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Show COMMENTARY TIMES January 15, 2009 Looking ahead as another year has gone by Hilltop <^ TfMES \Wcklv Sim.,.- 10-18 Hilltop Times Editorial Staff: Lee Carter... Standard-Examiner publisher Mary Lou Gorny Hilltop Times Editor Lee Anne Hensley Hilltop Times > Writer Deadlines: Editorial and news items are due by noon on the Friday prior to the Thursday print date. To submit news items e-mail hilltoptimes@standard.net or call 625-4273, For Classified Advertising, call 625-4300. For Retail Advertising, call 625-4388. The Hilltop Times is published by Ogden Publishing Corporation, a private firm in no way connected with the U.S.'Air Force, under, and in compliance with, a Memorandum of Understanding with Hill Air Force Base. The content of the Hilltop Times does not necessarily represent the views of, nor is it endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Air Force or Hill Air Force Base (collectively, the Government). 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COMMENTARY BY GEORGE R JOZENS Director, Team Hill Public Affairs W ell, it seemed like yesterday when I decided to join the Air Force. Actually, it's been more than 29 years since I swore in at a recruiter's office at the Sioux City, Iowa, municipal airport, with my long hair and full beard. There are some things I've learned over those years that I just need to share. Every new year brings its share of challenges, but chances are you conquered last year's challenges and endured them successfully. So how do you get through this year? An optimistic attitude — it will win you the world. Have you ever heard the expression "smiles are contagious?" Well, so is optimism. If you use a positive attitude in your daily work, others will notice. And the people you work with will not only notice your optimism, but they'll learn from it and emulate it. Once they start to work with a positive demeanor, all the work just might get done with those contagious smiles. While optimism is one needed thing, you also need teamwork. I'm not going to tell you that you need to be part of a team and a team requires everyone to work together — you already know this. However, I'm going to tell you to take care of the people •on your team. If you're the leader, boss, THINK SAFETY Hill's Total 2009 DUIs: 0 Hill's Last DUI: 20 Unit Involved: Airmen Against Drinking and Driving, provide rides when designated drivers ••_"-'.-•;«. are unavailable. Call 777-1111 anytime to request a ride. militaryonesource.com. Call a chaplain or a first sergeant; the Air Force has people to "take care of us. Sometimes just a little support and understanding will help your people be happier, more productive workers. Finally, we have a busy year ahead of us. Team Hill will continue to keep the warfighter supplied with the materiel they need and we will send Team Hill warfighters to the fight. We will continue to support our teammates who have left the shop by picking up their duties or sending those packages. More than that, we will continue to go to monthly promotion ceremonies, quarterly awards ceremonies and the soon-to-occur annual awards to celebrate all the great things our team has done for the Air Force. We will induct new community people as our logistics center partners and call them Logstars, strengthening our team. We have a huge community event in June — Air Force Week Salt Lake City — teaching the people of Utah about today's Air Force. That week finishes with a base open house and Thunderbird performances where we will all be busy working to show off Team Hill. Remember as a team, with optimism and by taking care of our people and co-workers you'll be able to fulfill your part of the Air Force mission, the part you're charged with, and we'll be looking at the year 2010 sooner than you imagined. Happy New Year! 777-7000 action.line.pa@hill.af.mil When you call or send an e-mail, your comments will be recorded and staffed-through the agency responsible for action. Please give your supervisor and chain of command the opportuJAMES ARROWOOD/US. Air Force nity to work with you in answerTech. Sgt. Phillip Gardner (right) and Senior Airman Joshua Cook, 75th ing questions and solving problems Communications Squadron, perform telephone maintenance by testing phone lines for operability in the Voice Data Network System on Jan. 8. before calling the Action Line. This will help me better serve your inter- Report suspicious activity via the AFOSI EAGLE EYES program ests. Items of basewide interest will Di^i: 777-3056 / 3057/ 3058. Watch - Report - Protect be published in the Hilltop Times. Force Protection is Our Business - Everyone is 3 Sensor Phone