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 Firefighter’s 9/11
tower climb: tribute
to heroes.
Honoring the Fallen
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 Eglin’s outdoor-
savvy get web access
to permits.
See story Page 3
 The Iron Airman.
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 Combined Federal
Campaign kick off.
See story Page 5
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Eglin’s outdoor-savvy get web access to permits
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Above, firefighters from the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron climb down the stairs of the installation’s
air traffic control tower during the annual event. Below, Senior Airman Quinton Doss rings a bell.
The event closed with traditional bell rings and pauses between each ring to honor the 9/11 heroes.
Firefighters from the 96th Civil Engineer
Squadron bow their heads during the annual 9/11 memorial tower climb at Eglin
Air Force Base Sept. 11. Approximately 45
firefighters carried the name tags of the
343 firefighters who lost their lives 14 years
ago up 13 flights of steps in Eglin’s air traffic
control tower. After reaching the top, each
name was recited and attached to a commemorative display board. Below, A 96th
Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter hands
a name tag to a battalion fire chief.
Beginning next week,
people who use Eglin to get
closer to nature will have an
easier path to get their outdoor fix.
A new web-based electronic permit system, called
iSportsman, will debut online Tuesday and brings a
slew of changes for the more
than 17,000 permit holders of
Eglin’s Outdoor Recreation
Program, managed by Jackson Guard.
“For the first time ever,
users will be able to create
a personal account online
and purchase their annual
outdoor recreation permit
using their credit or debit
card,” said Chris Johansen,
96th Civil Engineer Group
outdoor recreation program
manager.
The new annual permit
will now be valid for one year
from the purchase date and
no longer based on the fiscal
year.
A new web-based electronic permit system, called
iSportsman, will debut online Tuesday and brings
a slew of changes for the more than 17,000 permit
holders of Eglin’s Outdoor Recreation Program,
managed by Jackson Guard.
According to Johansen,
another benefit is a simplified permit fee schedule.
“We’ve reduced the number of options from 27 to
nine,” he said. “A general
sportsman permit will cost
$55, as compared to $65 last
fiscal year.”
Another change is the
consolidation of the program’s 31-by-45-inch Outdoor Recreation, Hunting
and Freshwater Fishing
Map and Regulation Product
into a travel-friendly, booklet
with a fold-out map for easier usage, said Johansen.
Implementation of the
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Tillman attributes much
of his success in men’s physique training to the values
he’s learned as an Airman.
“When I think about how
being an Airman makes
me a good men’s physique
competitor, I think about the
core values of excellence
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First Lt. Roman Tillman, a 5th Space Launch Squadron responsible engineer, takes a
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fitness center on Patrick Air Force Base. Tillman is a men’s physique competitor working
toward his International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness pro card.
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It’s an honor serving with
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First Lt. Roman Tillman 120-pounds on the curl bar July 21.
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friends who recognized his
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ICEVILLE - More than 100
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from Florida who have given their lives
in the military since 2001.
“They gave their lives to ensure
we continue to enjoy the freedoms we
have today,” said Paul McShane, master of ceremonies for the day.
The Field of Valor, 352 flags with
names and stories of the fallen, will be
set up at the Mullet Festival grounds
through Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. It will be
open to the public from noon to 8 p.m.
before then.
Col. Robert M. Kirila, Deputy Commander of the 7th Special Forces
Group (Airborne), spoke for the second
year, remembering especially the 7th
Special Forces members who had
fallen in the line of duty.
“Such displays, on rainy days and
sunny days, take my breath away,” he
said of the rows of flags. “As these flags
represent such tragic events, they also
represent the fighting spirit of soldiers,
sailors, airmen and marines.”
He noted that since last year’s
ceremony, three additional members
of his group had been killed in the line
of duty.
“Forty-five soldiers from our group
have been killed in combat operations.
Forty-five times, our family members
have had a knock on their door to tell
them their loved ones have died,” he
said. “I hope it doesn’t get any bigger.”
He spent six months of the last year
deployed, and came back to stories of
civilians attacking first responders.
“My challenge to you is to protect
them,” he said, indicating the police
and fire members in attendance.
“They’ve protected us for as long as
any of us have been alive.”
Senator Don Gaetz said he was
worried that the rain would hamper
the ceremony, but it had stopped in
time.
“Maybe God is smiling down on us
today,” he said.
