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Friday, March 18, 2016
Inside
 One last farewell to
11 killed in Black Hawk
helicopter crash.
See story Page 2
 Pat Maney: Judge,
general and now
doctor.
See story Page 3
Marines honor
crash victims
 F-35A training
syllabus advances
ahead of IOC.
See story Page 4
 Reserve firefighters
battle blazes to complete
training.
See story Page 6
index
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Philpott........................... Page 8
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A two-man team of Marines traverses across Brooks Bridge on March 11 in Fort Walton Beach. The team is part of the Marines’ 770-mile ruck march
to honor the fallen Marines who died in last year’s Black Hawk crash. The march travels from Navarre to Camp Lejeune, N.C. The lead Marine
carries the unit’s flag while the second Marine carries a boat paddle found in the wreckage of the crash.
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By KELLY HUMPHREY
Northwest Florida Daily News
NAVARRE — After three emotionally charged days, the families and friends of the 11 men
killed in last year’s Black Hawk
helicopter crash got one last taste
of Northwest Florida compassion
last week.
Representatives from Leadership Santa Rosa Class 29 welcomed the families and hundreds
of other visitors to Navarre Park
for a final tribute to the seven marines and four Louisiana National
Guardsmen who were killed during a nighttime training mission
on March 10, 2015.
With the gray water of the
Sound lapping in the background,
the crowd gathered beneath a pavilion and spilled out onto the surrounding grass. Men and women
in a wide array of military and
first responder uniforms rubbed
shoulders with folks clad in business suits and others wearing
T-shirts emblazoned with the
names of the fallen.
“I know all you families must
be emotionally and physically
spent,” Santa Rosa County Commissioner Rob Williamson said at
the start of the ceremony, which
marked the dedication of a memorial to the Black Hawk 11. “But we
hope that in the future you will
look at the Holley-Navarre area
as a place of healing.”
During the ceremony, speakers
like Santa Rosa County Sheriff ’s
Office Sgt. Rich Aloy and Santa
Rosa Emergency Management
Operations Chief Tom Lloyd recounted the events of the search
and recovery operation. Aloy referenced the new memorial the
leadership class is building in the
park.
“We can’t bear the full impact of your pain,” Aloy said to
the families. “But please accept
this monument as a token of our
remembrance.”
Lloyd presented a flag that had
flown over the recovery effort’s
command post to Nathan Harris,
the leader of the Marine Raider
Memorial March, a group of active duty and former Raiders who
are marching more than 770 miles
photos by NICK TOMECEK | Daily News
A member of the Marine Corps presents an American flag to family members from one of the fallen Black
Hawk 11 on March 10 during a memorial service at Navarre Park.
display it in a place of honor
along with a paddle that was recovered from the helicopter’s
wreckage.
“I will carry this flag in my
ruck sack the whole way back,” he
said. “Let’s bring them home!”
The crowd stood and cheered
as Harris and Lloyd shared an
embrace.
As a final token of respect,
members of the leadership class
presented each family with a star
representing a piece of the memorial. The crowd then gathered
to see off the marchers as they
set off on their journey.
“All of this hospitality has been
overwhelming,” said Jacksonville resident Jim Baywal, whose
Hundreds of people came out to Navarre Park on March 10 in
nephew Marcus Bawol was one of
support of the family members of those who died in last year’s
the fallen Marines.
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash during a ‘Remembering
“I don’t know how to say this,”
Black Hawk 11’ ceremony.
Baywal said, patting his chest
with his hand as he fought back
tears. “I don’t know if you’ll unfrom Navarre to Camp Lejeune,
His voice choked with emo- derstand what I mean. But if this
North Carolina, in honor of the tion, Harris thanked Lloyd for the had to happen, I’m glad it hapfallen Raiders.
flag and made a promise to pened here.”
Judge, general and now doctor
By KELLY HUMPHREY
Northwest Florida Daily News
DEVON RAVINE | Daily News
Okaloosa County Judge T. Patt Maney will soon receive a
doctorate of laws from his alma mater, University of Kentucky. whose lives and work exemplify professional, intellectual
or artistic achievement, and
who have made significant
contributions to society, the
state and the University of
Kentucky. Maney is one of
four people to be honored
this year, including one of
the world’s preeminent astrophysicists, a pioneer in
food chemistry and a leader
in serving victims of sexual
violence.
“I knew I had been nominated, but when I was notified
that I had been selected, I
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When Okaloosa County
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graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1970, there
was no pomp and circumstance, no cap and gown, and
no commencement speaker.
