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Show Military Tents shipped to Bosnia 419th Med. Squadron helps orphans 1995 AFMC, Air Force award winners Meritorious Gvilian Service awards 6-- 7 , ..19 Payday calendar. r Vol. 50 No. Hill AFB, Utah Jan. 11, 1996 84056-582- 4 T An interesting year at Hill AFB 1995 As the year begins, Hill AFB workers can look back at 1995 as a roller coaster year filled with up and downs. The base received good news when the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommended that Hill AFB stay open. Sadder times were seen when the base lost several workloads. h The following is a review of events as they were reported by the Hilltop Times. month-by-mont- January U The 419th Fighter Wing was the first Air Force Reserve unit to have an operational readiness inspection in con junction with a "real world" deployment. The African-America- n Heritage Committee hosted a Martin Luther King Jr Day service at the base chapel Jacqueline Thompson, Utah State Office of v Education, was guest speaker. V" The 75th Medical Group hospital received accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations for demonstrating compliance with the commission's nationally recognized standards. Gen. John Michael Loh, Air Combat Command commander, visited the 388th FW. More than 130 reservists from the 419th FW left for Incirlik AB, Turkey, to exchange places with another 130 members of the 419th. They provided 6 patrols over a Northern Iraqi security zone to protect Kurdish refugees from Iraqi aggression. F-1- - ...your son administers your oath UJS. Senator Jake Garn spoke at a Federal Managers Association luncheon held at the Officers Club. March After months of experiencing minor but distracting interference on the VHF Crash Radio Net, Hill's mobile radio maintenance and frequency management personnel finally found the culprit. The interference was caused by a radio tracking collar attached to a mountain goat that was released in the fall of 1994 in the mountains near the base. state-of-the-a- rt F-1- F-1- Mark Eaton, former defensive star with the Utah Jazz, was guest speaker at the 1995 National Prayer Breakfast held at the Enlisted Club. Hill AFB was not on the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure list. The 421st Fighter Squadron rotation in returned from a three-mont- h Southwest Asia supporting Operation Southern Watch. Brig. Gen. Frank Moore, program executive officer for bombers, missiles and trainers at the Pentagon, visited the ICBM Program Office and attended a ribbon-cuttinceremony for the Computed Topography Facility. The new Health and Wellness In a round of early retirements and resignations, 443 Hill employees left Center moved into a permanent home on the west side of the base in Bldg. 1277. their jobs at Hill AFB. The Defense Finance and AccountMaj. Gen. Pat Condon, Ogden Air Denver Center assumed Logistics Center commander, held a com- ing Service See the responsibility of paying Hill em-page 2. g Yr, v ..V "' V P v.. -- V Photo by Franca Kosakowiky In addition, Lt. Brewer recalled the time when his father nudged by Sue Berk Hilltop Times staff high-pressu- re wr ent came1 Gen. Henry Viccellio, Jr., was named the commander of the Air Force Materiel Command. The 419th FW installed a power washer that provides the capability to wing with a clean 6 wheels and other components. The 6 System Support Management Office became Hill's newest w '.' Center pullout fact-findin- February VV'VA'V'A',Aa.V' Fighter Country You know time is passing when. . re-enlistm- ployees covered by Operations and Maintenance and Depot Maintenance Business Area funds. The 75th Civil Engineering Group's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Division responded to three calls from local police and fire departments for assistance with suspected pipe bombs. EOD members dismantled two devices, the third turned out to be harmless. members of the 75th Forty-fou- r Security Police Squadron deployed to support Operation Safe Passage in Panama. They provided security for more than 7,500 Cuban boat people moving back to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. g On a trip, Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition, Clark Fiester, visited Hill and the Utah Test and Training Range. The 44 members of Hill's Security Police Squadron who deployed to Pana-m- a to help with Operation Safe Haven Compiled by Sue Berk Hilltop Times staff 388th Fighter Wing's ..12 15 16 rasa imrop 1 1 1 him to start thinking about the rest life. Shortly after, he found himself in Army boot camp only to return home for vacations and holidays. "My father always told me to do what's right," Brewer said. "And that's one bit of advice I took along with me." Likewise, as senior enlisted advisor for Hill AFB, Chief Brewer gives advice to the enlisted members stationed here. "I give them some of the same advice I gave my sons," Brewer said. "And, I also worry about them because it's my job to take care of It was time once again to reenlist, of his but this time it would be different. After serving 27 years in the Air Force, the words would be spoken for the last time. To make the occasion a scrapbook memory, CMSgt. John A. Brewer, Ogden Air Logistics Center's senior enlisted advisor, asked his son, 2nd Lt. Darby Brewer, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, to administer the oath. It was a proud moment when family and friends gathered Dec 27 to hear the oath both men had memorized. They also heard Lt. Brewer recount the time when his them." Another part of Brewer's job is to father pinned on the gold bars he now wears, and gave him his first get the commander's word out. To See Enlistment, page 5. salute and chief's coin. Martin Luther King observance at base chapel today Observance Martin Luther King Memorial A Dr. will be held today, 2 pjn., in the base chapel, Bldg. 475. SMSgt. Roy Tolbert, 75th Medical Support Squadron superintendent, will be the guest speaker. Tolbert joined the Air Force in October 1973. His Air Force career has taken him to Clark AB, Philippines; RAF Lakenheath, England; Yokota AB, Japan; Spangdahlem AFB, Germany; and several stateside assignments. In his speech, "Strength in Diversity," he will reflect on the many lessons and experiences he and his family have had during these assignments. Tolbert is an advocate for equal opportunity and personal and professional growth. He has spoken to more than 1,100 Utah students in local high schools on race relations and saying "NO!" to drugs, violence and gangs. He and his wife, Ruth, have three .' :.' : . '' sons. . POOR COPY t ' ' ft ML SMSgt. Ray Tolbert vJ |