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Show HILLTOP TIMES 14 Hill personnel complete college leadership seminar TIMES" November 22, 2007 BY TOM BUSSELBERG Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau tbusselberg@standard.net H ILL AIR FORCE BASE — After nearly a year of study and training, 14 Air Force and civilian personnel have completed a Strategic Leadership Development Air Wai* College seminar, covering everything from leadership to a broader picture of the Air Force. Seminar leader Lt. Col. Michael L. Hastriter, 501st Aircraft Sustainment Squadron, said "we learned a lot and the support we provided each other was incredibly valuable. "Most importantly, we continue our Air Force careers with additional relationships developed in the final level of professional military education," he said. "There will always be new things to learn and educational opportunities ... lifelong learning." Hastriter said that typically such seminar-based learning means about Spring Registration Now Open Utah Electronic College No matter //# where _.,'//[ / you are, " ^%j^ no matter how -• busy your schedule, you can go to college. The UEC is your pn:sport. W° help you find classes, handle admissions and registration, and connect you with campus services. Go to www.uec.org We bring education to you. a half-dozen participants complete the course. "This is important education and training for anybody that fits in a senior leader position that is responsible for taking care of execution," he said. The 501st ASS involves a little more than 150 people, deals with F-16 programs and comprises three squadrons under the 508th Aircraft Sustainment Group. "We handle all the modernization, all the technical support, have an engineering section that takes care of all of that, as well as sustainment, run all of the programs, do program management, configuration management and technical orders," Hastriter explained. The squadron was involved in delivery of the first Thunderbird, teaming with the 309th Maintenance Wing to execute these programs. "We have a great F-16 unit here at Hill, the 388th coupled with the 309th, and the 588th Aerospace Sustainment Speaking of the importance of ongoing education, he noted that one member in his squadron has started long-term intermediate developmental education. "It (Air War College) has been a common theme on the officers' side, and has become extended more and more to the civilian side," Hastriter said. "It has become more important. People are recognizing the value that brings." Graduates of the 2006-07 AWC Seminar group are: civilians Randall S. Butcher, 526 ICBMSG/ENI; Louis P. Cornell, 518 CBSS/PK; Christi Field, 00-ALC/PKXE; Curtis Goehring, 500 CBSS/GBLF; Dave Goodwin, 519 SMXS/ MXDED; Barbara Hanlin, 00-ALC/DP; Tony Henderson, 517 SMXS/CL; Earl Hoffman, 519 SMXS/MXDEA; Bruce Lehr, 520 SMXS/MXDEC; Don Moyle, 508 ASW/YF; Julie Pasco, 501 ACSS/ GFLC; Kyle Roosendaal, 520 SMXS/ MXDEA; and Ted Stokes 507 ACSS/ GFEA. Hastriter was the only active military graduate. Wing. We can bring things in on time and on cost," he said. For the seminar, the group met once a week for about a year, working together as a team to get through all of the material, Hastriter said. "Some of the material can be rather dry and tough to get through, but there are many interesting case studies, things to learn from history." He estimated that between the 14 graduates there is more than 200 years of Air Force experience. "You bring all of these folks together, they bring all their experience to the table and get to talk to them as they relate to the Air College; a lot of the folks potentially will go to the Air War College in residence, at an actual Air Force base and attend a 10-month course," Hastriter said. Maxwell AFB, Ala., is the senior professional school in the Air Force. It offers 10 months of graduate-level study, resulting in the awarding of a master's degree to finishers. Changes to retiree funerals relieve strain on honor guards Air Force Honor Guard Public situated properly in the hearse, firing the three volleys was a Affairs Office. The funeral detail then joining the pallbearers and coincidence." calling commands to carry the will now consist of seven people But overall the reaction has who will serve as pall bearers, casket to gravesite, and finally RIGHT-PATTERSON been positive, Little said. AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio flag folders, flag presenter, bugler, presenting the flag to the family "Retirees are grateful; they spare and firing party. while the other team members — The Air Force's knew the Air Force was going to assume their roles as either the changes starting Nov. 1 to the way "The main concern we had make changes, so they're happy bugler, spare or firing party. The it performs retiree funerals are in the change of the funeral we kept all aspects," he said. final sequences are the same. expected to relieve the operations procedures was that we wouldn't "The bases have been having a tempo for honor guard members be keeping with past traditions," "Another concern we've hard time supporting the 10at Air Force Materiel Command said Staff Sgt. David Little, U.S. heard is that people think we're person funeral so this eases their installations, which in fiscal year Air Force Honor Guard Base taking away the '21-gun salute' personnel strain, and the base 2007 performed 34 percent of all Honor Guard course supervisor. by having only three people fire," honor guards are happy with the Air Force funeral honors. "Originally, the number of said Little. "But what people don't new sequence." realize is that we've never done AFMC also provided 43 percent (airmen) was going to be lowered Training for the new sequence to five, but we didn't want to lose a '21-gun salute' during military of all Air Force man days used is not difficult either, Little said. the pall bearing aspect so we funeral honors. What we do is fire for honor guard operations, "We've had a lot of phone calls determined that seven people three volleys in unison. Only the according to figures compiled about the video, but what is would still be able to carry on all president receives a 21-gun salute, important to remember is that by the AFMC headquarters aspects of the funeral." and only the Navy and Army have all the manuals are the same. It's Personnel Directorate. The total ever performed this. area of responsibility for AFMC to The funeral sequence will have what you've already been trained provide funeral honors is 783,000 three major differences: The NCO "The three volleys come from on. r fsquare miles. in charge of pall bearers also will " ~ari old battlefield custonfwhere "The only differences are '•**** be NCO in charge of the funeral, * Manpower cuts and a high the two warring sides would cease the sequences, and those are 1 thefiumber oMvring ptoy ^ u v tt "Operations t&npo as-well'as ar-" '" hostilities to clear their dead from1' iJ* tia^rVated to help each person ^* members will be reduced to three higher number of retiree funerals the battlefield, then would fire understand (his or her) role. We're and a spare position will be added. three volleys to alert the other than ever in Air Force history not teaching movements, we're prompted the changes. side their dead had been properly The new sequence begins with teaching the sequence," he said. cared for and they were ready to The formal 10-person funeral the NCO of pallbearers assuming For information, call the Air resume the battle," he said. "The will no longer be authorized for the position of NCO in charge to Force Honor Guard training office fact that we had seven people retiree funerals, according to the ensure the casket and flag are at (202) 404-7498 or (202) 767-3603. Air Force and AFMC News Services reports w : PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY, P.C. 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