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Show Hilltop TIMES ABOVE ALL. Weekly Since 1948 AIR I SPACE I CYBERSPACE TfiTl^FB~Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 68 No. 25, June 19, 2008' Defense Logistics Agency Sept 19 assumes procurement mission IN THE KNOW Mark your calendars for the Air Force Ball Take alternate routes for closures Southgate Drive intersections with Wardleigh Road and 4th Street will be dosed June 20-22 for pavement construction. The project will be complete at midnight June 22. Suggested alternates are C Street and D Street for Southgate Drive and for the Wardleigh Road and 4th Street route, instead take 1 st Street and 6th Street. U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Elena Dulger competes at the Armed Forces Inter-Service Chess Tournament airman makes history Power pole install to cause outage There will be a power outage for installation of a new power pole June 21 beginning at 7 a.m. and lasting approximately six hours. Facilities and buildings affected will include 914,841, 832,838,844,847,864,927, 925,50,54,56,62,903,915, 914,900W.T2914,10922, T2710,Clearfie!d Well, 918, 968, Snow Bam, Salt Palace, 10913,10915,910,916 and 906. Power outage planned June 27-28 A power outage will affect Buildings 744,680,10779, 10788 and the multi-700 area, as well as the East Guard House, BORTA/ABDR area and the New Well. The outage will also affect drinking water for Building 723, golf course club house and the fire system for Building 723A for the club house. The outage will begin at 9 a.m., June 27, and end 2 p.m., June 28, to install new armor rods to a power line. Survey participation strongly urged The Integrated Delivery System Working Group is sponsoring the 2008 Community Assessment Survey of service members and spouses. This survey is the best way for community members to make their opinions and needs known. The results of the survey will be used by base leadership and the Air Force to target resources where they are most needed. Air Force community members at Air Force bases worldwide will be randomly selected to participate in the study. Participation is crucial to the success of the project, and those selected are strongly urged to take part. "The 2008 Community Assessment Survey is a top priority," stated Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Lyon, Airman and Family Readiness Center. "It is the best way for us to listen to Air Force spouses and then provide services to help them meet their needs." For more information, go to http://spouseAFCAsurvey. com and use access code: SpouseAFCA. Dulger becomes first woman to make the U.S. Armed Forces Chess Team roster BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASS ROBBY HEDRICK 75 ABW Public Affairs DEBRA BINGHAM/DSCR Public Affairs Yvette Burke, Acquisition executive. Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Va., passes the Defense Logistics Agency flag to Pamela Day during an activation ceremony on June 17 at the Hill Aerospace Museum. Day will become the chief contracting officer for the new DLA organization. Workers, depot-level repairable aviation parts included organizations before they came under the umbrella of the Air Force's Global Logistics Support Center in March. Day said the transition n activation ceremony held at the of procurement functions to Defense Logistics Hill Aerospace Museum on Agency will ultimately benefit warfighters. June 17 marked the transfer of 43 "This is an opportunity for joint strategic Air Force employees to the Defense Locontracts — to reduce the number of tactigistics Agency. The employees, mostly cal buys and increase the number of strategic contracting officers from the 448th Supply buys. Strategic buys combine tactical buys and Chain Management Group, procure depotgive more leverage power with suppliers and level repairable aviation parts for Ogden Air Logistics Center more stability in the at Hill and will offisupply chain as well "This is an opportunity for cially begin working as lowering resourcfor Defense Logisjoint strategic contracts — es and the cost of tics Agency on June items," Day said to,-, reduce the number of 22. i i - _,_/ In her new posiCongress mantactical buys and increase the tion, Day reports dated the transfer of to Yvette Burke, a number of strategic buys. depot-level procuremember of the Senior ment responsibility Executive Service PAMELA DAY, from military service and the chief acquiDLR Procurement aviation depots to the sition executive at chief contracting officer Defense Logistics Defense Supply CenAgency as part of the ter Richmond, who Base Realignment and Closure 2005 legislawill oversee the depot-level repairable mission tion. Under that same law, Ogden Air Logistics for Defense Logistics Agency. The Richmond Center will also transfer supply, storage and site is the aviation supply and demand chain distribution functions to the agency in July, manager for Defense Logistics Agency. Burke with 232 more Air Force employees moving to called the transfer of people and functions a DLA. Most of the transferring employees will milestone event and said the activation reprecontinue at their present jobs. sents a joint effort between the Air Force and One of the Air Force employees transferDefense Logistics Agency. ring to Defense Logistics Agency is Pamela "Tb the transferring employees, we welDay. Day will serve as the chief contracting come you and we value your expertise. We do officer for DLR procurement. She had been an Air Force employee at Hill since 1985, and was not and will not take you for granted. Depotchief of contracting for various Ogden ALC See DLA I page 6 By Debra Bingham, DSCR Public Affairs A H ill Air Force Base's own Airman 1st Class Elena Dulger finished in second place at last week's 2008 Armed Forces Inter-Service Chess Tournament at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The Armed Forces Inter-Service Chess Tournament was a seven-round United States Chess Federation rated tournament held June 9-12. The field was comprised of 20 players, six Air Force, six Navy, six Army and two Marines for the annual team championship and selection of the U.S. Forces Chess Team. Dulger made military history by becoming the first woman player to make the roster of the U.S. Armed Forces Chess learn See DULGER I page 10 SYMPOSIUM ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Kathleen Close, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander, thanks Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert for his opening remarks at the annual Utah Air Force Association Focus on Defense Symposium, on June 18. Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for... Base Theater Free Movies Friday, 7 p.m. and \ Saturday, noon, - "College Road Trip" (G) Saturday, 7 p.m. - "The Bucket List" (PG-13) Sunday, 1 p.m. - "Flicka" (PG) For review see page 11 Strange sight Fresh faces Went to the dogs Unidentified leathered' objects USAFA cadets see Team Hill in action Bark in the Park fun for all See page 13 See page 8 See page 11 |