nicknamed “The Slim Reaper.”
Prior to a fight, Ruiz goes into
a six-to-eight week training camp
that includes rigorous daily physical training sessions five days a
week. During the week, they spar
at 40 percent fight capability. On
Saturdays, during “The Gauntlet,”
the sparring intensifies to 80 percent of a fighter’s capability.
“Basically the entire gym
comes out and beats you up,” joked
Ruiz. “The relentless schedule
and the demand put on your body,
during the camps, are the most
difficult aspects of being an MMA
fighter and it’s supposed to be difficult. If you’re giving your all and it’s
kicking your butt, that’s good, because it’s working and it will make
the actual fight that much easier.”
Ruiz, a father of two, said he
couldn’t get through it without his
wife, Linda, who keeps him on his
diet and ensures he makes his
weight.
“She usually doesn’t come see
me fight, because of the kids, but
she may come to this one since it’s
local,” said Ruiz hopefully.
After fight number 19, Ruiz said
he’d like to fight at least once more
for a belt, but at 34, he considers
himself in the twilight of his MMA
career.
“I want to stop at age 35,” said
Ruiz. “It may be the latter side of
35, but I’m not going to push myself
to continue. I do not want to be
fighting at 40. I’m fine with taking
off my fighter’s hat and putting on
the coach’s hat and focusing on
getting my guys into good fights
and hopefully the UFC.”
But before changing those hats,
he’s got a few more fights to finish.
At Strike Fight Dec. 8, as Ruiz
enters the octagon to the tune of
Run DMC’s “Down with the King,”
Ruiz will return home to where it
all began. And when the cage door
locks, Ruiz plans to show everyone
what it means to be a fighter.
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Congress to decide how TRICARE Rx fees will ride in 2013 The House and Senate will decide in the next
few weeks how military
pharmacy fees will be
raised in 2013, a step that
arguably will be the most
significant taken to date
to slow growth in military
healthcare budgets.
Out-of-pocket costs
for military families
and retirees who have
prescriptions filled in
the TRICARE network
of retail pharmacies
depend on final language in the fiscal 2013
Defense Authorization
Act. Congress intends to
pass a final defense bill by
mid-December.
The House-passed
plan for pharmacy fees
could win over Senate colleagues during
final negotiations on
the bill. It already is
more palatable with
military associations. It
calls for more modest
co-pay hikes than proposed by the Obama
administration. But it
would achieve the same
first-year savings by requiring beneficiaries 65
and older to use the TRICARE mail order pharmacy program for refills
of all maintenance drugs,
those that control chronic
conditions like high blood
pressure and diabetes.
Any brand name
prescription filled
by mail rather than
in drug stores or supermarkets saves
the department 27
percent, on average,
said Rear Adm. Thomas J. McGinnis, chief of
pharmaceutical operations for TRICARE.
Officially, the administration continues back the
pharmacy fee increases it
unveiled last spring. Prescriptions would remain
free on base, and the
co-pay for generic drugs
would stay at $5 at retail
outlets. But the admin-
istration
plans to
raise the
$12 co-pay
at retail
to $26 for
brand
names on
the military formulary. The
formulary
is the department’s list of
approved drugs based on
price and effectiveness.
The administration also
wants to ban retail outlets
from filling prescriptions
for non-formulary drugs,
forcing beneficiaries to
use mail order for the
most costly brand name
medicines.
Also, the new higher
co-pays would climb
by $2 more each year
until reaching $34 in
2016. After that, they
would be adjusted yearly
based on overall medical inflation. Co-pays for
brand name drugs at mail
order also would jump to
from $9 $26 for a 90-day
supply, and then climb
Tom
Philpott
slowly to $34 by October
2016 under the administration’s plan
TRICARE already has
authority to make these
changes. The question is
will Congress step in and
modify the plan. The Senate Armed Services Committee, in marking up its
version of the 2013 National Defense Authorization
Act, stayed silent on the
issue. So unless the bill
is amended on the floor
next week to interfere
with the plan, the Senate
will signal TRICARE to
proceed with planned fee
changes. Last June, the
department even published a proposed regulation to do so and invited
public comment.