numbers — The base agencies listed can be contacted directly if you have a complaint or a problem with their services: As Jack LaLanne says "Anyone can die, but it takes real guts to live." Jack LaLanne is an 88-year-old fitness guru who was on TV from the '50s to the 70s. Some of us laughed at him in his stirrup pants, but he has the last laugh. At age 86 his "fit age" was 26. Fit age is the real determinant of overall health and longevity. Fit age takes into account many factors, such as blood pressure, resting heart rate, cholesterol, body composition, strength, endurance, stress level and much more. commander, supervisor or top dog, you need to ensure those people you work with are taken care of. Ensuring your people have the tools and resources is a given', the "taking care of I'm talking about falls into those four Jozens parts of wellness you've heard about. The Wingman program focuses on the Four Pillars of Wellness — social, spiritual, physical and emotional. Make sure your team, the team you're a part of, is fulfilling those pillars. If you're not a supervisor and you're one of Team Hill's most important people, any one of the Airmen on the base, you are still a Wingman. Take care of your teammate! Make sure you listen to your people. Understand them and try to find out why they're not happy — whether it's something off-base, in the dorm, at work or home. Don't let their frustration build into rage. If someone you work with needs to fulfill one of those four pillars, find a way to help them do it. There are a lot of ways to whip a problem. Use those helping agencies on base, or use Military OneSource at (800) 342-9647, or online at http://www. Security Forces. 777-3056 24-hr. Crisis Information' 777-3056 Force Support Squadron 777-4134 Base Restaurants ..777-2043 Retirement/Compensation 777-6142 (civilian) . Social Actions „......: 777-3516 Employer Relations 777-7129 Military Pay .....777-1851 Civilian Pay 777-6246 Air Force Suggestion 777-6901 Program Hill Straight Talk 777-9696 IG Complaints : 777-5305 (for appointment) IG Complaints 777-5361 (after hours) Fraud, Waste or Abuse...;."...!. 777-5361 Military Housing 825-9392 • (recording) Maintenance Loud Noise 1-877-885-9595 Safety Office 777-3333 (complaints) • • • • Safety Office Hotline 586-9300 75th Medical Group 777-4918 Union 777-3257 AFOSI Narcotics Hotline 777-1852 Civil Engineering „ 777-1856 Family Assistance Center 777-3090 Hill Pride Hotline 777-7433 (when activated) ' - .Public Affairs 777-5333 MacKay Trophy honors Airmen MICHAEL J. PAUSIC/U.S. Air Force BY DAVE KENDZIORA Ogden Air Logistics Center historian I Four F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots were honored Nov. 3, 2008, after being presented the Mackay Trophy. Pictured with the trophy (left to right) are Capt. Kristopher W. Struve, Capt. Lawrence T. Sullivan, Col. Charles L Moore and Lt. Col. Stephen C. Williams. n January 1975, Major Willard R. MacFarlane earned the Mackay Trophy for demonstrating the advanced performance of the then-new F-15 Eagle during Operation Streak Eagle at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. He set eight world time-to-climb records, his highest occuring on Jan. 16,1975 climbing to 39,370.08 feet in just under a minute (59.38 seconds). A native of Ogden, Utah, he is one of the 22 members of the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame. W.R. MacFarlane graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy, flew the F-104 and F-4 Maj. Willard R. MacFarlane (left) is shown with fellow record-setting Airmen in 1975. for the year 2007 and awarded to them in November 2008. Their four-ship F-16 formation, flying in combat in Southeast Asia, and the Hawker under the call sign Panther 11, was on a misHunter with the Royal Air Force. He besion out of Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Aug. 12 came an instructor for the German Fighter and 13, 2007, when called upon to conduct Weapons School and Deputy Director of the air-to-ground strikes on 16 high-value targets F-15 Test Team. Now awarded yearly by the in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan. The USAF for the "most meritorious flight of the 11-hour mission took the Airmen over six year" by a USAF person, persons or orgacountries with 13 air refuelings. Within a nization, "Hap" Arnold was the first recipi- two-minute window, they launched 15 GBUent of the MacKay Trophy for a flight in a 38 500-pound laser-guided bombs on the tarbiplane in 1912. gets. Striking entrenched locations enabled ground forces to move in safely to conduct Four F-16 pilots earned the most recent raids on known Taliban positions. award of the MacKay Trophy, which was 1 J |