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Show Best Mir Force athlete tram ympic DLA accepting holiday items for overseas RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) It's 5 a.m. Time for a 4,000-metpool workout, strength training with more than 100 s before breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and 100 push-up- s bike ride, a The day continues with a trip to the Equestrian center for drill work and jumps until lunch at 1 p.m., a quick nap, a little free time to complete some degree work, shoot- The Defense LogisticsAgency is now accepting approved bulk donations shipments U.S. for or more 70 troops serving in weighing pounds Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia during the coming holi-da- y season. A primary DLA mission is to provide essential operational and life support items to U.S. forces. This special holiday donation effort involves the use of existing logisbasis to accommodate tics pipelines on a donated items to personnel serving in Operations Joint Forge (Bosnia) and Joint Guardian (Kosovo and MaceWASHINGTON (AFPN) er sit-up- 30-mi- le : ing and fencing lessons, dinner, and to bed by space-availab- le 9 p.m. cer and Air Force major, is currently training for a spot on the U.S. marathon team. WCAP funds cover her competition expenses, such as her trip to Croatia in August, where she won a bronze medal in the Military World Games, and to Washington, D.C. last fall, where she was the top female finisher in the Marine Corps Marathon. Dominic Grazioli, another WCAP member, is one of the top trap shooters in the world. The major brought home the gold medal from the World Cup event in China last summer. A computer program analyst, Grazioli is captain of the Air Force International Trap Team and a serious contender for the U.S.Olympic team. "The WCAP has given me the boost to successfully compete at the international level," said This is not the normal day of an Air Force member, but it is a typical day for Air Force world class athlete Dirk Bouma, a UiS. Modern who is currently ranked sixth in the nation. Bouma, an Air Force captain, is just one of 34 Air Force athletes that spends their days e for a spot on the 2000 United Grazioli. training Kenneth Helgeson, an aeromedical journeyStates Olympic Team. The Air Force World Class Athlete Program man, is the only mountain biker in the program. offers highly qualified Air Force athletes the The 1999 Military National Mountain Bike chamopportunity to apply for a program that provides pion and Air Force staff sergeant began racing e training in their sport. Any Air Force in 1991 and within two years was classified as athlete who has attained a high national ranking expert and by spring 1999 received his profesin an Olympic sport, or has been identified by sional certification and quickly moved to the the Olympic Committee's National Governing rank of 43rd. Jeffery Cervone, a personnel specialist and airBody of the respective sport, may apply for incluman first class, is one of the youngest WCAP sion into the WCAP. d wrestler Based on their resume and NGB input, athletes members. He's also the accepted into the program are assigned to a loca- in the nation. He was the 1998 Armed Forces tion that is most conducive to extensive training Greco-Roma- n Champion in his weight class. Cerin their sport. Athletes may train with the national vone spends much of his day on the wrestling g his technique in team or with a nationally ranked coach for up to mat drilling and two years prior to the Olympics. They may remain order to capture a spot at the Olympic trials. For more information about the Air Force WCAP, in the program as long as they remain competitive in their sport and continue to progress toward contact the base fitness director or call the Air their training goals and Olympic Force Services Agency, Fitness and Sports Sec1 team selection. or commercial (210) tion at DSN a offi clinical Kimberly Markland, laboratory donia). Potential donors should first call the DLA donations for specific instructions on the packoffice, ing, marking and shipping of their donations. Since all bulk donations must be approved in advance of acceptance, information is available on suggested and popular items, as well as information about items that cannot be shipped. Prohibited items include: religious items, firearms, alcoholic beverages, combustibles, pornographic materials, perishable foods, glass or breakable containers, home-bake- d products, books, newspapers and magazines. Donors are responsible for getting their donations to the designated Department of Defense receiving facility, at which time the items will be shipped at no cost to the donor. Donations should arrive at the designated DOD facility no later than Dec. 3. Potential donors should be aware of some project limitations. For instance, donations cannot be specifically earmarked for shipment to individuals, units or locations. However, donors may use their own shipping agents to send items to specific addresses. Also, donations will not be tracked through the pipeline, which means that information regarding actual recipients of donated items will be unavailable. r If, for any reason, a donation cannot be shipped to the Bosnia and Kosovo regions, it will be sent to U.S. military personnel serving elsewhere. pen-tathele- te full-tim- full-tim- sixth-ranke- fine-tunin- pre-approv- ed 487-347- AtrrLcrHv;o:,:ifi$ CENTO 'The Ccas Collector' joins Km m rnCUD TO A??.'OUflCE its chand c?u:mz M4 DR. 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