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Show O Hilltop Times September 18, 2003 HillAFB weather outlook 5-d- ay www.airfield-ops- . hill.af.miloswweather climate survey From above begins Oct.1 AF by Richard Salomon The 2003 Air Force Air Force Manpower and Innovation Agency Public Affairs Climate Survey will cover 13 factors that measure work experience: RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) Air Force leaders at all levels want Job. Resources. Core values. to know, "How is my organization doing?" The 2003 Air Force Climate Survey begins Oct 1 to answer this question with the help of Air Force people. Their participation in the survey is critical, said senior lead- Leadership. Supervision. Training and develop- ment ers. "Leadership must be made aware of whaf s really going on 66 High 43 Low Mostly clear Teamwork. Participation and involvement. out there," said Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche. "By taking a few brief moments to fill out this survey, you can Recognition. Unit flexibility. General satisfaction. Unit performance out comes. Job enhancement help your leaders understand your concerns and ultimately better serve you and our nation's interests." Previous surveys included Photos by Beth Young From the vantage point of Hill's air traffic control tower, Lt. Col. David Lucia, Operation Support Squadron commander, explains ongoing construction projects, to Maj. Gen. Kevin Sullivan, Ogden ALC commander, (right). Sullivan recently toured the 75th ABW facilities. Other stops along the tour included breakfast with the wing's Top 3 at the Hillcrest dining facility, 75th Medical Group, working dog and Explosive Ordnance Disposal demonstrations. This was his first tour of the wing since taking command July 9. airmen and appro- civilians. This year, the survey also will include the Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, fund civilians and students in a temporary-dut- y status. "We want to make sure all members of the Air Force team have an opportunity to participate," said Lori Marcum, the survey's team leader. "Leaders at all levels use the Air Force Climate Survey to target areas for improvement. In order to create positive changes within an organization, (leaders) must know where to begin. This survey provides everyone an opportunity to speak out about strengths and areas for improvement in their organization." The survey runs through Nov. 23 and can be completed online active-dut- y priated-fun- d 71 High 48 Low Clear skies Order of the sword inducts Roche by Staff Sgt. C. Todd Lopez Air Force Print News ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. at http:afclimatesurvey.af.mil anytime during the survey or perperiod from either a government computer (dot-mil) sonal computer Because Air Force leaders expect candid feedback, the survey team has taken extraordinary measures to ensure privacy software. Anonymity by using advanced information-maskincontinues to be a key factor of the survey, officials said. Results will be released early in 2004, said Gen. John P Jumper, Air Force chief of staff. "The U.S. Air Force is the finest in the world, a great place to serve and raise our families. We share a commitment to make it better," he said. Survey participation has climbed from 39 percent in 1997 and air36 percent in 1999 to more than 65 percent of active-dut- y men and civilians in the 2002 survey. The 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., used the data from the 2002 survey as a powerful tool for change. Patrick's leaders created a performance plan called START for "Syn- chronize actions," 'Trust people," "All accountable," "Recognize achievement" and "Tenacious execution." The plan emphasized mentoring and individual development. It provided mission focus with clear and measurable goals, according to base officials. Even though the base scored high in most factors, base leaders wanted to make life at Patrick even better, said Judy Nicholson, START director. "We knew from the Air Force survey that we could improve in some areas. The work the commanders did reviewing the survey feedback resulted in START," she said. The base introduced monthly civilian commanders' calls and created a recognition team. Leaders rewrote the rules on the quarterly awards process to focus more on performance than additional duties. To encourage attendance at commander's calls, leaders use tickets for rocket launches at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as door prizes. Brig. Gen. J. Gregory Pavlovich, 45th Space Wing commander, said he continually reviews the survey results to make sure the wing is on the right track. "START is a direct result of the Air Force survey, so we place a great deal of value on the survey data," he said. "Because of the survey, we've been able to make improvements at all levels, from top to bottom." el (dot-com- ). g 73 High 54 Low Clear skies nsin 71 civilian-oversig- 76 High 55 Low Mostly clear ceremony was revised, updated and adopted by Air Force noncommissioned officers in 1967. Among the crowd of more than 800 present at the ceremony were former Secretary F. Whitten Peters, himself an Order of the Sword inductee, and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper. During the ceremony, Roche was presented with a copy of the citation, a painting by German artist Hans Roth featuring images of the secretary during his tenure with the Air Force, and a scroll with the names of those who attended. He also received a symbolic "Alfonso the 10th sword, crafted in Toledo, Spain. "Fellow airmen, I am genuinely humbled to stand before you tonight and accept this honor," Roche said. "I can assure you that tonight, your decision to honor me with this modern order of chivalry has left me at quite a loss to express my profound sense of pride, humility and also delight." .. Roche also praised the enlisted force for the work they do for the Air Force and for the country. Roche's induction into the Order of the Sword comes as members of Congress begin to consider his nomination to become Secretary of the Army. The Order of the Sword, a military ceremony, has been conducted since its original inception in 1522. It is conducted by noncommissioned officers to honor those who have made significant contributions to the enlisted corps. ht , 73 High 46 Low Partly cloudy left-tur- west-boun- Iraq, the Air Force "froze" them in place, effectively making their return-hom- e from page 1 date indefinite. As operational include air traffic control, civil engineeds increased, the Air Force tapped into more AEFs, taking from each sucneering, services, medical