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Show Oc!oc 2. .' Junior Enlisted group plans activity center, The next Junior Enlisted Advisory Association meetings are Oct 25 and Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. Meetings are held on the first floor of Bldg. 180 In the 75th Air Base Wing conference room. For more details, call Staff Sgt Rick Burgess at Ext resolves work issues the dorms) hasn't been determined, but it's by Mary Galbraith already well on its way to completion. Already H.utop Times staff $12,000 of quality-of-lif- e money has been spent on TV equipment and other items. Air- doesn't im-a- an airman basic lai ks opportunities to h ad others. Team Hill's Junior Knlisted Advisory Assori-atiofosters leadership and communication skills, while helping airmen network and meet people from most base organizations. "Everybody is automatically a member," association (vesident Staff Sgt. Kick Burgess said of junior enlisted Air Force members. "We treat it as you just haven't made a meeting yet." Airmen basics through technical sergeants which is simiare eligible to join the JEAA lar to the Hill Top Three organization. There are no membership dues or requirements. Since monthly meetings began in May, about people have regularly attended. A good showing, but not what Burgess is looking for. He'd like to see meetings packed with people as enthusiastic about making quality-of-lif- e improvements on base as he is. Although participating in the association fills EI'R squares, Burgess wants members who want to do more than fill a square and get more in return. "Everything they do is going to come back to them," he said. "I'd say one of the biggest focal points we're working on right now is the Airman's Activity Center. It's a facility that's still under wraps." The center's final location (somewhere near A slick slt-fV- 7-37- 00. f thoughts, whatever, will be used. The more efforts put into it the better it will be." Once the center's location is determined, Burgess said the association will use elbow to create the envigrease and "a lot of ting involved so I jumped on the opportunity." Reed's efforts impressed others and she was elected association secretary last month. Burgess said they d like to see more airmen participate. "We're trying to encourage some of the younger folks to get involved. We want it to be an organization involved in the community and where you can develop yourself, network and realize that you need to work (as a team with other) people," Burgess said, adding eventually he would like to see all the leadership positions filled by airmen. He said getting comfortable in meeting environments is important for "slick sleeves" and "one stripers" right out of high school. Public speaking skills are also fostered through JEAA. men involved in the planning process will decide what else fills the center. Burgess expects ronment young airmen are looking for. He anticpool tables and video game equipment will be ipates the center will be up and running in the next five months. Once it's completed, the JEAA high priorities. He also hopes the center's alcohol-fre- e and will raise fund for a $30,000 indoor climbing wall relaxed environment creates a meeting place The Airmen's Activity Center is the associawhere airmen and NCOs have a good time with tion's biggest ongoing project, but participatfamily and friends. ing in the JEAA is about more than developing "A supervisor and a young troop could hang a rec center. It's about resolving d out on equal terms and maybe get to know a litissues and developing leadership and commutle bit about each other away from the job," nication skills while serving the community. "We have a forum every meeting. If airmen Burgess said. "It will be a place where the typical supervisor and young troop relationship have an issue that can't be resolved through the Junior airmen introduce the program during can take a break." chain of command, we take that directly to our newcomer's briefings and have a chance to voice senior enlisted liaison and he takes the issue to their opinions during meetings. Burgess added it will also provide opportunities for airmen to make friends from other orga- the command chiefs for resolution," Burgess "I'd almost like to be a young airman again nizations. He said many airmen spend most of said. so I could reap these benefits," Burgess said. their time with or suitem-ateReed said since she began participating, she's Regularly scheduled community volunteer so the center will be one more place to meet opportunities are another important associadone several briefings, which has improved her new people. tion function. The JEAA plans to volunteer at speaking skills and how she deals with others. The only thing more she'd like to see in JEAA Although money has been spent and plans are the Ogden Rescue Mission. under way, he said the JEAA needs more input Hill AFB is Airman Tara Reed's first duty stameetings are more people with stripes like hers. and participation to make the center and other tion. The JEAA is helping her develop as a per"There are very few airmen. If there were more son and Air Force member. airmen it would help them along the way," she projects work. "What we're trying to do is get people with a said. "I think more airmen should get out there "My supervisor told me about a new associavested interest in this place and wanting to see tion," she said. "I decided to try one of the meet- and be heard. Those are the people living in the it succeed," Burgess stressed. 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