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Show (Hk) Volume TwoNumber NineMarch 7, 1986 Hill AFD, Utah LA Best-in-Bl- ue Pit Force selected . . . Page 3a Rcscrco Military women . . . Page 2a Edition UPDA W POW modal designed Congress has authorized a Prisoner of War Medal for military people who have been taken prisoner and held captive after April 5, 1917. Design of the medal is to be completed by the end of May. The act specifies that the medal will rank in precedence as the highest service medal the nation can bestow upon a service member. p 'l .'Afi U"'1 " - ' " ' ' ' I ' Seat belts mandated Military and civilian personnel must now wear seat belts while driving or riding as a passenger in government vehicles or private vehicles on military installations. This is required by a new directive recently issued by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Seat belts must be worn any time a government vehicle is driven or when a privately owned vehicle is used on official business on or off base. Lt. Col. Glen Jepsen, 419th Tactical Fighter Wing Safety Officer, says this new mandate should not be ignored. "First-tim- e offenders will be issued a warning; a second offense will suspend base driving privileges for 30 days and a third citation will be a suspension." Periodically, wing ground safety personnel will conduct spot checks on reserve weekends in an effort to change old habits of not buckling up, he said. 12-mon- th Survivor benefits improve Congress recently improved medical, commissary and exchange benefits for dependent survivors of reservists jvho died after Sept. 30, 1985. Dependent benefits are available when the reservist's death occurs while on active duty, active duty for training or inactive duty for training, including travel to or from the place of duty, regardless of the period of such duty. Survivors are entitled to medical and dental care in facilities of the uniformed services, subject to the availability of space and the capabilities of the medical and dental staff. Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services benefits are also available for widows and children but not dependent parents All dependents would be and parents-in-law- . authorized to use the commissary and exchange stores. Before the new law, reservists had to be on tours in excess of 30 days for survivors to receive medical benefits. Also, under the old law for commissary and exchange store use, a reservist's death must have occurred during active duty for training or from injuries received on inactive duty training. No saluting for cyclists Air Force members are not required to salute or be saluted while riding mopeds, motorized cycles or bicycles. Safety reasons were the driving force behind the recent change. The next revision of Air Force Regulation 30-will include the new guidance, officials said. 1 F- -l 6 conversion planned The 419th Tactical Fighter Wing's F-- unit at in the Tinker AFB, Okla., will convert to 24 fall of 1988, Col. John J. Closner, wing commander, announced this week. 4 F-1- 6s A DEADLY AIM TSat. GarV Dixon. 419th Weanons Svtlems Security FliaVi nuar)rnn lonrlor. the site on an M- -l 6 rifle. Qualification training is required twice a year on the grenade launch er, u machine gun and the M- -l 6. M-2- 03 wi-o- Ah rce Reserve hireeds roaigh' amid. tough and then regained bites deeper than a freedom never threatened.... -C- icero A freedom lost By Barbarann Vessels 419th TFW Public Affairs Office They're all spiff in their camies, from their blue felt berets officially cocked to one side, to their trousers tucked and puffed in their ankle-high- , ebony combat boots. No doves in this flock. They're trained to hawk the unusual as they stand at the flightline gate that of concrete and a opens up city block after block F-- l 6s a $300 million squadron of perfectly parked asset. They're special and different and they believe it. The best ones are They know when all-seein- g. your badge isn't displayed or you look like you are out of place. They're trained to be on alert for suspicious activity or someone carrying an unusual object. d about the 419th You'll find them. Tactical Fighter Wing's operation because they're serious about protecting the facilities, the commander, the battle staff and pilots and the F-- l 6s. Their paranoia is welcomed because it increases the mental grip on security right down to the gut level where it belongs. Who are these "tasked men"? of They're the Air Fdfce's Marines members Flight-reserv- ists the 419th Weapons Systems Security trained to be bad guys. The WSSF security anchor, a salty Hispanic, MSgt. Pete Archuleta, rocks back and forth in his chair, expressing deep concerr over the wing's many vulnerabilities. "There is just a widespread apathy to security," he stressed. "We are so freedom oriented we just don't have fear of a police state," he said. Claiming that in the defense business security close-mouthe- 'Marines' has to be a high priority or you aren't going to win at anything, Sergeant Archuleta began to stump security. His education campaign is infiltrating the wing and the dull and boring security briefing of the past now has zip and thought provoking tactics on how to survive and take care of yourself should terrorism ever strike where you earn your bucks. He's creatively revved up such a serious subject that people are actually stimulated to ask questions. The security flight not only protects all resources umbilical to the F-- l 6 but has a secondary mission of defending the base against an outside attack or defense conact of terrorism. The team comprised of a fireteam leadcept uses a fire er, three riflemen, a grenadier and a machine-gunner. "They are taught many methods of defense which allows a small complement of troops the abil- ity to defend a large area without battalions backing them up. This is just temporary," he chimed, "until help arrives." Just two years ago, their first defense training took place at Silver Flag Alpha staged at Nellis AFB, Nev., and the flight came home with scores one point from perfection a record that hasn't been broken to date in the Air Force Reserve security ranks. "We all came home green berets," he quipped. "It was so meaningful to have the experience to defend against a mock enemy. We were on 24 hours a day lived in fox holes, ate what we could and did our best to survive." Rightly concerned about terrorism or "entertainment by violence," Sergeant Archuleta said, "You can't always see the target or roll in on it like during an air strike and it becomes very frustrating and psychologically batters morale, efficiency and force readiness. "Terrorists appear to have an insatiable appetite for media attention. They need the publicity to justify and advance their causes. Thus the rise in incidents of violence. "The most effective deterrent." emphasized the security veteran, "is an alert, aware person who avoids predictability." World Cham p s..- -. G unsm oke8 5 anti-terrori- st |