It withdrew the proposed regulation when
the House passed in its
version of the defense bill
with an alternative pharmacy fee plan. The House
proposes bumping the copay for formulary brand
names at retail only to $17
versus $26 proposed by
the administration. It also
would continue to allow
prescriptions for non-formulary drugs to be filled
at retail, but would raise
the co-pay for these more
costly drugs to $44 versus
the current charge of $25.
More significantly, the
House plan would limit
future co-pay increases
to the annual percentage
cost-of-living adjustments
to military retired pay.
Given actions to
date by the House and
the Senate committee, some retail pharmacy fee increases are
a certainty. The battle
ahead is in details.
After the Senate
passes its defense bill, a
House-Senate conference
committee will smooth
out any differences, including on pharmacy
co-pays. McGinnis suggested the House plan
could take longer to
implement, delaying new
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“We would have to do
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he said, referring to the
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Also, there would
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for a generic substitute for
any brand name drug, the
department three-month
cost falls to about $60.
Beneficiaries also save
money with mail order because for the same co-pay
prescriptions typically are
filled for 90 days versus
30 days at retail. And generic drugs are provided
at no charge through mail
order.
Given the incentives
and the convenience of
mail order, McGinnis said
usage has popped within
the military community over the past year. In
June 2011, 1 million prescriptions a month were
filled by mail. Since then
the number has climbed to
about 1.5 million a month.
McGinnis said the departure of Walgreens from
the TRICARE retail network last January helped
in that regard. Many former Walgreens customers
shifted to mail order and
liked it, McGinnis said.
Without Walgreens, the
retail network still meets
contract requirements
for serving beneficiaries, McGinnis said. In
urban areas, 91 percent
of beneficiaries must
live within two miles of
a pharmacy. In the suburbs, 95 percent must live
within five miles and in
rural areas, 95 percent
of beneficiaries must be
within 15 miles of a network pharmacy.
Without Walgreens, the
network still has 57,600
pharmacies. To put that
into perspective, McGinnis said, there are 36,000
grocery stores, 14,000
McDonald’s and 11,000
Starbucks in the United
States.
Tom Philpott is a syndicated
columnist. You may write to him
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members from the military
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Walther • Daniels Defense • Ruger • Springfield • Barrett
Taurus • Kel Tech • Glock • Steyr• Bushmaster • DPMS
Stag • Rock River
Largest inventory in the Panhandle.
Best prices guaranteed.
We will beat any advertised price.
Open Mon. - Sat. 10am - 6pm Closed Sunday
850-269-0450
981 Hwy 98 Ste. 2 Destin, FL
In the Winn-Dixie Shopping Center
�
Target
Big Kahuna’s
X Winn Dixie
�Destin
See briefs page 16
Bridge
Drive
Santa’s Hotline
Eglin’s annual Santa’s
Hotline will be active Dec.
10-14 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The hotline number is 850882-NOEL (6635).
Mr. Cottrill, 2Lt Ulisse, MSgt lighting, greeting card winMorris; 850-882-2742 option 1 ner presentation and Santa
arriving on a fire engine.
Refreshments will be served
following the ceremony. EvEveryone with base ac- eryone with base access is
cess is invited to the Eglin invited to join the Eglin traChapel Christmas Program dition of starting the holiday
at 3 p.m. Dec. 9 the West season with the lighting of
Gate Chapel. There will be the Christmas Tree. For insinging, children’s choirs, formation, call the chapel at
hand bells and enjoyment for 882-2111.
all ages. Come celebrate the
Christmas season and bring
a friend. For information,
call the chapel at 882-2111.
Gulf Shore
From staff reports
�
Destin
Commons
MILITARY APPRECIATION
• 10% off Daily • 20% off Monday •
(not valid with any other offer)
• Full menu featuring great steaks, seafood, pastas,
burgers, our world famous Zingers, and more.
• Sunset menu, 3—6pm daily.
Includes select entrees, salad, & dessert. Only $9.99
N ormally
Normally
$15.99
• Daily happy hour 11-7, Mon-Fri.