“It was during the height
of the Vietnam War protests,
and some of the protestors
had burned down the ROTC
building,” Maney recalled.
“We had the National Guard
on campus, and they decided to cancel the graduation
ceremony.”
On May 8, Maney will get
a second chance to walk in
a commencement ceremony
when he is awarded an honorary doctorate of laws.
According to a university
press release, an honorary
degree pays tribute to those
he said. “Usually, you have to
be pretty famous, or an actor
or a high government official
to receive an honorary degree. I’m not any of those.”
Maney, a retired brigadier
general who was severely injured in Afghanistan, was selected for the honor based on
his work in the military, the
law, and on behalf of veterans.
A third-generation University
of Kentucky alumnus, he has
many reasons to appreciate
his alma mater.
“My grandfather went
there, both my parents went
there, and I met my wife there
in Spanish class,” he said
with a smile. “It was the only
school to which I applied.”
Maney went on to earn a
law degree from UK’s archrival, the University of Louisville, home of the Cardinals.
Despite that conflict, there’s
no mistaking where Maney
and his family’s loyalty lies.
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Two F-35A Lightning II
aircraft assigned to the 33rd
Fighter Wing here successfully employed two laserguided bombs March 3 at a
nearby range, advancing the
Air Force’s F-35A training
syllabus ahead of its initial
operational capability.
The training mission was
the first time the Floridabased fifth-generation fighters used actual munitions
instead of simulated weapons. The mission follows
on the heels of the recent
employment of weapons by
combat-coded F-35A aircraft
from the 388th Fighter Wing
at the Utah Test and Training
Range last week.
Capt. Brian Burgoon, 58th
Fighter Squadron weapons
chief, was one of two pilots
who employed the GBU-12s
at Shelby Range Complex.
“Things are moving swiftly for all aspects of the F-35
program at this point,” said
Burgoon. “This mission verified a critical component of
our syllabus. Being able to
employ weapons within our
training units ensures we can
provide our student pilots the
most comprehensive training
available before they go out
to support a combat-coded
F-35A unit.”
The 33rd FW aircraft required a series of physical and
software modifications to enable weapon employment as
the majority of aircraft here
were produced during earlier production phases. The
weapons drop was originally
scheduled for late spring of
this year, but innovation and
persistence from 33rd FW pilots and maintainers allowed
for an earlier launch of the
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An Eglin Air Force Base F-35A Lightning II receives fuel
from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to MacDill AFB
approximately 100 miles off the Gulf Coast on March 2,
following the 58th Fighter Squadron’s first successful
munition employment at a nearby range.
of our development phase,”
said Lt. Col. Scott Gunn, 58th
FS director of operations,
in reference to the USAF’s
IOC goal in late 2016. “As the
F-35 (A) program gains further momentum we need to
be ready to provide combatcapable students. Dropping
bombs is part of that combat
requirement.”
For Gunn, a former
F-15C Eagle pilot, the occasion was a significant shift in
the squadron’s training capability and also marked a
new personal milestone as a
fighter pilot.
“I come from an air-to-air
background, so dropping a
munition was a new experience for me,” said Gunn.
“Being able to hit the pickle
button, feel the ‘ker-klunk’ of
that 500-pound bomb leave
the (internal) weapon bay,
and track it all the way down
to the target was a huge
rush.”
The F-35A program currently requires pilots to have
experience in tactical fighter
aircraft, to include the F-15,
F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10
Thunderbolt II and F-22 Raptor. Their training primarily
centers on the use of virtual
Full Mission Simulators as
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Clemens and other 919th Special Operations Wing
firefighters about interior live-fire scenario they would
encounter during the training March 4 at Hurlburt Field.
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A team of 919th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters battle a huge blaze during a live-fire training
exercise March 4 at Hurlburt Field. The Reserve Airmen teamed with their active-duty special operations firefighters
to complete their annual live-fire training during the March unit training assembly.
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Friday, March 18, 2016 | THE EGLIN DISPATCH | Page First new homes, community center to open at Eglin
Corvias Military Living
Beginning in April, the
first new homes are scheduled to open under the base’s
ongoing privatized housing
initiative.
In addition to the new
homes, Eglin families will
also have a 12,000 square-foot
community center with an array of amenities such as a
swimming pool, computer lab
and fitness center opening
at approximately the same
time.
“We are really looking
forward to completing the
first homes,” said Bob McDonald, director of construction, Corvias Military Living.
“These homes are going to
really improve the quality of
life for those families that live
on base.”
