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Show 0ZO AIR FORCE RESERVE HEADS UP 12 1991 JJy SwppUmt tk H.lHop Tim$ SHORT BURSTS clearVis Quick brief tot Welcome home, veterans ran" reservists and family As we gather with our families this weekend, let us not forget those military members still serving in the Gulf. This year's 419th Family Day is extra special to us because the more than 100 members who were activated, and the others who volunteered for mandays away from home, are all back w ith their families. Thank you all for helping with this very worthwhile cause. Last month, more than 20 members of the 405th Combat Logistics Support Squadron and A by Brig. Gen. F.S. Wineborger two of our 4 19th Combat Support personnel were the Middle East. to deployed Squadron Their families have also been invited to join us this weekend. We appreciate their sacrifices too, and hope the 405th team will soon be home. You "vete members may want to make yourselves available to these families to provide advice and encouragement as they wait for loved ones to return. Over the next few years, we'll see many changes in the Air Force and the Air Force Reserve. From across-the-boar- d cutbacks to realignment in change is many commands, upon us. However, our 419th mission remains the same: focusing on mission readiness. ready-r- rvUts e Officer dismissed An Air Force Reserve second lieutenant has been sentenced for dismissal and one year in military prison for refusing to go with his activated unit to Saudi Arabia during the war. John Dickinson, former commander of the 452nd Security Police Flight at March AFB, Calif., pleaded guilty to being absent without leave Feb. 14 and purposely missing the deployment. His unit left Feb. 18 for overseas. He was tried by a military judge, who rendered the sentence May 28. His unit was still overseas at the time of the sentencing. An elementary school teacher, Dickinson said he opposed the Middle East war on moral grounds. Out of 20,000 members called to active duty for the Persian Gulf War, he is the only Air Force Reserve officer tried for AWOL during the war. The court martial ended his eight-yea- r military career as an enlisted member and officer. Reservists march in parades Combat logistics sends volunteer reservists to Southwest Asia by MSgt. Patrick W. Moore 405th CLSS unit public affairs representative More than 20 members of the 419th Tactical ity specialists to fill the asked for people to help as part of the military's personnel, supplies and States. tasking. Another tasking with packing and crating ongoing redeployment of equipment to the United Fighter Wing's 405th Combat Logistics Support Squadron, and two reservists from the 419th ComAmn. Mike Davis, 20, youngest member of the bat Support Squadron, deployed to Saudi Arabia in first group of 405th deployees, was amazed he would June in support of Operation Desert Storm. be so quickly assigned to Operation Desert Storm On June 8, members of the 405th CLSS and 419th duty after basic training. "Being single makes it easCSS left the Salt Lake City airport bound for ier to deploy. I'm happy for the experience and I'm Middle East. onto the then Philadelphia, looking forward to the adventure," Davis said. Earlier this year, the 405th CLSS was tasked by The June deployments mark the third and fourth Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command to assemble a Rapid Area Distribution Support Team to time 405th CLSS members have served on active work at Saudi Arabian air bases and at other locaduty since the Middle East conflict began. Between tions in the Gulf region. Maj. H.R. Hale, 405th supSeptember 1990 and March 1991, 405th reservists ply and transportation section chief, quickly deployed to Holloman AFB, N.M., and Westover assembled a highly qualified team of materiel facil AFB, Mass. The Air Force Reserve was right in step with the nation when it came to honoring Desert Storm veterans in a victory parade in Washington. Some 80 Air Force reservists were among more than 8,000 Persian Gulf War vets who marched down Constitution Avenue in Washington June 8. The AFRES Bagpiper Band and the U.S. Air Force Marching Band helped maintain the pace of the U.S. capital's biggest victory parade since World War II. Six AFRES aircraft and more than 70 other military aircraft flew over the parade route. About 40 of the reservists also took part in New York City's parade up Broadway June 10, billed as the largest ticker-tap- e parade in that city's history. Gull planes still Air Force Reserve support of Persian Gulf operations after the war continues as it transports troops and cargo, and performs air refueling missions. In the first four weeks since the formal cease-fir- e April 11, AFRES aircrews logged close to 21,000 hours of flying time. They flew more than 25,500 passengers, transported some 57,000 tons of cargo and transferred more than 1.6 million pounds of aircraft fuel. short-notiin 'I do' airman Deploying says by Capt. Pam Ancker 419th TFW Public Affairs Office At nearly three hours past high noon the groom had on jeans and cowboy boots, the bride wore BDUs with combat boots, and the gentleman who walked her down the aisle wore a star. The best man was a woman and the minister had a swollen jaw. Thus began the wedding ceremony of Air Force Reserve SSgt. Judith Teed, a packaging and crating specialist with the 419th Tactical Fighter Wing's Here comes the bride 405th Combat Logistics Support Squadron at Hill AFB. On June 28, less than 24 hours before she voluntarily deployed to Saudi Arabia, Teed, who works as a forklift operator in her civilian job at Clover Club foods in Kaysville, and boyfriend, Peter Hawkins, decided to get married. "We had discussed marriage, but never really considered it until today," said the husband-to-be- , a civil 6 service employee and aircraft mechanic with the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill. The couple initially planned to tie the knot in a fast civil ceremony at the Weber County Courthouse, where they picked up their marriage license. But when a 405th member suggested an wedding with a military chaplain, the couple agreed. After a few quick phone calls and hurried coordination, the nuptials were set for 2 p.m. in the office of 405th CLSS commander, Lt. Col. John Hunter. On two hours' notice, 419th TFW Chaplain (Capt.) Angelo Michaels, recovering from dental surgery the night before, agreed to conduct the ceremony. Crystal Austin, a tools and parts attendant in the Directorate of Maintenance and friend of the groom, volunteered to be best "man." Brig. Gen. Forrest Winebarger, 419th commander, had the honor of walking the nervous bride down the aisle. By 3 p.m. the pair, who are originally from Florida and met here through mutual friends, were pronounced husband and wife. Mr. Hawkins pinned Mrs. Hawkins' new last name to her BDUs just 30 minutes before he had to be at work on swing shift and a mere 18 hours before the bride, a 405th CLSS reservist since 1984, left for 90 days of duty in the Middle East. F-1- on-bas- 419th TFW commander, Brig. Gen. Forrest Wine-barge- r, walks 405th reservist f ;", f and nervous bride SSgt. Judith Teed down the "aisle." n I I i - - jl i nor ,l.m. at work ' nuptials ce f; y - f vvT ... e ISC"' Photos by B.A. Vessels Tying the knot SSgt. Judith Teed and Peter Hawkins exchange their vows. The honeymoon is planned for December. Sergeant Hawkins won't be back from Saudi Arabia until September about the time her husband begins 90 days of temporary duty in Egypt. C headsUp conttnt is tdittd, prtpartd and providtd by tht 41 9th Tactical Fighter Wing Public Affairs Offic. DEADLINE for submission of articles is 10 working days before tach scheduled wing line. on a unit training assembly. Articles should be typed, double-space- d Editorial For more information, call the 419th Public Affairs Office, 777-271- 3. Brig. Gen Forrest S. Win.barger Barbara Ann Vessels Capt. Jess T. Cowan TSgt. Bruce Hills SSgt. Anne Ytlderman K .Hv?!,y Brown SSgt. ?..!? 419th TFW Command" CKiff Public Affairs Pubie Affa!rf Edit NC0C, publi Affairs jfaff Writer Administrative Specialist |