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Show Page HILL TOP TIMES 1 June 13. 1975 Special Air Force Consultants ers hip And Drug Ab use Discuss Will CMSgt. Robert Gaylor and Mr. Cal Espinoza, special consultants to the Air Force assigned to the Air Force Military Personnel Center at Randolph AFB, Tex., will visit Hill AFB Monday through Wednesday. At the invitation of Gen. William V. McBride, Sergeant Gaylor and Mr . Espinoza are visiting all Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) installations to make their respective presentations on leadership and drug abuse. BASE'TIIKATER Mr. Espinoza will conduct presentations at the Base Theater at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and Wednesday at p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Military personnel have been scheduled by their respective orderly rooms. Civilians have been invited through their directors and chiefs of staff offices. In addition, Mr. Espinoza will conduct two presentations 1 p.m. THORNTON HALL Sergeant Gaylor 's for key presentations supervisory personnel will be conducted at the Thornton Hall Recreation Center. for Attendance quotas from civilian, supervisors for teenagers at the HAFB Youth Center Tuesday at 3:15 officer and NCO ranks have to distributed been and commanders, directors division chiefs. The leadership sessions at Thornton Hall will be held Monday at 1 p.m.; Tuesday at 1 9 a.m. and p.m.; and 9 a.m. Wednesday at Questions concerning Mr. Espinoza's should be referred to Maj. Wray Calahan, chief, Social Actions Office, Ext. 3407 or 3516. Questions concerning Sergeant Gaylor's leadership training sessions should be referred Rogers, to Robert CMSgt. senior advisor, Ext. 2986 airman or 2987. presentations Cal Espinoza "Tells It Like It Is" -- CMSgt. Gaylor Motivates Leaders special consultant to the Air Force on drug and alcohol abuse, Cal Espinoza spent more than 28 years of his life in penal institutions for drug and alcohol - related crimes. With this background and his .personal drive and dedication, he has related to people who might have developed or who might be inclined to develop similar problems according to A Hill Social Action officials. Mr. Espinoza was born on a reservation near Tucson, Ariz., in 1920 to American Indian parents, who later moved to Watts, Calif, where he grew up as part of a large family of seven sisters and one DRUGS AT AGE 12 At age 12 he started using marijuana at first -and when he was 14 years old. -- - he was sent to reform school to to begin his exposure California penal institutions. Convicted of strong-armerobbery in 1941, Cal was sent r to San Quentin to serve a 1947 sentence. Between d six-vea- stop running away from himself and reality, and he started helping himself by working with other people with drug problems. "Very few hard drug addicts have gone through what I have and lived to tell about it," he relates. "The people who inspired me most were the addicts who came back to the prison to help us train for jobs. The guy who played the biggest part in changing me was a former heroin addict whom I thought was a lot worse than ex-dru- brother. drugs and 1966. he served another sentence at San Quentin and three more at Folsom Prison for possession of drugs and crimes he committed to support his habit. STOPPED RUNNING When he got out of prison for the fifth time, he decided to g me." Mr. Espinoza came in contact with the Air Force in 1968 when he was working with kids "messed up" on drugs in Modesto. Calif. His civilian work brought him in contact with the commander of nearby Castle AFB where he was asked to set up a drug abuse program on base. UNPAID VOLUNTEER Working as an unpaid volunteer, he addressed military dependents and other Air Force groups at PTA meetings. Commander's Calls, and informal "rap sessions." Shortly thereafter, Cal met General David C. Jones, presently. Chief of Staff, USAF, but then commander of Second Air Force, higher headquarters for Castle AFB. Impressed by Mr. Espinoza's background and work, the general invited him to his office. He subsequently became a special advisor on drugs for General Jones, and toured Second Air Force bases U.S. the throughout speaking counseling "rapping" on drugs. and In October he joined the United States Air Force in Europe's Social Actions Office to set up a drug abuse program. For three years he 1971. traveled throughout Europe working with both military personnel and dependents in combating drug abuse. AIR FORCE LEVEL ' He moved to his present Air Force level job in 1974. He and his wife have two sons and a daughter of which he has said with some pride, "My sons are both veterans of the Vietnam War and have never been on drugs." "My daughter works with Teen Challenge, a group which takes a religious approach to helping people with drug problems." leadership traveling instructor and advisor Sergeant Gaylor entered the Air Force in September 1948 and has worked in the Air Police career field for 15 of his total 26 years of Air Force service. T.I. He was a basic training instructor at Lackland AFB, Tex., for four years, two of which he served as senior training NCO in the WAF Basic Training Squadron, an assignment he considers unique among his other tours of duty. Sergeant Gaylor was an honor graduate of class 65-- of the Strategic Air Command as chief, human relations management and until military departments. training SECOND AIR FORCE He next served as senior airman advisor to the commander of SAC's Second Air Force and traveled to 2nd AF bases to present a special management discussion Sergeant Gaylor course he had prepared. transferred to U.S. Air Forces in Europe headquarters in and Germany in 1971 continued to travel and teach management techniques. He established the USAFE B Mr. Espinoza is believed to be the only man of his kind in NCO Academy, Barksdale the ent ire Air Force and one of AFB, La., and received very few men who survived the academic award and was for the heavy drug addition and five first runner-u- p to about tell sentences commandant's award. prison it. He served as an instructor at the SAC NCO Academy CMSGT. GAYLOR until 1966. Following a tour in Motivating key supervisory Thailand, he returned to personnel toward effective Barksdale to assist in releadership is the task of opening the SAC NCO CMSgt. Robert D. Gavlor, a Academy, remaining there ERYBODY CAN 1970 Command Management Leadership Center in 1972 and continued as NCOIC of the center until his selection as USAFE Enlisted Advisor in August 1973. In his present assignment, he continues to travel - now Air Force w ide - to make -- leadership motivationof presentation at the behest Gen. David C. Jones. Air Force Chief of Staff. v Why Sweat it this Summer? DO THEIR WASH 4400 CFM Roof Cooler Completely Installed Coo,s 1 100 sci- - ONLY f- $37000 Mobile Home SPEED - 1. J 1 ""W I 1 And Window Coolers, Pumps, Grills, Tubing, And Parts v For Do It Yourself WASH lit, Ml 4- -, 'I fYi Mi BRIGHAM CITY Brimley T. V. LAYTON G5y II Sorry, Classifieds By Mail Only P.O. 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