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Show Hilltop IMES Weekly Since 1948 ¥ Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 71 No. 45, Nov. 10, 2011 AFMC restructures to FALCON'S-EYE VIM cut overhead, make command more efficient CHECK IT OUT! Find out how the pledging is coming along, page 2. BY GEORGE F. JOZENS DIRECTOR 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs A Warrior Call will be Nov. 18 with 75th MDG Lt. Cols. Kerry Hesse!rode and Bradley Nielsen will present "Critical Care Air Transport Team: Evolution, Revolution, Execution and Experiences" for Warrior Call at 4 p.m. Nov. 18 at Club Hill. Team Hill is invited and anyone with base access may attend. Boyer Hill Military Housing open houses The Boyer Hill Military Housing area is open houses two weekends, Nov. 11-12 and Nov. 18 and 19, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Three sites will be available for visitors to cherck out: 4304A North Liberty St., 4043A Adams Circle and 3050A Minuteman Way. Lunch at Golden Corral for Marines The U.S. Marine Corps will be celebrating its 236th birthday on Nov. 10. In honor of this momentous occasion, all Marines and their families are cordially invited to attend a USMC birthday lunch and ceremony at noon on Thursday, Nov. 10 at the Golden Corral in Layton. Lunch will be at your expense. Traffic safety points upcoming on base -On Nov. 25, the 75th Air Base Wing Security Forces Squadron personnel will be conducting a Traffic Safety Checkpoint at Hill Air Force Base. Motorists are advised they may be stopped for general evaluations of the safety of their vehicles, licensing and insurance. For more information, questions or concerns call the 75th SFS at 801- 777-3056. Postponed Hubbard Turkey Shoot Due to weather, the Hubbard Golf Course Turkey Shoot was postponed until Nov. 12/13. Shotgun start will be 11 a.m. Call the Pro Shop at 801-777-3272 to confirm your reservation. Resurfacing of floors at fitness center The Warrior Fitness Center's floors are currently being resurfaced. The first of two coats have been applied and fumes may be an irritant while working out. The odor should dissipate by Monday. Complete details of class changes can be found at http://www.75thforcesupport. com/fttness/download/Fitness %20classes%2Olocations.pctf. FWP to hold holiday lunch and learn On Dec. 1, the Federal Women's Program will hold a lunch and learn: "Managing Stress During the Holidays." The lunch and learn will feature minestrone soup and breadsticks and will cost $5. Gather in Building 1231 Room 6 to get your tips for stress reduction and RSVP to Linda. larsen@hill.af.mil . Base Theater Free Movies Saturday, noon — "Cars 2" (PG-13) Saturday, 3 p.m. — "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (PG-13) Saturday, 6 p.m. — "Friends with Benefits" (R) 11111111MI AIRMAN 1ST CLASS CRYSTAL CHARRIERE/U.S. Air Force Before take-off, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) receives some final flight prep tips from 419th Vice Commander Col. Patrick Wade. He took a flight in an F-16 on Nov. 5. For story see page 4. s part of a cost savings and efficiency effort by Air Force and Air Materiel Command headquarters the Ogden Air Logistics Center will be changing its structure and will lose 261 manning positions. Providing greater military capabilities, improving readiness and operating effectively in the current fiscal environment is the purpose of an Air Force Materiel Command-wide restructure announced by Air Force officials Nov. 2. AFMC will reduce the number of its centers from 12 to five. This will cut overhead costs and redundant layers of staff and is expected to generate Air Force savings equal to $109 million annually while improving AFMC's overall management and lines of communication. The restructure is one of many efficiency initia- tives across the Air Force. With known cuts of at least $400 billion over the next five years, the Department of Defense has challenged all the services to increase funding for mission functions through efficiency savings in overhead, support and non-mission areas. In response, the Air Force identified $33.3 billion in savings over the next five years, to include savings garnered by reducing civilian workforce numbers. The restructure will allow AFMC to eliminate 1,051 civilian positions in a way that preserves mission capability. As part of the Nov. 2 Air Force announcement on restructuring the service's civilian workforce, another 1,088 AFMC positions will be reduced as the Air Force streamlines installation support functions. Hill Air Force Base's share of this is 134 positions over the next two years. In addition the Air Force's See RESTRUCTURE Ipage 3 Honoring our heroes Thad Forester, brother of Senior Airman Mark Forester, speaks at a tribute, "Honoring the Heroes" at the Base Theater Nov. 7. Forester spoke of his brother's life both in and out of the Air Force and also about the day he found out his brother had been killed in action while deployed in Afghanistan on Sept. 29, 2010. BY ANNE MORRISON Hilltop Times staff 0 n Sept. 29, 2010, Senior Airman Mark Forester was killed in action in Afghanistan. And on Monday, his brother, Thad Forester, came to Hill's base theater to tell his story. "I hope to bring people in this country to ask themselves, `What can I do to honor those protecting my SENIOR AIRMAN MELISSA DEARSTONE U.S. Air Force See HEROES Ipage 3 Hess updates to retain family fitness area, add cardiovascular portion BY MARY Lou GORNY Hilltop Times editor F unding authorized by the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2011 will be used for renovations set to begin in the Hess Fitness Center on Nov. 21. The renovations will enhance the facility and add overflow capacity to the Warrior Fitness Center by converting two-thirds of the gymnasium to a functional fitness area with cardiovascular equip- ment and strength equipment, including both free weights and selectorized machines. The remaining one-third of the gymnasium will provide a refinished sports court for basketball and volleyball, as well as unit PT sessions. "The Warrior Fitness Center doesn't meet the full needs of those who are currently eligible to use it so by renovating the Hess we are going to dramatically increase our fitness See HESS I page 5 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for • • • All in a good cause Northridge High robotics gets boost What are Ty and his folks making over now? DoD grant supports school that military kids attend See page 9 See page 11 |