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Show HBtopZ Octotcr 25. 2C01 Commentary Preventive Health Assessment ensures fitness, readiness by Col. (Dr.) Charles Williams 75th Medical Croup commander The regular Preventive Health Assessment is not a physical examination it consists of a medical records review, interview and tests. age-depend- ent An appointment will be scheduled with your health care provider, if needed, for review of your test results. A regularly scheduled PHA ensures you are healthy, fit and ready to go to war or on any other deployment lasting longer than 30 days. Any medical problem not detected early and corrected could interfere with your ability to complete your mission. In short order, it could cripple your unit's effectiveness. Besides verifying no serious conditions exist that could adversely impact your performance, it's imperative you make sure your immunizations are up to date. Your life depends on it during your next deployment. Preparation Your Unit Healthcare Monitor will notify you in writing of your upcoming PHA. You'll be instructed to bring necessary items to your appointment, such as your shot records and your gas mask if you haven't been fit tested. It's imperative you review any med Hill ical problems that concern you with the technician during the appointment Your worries may include recurring medical diseases within your family. If you have medical questions that haven't been evaluated, youH be assisted in making an appointment with your primary care manager. However, you shouldn't wait until your PHA to address problems that have been present for a while. Delays can be costly. Routine health care and general health main- V tenance are each individual's responsibility and should be pursued in partnership with your primary care manager. Any medical problem not detected early and corrected could interfere with your ability to complete your mission. In short order, it could cripple your unit's effectiveness. 'J I Commanders' concerns Col (Dr.) Charles Williams 0 Our unit commanders have the responsibility to deploy healthy forces at a moment's notice in support of our national interests. PHAs proved necessary following Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm after our additional assurance of a members and unit's and receiving medical readiness status reports. nation deployed numerous medically unfit deployment strength. The advanced program, Missed appointments and "no shows" mageveryone's work. personnel. That negatively impacted the mis- known as PIMR, is an enhanced medical force nify Your to unit better assist tool timely reporting for a scheduled PHA designed sion as well as further jeopardized their per- protection sonal health. PHA was designed to prevent commanders with successfully deploying appointment not only helps them, but also troops. Now, they know at any given time if signals that you're an effective contributor this type of adverse mission impact. PHA is now combined with Individual Med- you're fully medically cleared to deploy. The to your team's deployment readiness. They ical Readiness elements such as standard unit deployment managers and unit health are counting on you to do the right thing blood test requirements, immunizations and care monitors have ready access to the now! Your country assumes you will. dental health to provide commanders with 75th Medical Group for scheduling members Street Views 'What do you do 1 while waiting in gate traffic?' Jeff Reyweissburg Kimber Espinoza listen to the radio pretty much. If someone could give me some I pointers on what to do (while I wait) that would be great The traffic isn't too bad because I come in around 8 a.m. I basically listen to music. The south end of the gate can be hectic, but usually if s not Overall, I don't have much of a prob-lewith it because I'm still able to get to work on time. You have to expect some delays with what's going on and deal with it the best you can. m I usually listen to KKAT. They're always giving traffic updates. I come in at 6:30 a.m. and it's bad. I'm in line at about 10 after and get here at about quarter 'til or 7 a.m. I sit and think about what I'm going to do during the day. But my wait hasn't been very long because my hours are later in the day. so considered. Security Forces memon their the line for everyone each time they bers lives lay Bldg. 1289 stays around 66 or 67 temperature on go duty, especially nowadays. People should take time QThe that is just too cold. During the beginning to for the excellent job they do. thank Individuals these of the summer the cooling turned off once In a while, but while the inevitable delays and Showing enduring patience It on all and their now runs the time people have heaters even a simple thank you would do wonders for their morale. desks. of New York City are there was a defective monitoring sensor reading the room temperature five degrees higher than the actual room temperature. The technicians have made the necessary adjustments and have been monitoring your temperatures daily. The building may feel a little too warm first thing in the morning, but has been holding fairly steady at 75 to 76 degrees. Our goal for energy savings is to try to keep the temperatures around 78 degrees. If you have further problems, call the CE trouble desk at Ext Civil Engineers indicate Kudo While our Security Forces manning the entry gates to Hill are just doing their jobs, with all the increased precautions and procedures that they have been tasked to do, some g folks people coming on base are giving these a rough time. My wife witnessed an individual complaining excessively to one of the guards at the South Gate about how his time is valuable and that it Is a huge Inconvenience to have his vehicle checked while coming onto the base. I'm serving on a remote assignment In Korea. It helps me sleep at night knowing Hill's SF troops are watching out for my family while I'm away by doing their hard-workin- job for everyone's protection in general. No one ever thought that what happened Sept. 11 could possibly happen, and yet It did. Now it could happen again, anywhere, at anytime. just want to pass on to the Hill Security Forces that I am to for their attention and that someone really detail, grateful appreciates how well they do their job, even when it seems that no one notices. No matter where they may be, they are vigilant sentries of freedom, and should be considered heroes just as much as the brave policemen and firemen I As a person who has spent most of my military career in the Security Forces, I can tell you that I too appreciate the great work that our SF troops at Hill do every day while protecting our and I appreciate your taking the people and resources. They time to pay a compliment. A Parking permits are required nearly everywhere that Parking permits I believe that's fine In normal on base. people park in but Charlie, operations, people are forced to park In other areas and some are receiving tickets for parking In "reserved" areas. Since people can't park in their assigned areas they shouldn't get parking tickets when they have to park somewhere else. Reserved lots and spaces remain reserved, even in higher Force Protection Conditions. The safety of our workforce during the recently heightened FPCONs has required us to limit and that has made authorized parking around some buildings Q A parking spaces more difficult to find. As a result, some drivers are "making up" parking spaces and parking in undesignated areas. This just adds to our traffic problems and creates new safety issues by hampering regular traffic flow and, more importantly, emergency vehicle response. To keep traffic safe and moving, we must continue to enforce the base's parking rules and one way we do that is by issuing parking tickets. If you can't park in your normal parking area, be patient and support our efforts to keep Hill a safe place to live and work during these trying times. Drivers must find authorized parking, even if it means walking further. Parking lot No. 1, at the intersection of Wardleigh and E avenues, and the large lots to the north and south of the 1200 area are large enough to accommodate almost everyone displaced. People can also help reduce parking problems by carpooling as much as possible. "Air Force people building the world's most respected Air and Space Force jdULr'UwU Systems Quality for America's Air Force Hilltop Times Published by MorMedia, Inc., a private firm in no way 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. mil Team Hill Career Assistance Advisor I listen to NPR (public radio) . I've had a lot more time to listen. I live in West Roy and from the time I got stopped at the traffic this it was maybe a morning, wait The longest I ever had to wait was 20 minutes. But considering the climate, I have no complaints. bumper-to-bump- ACTION LINE :s your opportunity to make Hill AFB a better place to live, work and play. When you call Ext. on Outor send look to "HILL ACTION LINE," your comments will 00 ail er "'Mi be recorded and staffed through the agency responsible for action. Please give your supervisor and chain of com Col. David Beecroft mand the opportunity to 75th ABW Commander work with you in answer- ing questions and solving problems before calling ACTION LINE. This will help me better serve your interests. Items of basewide interest to the Hill workforce will be published in the Hilltop Times. Phone numbers The base agencies listed below can be contacted directly if you have a complaint or a problem with their services: , Security Forces r. Crisis Information Services. . Base Restaurants RetirementCompensation (civilian). 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