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Show 2U AIR FORCE RESERVE HEADS UP Feb. 9, 1990 Supplement to the Hilltop Timts J Ay cl r - r -.- v-i t c - i f"v -- CM?. : - "" : - r ' vv ' . ; mmmmmm.m ; U.S. Air Force Photo by TSgt. Bruce Hills Follow the leader Brig. Gen. Forrest S. Winebarger, commander, 419th Tactical Fighter Wing, pitches the team concept to Reserve graduates and commanders during the wing's first NCO Leadership Development Course, addresses (Sminriiyinik(Sili,Dnif CoBOTmSflinidleir flemwirk t NC iireidyall'Dini! by TSgt. Bruce Hills Public Affairs Office "Solutions to many of our problems are within ourselves and working together as a team, talking about problems with others, helps to get them solved," 419th Tactical Fighter Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Forreset S. Winebarger told students enrolled in the Air Force Reserve's first Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Program at Hill AFB. General Winebarger, speaking to the reservists at their final class session in January, told them they will probably face many tough decisions in the years to come and will have to create many tough so- lutions. "Many times you will think you have solved a problem and then discover some problems don't always stay solved. I believe this course is a good one, and I'm sure it will pay dividends to the students who take it and to the Air Force Reserve." The 25 students, from the 419th TFW, 67th and 68th Aerial Port Squadrons and 405th Combat Logistics Support Squadron, completed 10 days of, classroom training Jan. 7. The course was conducted on two three-daweekends and two two-daweekends from October through January. The group will participate in an official graduation at the wing Commander's Call Saturday morning, March 10. General Winebarger said one of the keys to becoming a leader is learning to be a follower and learning y y to take orders. "The NCO Leadership course is centered around a team building concept and while you have learned management and leadership techniques in the 10 days you have been in class, you have also learned to work together to solve problems and accomplish goals," General Winebarger told the students. He said the associations the students have made in the classroom and the friendships they have formed have built a network of contacts that will help them solve problems in the future. He told the students it may take as long as three years for all the staff sergeants and technical sergeants in the 419th to take the NCO Leadership Development Course. A second NCO Leadership class began in January at Hill AFB and a third was to begin in February. Officials estimated that 10,000 staff and technical sergeants in 10th Air Force will complete the program. "This course is going to make the Air Force Reserve more effective and increase our readiness," General Winebarger said. In addition to teaching students a host of psychology and management principles, the course helps reservists become more sensitive to the feelings, emotions and problems of others. The course helps them build leadership skills that help them motivate others. Leadership, in one respect, the course materials have pointed out, is getting people to work for you when they have no obligation to do so. Reservists see pay, travel increases, first-tim- e state tax withholdings A 3.6 percent pay raise for reservists and others in the military went into effect Jan. 1. The pay increase includes basic pay, basic allowance for subsistence and basic allowance for quarters. Reservists who serve on temporary duty will see their per diem increase $5.70 per day. The change is retroac across-the-boar- d tive to Oct. 1, 1989, so enlisted reservists who served TD Y after Oct. 1 will receive retroactive pay for this service. The mileage reimbursement rate has also increased, from 22.5 cents to 24 cents per mile, when military employees must use their own vehicles for official business. State income tax is now being with Jeidirs held from the paychecks of 419th Tac- tical Fighter Wing reservists who claim residency in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Wyoming, California, Tennessee and Montana. The new policy was to have begun Jan. 24 and comes in the wake of the fiscal 1988 Defense Authorization Bill which modified the U.S. tax code to allow for mandatory withholding of state income taxes from reservists who live in the previously mentioned . states plus 20 others and the District of Columbia. Military pay and bonuses subject to federal income tax withholding are subject to state income tax withholding. Also, the same tax status and deduction election a reservist uses for federal income tax withholding purposes will apply and be used for state income tax withholding, pay officials announced. E headsCIp Editorial content it edited, prepared and provided by the 419th Tactical Fighter Wing Public fairs Office. DEADLINE for submission of articles is 10 working days before each scheduled wing on a unit training assembly. Articles should be typed, double-space- d line. ,.'-"- . For mor information, call the 419th Public Affairs Office, . V. V '.V Af- 777-271- 3. w Brig. Gen. Forrest S. Winebarger Barbara Ann Vessels LI. Col. Len Barry TSgt. Bruce Hills SSgt. Anne Yetderman 4 1 91 h TFW STAFF ,SSgt. Nina Brown. ....;..;.;.i.l,,,f...l.,,f,l,V.,.'...UV 419th TFW Commander Chief, Public Affairs Public Affairs Officer Editor, NCOIC, Public Affairs Staff Writer Administrative Specialist. |