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Sept. 19. At left, Col. Robert Kirila, deputy commander of the 7th Special Forces Group (A), speaks to a group of about 100 people who gathered for a ceremony
on Saturday at the Field of Valor at the Mullet Festival grounds in Niceville. Below, each flag is attached with the name of a fallen service member from Florida.
diers, but the community behind them.
“Josh Born grew to manhood here.
I saw him play football right down the
hill,” Gaetz said. “He was a hero.”
The 352 names attached to flags all
had stories about men and woman who
had mentors, supporters and families.
All of them sacrificed their lives.
“We owe a debt that we can never,
ever pay off,” he said.
All of the speakers recognized the
families of the fallen who were in attendance, including Beth Croft and Karla
Lacey.
Both women lost sons to the war.
“It was a beautiful ceremony,” Croft
said. “It’s an honor to have Niceville
Exchange Club do this for all of our
fallen soldiers. We don’t want them to
be forgotten.
Her son, Sgt. Joshua A. Born, was
killed on Feb. 23, 2012, in Nangarhar
province, Afghanistan, during his first
deployment with the United States
Army.
“Anything that honors them and
puts their names out there is a good
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military member while
acknowledging that unique
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service.
“The RDA is all about
support to the services” in
advancing collaborative, innovative research, he said.
But to do so better, “we
agree among the services
there are certain practices
we can consolidate.”
RDA also is developing a
database of research across
defense components “to
make sure that everybody
knows what everybody is
doing,” Doll said. He compared it to a catalogue of
expenditures and results
that National Institutes
of Health publishes for all
NIH-funded projects.
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The U.S. military “does
not lay claim to the best
in its own environment of
research and development.
But what it does do very
well, through organizations
like NATO or individual
nation relationships…is to
look for collaboration, look
for areas of expertise resident in countries that we
can partner with,” Doll said.
For example, the efforts
of Scandinavian countries
to optimize performance in
cold-weather environments
“become something we can
learn from them and, together, move forward.”
Given the number and
severity of injuries in Iraq
and Afghanistan, however,
the U.S. military has led
in developing tourniquets,
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As wounded “are moved
back from the site of injury,” Doll said, “their care
is improving in terms of
technology and expertise
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stage. “As wounded are
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look to fund those and to do
so consistent with the priorities that we review every
year,” Doll said.
The U.S. military estimates that more than
300,000 service members
have suffered some traumatic brain injury since
2001. About 82 percent of
those cases are categorized
as mild. But researchers
are committed to finding
better ways to diagnose
and treat TBI, from using
protein markers to detect
these types of injuries to
more closely tracking any
long-term effects.
Other priority research
is focused on improving
trauma care, advancing
operational medicine, fighting infectious diseases
and regenerating skin and
organs. The research is
almost always collaborative
with other agencies or outside experts. But for DoD
the purpose is always the
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on all these topics: How
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Because transport aircraft are noisy, however,
medical evacuation teams
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audible alarms.
Other advancements
have involved precision
medicine, such as the
monitoring of protein levels
to detect if a patient is still
fighting infection or has
entered a reparative state
appropriate for closing a
wound, Doll said.
Many young researches
at last month’s symposium
learned for the first time
how they’re work might
help wounded warriors.
Doll said he hopes another
lesson learned was that, in
conducting research, “you
can go fast by yourself, but
if you go together you can
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to improve our delivery
of care. Though increasing “survivability in the
face of severe wounds is a
challenge,” he said, for researchers it must remain “a
very high priority.”
Spending on military
medical research, including combat casualty care
and traumatic brain injury
treatment, has leveled off.
DoD’s annual medical research budget, to include
spending on medical information technology, has
averaged $1.37 billion over
the last five years.
Given tighter budgets,
it’s increasingly important
that Army, Navy, Air Force
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unaware of progress made
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as possible through timely
care and rehabilitation, Doll
said.
At this year’s symposium, Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of
defense for health affairs,
noted that 19 percent of
battlefield deaths in recent
wars were potentially survivable, having involved
no mortal head or cardiac
wounds or complex body
disruption. The top cause of
death in three quarters of
these preventable fatalities
was hemorrhaging, he said.
So despite gains, more
research is needed in combat casualty care, Woodson
said, to be able to field even
better products and improve training.
For Doll, the 19 percent
represents “a mandate

Doll said.
To reinforce
the need
to share
life-saving
and healthinducing
ideas, the
Defense
Health
Agency last
month hosted a four-day
Military Health System Research Symposium in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. Government and private sector experts discussed continuing
progress against signature
wounds of recent wars,
infectious diseases and operational hazards.