• 42 drafts on tap, 2 full bars including patio seating
area, over 60 HD TV’s
34906 Emerald Coast Pkwy | Destin, FL 32541 | 850.837.0694
Across from Destin Commons In front of Barnes & Noble’s
For more info, visit us at www.millersalehouse.com
3030490
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briefs From page 15
BUY ONE GET
ONE FREE!
COME SEE OUR
NEW PRODUCTS!
Sandwich or Entrée
(equal or lesser value)
with purchase of
2 beverages
Layaway available now through
December 15th for Christmas..
Sunday thru Thursday
Lunch 11:00am - 1:00pm
Dinner 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Must Present Reusable Ad
Expires 1-31-2013
1 year 0% financing available. See store for details.
2256 S. Ferdon Blvd., Crestview
(In the Publix Shopping Center)
Hours: M-F 10am-6pm | Sat 10am-3pm
P: (850)423-4538 | F: (850)423-4539
diamondgirl536@centurylink.net
5171514
in our community of varying
emotional and physical disabilities. Our students range
in age from 3 to 22 years of
age.
Please come by Silver
Sands School to pick up an
angel off our tree. Our office
is at 349 Holmes Blvd. NW,
Fort Walton Beach. Gifts are
to be returned no later than
Silver Sands School is Dec. 10. For information, call
hosting the 3rd Annual “An- 833-3364.
gel” Express Program for
2012-13. “Angel” Xpress is
designed for all (businesses,
organizations or community
members)to anonymously
choose an angel (student @
The Air Force Enlisted
Silver Sands)and provide Village will host its annual
them with a gift of clothing candlelight vigil at 6 p.m.
and/or toys for the holiday. Dec. 6 held in the Garden
Silver Sands is a public of Hope located on the
school that serves children grounds of the Air Force
Enlisted Village, 92 Sunset
Lane, Shalimar. The Angel
of Hope Candlelight Vigil
remembers residents and
loved ones who have passed
on during the year. The evening is a time of reflection
with warm memories before the holiday season. The
public is invited to attend.
AFEV’s Garden of Hope
is lined with memorial
brick pavers and is home
to the Christmas Box Angel
statue, also known as the
Angel of Hope. The statue
is a symbol for those who
have lost a loved one and
is detailed in the book The
Christmas Box by Richard
Paul Evans. The book was a
New York Times best seller
and tells the story of a woman who mourns the loss of
her child at the base of an
angel statue.
A reception will be held
in the Bob Gates Welcome
Center following the vigil.
For information, call 850651-3766 or email info@afev.
us.
EVERYDAY
after 5pm
$1.50 bottle beers
Give a Child a
Christmas
tissues, books, magazines
and monetary donations.
To donate items now
through Dec. 16, contact
Steve Czonstka at czonstka@
cox.net or (850) 897-4775.
3rd Annual ‘Angel’
Express Program
AFEV Candlelight
Vigil Dec. 6
Bo Knight’s
Krustee Krabb
362-6200
217A Miracle Strip Pkwy.
Across from Olive Garden
3199030
Tuesdays extra punch
day all day
Mon-Thurs extra punch
days after 5pm
With your help local deserving children can experience a wonderful Christmas.
Volunteer on Dec. 8 to help
assist in: shopping at the
BX, playing games and participating in many other fun
events with a selected child.
Can’t help out on that day;
that’s okay! Volunteer to purchase a gift for one of these
deserving children from gift
trees located on Eglin AFB:
BX, Bldg. 350, Mini Mall, or
Hospital. Play a part in one
of the most memorable and
heart-warming experiences
of the year. To volunteer,
email Monica.Cordova@eglin.af.mil and make the subject of your email “GACAC
volunteer.” (883-8571). For all
other questions, email olivia.
lawson@eglin.af.mil.
2660053
www.roccossubs.com
To submit an item for the
briefs, e-mail us at news@
eglindispatch.com. Deadline for
Friday’s edition is noon Monday.
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GOT JSF?
MCAS, YUMA
When Buying or selling your home...
Reputation DOES Matter!
Paula Reece
Associate Broker, ABR, GRI
www.JSFYUMA.com
928-503-9223
2085933
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WANTED: A place to call home
Roxy is looking for the gift
of love this holiday season.
Roxy loves people and
craves love and attention.
She is a 5-year-old American Bulldog mix. She would
make a great companion.
