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Show July 26, 2001 388th Fighter Wing One hundred sixty-eigsenior airmen promoted to staff sergeant ht Holy t One hundred and senior airmen Miller, Matthew Newson, Dustin Price, from the 388th Fighter Wing received good David Scianna, David Tyler and Erick news July 19 when the Air Force released the Valdes; 34th FS: Jon Adolph, David staff sergeant promotion list Aguirre Jr., Esmeralda Aguirre, Joshua The following people will sew on their extra Conder, Dustin Cook, Christopher Delreal, Tara Emmendorfer, Kevin Forde, Tyrone stripe during the 01E5 promotion cycle: 388th Fighter Wing; Christopher Hampton, Jason Harrison, John Horton, Donald Jepsen. Michial Larner, Scott May, Engelbrecht, Annetia Jones and Jennifer Ofelia Morin, Edward Mullins, Sean MurMiller, Angela Totten and Esperanza Coffey; 388th Operations Group: Daniel phy, Trent Perry, Kelly Pindle, Matthew Stokes and Jerry Wiederien; 42 1 st FS: 388th Gaynon Operations Support Zara Erin Richard Alvarez, Johnny Anthony, Michael Sean Kerr. Dietrich, Squadron: Wolfe and Southall Arambula, Jay Balce, Robert Barron Jr., Morgan, Raquel Leroy Linda 4th III; Brooks, Benjamin Carpenter, James Clark III, Fighter Squadron: Adam Cobbs, John Earley, Richard EmerChung Chiu, Troy Craine, Dayo Danzy, Keisha Richard Evelyn-Moson, Jeramy Higgins, Andrew Leger, Jared Joseph Ellis, Mickhail Hawkins, Christopher Marsden, Jason Metcalf, Dennis Potter, Finger, Alexander Prestidge, Terry Rasmussen, Hunter, Laith Hutcheson, Angela Jackson, Dale Jacobs, Gene Johnson, Samuel JohnJason Saxon, Michael Scheel, Kurt son, Scott Klawitter, Erik Maxwell, Harvey Statezni, Aaron Stout.Kevin Tucker, Nicholas Wieder, Andrew Willis and Thad- McReynolds, Joseph Mendiola, Donald sixty-eigh- e, deus Wyrobek; 388th Logistics Group: Steven Richardson; 388th Logistics Support Squadron ; Mario Alvarez. Jamie Cromblin. Jason Manriquez, Craig ton Lanam HI, Patrick Lathrop, Jesse Lawhorn, Clinton Lloyd, William Manson, Sad-berr- y; 388th Component Repair Squadron: Ryan Ball, Jared Bowman, Pizarro Couvertier, Matthew Cox, Kathy Ford, Jason Franz, Michael Gillman, Michael Hurst, Gerardo Jaramillo, Christopher Kern, Patrick King, Jeffrey LaFond, Jared Langston, Frank Lis Jr., Heather Mal-soWilliam Moore, Cheryl Peck, Jody Ritenour, Erik Sather, Kenneth Stager, Christopher Swenson and Michael Willis; Christa Muncy. Timothy Neal, Steven Olkowski, Tiffany Parry. Dreama Pitts, Christopher Redmond, Jason Sayre, Wesley Schaf fran, Sam Sharpe, Garry Swan-soBrian Teats and Christopher Thompson; 729th Air Control Squadron: Nathan Arpan, Joshua Bringhurst, Aaron Brown, Eric Brown, Matthew Comiskey, Brian Crook, Stephen Drummond, Jonathan Gilbert, Jerry Giles, Michael Hartman. Neil Holdren, Misti Hooman, Rachelle Joiner, Sean Malone, Rebekah Norton, Figueroa Quinones, Bobbi Richardson, Nikole Rohde, Charles Rolfes, April Sambroak, Peter Steyaert, Lisa Thierry, David Wallace, Steven Walton, Adam Warren, Chet Warren, Kristian "Whitaker, Elizabeth Woo and Trinity n, n, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron: Jeremy Brown, Lamont Coates, Yvonne Cook, Anthony Crawford, Sheila Cregger, Jamil Greene, Kyle Fox, Juan Gutierrez III, Christopher Halliday, Corey Hammond, Karl Hill Jr., Glenn Howard, Kelly Jorgensen, Todd Krise, Bur NCO Academy system expands to Gunter Annex toll By Carl Bergquist Air University Public Affairs The Air Force is expanding its capability to provide training to midlevel noncommissioned officers with the NCO Academy at Gunter addition of a Annex in Montgomery, Ala. The addition of the school, with classes scheduled to start in January 2003, will bring the number of Air Force NCO academies worldwide MAXWELL AFB, Ala. (AFPN) 13-flig- ht Students attending the new school will be "an not overflow of NCOs requiring this training to mention any 'must-train- s' who may have a line number to master sergeant," said Chief Master Sgt. Vickie Helms, Gunter NCO Academy commandant National Guard and Reserve students will also take classes at the Gunter school. The purpose of NCO Academy training is to provide leadership skills, communications skills and profession of arms knowledge to enhance a student's ability as an NCO, Helms said. The new facility at Gunter will train 1,183 students annually, Helms said. The course is 28 academic days long with seven classes scheduled per year. "Our staff is projected to consist of 27 active-dut- y (people)," Helms said. "There is a great need for technical sergeants to apply for instructor positions. We have 16 slots to fill." The school is already hiring, she said. To meet university academic standards, instruc- tors must have a two-yedegree, Helms said. ar or higher college The NCO Academy is the second level of professional military