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Show K eaa .SgesaBewetsaaegaSsMtisiiaetiaSteerifitiafiStitisHaefc hc Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824- - Vol. 55 No, 37, September 14, 2000 INSIDE: Photos by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Trager Staff SgL Jeremy Kell, left, services team member, helps Master Sgt John Helmann, Services team chief, put the finishing touches on the mobile kitchen trailer. Troops will be filing through the trailer to receive hot meals during this weeks Operational Readiness Exercise. Above, Tech. SgL Dana Goddard, finance accounting liaison, rearranges sandbags in front of the Finance and Contracting tent before customers arrive. Base Wing. Military members were deployed this week while by Mary Galbraith Hilltop Times staff Personnel here are wrapping up their last exercise practice session before the Air Force Materiel Command and Air Combat Com- The exercise has increased mand Inspector General Teams rate Team Hills abilities to perform in a wartime environment. This weeks exercise, which continues through Friday, is the final in a string of preparation drills before the Phase II Operational Readiness Inspection The last ORI, set for Oct. held in May 1998, rated the base as excellent. According to Capt. Paul Char-rochief of Exercise Management, this exercise is Team Hills last chance to fix any problems and find shortfalls in our required actions. It also provides us a chance to rehearse the AFMC and ACC Inspector General teams arrival.. .a graded area. During a Phase II Exercise, the 388th Fighter Wing is the lead wing supported by the 75th Air 10-1- 8. n, Family adopts Raptor players they practiced survival and wartime skills during worst case scenarios. Charron said Team Hill practiced arrival, bed down and setup of a deployed location. noise during the past few days due to additional flying, sirens, bugle calls and ground burst sim- ulators, according to Hills IG Office. Charron said because most military personnel in the 388th Fighter Wing and 75th Air Base Wing are involved in the exercise, production in some offices was slowed. However, this weeks minor inconveniences were overshadowed by the crucial readiness information the exercise provides. Exercises test our ability to react to different scenarios, said Charron. If an expected result is not achieved, organizations study the scenario and reactions to see why the expected result did not happen. Once that is figured out, they plan a solution to Tech. Sgt. Michael Parker, dispersing agent and Goddard go over the books with the Finance and Contracting staff to ensure everything is ready for doing streamlined business in the Base Operational Readiness Training Area. test in the next exercise. Charron described the Operational Readiness Inspection as Hills war report card. It provides senior leadership in the MAJCOM and Air Force an opportunity to test our skills, preparedness and abilities to arrive in a hostile threat envi- ronment, set up, fight and win a war or other operation, he said. During last months Phase II Exercise, Team Hill received an overall satisfactory rating. Page B3 Chili cookoff planned Page B6 Hispanic Heritage Month by F. We declared war and met our recruiting goals; and we are hopeful we have turned around the downward retention trends of the last several years. We also invested heavily in our readiness accounts, in an effort to stabilize the readiness of all of our units, and these investments are beginning to bear fruit This past year was one in which we worked Whitten Peters Secretary of the Air Force and Gen. Michael E. Ryan Air Force chiefofstaff With the stroke WASHINGTON (AFPN) of a pen 53 years ago, President Harry S Truman created the United States Air Force as a hard to rebuild and redirect our Air Force, separate armed service. in war and peace Americas Since then Air Force has maintained a worldwide vigil, responding rapidly with unparalleled reach and power. The past year has been an eventful one for our Air Force. Weve reconstituted our forces folair war over Serbia in which air lowing a y a despots cruel actions alone halted power against ethnic and religious minorities within his own country. At the same time, we worked hard to implement the Expeditionary Aerospace Force, and 78-da- Tuesday, 11 a.Trc.-2,.- Centennial m. Parly, but it was also one in which we continued operations throughout the globe. From Operations Northern and Southern Watch, to flood relief forests of the westin Africa, to the ern United States, Americas Air Force stood ready and stood together, nearly fire-ravag- ed three-quarte- space expeditionary forces. These deployments were the first steps on our journey to a 21st cen- tury force structure, and the lessons learned are already being used to improve the way we operate the EAE As advertised, predictability and stability have become more common inthe and their families. lives of our will war-fighte- rs rs of a million people strong active. Reserve, to make our own Guard; military and civilian to and protect its worldgreat nation stronger, wide interests. To all who have served before and to those who now serve, happy birthday to Americas Air Force: No one comes close! |