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Show June 30, 1994 the NCOs need to establish the framework and provide the guidance, Continued from Page 3 support and leadership they need. Beright beginnings and the right educa- ing an NCO is not just showing up for tion and training so that they become work every day. The responsibilities professional NCOs when they move up go beyond that. If you notice a change in one of your subordinates, be conin the ranks." Ballard recalls how a senior NCO cerned enough to notice and ask why. took her under his wing when she ar- If you do that, they'll see that you rived at her first duty station and truly care and they will go that extra showed her how to do the job and suc- mile without moaning and groaning, ceed. Today, she fears, NCOs uninten- because they know you're up there tionally forget their responsibility to representing them and looking out for them." junior enlisted. "Our young people are often anxious. They want to do a good job, but Improve yourself According to the chief, another vi they're not sure how. That's where we - itary personnel flight immediately for eligibility criteria and test scheduling, according to Air Force Military Personnel Center officials. Members currently receiving proficiency pay must requalify for calendar 1995. The program is voluntary and requires unit commander certification, a secret or higher security clearance, and a qualifying score on the Defense Language Proficiency Test or Defense Language Reading Proficiency Test. Members who qualify can receive $50 to $100 per month, depending on the level of proficiency. Those people proficient in more than one dialect of a language will receive pay only for the dialect in which they are most proficient. Spanish and Tagalog speakers must be in a S X . can do for themselves. "We've got to keep growing because when we stop learning, we're really dead. When we reach the senior levels, the demands for our time are so great that we often fail to take time for ourselves. But when we keep learning, keep growing, we set the example for others to follow. "My successes are not due to myself, but to the great people who took me under their wing and guided me. News Briefs Foreign language pay testing RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFNS) Qualification testing for Foreign Language Proficiency Pay begins Friday and ends Dec. 31. Air Force members interested in qualifying for pay during calendar 1995 must contact their mil- tal part of that NCO responsibility is continually working to improve oneself. She said that taking classes, either in residence or through correspondence, is the best thing people d crash - Four FAIRCHILD AFB; Wash. (AFNS) from the 92nd Bomb wing here died June bomber crashed northeast of 24 when their the base air traffic control tower. Dead are: Col. Robert E. Wolff, 92nd BW vice commander and the aircraft's pilot from Chicago, crew-membe- rs B-52- H 111.; We owe that same support to those working under us, because it is these people, the person turning the wrench or typing away in some office, the people we often overlook, who are what the Air Force is all about. "We must make our command a better place to serve for all the enlisted corps, not just for us, but for those who will follow," Ballard said. "Everything we do to improve the quality of life is for the people who will come af- ter us." So, if you see Ballard driving around your base or wandering through your section, take a minute to say hello and tell her what you're thinking. Suffolk, Va. m D-- 52 Lt. Col. Mark C. McGeehan, 325th Bomb Squad- ron commander and instructor pilot from East Liverpool, Ohio; Lt. Col. Kenneth S. Houston, 32nd BS, operations officer and instructor radar navigator from Avenal, Calif; and Lt. Col. Arthur A. Hol The accident is being investigated, said base officials. The 2 was on a "transitional sortie" a flight and practicing that remains in the local area touch-and-g- o when crashed at 2:16 p.m. it landings PDT, officials said. The aircraft was the last 2 bomber stationed at Fairchild and was scheduled to be transferred to Barksdale AFB, La., this summer. Air Force Secretary Sheila E. Widnall had visited Fairchild three hours before the crash to attend memorial services for other people killed earlier in the week when a former airman went on a shooting spree. A1C Dean Mellberg, 20, of Lansing, Mich., also wounded 23 other people before being shot to death had been disby a base security policeman.-Mellbercharged from the Air Force in May for a personality and character disorder. The shooting incident is also being investigated. 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