“It’s all about our discovery, development and deliver” of products to better
care for service members,
to make them more resilient in whatever environ-
Drive
Perhaps the most significant life-saving advancement in combat medicine
in Afghanistan and Iraq
was refinement of tourniquets and training to keep
wounded warriors with
shattered or missing limbs
from bleeding out.
Another notable gain
was faster medical evacuations of wounded to reach
increasingly higher levels
of care, thanks to enhanced
communication and transport capabilities, said Navy
Rear Adm. Bruce A. Doll,
director of research, development and acquisition for
the Defense Health Agency.
Those advances in theater medicine, as with most
gains involving military
medical research, relied on
collaboration — between
branches of service, between allied forces and between military and industry,
Changes coming to TRICARE
pharmacy benefit
Gulf Shore
Combat medicine advances when experts collaborate
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POW/MIA
Ceremony
In recognition of National POW/MIA Day, Eglin
will honor America’s former
prisoners of war and missing in action with a ceremony at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept.
18. Robert Puskar, National
Commander of The Military
Order of the Purple Heart
and U.S. Air Force Ret. Col.
Howard J. Hill will be the
guest speakers. All community members are invited to
attend. The event will also
feature a rifle volley and a
flyover. The Air Force Armament Museum is located
outside the main gate of Eglin Air Force Base, on Highway 85 and State Road 189.
www.ecma.us
850-664-KICK (5425)
2120947
Self-Defense Training Techniques
All Levels • Military & Civilian
Anniversary of RED
HORSE, Prime BEEF
RED HORSE (RH) and
Prime BEEF (PB) 50th Anniversary Celebration: Attention all USAF, USAFR,
and ANG RH & PB members
past and present. Reunion is
Oct.12-16, 2015 in Ft Walton
Beach, Fla. Contact Dick
Aldinger at (407) 859-7436 or
e-mail famdinger@aol.com.
Website is www.rhassn.us
Fall Parking Lot
Sale Oct. 3
Everyone with base access is invited to shop or sell
at Eglin’s basewide Parking
Lot Sale, held on Georgia
Avenue. Look for the event
at the two large parking lots
across the street from the
Eglin Conference Center
and Exchange Mini Mall.
Sellers may park in either
lot and use adjacent parking spaces to display their
wares. Space for sellers is
free. Advance reservations
are not required. And if
you’re a shopper, you won’t
want to miss this event.
Sellers must be in place
and ready to sell at 8:30
a.m. sharp, when the event
will be officially opened to
shoppers. This is a perfect
opportunity to raise some
extra cash for your family,
group, or organization—or
Magnolia Grill
Viva Rancheros
M E X I C A N R E S TAU R A N T
Fresh not Frozen Authentic Mexican Food
to get some thrifty Christmas shopping done early.
Restrooms will be available
at the Mini Mall.
(Please Note: Sellers
are asked not to offer live
animals or guns for sale.)For
more information, call
882-1482.
Tailgating Party
DOZ Anniversary
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9/25 Live Music from 6-10pm!
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ers not valid w/other discounts, coupons, offers,
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Mon-Sat 11am-10pm | Sun 11am-9pm
ITEA Emerald Coast
Chapter
Handbell Choir
seeks new members
If you enjoy music and
want to be a part of something challenging and fun,
please consider checking
us out. Rehearsals are on
Monday nights, 6:30-8pm in
the Eglin West Gate Chapel
sanctuary. You don’t have to
be a musician to volunteer
and play handbells with the
Eglin Handbell choir.
Ability to read music is
a plus, but not immediately
necessary. For information,
or if you have questions,
call Michael Stoy, handbell
choir director, at 678-8917.
Family Back to
School Night
Bayview will host the final
Family Frenzy themed night,
starting at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 18,
offering family-friendly buffet prices, outdoor and indoor fun including drawings
for FSS gift cards, free club
lunches and brunches. Club
members will also be eligible
to enter a drawing for a free
family trip to a Disney theme
park. Kids activities include a
bouncy castle, coloring activities, sand painting, bracelet
making, and prize drawings
including a Dell tablet. Menu
features beef and chicken tacos, rice, beans, chips & salsa,
and cake. Cost is $4 for Eglin
Bayview Club members and
their immediate family ages
13 and older. Admission is
$7.50.
The event is free and open
to all base personnel and
family members. For information, call 882-5930.
Fishing Clinic 101
A professional instructor
will teach basic techniques
of fishing, starting at 9 a.m.
