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Show 4 HILLTOP TIMES TIME S August 18, 2011 FREEZE From page 1 program. "The Air Force has announced an immediate 90-day hiring freeze, with limited exceptions, that crosses all funding lines. At this time, we do not anticipate a VERA/ VSIP locally," said Andy Flowers, Hill AFB installation director of Manpower, Personnel and Training. "A VERA/VSIP may be needed for those bases which are over executing payroll and/or workyears." Flowers said that additional local and national guidance will be forthcoming next week. National officials project that all major cornmands, direct reporting units and field operation agencies will be affected by these actions. "We are operating in a very challenging fiscal environment and are focused on meeting mission requirements with a reduced budget." said Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services. "We are mindful of the potential impacts of budget constraints on our civilian force and their families, which is why we are seeking to reduce the need for involuntary measures." The 90-day hiring freeze is intended to quickly reduce civilian strength levels to budgetary limits and enable future hiring to support the most critical mission requirements. "We will do our utmost to provide timely, candid communication on specific efforts as details are finalized," Jones said. For additional information on civilian workforce reduction measures, personnel should contact their local civilian personnel office, or call the Total Force Service Center at 800525-0102. Additional information supplied to this article by Mary Lou Gorny, Hilltop Times editor. RETIREES From page 1 and their dependents within the state of Utah, the southern portions of Idaho, western Colorado and Wyoming, and eastern Nevada. "These retirees have earned many perks," Delameter said. "Hopefully, they'll be able to utilize them to the fullest after attending the conference." Their dependants must check in at WELLNESS From page 2 "For chaplains, spirituality is rooted in faith in God and practiced through a variety of religiously centered spiritual disciplines. However, chaplains also recognize that spirituality takes many forms 4 some religious in nature, some not. For instance, jazz music is a spiritual experience (for me)," said Ch. Lt. Col. William Ziegler III, who served as wing chaplain at the Air Force Academy. It can be a simple practice for anyone, said Maj. David DePinho, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., wing chaplain. He said when he wants to lower his heart rate, sometimes he thinks about being in the Colorado mountains. "I'm smelling pines, walking along wildflowers at the Continental Divide." Taking time for healthful enjoyment is another important part of spiritual resilience, Wicks said. Making space for books, movies, walks, museum visits and "things that really break you out of yourself and wake you up" can help one "seek that depth, that sense of greatness that we all had as adolescents and lose as adults." He pointed out that walks are also beneficial. "Depression and activity do not like to live together." Finally, when a person recognizes his or her limits and sets priorities ahead of time 4 realizing they can't be everything to everyone 4 then"what is essential gets the attention it needs, and you don't pick on yourself" as much for disappointing results, Wicks said. "The opposite of detachment isn't compassion, it's over-involvement," he said. Lt.Col. Kevin Lockett, a chaplain instructor at the Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-DixLakehurst, N.J., said Wicks' advice was insightful. "He seems to connect with us really well," Lockett said. "Sometimes we get wrapped up in the idea of being human 'doings' instead of human 'beings.'" 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