Many changes have taken
place in base housing here
since Sept.1, 2013. That is the
date Corvias Military Living assumed operations and
maintenance responsibilities for all the homes on the
installation.
Families regularly see
some of the differences
privatization makes in terms
of full-service maintenance,
lawn care and resident activities here.
The program has a fiveyear initial development period during which 747 new
homes will be built on base.
The only current homes to
remain are 126 homes in the
Hidden Oaks neighborhood.
Vertical construction is
underway on the new Warrior Landing community
South of Boatner Road. All
new homes will come with
a two-car garage, modern
features and appliances, ad-
ditional storage and exceed
the Air Force bench mark for
square footage.
The new community center is the centerpiece of the
new housing experience.
“The community center
will be the heart and soul of
the neighborhood,” said Stan
Morehead, business director,
Corvias Military Living. “This
building will essentially be an
extension of the homes within the Eglin base community
and will positively impact all
residents, even those that
will not initially have a new
home.”
The first residents to
move into the new homes will
receive notification by mail.
These residents will come
from the New Plew neighborhood (near the hospital
— Aspen, Azalea and Cedar
Streets), the Old Plew neighborhood (near the Bayview
Club), senior enlisted families
throughout all neighborhoods
and several junior enlisted
families from the Indian Trails
neighborhood. The path of demolition is the driving factor
behind the move schedule.
“In addition to the development and construction
functions of our job, we are
dedicated to giving families
only the best in customer
service. Our neighborhood
teams work hard to make
sure the needs of Eglin families are met. We are here for
you,” said Morehead.
While residents wait for
the delivery of the first new
homes, the existing homes
are being maintained at the
highest level possible. Since
the transition, the Corvias
maintenance team has
completed over 20,342 work
orders with a 97 percent ontime response rate.
Along with taking care of
the current homes, Corvias
also offers regular resident
events to include a fall festival, spring carnival, story
time and pictures with Santa
Claus during holiday season.
“We want the families
on base to have an improved quality of life,” said
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Graham: Open fehbp health plans to guard and reserves
next to
military
treatment
facilities.
And it
basically
would give
you the
same access
to providers
as members
of Congress
and our staffs have.”
If allowed insurance
coverage under the Federal
Employees Health Benefit
Plan, reserve component
members would have to
pay monthly premiums like
federal civilian employees
do, Graham emphasized.
But opening FEHBP
would address a common
complaint of Reserve and
Guard personnel that
continuity of care for their
families often is interrupted
when they are called to
Tom
Philpott
active duty. That’s because
either lose their employerpaid health insurance
or they face significantly
higher health costs by
electing to continue
coverage and paying the
employer’s share too.
About 24,000 Reserve
and Guard members are
satisfied with more limited
TRICARE Reserve Select
(TRS) coverage despite
its own continuity of care
issues. To Bousum’s
suggestion that TRS be
included among FEHBP
options for reserve
component personnel,
Graham said, “Perfect.”
Graham’s backing of
FEHBP access appears to
align with the goal, if not
the details, of a proposal
from Reserve Officers
Association to create a new
TRICARE Reserve Choice
program. That plan would
allow Reserve and Guard
members to choose their
own healthcare providers,
paying premiums equal to
25 percent of plan costs, a
cost-share formula similar
to FEHBP.
The full armed services
committee, followed by
majorities of the Senate
and the House, would
need to rally behind one of
these ideas before reserve
component personnel
would see health care
coverage improve.
Tuesday’s hearing,
which began with testimony
from personnel chiefs
of the Army, Navy, Air
Force and Marine Corps
and then advocates for
military families, focused
on proposed TRICARE
“reforms” and higher fees;
a shift to more business-like
commissary operations and
product pricing, and needed
changes to the “blended”
retirement plan due for
launch in 2018.
Senators also returned
again and again to the
need for colleagues to
end budget-driven cuts
to U.S. ground forces, by
acknowledging worldwide
threats that have arisen
since passage of the Budget
Control Act of 2011.
Graham opened
the hearing promising
to oppose the
administration’s call for
a 1.6 percent military pay
cap next January, a fourth
consecutive raise that
would fail to keep pace
with private sector wages
growth.
On TRICARE, the
personnel chiefs endorsed
the Defense Department’s
push to care for as many
patients as possible in
military treatment facilities
versus sending them into
TRICARE civilian provider
networks. The aim is to hold
down costs while enhancing
medical staff proficiency
and readiness.
If health care can
become more efficient,
then more budget dollars
would be available to train
and equip the force, said Lt.
