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Show 5TTMRS Air Force launches new uniform website BY STAFF SGT. STEVE GREVER Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs R ANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — The Air Force launched a new public website this month to help educate and inform Airmen about the service's dress and appearance standards and policies. The Air Force Directorate of Service's Uniforms and Recognition Branch created the website in conjunction with the Air Force Personnel Center and several other agencies which features interactive slideshows, uniform regulations, detailed photos and uniform policy updates from the Air Force Uniform Board. Ruth Ewalt, the Air Force Uniforms and Recognition Branch director, said the new website was developed to be a comprehensive online resource that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for Airmen stationed around the world. "We wanted to create a place where all Airmen can view any uniform combination in detail," Ewalt said. "This eliminates confusing rumors about the latest versions of Air Force uniforms." Airmen also wanted an uncomplicated website that was user friendly and did not require excessive navigation to find information about different combinations of the Air Force uniform. "We needed a website that would not take more than two or three clicks of the mouse to get an answer to a uniform inquiry," she said. Having this information on a public website ensures uniform changes and updates are available to the field in a timely manner rather than that of waiting for updates to Air Force Instruction 36-2903, which is being revised. "The information will be updated quicker and more effectively," she said. Putting the website in the public domain allows users to access it without their Common Access Card, which is helpful for Airmen researching uniform information from computers or smart phones off the military network. While the new site will be a valuable resource, Airmen should continue to work through their chain of command for clarification and guidance on Air Force dress and appearance standards and policies. For more information, visit the Air Force Dress and Appearance public website at http://www. afpc.randolph.af.mil/dress/index.asp. July 22,2010 West Davis transportation corridor open houses to discuss possible solutions BY MARY LOU GORNY Hilltop Times editor O ngoing plans for transportation corridor solutions for the western portion of Davis County will be highlighted at a series of open houses as officials ask for resident input. All open houses are from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. They include: • Tuesday, Aug. 3, Sunset City Hall, 200 W. 1500 North • Wednesday, Aug, 4, Kanesville Elementary School, 3112 S. 3500 West, West Haven • Thursday, Aug. 5, Legacy Events Center, 151 S. 1100 West, Farmington During this phase of the project, initial concepts will be presented and further input and ideas re- quested. Until the environmental impact statement is completed on a potential transportation corridor in western Davis and Weber counties, the final decision will not be made on the potential corridor alignment. Community and environmental concerns are being included, as well as resident input, in coming up with potential solutions, a West Davis Corridor project office newsletter reported. Initial concepts based on input, land use analysis and past studies. Among some of the potential solutions to be considered include other modes of transportation, widening or improving existing corridors as well as building a new corridor. The West Davis Corridor project office is looking at transportation needs well into the year 2040. Family Overnight' Campout July 30 T he third annual Family : Overnight Campout will be held July 30. Set up your tent at Centennial Park at 5 p.m. or Outdoor Recreation has tents available to rent to assemble at the park. For more information about the tents, call Outdoor Recreation at (801) 777-2225. Other activities will include a nature walk, the animated film, "Brother Bear," on a big screen in the park, popcorn, a bonfire, hot dogs and chips, s'mores and ghost stories. This year there will be animal displays with a hawk demonstration at 5:30 p.m., an eagle presentation at 6:30 p.m., and an owl presentation at 7:30 p.m. Breakfast will be at 6:30 a.m., and camp teardown at 8 a.m. No pets or fireworks will be allowed. To sign up call the 75th FSS at (801) 775-2084 or e-mail edie.messina@hill.af.mil. LOGSTARS TOUR OF THE BASE KIM COOK/U.S. Air Force LOGSTARS, mayors and commissioners toured the base on July 14 and were treated with a military working dog demonstration as a highlight of the scheduled sites. The LOGSTARS program pairs a representative from Hill Air Force Base — a Team Hill leader representative as the "logistics" component of the partnering with a community leader, the "community star" component. Here the combined group of LOGSTARS, mayors and commissioners pose for a portrait. Version 2 — Iron Man' light BY STEVE SAULES Standard-Examiner movie critic I Paramount Pictures Robert Downey Jr. faces new challenges in "Iron Man 2." ron Man is back, a little lighter in both material and structure, a little darker in tone and deed, yet at the heart of it all beats a decent summer thriller that should satisfy more than a few. It's been six months since Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) revealed that he is Iron Man. The resulting world peace accord is greeted around the globe with great excitement, but governments, particularly Tony's own, are nervous that all of this power lies within the hands of one man. The military wants his suit to study, but Stark says no. Behind the scenes, he's discovered the palladium element that powers his internal arc reactor is having a dire effect on his body. Unless he can find a substitute, the thing that gives him strength will eventually kill him. Unfortunately, he's tested every element known to man and nothing See REVIEW I page 14 |