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Show "" mm r"."''"l 'I """"jit Supplement to the Hilltop Times Hill ffU vim tr N p 419th Fighter Wing Mission: To Fly, Fight and Win! 0 Volume 1 3 Number 1 1 , May 1 , 1 997 AFB, Utah 84056-54- 1 419 FW excels at QAFA NEWS BRIEFS by Maj. Ken Warren 419th FW Public Affairs Office First Sergeant. Vacancies two vacant There are first sergeant positions available: one in the 419th Civil Engineering Squadron and one in the 419th Mission Support Squadron. They are master sergeant positions. Master sergeants and promotable technical sergeants may apply. The member must have a spotless record and be able to attend the first sergeant academy May Interested members should submit a resume and a letter stating why they want to be considered for the position to SMSgt. Marva Harper, 419th Fighter Wing senior enlisted advisor, by noon, May 2. A selection board will meet May 3. For further information contact Harper at 12-2- 775-242- 6. 6. Medical interest The 419th Medical Squadron is interested in contacting reserve military members who served in the Persian Gulf War and have suffered illnesses attributed to that service. Complaints of illness, diseases or other medical conditions felt by reserve members to be related by service in the Persian Gulf theater of operations should contact the 419th MS at Ext. About 300 members of the 419th Fighter Wing received excellent news April 16 at the Quality Air Force Assessment out-briwhen they were told the wing did extremely ( well on its QAFA. Col. Roger Oliver, chief of the Air Force Reserve Command Inspector General team which conducted the inspection, summed up the team's findings at the Hill Officers' Club. He congratulated the 419th, 419th Fighter Wing members anxiously wait the QAFA verdict at the outbrief. which he saluted as an Tanzi closed the morning by thanking the Ogden organization that "has always done well." Oliver ALC, 75th Air Base Wing and the 388th Fighter Wing warned 419th FW members against complacency, sayfor their support. He alluded to words taken from the ing taking a hard look at ourselves can help prevent QAFA report by saying, "Proud, professional and highthat. At the conclusion of his briefing, Oliver joined with ly dedicated men and women. That says it all, folks. I'm so proud of each and every one of you. Clearly 419th FW commander Brig. Gen. David Tanzi to present awards to 32 individual superior performers and and once again you've demonstrated there is only one standard of performance here.. ..excellence." four teams of superior performers. The QAFA of the 419th FW was conducted April Following those presentations, Maj. Gen. Nels Its primary purpose was to improve unit readiness Running, 12th Air Force vice commander, spoke. He and well on also congratulated 419th members for doing performance by validating the unit and providing feedback on stregths and areas for a team "You've as worked and the QAFA said, together of teams." improvement. ef 10-1- April promotions The following 419th Fighter Wing personnel were promoted effective April 1: To senior master sergeant: Robert L. Klein. To master sergeant: Ronald A. Carucci and Mark Ripke. To technical sergeant: Jon R. Conrad, Robert F. Dare, Rebecca M. Delgado, Joel S. Neiswender and Jeffrey L. Rodgers. Staff sergeants and above should get their ID cards in Customer Service by the next UTA. EPR requirement nt Wing gets newcomers' flight The frequency performance reports (EPRs) for unit assigned and statutory tour staff sergeants and above has changed. The requirement for an EPR for unit assigned reservists is now every two years. Annual reports are required for those on statutory tours. Previously, EPRs were due only when there was a change of station or at the direction of the commander. The first biennial reports for unit reservists are due in September. Annual reports for statutory tour reservists begin in May. Phasing in the new unit EPR requirement over a two-yeperiod is expected to lessen the on military personnel flights. impact last digit of their Social whose People Security number is less than five will probably have an EPR due sometime between September 1997 and August 1998. Most others will be due during the following year. r 1 2' change of enlisted i m T7 f?3 t T3 Tr m Leaders of newcomers' flight MSgt. Darrell Johnson and SMSgt. Paul Gapinski ar a Memorial service Gen. Mitchell International Airport-Ai- r Reserve Station, Milwaukee, Wis., will hold a memorial service May 3 for reservists who aircraft died April 1 in the crash of their in International Airport near Tegucigalpa Honduras. Seven survivors were transferred by a U.S. Air Force medical evacuation aircraft to milTexas. The itary hospitals in San Antonio, a scheduled on was crew 440th Airlift Wing Oak a deployment. Coronet of mission as part Howard AFB, from route en was The aircraft C-1- Panama, to Soto Cano AB, Honduras. 4. by Maj. Ken Warren 419th FW Public Affairs Office Newcomers to the 419th Fighter Wing in June are going to make history as the original members of the wing's newcomers' flight. The leaders of the new unit, SMSgt. Paul Gapinski and MSgt. Darrell Johnson the commander and vice commander, respectively say they want to establish the type of organization that will inspire newcomers and make the rest of the wing proud. "Our goals are simple: To make the newcomers realize what a great unit this is and inspire them to feel good about the decision they made to join the Air Force Reserve," said Johnson. Gapinski said he is humbled and honored to be named the flight's first commander. He also said he feels some pressure because of the awesome respon-siblit- y of nurturing people new to the 419th. "What the newcomers see in those first two UTAs can make all the difference in the world as far as future retention is concerned. It's a huge responsibility, but a challenge I'm looking forward to," Gapinski said. headsllp Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the 419th Fighter DEADLINE for submission of articles is 10 working Wing Public Affairs Office. unit training assembly. Articles should be days before each scheduled wing line. on a typed, double-space- d 3 For more information, call the 419th Public Affairs Office, er 777-271- Brig. Gen. David E. Tanzi Maj. Ken Warren SSgt. Charles Freeman SSgt. Jim Papasadero Stephanie Johns SSgt. Jay Joersz Concerns about retention, making newcomers feel like part of the 419th family and ensuring newcomers are ready to go to work when they report to their squadrons are the primary reasons a process action, team (PAT) was formed to implement the newcomers flight. Lt. Col. John Hansen, deputy 419th Support Group commander, serves on the PAT that developed the concept for a newcomers' flight. He says now that ground work for establishing the flight is done, the PAT will concentrate on developing a process to smooth the newcomers' transition into their organiza- tions. "What we've done with establishing the newcomers' flight won't mean anything if we don't deliver the first level supervisors a troop who is motivated and ready to go to work. The transitional phase from the flight to their home unit is critical," Hansen said. Each newcomer will be assigned to the newcomers' flight for their first two UTAs with the 419th. During that time, they'll receive a series of training and tours to help acclimate them to the Air Force Reserve, the 419th and Hill AFB. The idea is to get as much of the training and paper--u work requirements out of the way before they go to their squadrons. That way they get to devote time to their primary job and start supporting the mission more quickly," Hansen added. -- What the newcomers see in those first two UTAs can make all the difference in the world as far as future retention is concerned. V SMSgt. Paul Gapinski 419th FW STAFF 419th FW commander Chief, Public Affairs NCOIC Public Affairs Public Affairs Specialist Unit Editor Historian |