Gen. James C. McConville,
Army’s deputy chief of staff
for personnel.
“There is not enough
money to go around so we
need to look every place
and TRICARE is one,”
McConville said.
But forcing more
patients into on-base care
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a broken appointment
process could deepen
frustrations for families,
warned Joyce Raezer,
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Sen. Lindsey Graham
(R-S.C.), chairman of the
Senate armed services
subcommittee on military
personnel, signaled
Tuesday he will support
a plan to allow drilling
Reserve and Guard
members to have access
to the menu of health
insurance plans offered to
federal civilian employees.
“We’re actually thinking
about taking the Guard
and Reserve and basically
putting (them) into the
federal employees health
system, right?” Graham
asked Scott Bousum,
legislative director of The
Enlisted Association of
the National Guard, who
acknowledged the plan.
“To me that’s pretty
exciting,” Graham said.
“I mean Guard and
Reservists, generally
speaking, are not (residing)
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will neither improve
patient satisfaction nor
comprehensively address
readiness needs,”
she said.
The new retirement
plan, which a majority of
the current force will be
invited to join, will offer a
Thrift Savings Plan with
government matching
of contributions. But it
would pare the immediate
annuity payable after 20
or more years of service
by 20 percent compared to
current benefits.
McConville said he
already is concerned that
career soldiers won’t
contribute enough to TSP,
or begin contributions
early enough, to ensure
TSP accounts to make
up for a 20 percent cut in
lifetime retired pay.
The blended plan’s
“great value” is that
85 percent of members
“will get some type of
retirement” on leaving
service, McConville said.
“But a lot of our young
soldiers live paycheck to
paycheck. And if they can’t
start saving early, they’re
going to have a tough time
… when they get to 20, 25
years.”
The other personnel
chiefs focused criticism of
blended retirement on the
continuation payment to
be offered after 12 years’
service to members who
agree to serve another four
years. The size and timing
of the payment must be
made more flexible to
properly shape mid-career
forces, they said.
The personnel chiefs
also want government
matching of TSP
contributions to continue
beyond the 26-year ceiling
Congress adopted last
year. Senator Graham,
on the other hand,
promised to reject the
administration’s call
to delay government
matching of TSP until the
start of the fifth year of
service, two years later
than lawmakers had
voted last year.
“It was an intentional
choice by this committee
to set eligibility (for TSP
matching) to two years
and one day of service,”
Graham said, so that
thousands more members
would leave service with
some retirement benefit.
Graham said he won’t
allow that to be reversed.
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8:30
a.m.
• 97.1AM
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/100.3
12
noon
•
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(Sports
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11 a.m. • 1330 AM (Legal Talk)
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12 noon
Terence A. Gross
GrossandSchuster.com
FWB, Destin 850-244-7191
803 N. Palafox St.
Pensacola, FL 32501
850.434.3333
2133796
executive director of
National Military Family
Association.
“We surveyed more
than 6,100 military
spouses in December and
January,” Raezer said.
“Nearly 30 percent of those
who use military treatment
facilities reported they
rarely or never get an
acute care appointment
within the 24-hour access
standard.”
TRICARE reforms
proposed in the fiscal 2017
defense budget call for
higher fee and co-pays,
particularly on workingage retirees and their
families, but are short
on details for improving
benefits delivery, Raezer
said.
“Continuing to
recapture care in military
hospitals, already
failing to provide timely,
appropriate access
to current enrollees,
Crestview 850-682-3000
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Contact your Family Readiness Center for more information
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Eglin briefs
From staff reports
Praise, Power and
Compassion Ministries
Elder Darrell Coleman, Pastor
Preparing God’s people NOW for the
Kingdom that is to COME
Worship Services
2188 W. James Lee Blvd.
(P.O. Box 2044)
Crestview, FL 32536
682-3069
6019947
Sunday School
9:30 AM
Morning Worship
11:00 AM
Wed. Intercessory Prayer
6:00 PM
Wed. Bible Study
7:00 PM
Flight instructors
needed
Sunday
9:45 am Sunday School
11:00 am Morning Worship
6:00 pm Evening Service
Wednesday
Now Enrolling for
Spring Classes
7:00 pm Adult Bible Study,
Children and Youth Programs
Massage Therapy, Skin Care,
and Nail Specialist
Accepting Post 911,
Montgomery GI Bill & MyCAA
Home of the Calvary
Christian Academy
K3-12th Grade
A Place to Call Home
2130023
Mark Stevens, Pastor
Soothing Arts Healing
Therapies School of Massage,
Skincare & Nails
Visit SoothingArts.com for
more information. 3039239
FAITH INDEPENDENT
BAPTIST CHURCH
1309 Valparaiso Blvd. • Niceville
678-4387
LEV HUMPHRIES, PASTOR
• Nursery
• Bus
• Junior Church
• Near Eglin AFB
Sunday School.............10 a.m.