and intelcessive force package only what was ligence personnel." Currently, AEF Center officials at needed, Peppe said. By the time it was all over, every AEF had been affected Langley Air Force Base, Va., are working with combatant commanders and to some degree. "We literally had some people from their Air Force components to size AEF Silver, the general said. Requireevery AEF deployed (to) Iraq in some ments are now just above 17,000, with capacity," Peppe said. "We ended up more work to be done. deploying about 50,000 (airmen) and The general acknowledged the extra identified another 60,000 who could effort, but pointed out the purpose of have gone." the two AEFs is to put the Air Force Those airmen identified to support back into the regular "battle rhythm." earlier operations, but who never actuThe Air Force battle rhythm was ally deployed, are manning AEF Sildesigned to provide continuity and pre- ver. It is the remaining 60,000 dictability to the airmen who supcommitments airmen who were assigned port Air Force steady-stat- e around the globe. Such commitments to Blue and Silver. When AEF Silver's would have included operations like scheduled deployment ends, airmen Operation Northern Watch, but could assigned to AEF 7 and AEF 8 will be be used to provide Air Force capabil- vulnerable for deployment as the Air its battle rhythm. ity wherever it is needed, Peppe said. Force In January, AEF 7 and AEF 8 airmen "An AEF is built to be used for whatwere actively supporting Air Force ever the nation asks it to do," Peppe commitments around the globe. When said. "It can be for an exercise, a conit became clear there was need for a tingency or a full-uwar. It can be used force buildup to support operations in for anything." More than 120 "could-have-gon- p I e" by Master Sgt. Scott Elliott Air Force Print News WASHINGTON Air Force officials do not plan to extend the involuntary deploy-me- nt of Reserve and Air National Guard airmen to Iraq. About 4,700 ANG and Reserve airmen are deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to a senior Air Force official, about 12,000 deployed Air Reserve Component airmen have already returned home. "The (Air Force's) position all along has been that ARC personnel will be released when they've completed what they set out to do," said Col. Richard M. Stedding, senior military adviser to the deputy secretary of the Air Force for Reserve affairs. 'The importance of returning our citizen airmen to their families and civilian jobs is and we continue to strive toward that," he said. The Air Force is following a standing policy of doing what it can to avoid extend- well-know- n, said. "Combatant commanders have been (asked) to make sure ARC personnel are released ... in sufficient time to return to their home units, reconstitute, take needed leave and process off active duty," Stedding said. Army officials extended their Reserve soldiers on 3Z begin Wardleigh Rd. and F St. Sept 29th. The project is expected to last about 14 days, and the contractor will oversee trafn fic control in the area. The project will provide a d arrow to traffic drivers, alleviating ' congestion at the intersection. won't extend ing deployments, Stedding Remembered Under construction: A construction will at the intersection of project Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche was inducted into the Order of the Sword during a ceremony here Saturday. Roche became the eighth Air Force-levinductee into the order, and the second secretary, since the "Royal Order of the Sword" Guard, Reserves iSt ,. C- - ri.M a Photo by Quinn Jacobson The Hill community gathered at the Base Chapel Monday during a memorial service for Tech. Sgt. Kevin J. Lange, who died Sept. 1, following a motorcycle accident. His wife, Staff Sgt. Rachael Lange, preceded him in death Aug. 2. They are survived by two sons. active duty based on mission requirements, the colonel said. "Many provisions have been made to rotate personnel in order to maintain the health of the force and to meet the needs of the mission," Stedding said. The Air Force is in the first of two transitional air and space expeditionary forces that are designed to bring the 120-da- y service's deployment Stockpile 1 from page "I hope that impression will last," said Staff Sgt. Justin Alonzo, deployed from the 452nd AMW. The technicians said the material sometimes is challenging to retrieve, such e as a cache of 122 mm rockets found in a farmer's culvert recently. The team had to wade into a mix of mud and crude oil to pull the rockets out of the ditch. "When you're here doing the job, you don't think of it as tough or easy; you just do it. The days go by fast," said Master Sgt. Dale Griffin, deployed from the 452nd AMW. The technicians have worked with everything from improvised explosive devices in one case set to blow up an oil pipeline to short-rang- e ballistic missiles. Not only are the jobs diverse, but there is an amazing variety to the ordnance they are finding. Thousands of pounds of weapons are stored in a gloomy subterranean bunker the size of a gymnasium, according to officials. In one s and light machine guns. There is also a pallet corner, rests a pile of of land mines, cases of mortar shells and tidy stacks of artillery rounds. "This place was full up to the ceiling when we got here," said Senior Airman Kristina Quintanilla, an EOD technician from the 349th AMW. "I remember going through EOD school thinking 'When am I going to see the foreign ordnance they're teaching us about?' Well, here it is," she said. From the storage areas, teams place the ordnance into boxes and onto pallets. "(We) know (we are) really accomplishing something important," Alonzo said. "(We are) helping the people here by cleaning up the country and getting them on the same page as the rest of the world. The more stuff we blow up, the safer everyone is." surface-to-surfac- high-scho- ol AK-47- k rota- tion schedule back on track by March. AEF Blue airmen deployed in July, and airmen of AEF Silver are scheduled to replace them in November. "Everything is on track to resume the new steady state rotations of the AEF," Stedding said. "That's not to say that there won't still be some ARC members mobilized in March, but the numbers should be small and the rationale great." Fast Eddie's closes for upgrade Fast Eddie's, in Hangar 45, is open for breakfast Sept 29, but will close at 7a.m., to replace and upgrade the fire suppression sys- tem. Projected time to open is 5 p.m., for dinner, but only for items, such as sandwiches and snacks. There will be no hot food served in the evening. For more to-g-o information, call Ext |