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Show In juDU Hill AFB, 10h Utah n appreciating others for what they bring to the task ACE Awards presented Page 2 Airmen target drunk drivers Page5 CFC Page 6 Page 7 Legal services help military Pages ' PageA-- Page 12 Year names Page 1B Falcons falter Page2B Hilltop Times online www.hilltoptimes.com : ' i On leadership While many v - ; . - ' - commanders have impacted Brian, when she thinks of favorites, those who've had a high level of trust and belief in their enlisted corps top the list Consistently and fairly applying the standards are L , : u: : u - h $ - ' Chief Master - Sergeant allows her to fulfill a life long goal. "My desire in life is to give ser- vice to others and that's been primarily my whole military career to one ;s.:rSiii:v:. : 'ji-- i v :&!6r;xgy i iiiSs I example. As for her leadership style, Brain has two guidelines. First, "do the right things for the right reasons," which she qualifies with "know what right things are." "And the second thing is every individual no matter who they are, no matter what they've done, by virtue of the fact they're human, deserves common courtesy, dignity and respect. I didn't say earns it, I said deserves it." Brian is impressed with some of the youngest members of the military and feels that while they may not be able to articulate all their ideas, they know what the right and ethical actions are and are con- j" ' s:s,j?sr:i!if-w4'Ma- ..;.,s;S: LifJ ' a js,::,,., r Photo by Mary Galbraith CMSgt. Marva Harper, left and CMSgt. Deborah Brian watch dress rehearsals for the Community College of the Air Force graduation ceremony held this week. Brian, the Ogden ALC's new command chief master sergeant has had a full schedule since her arrival at Hill acquainting herself with personnel and responsibilities. degree or another... I don't think I really understood the importance of service to others until I was prob- ably a senior master sergeant," she . said. "When you make chief mas- ter sergeant you're no longer in the promotion competition. You thank goodness can't make after becoming a chief you take time, sit back and reflect about E-1- 0 where you've been and where you're going without being focused on v promotions or any other consid- erable self need." Brian said providing service to others means sharing where she's been and helping others get where ' they want to be. The military has goals, roles and " sistently demonstrating them. Some of those young members may get better acquainted with the chief as she and her family take on their new Hill AFB zip code. "I think that Air Force commu-- . See Chief, page 4 missions and we have to know what those are. Even when we know what those goals are we have to find out where we fit in to them," she said. "I am proud that I went Hilltop Times mi ir j spectacular dog fights with the by Steven R. Ford addi- tional traits the chief notes as desirable qualities as well as leading by tion as Command enemy German planes, but it was- staff d behind enemy lines and being as a prisoner of war, but World War II veteran Warren M artel finally got his day of recognition. In a recent ceremony at the Hill AFB Officers' Club, the old Martel was awarded the POW Medal, the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. On April 13, 1944, Martel, a on the heavily armed Boeing manufactured Flying Fortress, and the rest of his crew were shot down by German fighter aircraft while attacking the Swein- furt ball bearing plant. "It was the pilot's 26th mission, but he only made it 25 12. We lost a lot of friendly aircraft," Mar74-ye- ar tail-gunn- er Athlete of the ' ,. - : a and during her first weeks will formalize those goals so they tie into Hill's mission. The posi- cap-ture- honors employees vwmm f rndtmrnm t : goals formulated It took 55 years, being shot down Family Day :. to work each day, knew my responsibility and gave the best I could give. And as a result, of me doing my part and everyone else doing theirs, we were as a team successful in accomplishing our mission." POWh Wing C : ' says she has delighted the general saw something in her and brought her back. "I like the diversity, I like the differences of the people, I like the mix..That's what's neat about Hill. They have everybody here. They have everybody with every type of training and every level of education and every background and that to me sets a scene for some really great things to happen ifwe decide to work together for a common goal. So that would be something that I would focus on 388th Fighter Fighter Country not just moniker." On goals Brian ing the interview phase and is Tops in Blue goal and to work to make Team Hill a true way of life to interview with Maj. Gen. Richard Roellig, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander. Brian said she fell in love, with the area and base dur- nears goal Saturday staff For the first time in Hill's history, "yes ma'am command chief master sergeant" is the appropriate response to the base's highest ranking senior enlisted officer. CMSgt. Deborah Brian took the reins over more than 5,000 Ogden ALC military personnel and their families last week when CMSgt. Mike Pattarozzi retired. She is one of few women who's earned the rank of command chief master sergeant and is currently the only one in Air Force Materiel Command. On first impressions Brian was impacted initially by the size of the base and the area. Her first Utah visit was in July when she flew in INSIDE: n n YUlVI by Mary Galbraith Hilltop Times n 54 No. 43, November 4, 1 999 Vol. 84056-582- 4 tel recalled. "Enemy fighters came in from the nose before our fighter escort got there and hit us in fours. I found out later we lost 13 planes that day. The sky was full of parachutes and planes going down." Flying at 21,000 feet, Martel opened his parachute immedi- ately after bailing out and blacked out from lack of oxygen. He came around twice during the descent, watching the Allied fighters in n't until he was very near the ground that he regained con- mm sciousness for good. He landed in an open field with a nearby farmer plowing the ground, but Martel wasted little time in making his escape, quickly snatching his GI shoes off of his parachute and making a bee-lin- e Ml Ml for the woods. Martel and the waist gunner covered themselves with leaves as best they could to hide from the German patrols they knew would be coming. Soon enough, the woods were crawling with Nazis looking for Allied prisoners. Martel recalls that the Germans walked all around them for what seemed like hours, but he admits it probably wasn't that long. Then an old man with an double barreled shotgun found them and placed the barrel of his gun right on Mantel's forehead while hollering for help. "They came and took us down into this big corral for the rest of the day," Martel said. "Some came and threw rocks at us, spat on us, poked us with sticks, roughed us up a little bit. We had a little bit of interrogation that night, but, of course, we couldn't give them Photo courtesy of Warren Martel from third bottom left, and the rest of the crew Warren row, Martel, Tailgunner "Rum-Pot- " another mission on April for 7 called bomber of the get ready behind enemy lines, capdown would be shot before .10, 1944, just days they tured and made German prisoners of war. B-1- anything more than name, rank and serial number. That night they loaded us up into buses, took us over into Frankfurt, and that's where I was put into solitary confinement. Thaf s where they interrogated us some more." Martel and the rest of the captured prisoners were loaded into cattle cars and began what would be a journey spanning many days by train to Krems, Austria. The prisoners had no water or food, and the train didn't stop to allow sanitary breaks. Along journey was made even longer as the Allies continued their aerial assault, See Medals, page 4 |