She likes to play, go for
drives and receive cuddles.
She would do best in a home
as an only dog or with a male
playmate. She is already
spayed, up to date on vaccinations, and already on
heartworm preventive. Her
re-homing fee is $100. For
more information on Roxy
please visit www.petwelfare.
net or call 850-678-5066.
N icole Baxley
Color Service starts at $49.95
Highlights start at $44.95
CRESTVIEW
ACROSS FROM WALMART
3379 FERDON BLVD. S
850-423-1177
BLUE WATER BAY
WINN-DIXIE SHOPPING CENTER
4520 HIGHWAY 20 E
NICEVILLE
850-897-9933
COMING SOON!
2ND LOCATION IN CRESTVIEW
PUBLIX SHOPPING CENTER
2262 SOUTH FERDON BLVD.
850-683-8000
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
1-800-SUPERCUTS | SUPERCUTS.COM
6515562
SENIOR HAIRCUT
(62+ years of age)
$
11
95
Coupon valid only at participating locations. Not valid with any other offer.
No cash value. One coupon valid per customer. Please present coupon prior
to payment of service. ©2012 Supercuts Inc. Printed U.S.A.
Expires: 01/31/13 C777
2085698
ADULT HAIRCUT
$
1295
Coupon valid only at participating locations. Not valid with any other offer.
No cash value. One coupon valid per customer. Please present coupon prior
to payment of service. ©2012 Supercuts Inc. Printed U.S.A.
Expires: 01/31/13 C777
MILITARY HAIRCUT
(Active or Retired Military Personnel)
$
1095
Coupon valid only at participating locations. Not valid with any other offer.
No cash value. One coupon valid per customer. Please present coupon prior
to payment of service. ©2012 Supercuts Inc. Printed U.S.A.
Expires: 01/31/13 C777
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WANTED
Quality
Hi-Fi
Stereo
Equip, Guitars, Amps,
Vacuum Tubes & Testers, Record Collection,
Antique
Radios,
O l d / N e w
850-314-0321/543-7025
CLASSIFIEDS
It’s easy to place an in-column classified ad
in the Eglin Dispatch.
Call 850-864-0320
GUN SHOW
Fort Walton
FAIRGROUNS
December 1st & 2nd
SAT. 9-5 & SUN. 10-4
FREE PARKING
Info. (407) 275-7233
floridagunshows.com
Text FL32770 to 56654
OR
Place your ad online at
Beautiful,
Lg,
mix
breed dog, 95lbs, M/
neutered, 3 1/2 yrs, call
(850) 862-0923
✁
EGLIN DISPATCH
Classified Request Form
1 & 2 Bedrooms
Avail Dec
Falcon House
850-862-5915
www.EglinDispatch.com
OR
Bring this form in person to:
Northwest Florida Daily News
2 Eglin Pkwy NE
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
3bd/2ba Move-In
Now
DEADLINE TUESDAY AT NOON PRIOR TO PUBLICATION
Ad Category _________________
If no category is requested, it will appear
in the Miscellaneous category.
25 word limit • Please print clearly or type
Name
Home/Cell Phone ( )
Signature
NO FORMS ACCEPTED WITHOUT SIGNATURE
�Military �Dependent �Retiree
Classified Ad Copy:
Bedset 10 piece black,
custom made, Set includes King size bedframe & headboard, 2
dressers, 1 mirror, a TV
Entertainment
Center
w/doors & drawers, 2
night stands & 2 corner
shelves;
$900
OBO
850-218-8168
Solid Wood Coffee Table Set with Woven
Rattan
Inlay
Selling
matching set of solid
wood rattan inlay coffee and side tables.
Coffee table measures
(50”L x 29”W x 18.5”T).
Matching
side
table
measures (26” x 23” x
23”Tall). Can sell separate pieces but prefer
to sell as set. (Selling
for $125 OBO). Natural
Colored Rattan GlassTop Kitchen Table Set
Selling natural wood
color glass-top rattan
kitchen table and two
matching chairs. The
kitchen table measures
(40”L x 20”W x 30”Tall).
