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Show ItTIMES Wanted: Airmen selfie videos Air Force News Service WASHINGTON - Do you have a unique story about the path that led you to the Air Force? Are you proud of your job and how it impacts the bigger Air Force mission? Do you work in an exceptional unit? If so, the Air Force wants to hear from you! The 2014 American Airman Video Contest, which began July 1, is open to all Airmen -uniformed, civilian, Guard and Reserve -- who want to share their story of being an Airman. The contest rules have been relaxed to allow participants to shoot up to a one-minute video, or selfie, talking about their story as an Airman or about the unique mission they do every day. The content of the video is limited only by the imagination. "Every Airman has a story -- and smartphone technology now allows those Airmen to share those stories to a wider audience than ever before," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III at the start of the contest. Airmen are encouraged to create their own video for the contest and to challenge their friends to come up with the most creative selfie video to be added to the American Airman Video Contest. The competition has reached the halfway point and submissions are needed to show the diversity and quality of the Air Force. Videos must be received by July 29 to be eligible for the contest. The top 10 finalist videos will be available on AFBlueTube, www.youtube.com/user/AFB1ueTube, for public voting from Aug. 12 to 22. Voters can "like" their favorite videos, and the video with the most "likes" will win. Many of the clips will be compiled for a special video presentation by Welsh during the Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in September. The original video length has doubled, so Airmen, uniformed and civilian, can now send in up to a 60-second video of his or her Air Force story. It's as simple as taking out their smartphone, shooting a quick clip and uploading it to their YouTube account. Once it's there, send a link to usafvideos@us.af mil to enter. For more details and complete contest rules, visit http:// airforcelive.dodlive.mil/contest. "Our Airmen are an amazing communication resource," Welsh said. "No one tells the Air Force story like they do." 7 . Existing tools help users reduce PII breaches GRAND OPENING BY 1ST LT. MEREDITH HEIN 24th Air Force Public Affairs TODD CROMAR/U.S. Air Force Gale Campbell fills a perscription on July 21 for Frank Profaizer at the Grand Opening of the 75th Medical Group Satellite Pharmacy, located in the base exchange. The Pharmacy will provide greater convienece for active duty and retirees. BELOW: Maj. David Jarnot briefs Col. Ronald Jolly, 75th Air Base Wing commander, during a walking tour of the new satellite pharmacy. ABOVE: Hill AFB Opens Satellite Pharmacy BY DANA RIMINGTON Hilltop Times correspondent H ILL AIR FORCE BASE - After serving as the busiest single-site pharmacy location in the Air Force, Hill Air Force Base has now opened a second pharmacy to accommodate the large numbers and to service community members currently getting their prescriptions filled by area pharmacies. Beginning this week, the new 75th Medical Group Satellite Pharmacy is open, located in the Base Exchange, Bldg. 412, 5845 E. Ave. The pharmacy had always exceeded its capacity, resulting in long wait times for customers, leading out-of-pocket costs, which will be many TRICARE beneficiaries to get their prescriptions filled by local See PHARMACY I Page 10 pharmacies, resulting in copays and JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIOLACKLAND, Texas - Members of 24th Air Force are refurbishing an old email tool to help Air Force users reduce breaches of personally identifiable information, or PII. The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool, or DSET, which currently prompts users to provide a digital signature when an email contains an active hyperlink or attachment, is being reconfigured to scan emails and attachments for PII. DSET was first introduced to Microsoft Outlook in 2009 by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. "DSET was originally designed to mitigate risk from socially-engineered email or phishing attacks. Now, it provides some protection of messages transmitting PII," said Alonzo Pugh, a cyber business system analyst for 24th AF. "The tool provides awareness for users of risks before the email leaves the workstation, giving users the chance to correct the identified risk." PII includes items such as an individual's social security number, driver's license information and financial information. Breaches occur when this information is inadvertently released. User awareness is one of the biggest issues associated with PII breaches, Pugh said. "When users release PII that is not protected, that puts information at risk for being intercepted by adversaries," he said. "These adversaries can then use that information to target users to gain access the network. Air Force network users must do their due diligence when sending an e-mail containing PII. They need to make sure the informaSee TOOLS I Page 10 MEETING THE NEEDS OF MODERN WARRIORS Air Force to highlight S&T priorities at industry event BY DEREK KAUFMAN 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Creating tomorrow's Air Force is a delicate balance. It requires a mix of science and technology investment to meet current warfighter needs, as well as cutting edge research to develop revolutionary capabilities which today's Airmen can only imagine, and may not see fielded this decade. That is one important message Maj. Gen. Tom Masiello intends to share with academic and defense industry partners during the Wright Dialogue with Industry, July 22-24. The industry-hosted collaboration event will be held at the Hope Hotel and Richard C. Holbrooke Conference Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. General Masiello, who commands the Air Force Research Laboratory, said 60 percent of the Air Force's science and technology research and development is performed by universities and industry, including many high-tech small businesses. "It is vitally important that AFRL engage with our industry and academia partners to highlight our requirements and research interests," Masiello said. "We need to communicate our S&T priorities and where there are gaps and opportunities in areas like cyber, autonomy and next-generation aerospace. We also get valuable feedback on industry capabilities and emerging technologies that show promise." Maj. Gen. Masiello and Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, will each deliver keynote presentations during the Dialogue with Industry. Officials said a unique aspect to this year's dialogue is the ability for those seeking to do business with the Air Force to get detailed information about the Air Force Research Laboratory's "Technology Focus Areas" and specific S&T challenges. This information will be shared via the Defense Innovation Mar- ketplace website and an eventspecific portal hosted by DaytonDefense. All materials are restricted to U.S. Citizens and Government contractors. For registration and other event details, the Defense Innovation Marketplace weblink is http:// www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/AFRL.html. Giovanni Pagan, AFRL's program manager for the Air Force Independent Research and Development program, said this year's dialogue will feature two full days devoted to technical discussions on eight key Technology Focus Areas, including: • Next Gen Aerospace • Space & Nuclear • Weapons • ISR (Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance) • Human Performance • C4 (Command, Control, Cyber & Communications) *Affordability & Sustainment • Electronic Warfare/Electronic Protection General Masiello said his team of AFRL scientists and engineers have "frequent contact with warfighters at all levels of command" to learn about challenges that urgently need solving and to share solutions that can be rapidly fielded, such as advanced airborne sensors to identify threats like improvised explosive devices. Just as imporSee PRIORITIES I Page 10 |