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Show c 2 Feb. 16, 1995 Hilltop Times I f . "." Welcome home! SSgt. Lee Dobrowol-sk- i receives a warm welcome from his wife, Sue, and their daughter, J i tan, upon arriving at Hill AFB Wednesday morning after completing a tour of duty 1 at Incirlik AB, Turkey. The 419th wrapped s day up a deployment to Incirlik for Operation Provide Comfort II. Wing officials called 60-plu- the deployment a complete success. The unit flew more than PKoto by Mot- - K Laundry1 contract changes On March Hill's laundry, dry cleaning and alteration contract will be revised. Under the new contract, the alteration shop will be become a full service shop located in Bldg. 332 just a few doors north of its present location. New hours will be 8 a.m.-- 6 p.m. Monday-Saturda- and y noon-- 4 p.m. on Sunday. Customers using the laundry, dry cleaning and alteration shop before March 1 are encouraged to pick up garments before the new contract begins. For more information call 773-3S2- VA to 3. pay out dividends The Department of Veterans Affairs will pay million in 1995 to veterans holding active government life insurance policies. Dividends range from S230 to S561 and vary according to a veteran's age. type of insurance and policy duration. The dividend-earningovernment policies were issued between 1917 and 1956. Automatic payouts will be credited on policy anniversary dividend-earnin- g g dates. Policyholders do not need to file any applications. Those with questions should call the VA at SES offered early outs Fred Pang, assistant secretary of defense for force management and personnel, authorized all DOD agencies to offer voluntary separation incentive pay to members of the Senior Executive Service though Feb. 2. The buyouts are also available for positions. The military services and DOD agencies can extend buyouts for optional retirements, early retirements and resignations. However, they must first obtain approval from the Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service. 500 sorties, compiling over 1,400 hours in support of the operation. Worr cific exchanges are slated for the network in late spring, according to Bob Carreras, chief of the exchange services visual production branch. AAFES is using a custom music mix with professional announcements and advertisements to entertain shoppers and provide updated product and service information. Network operating cost is offset by vendor-pai- d advertising, Carreras said. Fats Johnson to perform on base Singer, guitarist and comedian Fats Johnson will perform at the Hill NCO Club on Feb. 24 at 9 p.m. and at the Officers Club on Feb. 25 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Fats Johnson is the former lead singer with the "New Christy Minstrels" and 'The Back Porch Majority." Johnson has entertained throughout the world. For further inf ormation, call the NCO club at Ext. or Tennessee Connection at 295-508- Points of contact change Point of contacts and phone numbers for the Entitlements and Benefits Section of Civilian Personnel have changed to the following: Thrift Savings Plan, health and life insurance: Adele Parker. Ext. Retirement, military deposit and injury compensation, including injuries, continuation of pay and leave employees with last names A through G Marilyn Walker. Ext. names H through O Carolyn Bronson. Ext. names P through Z Gavlene Brown. Ext. on-the-j- buy-bac- k: SES-equivale- nt B AAFES inaugurates radio service The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is taking some cues from giant retailers. It's piping in music, advertisements and product information to make shopping a pleasant experience. The AAFES Satellite Radio Network premiered in July in 40 exchanges throughout the country. When network hookups are complete. AAFES radio will be heard in 25S stores in the United States. Twenty-eigh- t European stores are scheduled to have AAFES radio bv the end of this month. Twelve Pa Leave programs and occupational injuries: June Hayes. Ext. Pay. holidays, hours of work, work schedules, overtime. VERA: Nancy Lucas. Ext. To speak with Entitlements and Benefits representatives, call for an appointment. Paperwork can be sent to 75 SPTG DPCEB Parents' night out scheduled The Youth Center is sponsoring parents' night out The cost is Friday. p.m.. for youth ages $10 for the first child and $5 for the remaining children in the same family. Children are closely supervised and involved in a variety of activities including arts and crafts, games, roller skating and videos. A light snack will be served. For more information call 6-- 6-1-2. Ext. More News on poje 19. "Air