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Show Hilltop IMES Weekly Since 1948 _ ILLS. AI rgrOl Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 72 No. 10, March 8, 2012 1 111r111111 Hill open house and air show to be Memorial Day weekend Speed Mentoring March 22 at the JERC In addition to having an opportunity to talk with experts in commissioning, legal issues, education and Reserve opportunities, a mini education fair will also be available March 22, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Junior Enlisted Recreation Center (JERC). There will be prize drawings for things helpful in a career, such as scholarships and guidance books on career achievement. Pizza will be served. For more information contact Master Sgt. Chi Swanson at 801777-7829. Volunteer Excellence forms due Friday The Airman and Family Readiness Center is looking for nominations for this year's Volunteer Excellence Award. Nominations are due Friday, March 9. Nomination packages will be accepted from supervisors or commanders for federal civilians, family members and retirees who performed outstanding volunteer work of a sustained and direct nature. The award will be presented at the Volunteer Recognition Breakfast on April 16 at 8:30 a.m. at Club Hill. The breakfast is free for volunteers, their spouses and supervisors, leadership and coworkers, space permitting. For more information and a list of the nomination packages guidelines, please contact Colette Geiss at (801) 775-6832. BY RICHARD W. ESSARY 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs D o you have plans for Memorial Day weekend? If you don't, then you're in luck. And if you do, you may want to reconsider spending some time at one of Northern Utah's most spectacular community events. Hill Air Force Base is hosting an open house and air show featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds the weekend of May 26-27. The two-day event is free and open to the public. "We're excited to be hosting an open house and air show this Memorial Day weekend featuring Air Force's own Thunderbirds," said Lt. Col. Juris Jansons, 75th Operations Support Squadron commander and this year's event coordinator. "This is a tremendous opportunity to show the communities we serve what their DAVID PERRY/U.S. Air Force graphic illustration See SHOW I page 6 DAU opens satellite site in Building 1238 N AFAF launches March 5 By 1ST LT. DANIEL PRATHER Medical Readiness Officer T he 2012 Hill Air Force Base Air Force Assistance Fund (AFAF) campaign themed "Commitment to Caring" kicked off on Monday, March 5, and will run through April 13. This annual event raises funds for four charitable Special needs family summit on March 15 "Keeping the Promise by Empowering Families," will be March 15 at The Landing. A focus group will begin at 9 a.m. and an information fair will open at 10 a.m. Anyone can attend the information fair to get information on special needs, special education, adapative equipment, recreation, behavioral health and transition services. A behavior management class, "Taming the Lion without the Whip" will be offered from noon to 2 p.m. Attendance is limited and an RSVP is needed for that class and focus group. For more information or to provide an RSVP please call 801-777-4681. See AFAF I page 3 Women's History Month Seminars Only 388th, 419th to use fitness room Effective immediately the Building 120 Fitness Room may only be used by 388th Fighter Wing and 419th Fighter Wing and pilots get first priority use. Monday, March 12 Kick-off event, 9-11 a.m.: Speaker, Lt. Col. Abigail Ruscetta on the topic, "Celebrating Small Victories" in Building 385, Airman Leadership School ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force (Left to right) Chief, Acquisition Headquarters for the Secretary of the Air Force Gary Blum, Defense Acquisition University Dean of Western Region Andy Zaleski, Ogden Air Logistics Center Commander Maj. Gen. Andy Busch and DAU Utah Site Dean Brian Anderson cut the ribbon to official acknowledge the opening of the DAU Utah site on Feb. 22 in Building 1238 North. Government likely to save on travel costs, convenience also a factor BY MARY Lou CORNY Women's History Month Film Festival Free movies in Bldg 524 `The Early Films' Thursday, 7:15 p.m. "Adam's Rib" Friday, 7:15 p.m. - "Gone With the Wind" (G) `The 50s and 60s' Monday, 7:15 p.m. - "All About Eve" Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. - "The Seven Year Itch" Wednesday, 7:15 p.m. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (PG) Base Theater Free Movies `The Early Films' Saturday, noon — "Littlest Rebel" (G) Saturday, 3 p.m. — "Wizard of Oz" (G) Saturday, 7 p.m. — "Three Faces of Eve" Hilltop Times editor I magine packing your bags and traveling for a TDY certification course a time zone or two away from home in order to take a certification course necessary in your Air Force or Department of Defense career. Now imagine the convenience of getting up every morning, getting into your own car and driving to Hill Air Force Base to take that very same course: no shifting biological time clocks, not quite as many disruptions to your home schedule, and a bit easier to add into any federal worker's schedule. Not only might the experience be much more conducive to learning, but imagine the savings for the federal government in terms of traveling expenses for students. Now that the Defense Acquisition University Western Region 1-3 p.m.: Carol E. Merrill on the topic, "Single Parenting," Building 385, Airman Leadership School in partnership with he Force Development Division has opened a satellite training facility at Hill Air Force Base, that resource is now available for all of Team Hill where required certification courses are involved. "You have eighteen hundred acquisition professionals at Hill Air Force Base and we're trying to service their needs as well as the rest of the Rocky Mountain Tuesday, March 13 9-11 a.m.: Shannon Watt on the topic, "The Business of Marriage," Building 1231, Room 5 9-11 a.m.: Gerry Anderson and Judy White on the topic, "Power Talk," Building 150 Conference Room See SEMINARS I page 4 See DAU I page 4 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for • • • Up, up and away Loads of humanity 00-ALC awards Wrth paper airplane expertise Denton Project needs Hill hands Check out who won annual honors See page 10 See page 5 See page 7 |