Sept. 26. To include baiting,
casting, reeling, and fish identification. Cost is $25 for ages
11 and up and a free shoreline
fishing license is required to
participate. Younger children
ages 6-10 with parental supervision may also participate. Price includes us of all
equipment and bait needed
to complete the class. To reserve a date, call Outdoor
Recreation 850-882-5058.
Intramural Flag
Football
Intramural Flag Football
season opens Oct. 5. Players
interested in participating
in Eglin’s Intramural Flag
Football season should sign
up at the Eglin Fitness Center by Sept. 28. Contact the
Fitness Center staff at 8824229, or your unit’s sports
rep to get involved. All active duty, Guard, Reserve,
DoD civilians, contractors
and dependants over the
age of 18 are welcome to
participate in intramural
sport seasons. Participants
must be assigned to or affiliated with units on Eglin
AFB. A coaches meeting
will be held at 9 a.m. Sept.
21 in the main gym. LOI’s
are due Sept. 28. All dates
are tentative and subject
to change. For information,
The Amazing Travel call 850-882-6223
Fair invites you to kick off
a year of travel with Eglin
ITT. This year’s fair is from
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sept. 22 at
the Bayview Club, promises
Interested in learning
to be another spectacular
annual event with travel, to golf or improving your
amusement, and entertain- game? Eglin Golf Course
ment vendors sure to im- is offering individual and
press and provide you with group hands-on instruction
thousands of dollars in give- by a qualified Golf Profesaways and information for sional from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
your next travel adventure. every Tues. and Thurs.,
Amazing Travel Fair
25% MILITARY DISCOUNT in uniform
M-F Buy 1 Lunch / Get 1 Lunch FREE!
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pel Center. Everyone with
base access is welcome to
join the celebration. For information, call Linda James
Moore at 678-1938 or Sandy
West at 279-4403.
The International Test
and Evaluation Association (ITEA) Emerald Coast
Chapter is hosting a short
course on the “Fundamentals of the T&E Process” in
the Shalimar GTRI office
Sept. 22 – 24. The course
addresses the role of T&E
in systems development,
the determination of effective test requirements,
integrating developmental and operational T&E,
preparing a T&E master
plan, coverage of T&E requirements in government
contracts, and the role of
modeling and simulation
in T&E. For details and
registration, go to http://
The Eglin Chapel Daugh- www.itea.org/
ters of Zion choir will celebrate their 18th anniversary
See briefs page 11
at 5 p.m. Sept. 19 at the ChaThe Eglin Chapel Gospel
service will host a free Tailgating Party at noon Sept. 27
in the Chapel Center parking lot immediately following
the 9:30 a.m. Gospel Worship
Service. Anyone with base
access is welcome to attend
the service at 9:30 a.m. but
it is not required to attend
the party. Wear flip flops and
your favorite team attire and
bring lawn chairs. There will
be free food, games, music
and fun for all. For information, contact Ch Thomas at
882-0851.
2117574
2117600
Emerald Coast Martial Arts Academy
From staff reports
157 Brooks St. SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL
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SAPI Learn to Golf
for free
during Sept. Instruction is
free to all singles assigned
to Eglin, military (all services) and civilians. As
part of the Single Airmen
Program Initiative (SAPI),
singles will have priority. All
other base ID cardholders
are welcome to participate,
space available, for $10 per
person, per lesson. For details, call 850-882-2949.
Eglin Open
Championship
Eglin’s Golf Course invites all golfers to the Eglin
Open Championship Sept.
25-27, with Friday afternoon
events and a Cocktail social
hour beginning at 5:30 p.m.
This championship will feature better-than-ever payouts and prizes, including
trophies, gift certificates,
memberships, great door
prizes and tee prizes. There
will also be a $1 Million Dollar Shoot-Out and a Holein-One Car Giveaway. Play
is open to all DoD personnel and the general public.
Sign up at the Golf Course
Pro Shop by Sept. 22, or call
850-882-2949.
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WWII Reunion
meet, greet
The 86th Fighter-Bomber Group WWII Reunion
welcomes the public, vets
of all wars and active military to a meet and greet
session from 10 a.m. – noon
Oct. 3 at the Four Points by
Sheraton Destin-Ft. Walton
Beach, 1325 Miracle Strip
Pkwy, FWB.
These sessions are a
highlight of the 86th Association reunions. Parking
out front, come through the
lobby to the courtyard and
our hospitality room. Contact, Dallas Lowe, Reunion
Director, (850)318-3047.
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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