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Show 2 COMMENTARY Remain vigilant as anniversary of 9/11 approaches I Wimp TIMES August 18, 2011 TIME BY STEVEN G. NUTT Installation Antiterrorism officer 1948 Hilltop Times Editorial Staff: Lee Carter ... Standard-Examiner publisher Mary Lou Gorny Hilltop Times Editor Anne Morrison Hilltop Times Writer Hilltop Times Krista Starker Correspondent Ryan Larsen Hilltop Times Correspondent Deadlines: Editorial and news items are due by noon on the June 24 prior to the Thursday print date. To submit news items e-mail hilltoptimes@standard.net or call (801) 625-4273. For Classified Advertising, call (801) 625-4300. For Retail Advertising, call (801) 625-4388. The Hilltop Times is published by Ogden Publishing Corp., 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. 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Call 801-625-4273 with story ideas or comments, or contact the editor, Mary Lou Gorny, at mgorny@standard.net . Call 801-625-4300 for Classified Advertising or 801-6254388 for Retail Advertising. A lthough there has been no specific intelligence indicating an imminent threat, I urge each of you to remain vigilant to the threats of terrorism, especially as we near the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. As many of you may be aware jihadist media sources continue to stress the importance of attacking the homeland during prominent U.S. dates, and has specifically identified the period surrounding the anniversary of 9/11 as a pivotal point to carry out these attacks. Al-Qaida and allied groups continue to pose a threat to the United States. Although it is less severe than the catastrophic proportions of a 9/11-like attack, the threat today is more complex and more diverse than at any time over the past ten years. Al-Qaida or its allies continue to have the capacity to kill dozens, or even hundreds, of Americans in a single attack. I urge each of you to take a moment to review the following list of suspicious activities and keep them in mind. If you witness any of these activities on Hill Air Force Base or in your local community, please take the time to report them through either the U.S. Air Force Eagle Eyes Program by contacting the Base Defense Operations Center at 777-3056, the Utah Terrorism Hotline at 801-5791400, or if traveling, through the Department of Homeland Security switchboard Nutt at 202-282-8000; all reports, on or off the installation, may be made 24 hours a day. 1. Keep an eye out for surveillance: Anyone taking notes or monitoring activities on or off the installation, i.e., someone using cameras, to include cell phone cameras or video recorders inside or outside the perimeter of the installation, near schools, malls, sporting events or other similar mass gathering venues. 2. Beware of elicitation: This is anyone surreptitiously attempting to gain information by mail, telephone, facsimile or in person about military operations, missions and personnel, or attempts to gain in-depth information about security at a particular facility or public event. 3. Recognize tests of security: These are attempts to measure reaction times to security breaches or to bypass physical security measures or procedures. 4. Acquiring supplies: This is generally the purchasing or theft of explosives, weapons, ammunition, uniforms, decals, flight manuals, passes or badges, the equipment to manufacture them or any other controlled items. 5. Look for suspicious persons out of place: People that appear out of place around the work center, neighborhood or anywhere else. You know better than anyone who should be in your work areas, communities and neighborhoods and when things are out of place or suspicious. 6. Dry runs: Placing operatives in position and essentially practicing or exercising a terrorist incident (dress rehearsal). This could also be someone mapping out routes or determining the timing of traffic lights and flow. 7. Deployment of assets: People and supplies being positioned to commit the terrorist act. This is the last opportunity to alert authorities before the terrorist act occurs. If it doesn't look right 4 report it! Force Protection is everyone's business - Everyone is a sensor - If you see something, then say something! WELLNESS CORNER LAST STL clr Psychologist gives tips on resilience BY CAPT. KATHLEEN FERRERO s Air Mobility Command Public Affairs ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force Kenny Pixton , Sure Steel Inc., welds support cross members onto the Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning roof on Aug. 10, which was the last large piece of steel to be installed on the Northrup Grumman building. HAWC Nest FitnessTip from the Health and Wellness Cantor The Freshstart program to quit tobacco is a four-part series that meets weekly for one month. All active duty, dependents, retirees, Department of Defense federal employees and contractors are eligible to attend. Call Pat Cerone Health and Wellness Center at 801-777-1215 for more information. THINK SAFETY Hill's Total 2011 DUIs: 23 Hill's Last DUI: fae# 3/ Unit Involved: 3Sla /1ervteljt Victiareaciace ..5gteadzoo Airmen Against Drinking and Driving provide rides when designated drivers are unavailable. Call 777-1111 to request a ride anytime. Hours of operation: Fridays-Saturdays 10 p.m.