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Show Health and Fitness Tips iLJi iLJ Page 2a Supplement to the Hilltop Timet Hill AFB, UUh March 8, 1991 linniiimn ' yy f. N C ' minip hi i. i. mi. ., ,. i im imn . ,t i - - y ;-- . - v I f "y. O v if U.S. Air Force Photos by TSgt. Bruce Hills Serving at Hill U I SSgt. Marie Brewer, left, welcomes guests at the Hill AFB Billeting Office while, above, MSgt. Ralph Francis and SSgt. Gladys Carson man the cash register at the base airmen's dining facility. All three services personnel belong to the 419th TFW Civil Engineering Squadron and are part of a team of seven from the squadron called to active duty Feb. 11. I 419th reservists bolster Desert Storm Seven Air Force Reservists assigned to the 419th Tactical Fighter Wing's Civil Engineering Squadron were called to active duty Feb. 11. The reservists will remain at Hill AFB to backfill in jobs such as food preparation and billeting. Six of the reservists are from Utah and one is from Idaho. This is the third group from the Reserve civil engineering squadron to be called up in support of Operation Desert Storm. On Jan. 29, nine reservists were called up to backfill in similar jobs at George AFB, Calif. In December, 24 firefighters were called to active duty to backfill at the Hill AFB Fire ary. One is serving at Cannon AFB, N.M., and one has been assigned to Tyndall AFB, Fla. In January, 68 members of the 419th TFW Medical Squadron were activated to serve at Langley AFB, Va. On Feb. 7, six Air Force Reservists from the 67th and 68th Aerial Port Squadrons at Hill were deployed to the Saudi Arabian peninsula. The 419th TFW has recalled 116 reservists in support of Operation Desert Storm since early December. More than 19,200 members of the Air Force Reserve had been called to active duty by the end of the third week of Operation Desert Storm. Another 1,200 were on active duty as volunteers. An undisclosed number of reservists directly sup- - Department. Two disaster preparedness specialists from the 419th TFW were called to active duty in late Febru- - TfeUeiy2)ln)n) s Operation Desert Storm has caused large telephone tolls for some Air Force people. Phone bills have been mounting for airmen and their families since units first deployed in August, and, according to Tactical Air Command communications experts, these bills have reached stunning numbers. "To the average Air Force family, a phone bill of $200 or more is a very large bill," said Capt. Rick Booth, communications syschief of long-hatems at TAC. "However, we have people receiving bills of more than $1,000. "People need to know that there are other avenues of communicating with their families or friends serving in the ul bu. 10on ported the operation in Saudi Arabia. Others provided assistance elsewhere overseas and in the United States. By early February, the Air Force had called up h close to 17,500 unit reservists, nearly of force. This included some 3,800 officers and the one-fourt- 13,670 enlisted members. Nearly 25 percent of them were women, and almost 1,800 were full-tim- e air reserve technicians. The Air Force also called up some 520 officer and 700 enlisted individual mobilization augmentees, along with more than 530 members of the Individual Ready Reserve. Another 200 officers and more than 1,020 enlisted personnel were on active duty as volunteers. Some 75 of them were ARTs. 1 IF In) Middle East," he said. One option that is available to people deployed in support of Operation Desert Storm is the Military Affiliate Radio System. According to U.S. Central Command, there art 84 MARS stations within the Middle East. Stateside MARS operations exist at 12 locations throughout the U.S., and, according to MSgt. Dan Perry, noncommissioned officer in charge of the MARS station at Langley AFB, Va., the communications system is being used by service members deployed to the Middle East. "Military can make up to a free phone call anywhere in the U.S. using the MARS system," seven-minut- e, u nniAmAnt to the HIMoo Times. Dublished bv MorMedia. Inc.. a private firm i with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with the Ogden ALC Public in no way connected Affairs Office. This commercial enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for Air Force Reserve members of the U.S. military services. Contents of headedp are not necessarily the official said Sergeant Perry. He explained that telegrams may also be sent through the MARS station. "Many people are sending telegrams to their spouse or family members, letting them know how they are doing," added Sergeant Perry. Another option for deployed callers is to use the services provided by major U.S. telephone companies. CENTCOM reports that in the Middle East, 14 desert phone centers have been established, with 1,500 phones in forward positions and 2,000 in rear areas. "You must be careful how and when you call," said Captain Booth. r collect "For example, two one-hou- calls per week from a deployed person, not using a U.S. desert telephone center, during a peak period can easily cost $1,000 during a month," he said. "With good planning, a person can talk to family members or friends for 10 minutes each week for about $45 each month from the phone centers established by U.S. companies. Phone center calls are not dependent upon the time of day. Also, the use of calling cards is less expensive than calling collect." The captain added that major phone center calls have been helpful in providing calling cards to troops sup- porting Operation Desert Storm. views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense or the Department of the Air Force. Advertisements contained herein do not constitute an endorsement by the Department of Defense, the Department of the Air Force or Hill AFB, Utah. 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