Force people building the world's most respected Air and Space Force Hilltop Times Published by M or Med; a. Inc.. a private firm in no ay connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Hill AFB. This commercial enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. military services. Contents of the Hilltop Times are not necessarily the official views of. or endorsed by. the U.S. government, the Department of Defense or the Department of the Air Force. (OGDEN) OR 532-777- security police assisting Operation Safe Passage mission by 1st Lt. John J. Thomas Cftief, 368th Pubttc Affairs t Serving on a mission thousands of miles away in a hot, tropical climate while snow falls here in Utah is certainly not routine for the 44 Hill security police peo- ple deployed to Operation Safe Passage in Panama. But that's not even what makes their mission "totally unique in Air Force history." I According to the unit's ranking officer, what makes the mission different for the team from the 75th Security Police Squadron is they are providing security for about 7,500 Cuban boat people moving back to Guan tanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, and it's all happening In the sir. f ''Trying to deal with a riot at 33,000 feet is unique, said Capt. Thomas Cowan in a phone interview. "And that is what we're prepared to do." SrA. Melissa Bynum said the job escorting 500 Cubans at a time on board a plane at Howard AFB Panama, and flying two hours with them to Guan tanamo is "never boring.' P Senior leaders involved with the joint humanitarian effort caring for the Cubans feared things might not go smoothly and that's why they sent the ?5th Air Base Wing's police contingent, along with more than 2,000 additional Army and Air Force people to Panama since early December. ft For three months, Operation Safe Haven, providing temporary living facilities for more than 8.500 Cubans Guantanamo. was peaceful brought to Panama from ; and calm."'. '; Then, up to 1,000 Cubans surprised the military when destroying parts of their they rioted Dec 7 and 8 camps, wrecking military vehicles, throwing rocks and otherwise assaulting U.S. serviceroembers. More than 200 soldiers, sailors and airmen were injured. That's when reinforcements were called in, all of whom now have full riot gear, batons, tear gas and even shotguns at the ready. Up to the point of the riots, no Safe Haven people were armed, not even the security police. ' The cops from the 75th SPS arrived Jan. 19. Things have changed for Operations Safe Haven and Safe Passage and the security police escorts on the planes are even carrying "stun guns" and 9mm pistols, according to Cowan. Before the flights actually began Feb. 1, the team went through "10 days of intensive training" in using wrist and arm restraints, riot control techniques and confined area restraint methods. Before the first 500 Cubans flew, the team took a practice flight, rehearsing every detail and every possible problem from beginning to the end. The Cubans must all be moved before a March 6 deadline which marks the end of the period Panama agreed to allow Cuban migrants in their country. Because the move back to Guantanamo is involuntary, and because many Cubans had threatened violence, security is the overriding concern of military leaders. But with the operation more than half over, the massive show of American force has deterred the migrants from violent acts. As long as the transfer proceeds without incident, the cops of the 75th SPS may get home even sooner than Mpected. The latest they'll stay in Panama is the first week of March. six-mont- Hill AFB Editorial Staff: Gm. Pot Cd4i fr"k J- - UrU nTT: MOmdcff Moj. Kowky 7ceWm. Svo Berk '. DmAmh ' "Tm- patron. Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the Ogden Air Logistics Center Public Affairs Office staff. Bldg. 1102. Room 118. Eat. 77321. Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are U.S. Air Force photos. 394-965-5 Hill Global Power and Reach for America. " Hie appearance of advertisements in this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of the Air Force or M or Media. Inc. of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sea. national origin, age. marital status, physical handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or TO PLACE AN ADVERTISEMENT, CALL 7,500 Cuban boat people being flown from Panama to Cuantanamo Bay Naval Base V-"- - Editorial I '' IT'editor. - 4 k Eat. Commmdti, Chief OO-AL- C DJrech. Public Affair. f ntmoi Information J;tof Staff writers m4 "An the Hill" Hem. before ovottcetW, t- -U vWicwtW! cloWww eot. (SALT LAKE CITY). Wiwtie. For feforme- - |