- 6 a.m. Sundays 9 p.m.-midnight. 777-7000 action.line.pa@hill.af.mil When you call or send an e-mail, your cornments will be recorded and staffed through the agency responsible for action. Phone numbers Report suspicious activity via the AFOSI EAGLE EYES program Dial: 777-3056 / 3057/ 3058. Watch - Report - Protect Force Protection is Our Business - Everyone is a Sensor Please give your supervisor and chain of command the opportunity to work with you in answering questions and solving problems before call- ing the Action Line. This will help me better serve your interests. Items of basewide interest will be published in the Hilltop Times. The base agencies listed can be contacted directly if you have a complaint or a problem with their services: 4 Security Forces 24-hr. Crisis Information Force Support Squadron Base Restaurants Retirement/Compensation (civilian) Equal Opportunity Office Employer Relations Military Pay Civilian Pay Air Force Suggestion Program Hill Straight Talk IG Complaints (for appointment) IG Complaints (after hours) Fraud, Waste or Abuse (recording) Loud Noise (complaints) 75th Medical Group Civil Engineering Hill Pride Hotline Public Affairs Military Housing Maintenance Safety Office 777-3056 777-3056 777-4134 777-2043 777-6142 777-5455 777-7129 777-1851 777-6246 777-6901 777-9696 777-5305 777-5361 777-5361 1-877-885-9595 777-4918 777-1856 777-7433 777-5333 825-9392 777-3333 SUICIDE PREVENTION ASSISTANCE Mental Health Clinic 777-7909 Chaplain 777-2106 Military OneSource (800) 342-9647 National Suicide (800) 273-8255 Prevention Line TriWest Crisis Line (866) 284-3743 TriWest Behavioral (866) 651-4970 Health Contact Center EAP (800) 222-0364 Occupational Medicine 777-1163 Services Wingman Advocates 777-2255 Safety Office Hotline 586-9300 777-1985 Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (or) 777-1964 Union 777-3257 AFOSI Narcotics Hotline 777-1852 Family Assistance Center 777-3090 COTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. 4 With a new boss in the office, suddenly everything he did was perceived differently. Before, he was organized. Now it was "controlling." Before, he was creative. Now it was "haphazard." It plunged him into the "basement" of his psyche. As clinical psychologist Dr. Robert Wicks described the experience, he said, "It's not the amount of darkness in the world that matters. It's how you stand in that darkness." Wicks earned a standing ovation after speaking about spiritual resiliency at an Air Mobility Cornmand conference of 32 chaplains and chaplain assistants July 20 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. One goal of the three-day conference was to equip the chaplains and chaplain assistants to "know how to say yes to the right things, and sometimes no. Otherwise, you will burn out. And that's not a resilient chaplain corps," said AMC Command Chaplain (Col.) Gary Linsky during the opening remarks. In his most recent book, Wicks defines resilience as "the ability to meet, learn from, and not be crushed by the challenges and stresses of life." While sitting on a table in front of the conference audience, Wicks further described spiritual resilience as the ability "to breathe easily, to have trust, to be free from fear." He encouraged the conference audience to do three things: set aside two minutes of time a day for reflection; nurture the mind with healthy, enjoyable pastimes; and get real about personal limits. During the described low point in his life, Wicks said he was forced to "start living in the `now."' He said that, most of the time, "We're either in the future doing great things or living in the silver casket of nostalgia. ... (But) you can't be frightened when you're living in the now." Two minutes a day of reflection can help, he said. Taking this quiet time to "reset," especially if a person is stressing in both their personal and professional lives, can help them prevent losing themselves completely. "It's not nice: It's necessary. Otherwise, the only time you find perspective is when things are awful," Wicks said. Reflection is a sense of "unlearning" and self-awareness, he said. (when activated) See WELLNESS I page 4 |