education, and graduation from it is necessary for promotion to master sergeant The first level of PME is Airman Leadership School, and the top echelon is the Air Force Senior NCO Academy. (Courtesy oAETCNews Service) Pay problems ironed out for some, others P. should remain cautious RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - After a payday that saw some airmen correctly, officials here are still advising many with recent changes to stop by their finance offices to ensure they will get the right paycheck even though many of the problems from the end not-pai- pay-stat- Photo courtesy of 388th Fighter Wing safety office Madeline Mahon, daughter of Development Center July 13. Lt. Col. Philip Mahon, 388th Fighter Wing chief of safety, attended a child seat inspection at the Child 388th FW safety personnel learn to properly install child passenger safety seats 388th Fighter Wing Safety Office The USAA Educational Foundation, contracted by USAA to conduct National Highway Traffic Association (NHTSA) Child Passenger Safety Seat Technician Training, held a training class on base two weeks ago. Ms. Mary Musgrave and Staff Sgt. Michael Bacon, ,388th Fighter Wing safety office, were among those trained. Ms Musgrave and Sergeant Bacon plan to use their training to benefit, not only the 388th FW personnel but also volunteer their services on base and in the local community, they said. "I walked out of the class having learned just how important proper use and installation of child seats really is to safely transport children. I look forward to using this knowledge to help parents," said Sergeant Bacon. children participated in the child safety Twenty-fou- r seat inspections, where instructors were on site to ensure "Team Hill's" smallest members are transported safely. Numerous child safety seats which did not meet the "Best Practice" standards as per the NHTSA, were replaced and properly installed, free of charge. Some of the reasons car seats failed were: damage, recalls, the child size, age, or weight were not commensurate with the child seat. Nationally, NHTSA reports a shocking 97 percent improper seat installation. Of all child deaths nation wide, 42 percent are due to automobile crashes, over half of these are due to improper usage of the child safety seat. The child seat inspection here revealed 96 percent improper installation. Although installation directions accompany new child seats, they are often difficult to understand or disregarded. Occasionally child safety seats are not compatible with the car seat or seat belt system. Vehicles are designed for adult comfort, which sometimes makes proper installation of child seats impossible. Lt. Col. Philip Mahon was impressed with the information he received at the child safety seat inspection. "I did not realize so much is involved in properly installing child safety seat. This was an eye opening experience. daughter is thrilled with her new seat," said the lieutenant colonel. a And my of June have been ironed out. People who, in May or June, finalized their within 30 days of their dates of separation, new officer accessions and anyone recently returning from a break in active service are among those who might want to go by their finance offices today or Friday to check what their pay will be and have a chance to fix it. "We can't say there will be no problems for this payday we could never guarantee that," said Lt. Col. Richard Treasure, chief of the systems requirements division at' Randolf AFB, "but most, if not all, of those who were shorted expected pay or bonuses the last one or two pay periods should see their full pay restored, along with a lump sum that makes up for what they have missed." A glitch with name and social security number mismatch that caused problems with people promoted in June not receiving their pay increases has been identified and fixed, said Colonel Treasure. In addition, the problems with peoor initial ple not receiving their selective enlistment bonuses have also been fixed. A close working relationship with people at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service has helped members of the center fix temporarily or permanently many of the problems with the new personnel data system which have caused an estimated several hundred airmen worldwide to have to go to their finance offices early this month after getting less pay than they had counted on. "The folks at have been absolutely great, putting in extra hours to help everyone get through this series of difficulties," said Master Sgt. Michael Whirlow, NCOIC of personnel system operations and DFAS liaison. "And that has helped us tremendously. They're putting the needs of the airmen first, which is allowing us all to weather this storm." (Courtesy of the Air Force Personnel Center) DFAS-Denv- er vv A |