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Show Hill AFB, Utah 84056-582- 4 www.hilitoptimes.com hilltop.pahilI.af.mil Vol. 57 No. 46, November 21, 2001 Campaign tops 2001 goal KfiitV vitii by Janet Tremelling Hill AFB 200 1 CFC project coordinator Hill AFB has exceeded its $785,000 Combined Federal Campaign goal for 2001. Employees have contributed $808,684, which is 103 percent Twenty-eigh- t organizations are over 100 percent of their goal. One organization is at 100 percent and another is at 99 percent In keeping with this year's CFC theme, if you do "Give from the Heart" you do "change Someone's World." Your contribution, no matter how small or large, does make a difference. Each of you is being asked to help those in need. The campaign will wrap up in the next few weeks, but there's still time to make a contribution. Thank you to those who have already participated. INSIDE: Commander's Call Questions For more information, contact your organization's project answered "A Team Hill has done an outstanding job h 7 World offi- cer. Page 2 S Hwt, ChangtA $808,684 - Thank You, Hill one it can be proud of. . AFB! Cm Thanksgiving messages Pages 2, 3 Native American women veterans honored Photos by Senior Airman Chrlssy Sczepanskl Page 5 Immediately following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the 75th ECES set up two flagpoles made from welded pipe, nuts, fittings, snap pulleys and parachute chord. The flag raising two days later was a day of mourning and pride for Cairo West AB. Staff Sgt. Felipe Acosta, right, 822nd Expeditionary machine gun outside one of the base entry control points. Security Forces Squadron, loads the 33-fo- Quarterly Award winners named Teamwork framed mission during Bright Star 0102 Page 6 Holiday lighting safety M (Mr h by Senior Airman Russ Martin Page 7 75th AEG Public Affairs After months of dirt and sand, bottled water and airmen deployed to Cairo West AB, Egypt in support of Bright Star 0102 are on their way home, bringing more than the bags they left with. More than 3,500 U.S. military personnel, including more than 1,400 airmen, from 73 different bases participated. The biannual exercise conducted in Egypt is the largest of its kind in the world and it brought together more than 100,000 coalition forces members from more than 17 nations. Spearheading the Air Force portion of the exercise was the 75th Aerospace Expeditionary Group consisting of nine squadrons at two operational bases, Cairo West and Beni Suef Air Bases. The traditional exercise was far from ordinary as world events altered the mission, the resources and the attitudes for members at Bright Star. e "This was a true operation," said Senior Master Sgt. Rick Dooley, 75th Expeditionary Support Group. "Most deployments we go to anymore aren't true facilities; you're living in hotels, you're eating in actual dinning facilities. This is tent city at its finest. What you see is what's been built. This is what our job is. This is a great experience for our young airmen. Most of them will never see this again. Unless they go to another start up operation." For many, it was their first taste at deployment. Relying on the experience and guidance from senior leadership proved to be a way of life. For others it was an experience showing just how much the Air Force can do. "I had no idea how my job in the contracting world affected the entire group in the Air Force," said Capt. Dale Skinner, 75th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron commander of his first deployment. "When you deploy, everybody has to work together. I only saw my separate piece of the pie when I was at meals-ready-to-e- 419th Fighter Wing Heads Up Pages A-- D r k it! V J 4 r CJ ; v I ' n re - bare-bas- doesn't stop basketball Ian Age r All 'J'VH bare-bas- e Pages 9 Bass facilities available for parties Page 10 Airman 1st Class Josh Ratcliffe, above, 75th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, equipment outside the Cairo West communications facility. Engineers Installed handles on doors, right, made by the 75th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron to make access easier. s - .,. eye-openi- mmmmm)0 i m 5-- 1 JL VV-- X V-- V A Bright Star, page 2 Cairo West, as seen from the revetment, was a gathering area for weekly commander's calls, movie nights and aerobics classes. 3 |