Preaching.....................11a.m.
Sunday...........................6p.m.
Wednesday Night...........7 p.m.
2130601
Brand New Name
Easter services
— Catholic
The Eglin Chapel St. Michael’s Community will conduct the following services
during Holy Week:
Palm Sunday Masses on
March 20 at 8 a.m. at Chapel
Center and 11 a.m. at the
West Gate Chapel.
Holy Thursday Mass on
March 24 at 7 p.m. at the
West Gate Chapel.
Good Friday service on
March 25 at 7 p.m. at the
West Gate Chapel.
Easter services
— Protestant
Palm Sunday Services:
March 20, Traditional 9 a.m.
at the West Gate Chapel and
Gospel at 9:30 a.m. at Chapel
Center.
Sunrise Service: March 27
at 6:30 a.m. at Post’l Point.
Easter Services — March
27: Traditional 9 a.m. at West
Gate Chapel and Gospel at
9:30 a.m. at Chapel Center.
Tots In blue
Team Eglin Public Affairs Alexander, born Feb. 13
to Capt. Aaron and
Congratulations to
Samantha Jenkins
the following parents
who welcomed their new
It’s a girl
arrivals while stationed
l Mia Marie, born
here:
Jan. 19 to Erick and
Tech. Sgt. Carin Harrison
It’s a boy
l Hadlee McKenna,
l William Ross, born
born Jan. 21 to Senior
Jan. 15 to Senior Airman
Airman Jonathan and
Sean and Susan Russell
Shayna Atstupenas
l Caine Alexander,
l Zarina Makaleigh,
born Jan. 22 to Chase Grant born Feb. 15 to Senior
and Caitlyn Brandenburg
Airman Kenyatta and
l Kameron James
Brittany Turner
...same great people
Assuring all buyers, sellers and
landlords quality, experience
and individualized care.
Meet our Agents
Donna Mozina, Broker, GRI
Cosmo Spellings, Miriama Devine,
Chris Mozina & Merinda Vause
1156455
529 Clifford Street • Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
850.862.5369 • www.cbcfwb.org
Everyone with base access is invited to shop or sell
at Eglin’s basewide Parking
Lot Sale to be held on April
16 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
on Georgia Avenue, across
the street from the Eglin
Conference Center and Exchange Mini Mall. Sellers
park in either lot and use
adjacent spaces to display
their wares. Space for sellers is free.
Advance reservations
are not required. There’s always an enormous selection
The Eglin Aero Club is
and assortment of treasures
to be found at this popular looking for flight instructors.
Direct all inquiries to Don
Easter Vigil Mass on SatRiedel, Eglin Aero Club man- urday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at
ager, at 850-882-5148 or email the West Gate Chapel.
donald.riedel@us.af.mil.
Easter Mass on March 27
at 8 a.m. at the Chapel Center and 11 a.m. at the West
Gate Chapel.
850.306.3989
— 836 N Ferdon Blvd., Crestview, FL 32536 —
www.assurancerealtyofnwfl.com
2132309
Pastor & First Lady
Coleman
Parking lot sale
event —furniture, electronics, children’s items, toys,
movies, books, clothing, collectibles, sporting goods,
home accessories and much
more. Sellers should be in
place and ready to sell at
8:30 a.m. sharp, when the
event opens to shoppers.
Restrooms will be available at the Mini Mall. An
event map can be found
online at www.EglinForceSupport.com. For more information, call 850-882-1482.
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limitation
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religion,
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Familial status includes
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MATERNAL/NEWBORN NURSING ADJUNCTS:
Responsibilities include teaching didactic, laboratory, and/or clinical
instruction for Maternal Newborn Nursing for the Practical Nursing
Program. Additional responsibilities include implementing the
curriculum plan to meet requirements including assessment, planning,
implementation and evaluation of course and program objectives. It also
includes classroom, campus lab and supervision of students in the clinical
(hospital/direct) patient care setting. Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing; Master’s Degree in
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Gulf Coast State College does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color,
national origin, ethnicity, sex, age, marital status, or disability in its programs, activities
or employment. The Executive Director of Human Resources, (850) 913-2926, has been
designated as the person to handle all inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies.
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