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Show HILLTOP TIMES Hilltop TlMES 5 June 17, 2010 Eagle Eyes program: Report suspicious activity BY STEVEN G. NUTT 75th Air Base Wing Installation Anliterrorism Officer N o matter how well trained and vigilant our law enforcement and counterterrorism personnel are, they simply cannot be everywhere, at all times. The eyes and ears of each member of Team Hill, as well as those of our neighbors in the local community, play an absolute crucial role in the prevention of terrorism along the Wasatch Front. The base populace knows best what activities do or do not belong in and around their work areas, the installation or within their neighborhoods and communities. On U.S. Air Force installations the Air Force Office of Special Investigations manages the "Eagle Eyes program that puts everyone on the antiterrorism team by providing a 24-hour point of contact for reporting suspicious activity. Suspi- attempts may be made by mail, fax, telephone or in person. (3) TESTS OF SECURITY — Any attempts to measure reaction times to security breaches or to penetrate physical security barriers or procedures in order to assess strengths and weaknesses. (4) ACQUIRING SUPPLIES — Purchasing or stealing explosives, weapons, ammunition, etc. Also includes acquiring military uniforms, decals, flight manuals, passes or badges (or the equipment to manufacture such (1) SURVEILANCE — This is when items) or any other controlled items. (5) SUSPICIOUS PERSONS/VEsomeone is recording or monitoring HICLES. OUT OF PLACE — People activities. They are using cameras or vehicles that don't seem to belong (either still or video), note taking, around the workplace, neighborhood, drawing diagrams, annotating on maps, or using binoculars or other business establishment or anywhere vision-enhancing devices. else. Remember to report suspicious (2) ELICITATION — People or individuals it's important to provide as much information as possible organizations attempting to gain inincluding gender, clothing type and formation about military operations, color, approximate height,.distincapabilities or people. Elicitation cious activities reported through the Eagle Eyes program are immediately shared with local law enforcement agencies, counterterrorism personnel and military commanders for rapid assessment and investigation. Everyone on Hill Air Force Base is urged to be on the lookout for suspicious activities and to report it immediately to the Security Forces' Battle Defense Operation Center at (801) 777-3056 or (801) 777-3057. What to report: guishing marks, etc. For vehicles a vehicle description to include color, make, model and most important a license plate number (even a partial plate number), is extremely helpful. (6) DRY RUN — Putting people into position and moving them around according to their plan without actually committing the terrorist act. An element of this activity could also include mapping out routes and deter mining the timing of traffic lights and flow. (7) DEPLOYING ASSETS — People and supplies getting into position in order to commit the terrorist act. This is the last chance to alert authorities before the terrorist act occurs! (8) ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY — If you think that person, package, e-mail, phone call or event is suspicious — REPORT IT to the Security Forces' Battle Defense Operations Center at (801) 777-3056 or (801; 777-3057. Piiol; u. oui. Demon Wi. Clay Pilot: Maj. Rex A. Hadley Co-P: Capi. Alien fi. Sharp C.C: TSgt. Verit Biogham LM: MSgt. Jim Higgins Nav. Capt. Ken Mforo ---".Above, Maj. l*.JGen. Andrew :^;6usch, Ogden ^j^Air Logistics *-*££ "Center commander, >;*. attaches a 50-year pin to the lapel of Jimmie Higgins, '->>War Reserve Materiel officer and logistics management specialist Higgins started out in the Air Force as a dog handler in Korea and later became a loadmaster At left, a close up of the names painted ontheC-124 Globemaster II which Higgins worked on as a loadmaster. The C-124had been sent to the Guard and was returned to the base where it sits on display at the museum. '-\ • • ' " ; " •• -••,'• 733 TROOP CARRIER SQDN U.S. AIR-FORCE Air Force Base. CROMAR < U.S. Air Force CATHERINE McNALLY/Hilltop Times SERVICE From page 1 off during which time he worked for other organizations — the Department of the Interior and Department of Justice. At the ceremony, Gen. Busch observed just how rare was the honor that was being gr%en to Higgins. "Mr. (Mark) Johnson, (OO-ALC, executive director) and I were talking on tlje way up from our building about th^fict that he does the 30- and 40y^gjfpins. I get to do the 50-year pins, tjhis is the first one that I've done jjs job. I think I did one or two at ttiJ§fief ense Logistics Agency in my lasfrgpb, and I don't think (there's) one until I go all the way back to when I was at Oklahoma City in 2000-2002," Bu$ch said. "So this is a really rare occurrence." "I won't point out that I was three years old when he started. I won't say either that Capt. (Steve) Trnka said, 'Hey* he's been a master sergeant twice as long as I've been in the Air At the ceremony, Higgins received "It's always been a joy for three letters of congratulations - one me. I don't even feel it's an from the Secretary of the Air Force obligation. Its always been a •Michael B. Donley, one from the Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. •;>r privilege for me." Schwartz, and one from Gen. Donald J. Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command. Higgins accepted the honors with Force,' " Busch said with a smile at just a few gracious comments, sayhis executive aide's remarks. ing, "I'm grateful and honored to be up here, and I've enjoyed all my jobs. "It's really neat that you could I've had some great bosses on both dedicate your life to the service of the military and civilian side of the your country. It's not something that house. Thank you very much." all of us, everyone in America, have the privilege to do ... both as a civilian Asked afterward if anything stuck and as a member of the military," he out in his mind during the 50 years pointed out. he served, he acknowledged that the experience he thinks affected him the When Busch asked him if his inimost, as well as the rest of the countial stint as a dog handler in Korea try, was Desert Shield and Desert gave him enough of a taste of that Storm. career that he decided to change career paths, Higgins replied that his "I got reactivated for that," he said. goal had been to go into law enforceHiggins served as the Hill Air ment. That's something that Higgins' Terminal Superintendent for the 67th employment history includes — he Aerial Port Squadron from Jan. 1991 worked as a Clearfield Police officer to May 1991. In May of 1991 he was and as a security officer^ith the mili- promoted to Squadron Operations sutary. perintendent where his work contin1 JIMMIE HIGGINS ued until March of 1993. He rejoined Team Hill in 1995 on the civilian side of things as a contingency war planner, augmentee program manager and Mobility Air Cargo Terminal manager. Higgins has continued serving in various capacities since then. "It's always been a joy for me," he said. "I don't even feel it's an obligation. I feel privileged to do it," he said. Two career sympols somewhat dear to his heart will remain at the base when he eventually decides to retire: a C-124 Globemaster II and a C-119 Flying Boxcar, both located at the Hill Aerospace Museum. The C-119 has his name painted on the side of it because Maj. Gen. Rex A. Hadley, a former member of the museum board, ordered it. Among many other positions, Hadley had served as group commander of the 945th Military Airlift Group at Hill AFB. And the C-124? "That's rw plane. It went to the Guard and then we brought it bacjc here." * |