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Show *•••*- •Z*" Hilltop) TIMES U.S. AIR FORCt Weekly Since 1948 •••> J II AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 70 No. 10, March 11,, 20101* IN THE KNOW into 309th Maintenance Wing senior ARMY CORPS VIP VISIT master sergeant gets Bronze Star BY BILL ORNDORFF 309th Maintenance Wing Public Affairs Fitness Center Survivor on Saturday \ This year's Survivor challenge, aspin-off of the popular TV show, will take place March 13 at 9 a.m. at the Wamor Health and Fitness Center with 10 rounds of physical and mental challenges. Teams must sign up by Friday, March 12, and should have five members, at least two males and two females. For information, call the Warrioj; ^Health and Fitness Center at (801) 777-2762, e-mail katherine. purser@hill.af.mil or e-mail ashley. mltchell@hill.af.mil. Volunteer coordinator needed for museum The Hill Aerospace Museum is looking for a volunteer coordinator. Responsibilities include coordinating volunteer schedules, interviewing and screening new volunteers and tracking volunteer hours. For information or an application, call Colette Geiss at the Airman and Family Readiness Center at (801) 586-2697. I n recognition of his efforts during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Senior Master Sgt. Gary L. Meacham was presented the Bronze Star medal Feb. 24 by Brig. Gen. John Cooper, 309th Maintenance Wing commander. Meacham received the award for meritorious achievement as squadron superintendent of the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, 321st Air Expeditionary Advisory Group, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, from August 2008 to July 2009. He is now assigned to the 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 309th Maintenance Wing. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Meacham served as a combat air advisor to DAVID KILLAM/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko, Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (center), visited Hill Air Force Base, on March 2. During his visit, he toured several ongoing Hill AFB construction projects and met with base personnel. See MEDAL I page 4 Tour heightens resolve of AFMC commander AFAF CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF Federal Women's History Month events i Federal Women's History Month continues today, 9 a.m., ywtrj Career Broadening in Building 1289 PK Conference Room wifh Essye Miller, 75th Communiq^tions Group director. -^Master Lu will a)so lead tai chi [tfthe Chapel Annex at noon. 1 --;• Wednesday, March 16, at 9a;m., Effective Leadership will b^presented by Linda Larson in |pi&ing 1279 Room 1. -<• Thursday, March 17,9 am., Voting Women Back into History WSfpe in Building 1238 Education 3§t5th with Adrienne Gillespie frGfn Weber State University. rCrf March 25 at 11:30 a.m., at Gfab Hill, there will be a luncheon. r <3t0 re9'ster or f°r more information, about any of the events, call theTederal Women's Program Manager at (801) 777-6053 or ^s|t-https://hillnet.hill.af.mil/HAFB/ grograms/FWP/. BY ROBERT ELY Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs W Traffic direction, signs t$ change March 22 ,-* ;Motorists are advised to allow extra travel time as the Traffic Safety Working Group will be implementing the following changes on March 22: ££» 4th Street between "E" j$venue and "D" Avenue will be one-way eastbound. A "Do Not Enter" sign will be installed at 4t$ Street and "D" Avenue and a j Way" sign at 4th Street and [\venue. rfli 'Trucks Exiting" signs will fj£iTistal!ed on 6th Street between ijtSefty and "H" Avenue- Balmer Stfeet intersection. >:• "NoLeftTum"andl<Exit si ns De C3QV' 9 will installed on ^rifenal Road between "M" and ^uilding 891 involving a change JO traffic entering and exiting the parking lot for Building 891. There WiO be "Right Hand Turn Only" S&grfe out of north Parking Lot 84 (irtto northbound Arsenal Road. 0nly the south driveway will be Qfce£] for entering Parking Lot 84 |nd southbound exiting. ^Security Forces personnel will mn.ttor traffic and issue citations. '£?For information, contact Anna Robinson, at (801) 777-3673. KIM COOK/U.S. Air Force (Left to right) Senior Airman Brad Oliver, 75th Security Forces Squadron, Staff Sgt David Fuller, 75th SFS, Airman 1st Class George Covington, 75th Force Support Squadron, and Airman 1st Class Marcus Bautle, 75th FSS, fight for ownership of the ball at a tournament held at the Warrior Health and Fitness Center on March 8 to kick off the Air Force Association Fund campaign as it aims to raise funds for a handful of charities which support military families. See more on the AFAF Campaign including more on the kick off event on page 6. RIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE . BASE, Ohio — The commander of Air Force Materiel Command re-? turned recently from a trip to Iraq and other sites in the region with an amped-up sense of responsibility to deployed Airmen who de- : pend on his command for the supplies, parts ; and maintenance to get their jobs done. ^ Gen. Donald Hoffman had a simple sage for the AFMC work force, which he ;:j>|; shared first with his senior staff. If there's '$£ something in AFMC that someone is waiting;" for, he said, it better not be sitting in some-**^ body's inbox waiting for action. •; He reiterated that message at the AFMC ;! Headquarters annual awards breakfast at- £ tended by approximately 350 people. During!; an interview, he elaborated on what he ob- I; served during the trip that led him to stress '1 heightened responsiveness. •,-? "AFMC support is well received and ap- ^ predated," he said, <(but the people there are < on the far end of the supply and distribution jl route, and so their needs are amplified by & distance and time." | Adding to Hoffman's commitment to deliver materiel when or before it's needed, were both the people in uniform and deployed civilians. He said more civilians can be used in deployed locations, especially J those with contracting expertise. J (< Every stop we made, the base operating f support people were fired up," he said. "Theyg clearly can see the impact they're having on; the mission. All of us on the team were prouj to see motivated Americans enduring risk and sacrifice in supporting our nation's objectives." The AFMC director of logistics and the commanders of AFMC's three air logistics centers accompanied the general on the trip, which included visits to four sites in the U.S. See TOUR I page 3 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for.. ? Hill's golf course wins top Air Force level award And the award goes to... New in town Hill honors 2009 OO-ALC award winners ARC director sets big goals See page 5 See page 5 See page 7 ':0_ Base Theater £': Free Movies Hole in one Friday, 7 p.m. - "Old Dogs" Saturday, noon - "Ratav : touiile" (G) Saturday, 7 p.m. - "The Twi: light Saga: New Moon" Sffnday, 1 p.m. - "Iron Man" ;-vs (PG-13) Superhero Sunday |