The chairs can tuck
comfortably under the
table when not in use
asking $99 or best offer. Call 850-543-3914,
or
email
johnpaul.
carrigg@yahoo.com
Coffee table & 2 end
tables, $100. Antique
couch, $200. Sliding
door pet panel, $150.
German
sectional
couch with futon and
armchair,
$250.
850-368-3060
DIABETIC
TEST STRIPS
NEEDED
Will Buy sealed,
unexpired Boxes
(850)710-0189
U-Line
dorm
size
icemaker, $40. Arched
wicker shelf unit 6’3”Hx
26”W w/glass shelves,
$15. Red satin Seminoles jacket, size medium, good cond., $20.
Thane bun & thigh isolator exercise machine,
nice, $20. 244-1096
Weedeater
Featherlite
weedeater, $20. Medium metal pet cage
w/tray,
$20.
Small
metal pet cage w/tray,
$20. Kenmore Progressive
vacuum,
$20.
862-5167
Duty Phone
FREE CLASSIFIED AD RULES:
• Free classified ads are for the one time sale of personal property by
military members and immediate family, and military retirees.
• Non-military individuals and all businesses should contact the Eglin
Dispatch’s publisher, the Northwest Florida Daily News by calling
850-864-0320.
• Ads must not exceed 25 words and must list a home or cell phone
number.
• Duty telephones are used by the Dispatch staff for verification
purposes only. The Eglin Dispatch staff reserves the right to edit or
refuse classified ads due to inappropriate content, space
considerations or for other reasons.
• Only one ad may be submitted per week, unless PCSing.
A copy of PCS orders must be presented in person at:
Northwest Florida Daily News
200 Racetrack Road NW
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
20538611
The submission deadline for classified ads is
Tuesday at noon prior to publication.
$200 Off
Pet Friendly
1bd/1ba Avail Now
2bd/1ba Avail Now
Villager Apts
850-243-0648
2bd/1ba Avail Now
Westwood Apts
850-581-2324
Text FL30821 to 56654
Shalimar-1, 2, 3 & 4 Br
$599-$899 Water Incl.
Pool, Laundry CH/A No
Dogs Mon-Sat 651-8267
Text FL32244 to 56654
Cedar
Ridge/Niceville:
3 br, 2 ba. Dbl Gar
Scrnd Porch. Fncd Yrd.
$1100mo. No smokers/
pets. Call Joel Barton
Agency. 850-678-1151
Text FL27507 to 56654
FWB- 2BD, On the Island. Fridge, stove and
d i s h w a s h e r. $ 8 0 0 / m o
call 850-259-0267
FWB, 2Br/2Ba, Great
Room, SS Appls., FP,
Grge, Fncd Yd, No
Pets, $950/mo or sale
w/Owner
Financing,
812-583-6504
Crestview, 4 br, 3 ba,
Abuts Bob Sykes Elem
2,650 Sqft Brick, will
pay
closing
costs
$230K
850-682-8243/
850-546-1321
2007 Toyota Corrolla
S, Silver Streak, 4-door,
FWD, 4spd Auto, Fully
Loaded,
Excellent
Condition, 87K Miles,
$9,000; 850-218-3162
Individual
wants
to
buy house for investment. 850-651-0987
Text FL31748 to 56654
Shalimar,
2br/1.5ba,
Large Walk-In Closets,
Newly
Remodled,
Fenced Yard w/Shed,
$71K; 850-621-5777
Ford
Mustang
GT,
2001, Upgraded Cobra
Rims
w/locks,
High
Performance
Tires,
118K
miles,
Garage
Kept Always, Freshly
Painted,
Well
Maintained, Beautiful Kept
Inside and Out. Excellent Condition, $8,900
OBO w/military disc;
Call 850-357-4551
Hot Car
Ford, Mustang Coupe
GT 5.0, 2011, Sterling
Grey.
6-speed
M/T,
12K Miles, Very Fast,
3.73
rear
gears,
intake/tune & mufflers
Warranty, Car Cover,
About 450HP, Garage
Kept,Never Smoked-In,
$27,999.99 OBO. Call
850-333-7650
Ford F-150, 2008, Red,
4 Door, Xtra Cab,
Under
40K
Miles,
$17,000
OBO;
Call
702-540-2241
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