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Show 0 r ".-1 r- H r- H H AWARD SUPPLEMENT TO THE HILLTOP TIMES Rod and Gun Club Championship Shoot results BY LT. COL. ANDREW "RUDY" CHUDY 419th FW F-35 Project Officer T he Hill Aiar Force Base Rod and Gun Club held its Club Championship Shoot on Aug. 25. Twelve club members participated in the one-day, 149 target event. The overall winner of the event, with a score of 138, was Dart Davis. The second and third place shooters were Dan Lawton and Todd Biegenwald, with scores of 137 and 134, respectively. For more information about the Rod and Gun Club, please contact the club at 801777-6767. THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 2012 7 Promotions E ach of the following have received or will officially receive their promotion to the rank indicated in the month of September. They include: Sgt. Patrick J. Gilroy Jr. 2nd Combat Camera Squadron: Lt. Col. Timothy Herri- 372nd U.S. Air Force Recruiting Group: 372nd Training Squadron: Senior Master Sgt. Charles Acosta, Tech. Sgt. Steven Goen Tech. Sgt. Matthew Hill, Tech. Sgt. Carl E. House II, Tech. Sgt. JeanPaul Valarino 368th U.S. Air Force Recruiting Squadron: Master Sgt. Shawn Branum, Tech. Sgt. Christian Bellenger, Tech. Sgt. Patricia De Los Santos, Staff Attache opportunities open to enlisted personnel 388th Component Maintenance Squadron: 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Senior Master Sgt. Jon Young, Master Sgt. Philip Barry, Master Sgt. Duwayne A Douthett Jr., Master Sgt. Sean Murphy, Master Sgt. Jerry Thayer, Tech. Sgt. Daniel Gibson, Tech. Sgt. Michael Lujan, Staff Sgt. Timothy Francis, Staff Sgt. Isaiah Oakes, Senior Airman Phillip Curtis, Senior Airman Aaron Piele, 388th Maintenance Operations Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Melanie Moore, Senior Airman Jamie Cox 388th Operations Group: Staff Sgt. Aurora David Staff Sgt. David Lujan Tech. Sgt. Judson Willis tage 367th Training Support Squadron: Senior Airman Joshua Ramos, Senior Airman Jason Tate, Airman 1st Class Jaime Berridy, Airman 1st Class Benjamin Thomas 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron: Maj. Duane Craft, Master Sgt. Darrick Grimmett, Tech. Sgt. Venerando D. Caoile II, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Coffman, Tech. Sgt. Lee Mentele, Staff Sgt. William Sigo, Staff Sgt. Robert Kent Summers Jr., Senior Airman Daniel Cunningham 388th Operations Support Squadron: Staff Sgt. Jordan Parker, Senior Airman Dennis Hadrick 4th Fighter Squadron: Capt. Brent Bienenfeld 419th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Senior Airman Daniel Bitton 388th Fighter Wing: Senior Airman Randel Gutierrez See PROMOTIONS I page 8 ANG ASSISTS DURING ISAAC AFPC Customer Support T he Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) and Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs (SAF/IA) are accepting applications for Operations Coordinator (OPSCO) and Operations NCO (OPSNCO) Defense Attaché Specialist duty, reporting for training during the period October 2012 - February 2013. All active duty E-6s to E-8s are eligible to apply. Projected attaché openings for this selection cycle (training start dates: October 2012 - February 2013) are: Country/Position/Training Start Date/In-Country Report No Later Than Date (RNLTD)/Specifics • Switzerland/OPSNCO (E-7 or E-6) Oct-12/Oct13 36 months-accompanied; language - German • Mexico/OPSNCO (E-7 or E-6) Nov-12/ Nov-13 24 months-accompanied; language - Spanish • Egypt/OPSNCO (E-7 or E-6) Dec-12/ Apr-13 36 months-accompanied; no language • Botswana/OPSCO (E-8 or E-7) Jan-13/May-13 36 months-accompanied; no language • India/OPSNCO (E-7 or E-6) Jan-13/May-13 36 months-unaccompanied; no language • Norway/OPSNCO (E-7 or E-6) Jan-13/May-13 36 months-accompanied; no language • Sierra Leone/OPSCO (E-7) Jan-13/May-13 24 months-accompanied; no language • Cameroon/OPSNCO (E-7 or E-6) Feb-13/Nov13 24 months-accompanied; language - French Brief job descriptions and required criteria are as follows: (a) Attaché support positions include Operations Coordinator (OPSCO); Operations NonCommissioned Officer (OPSNCO); and Airborne Mission Technician (AMT); they are special-duty positions filled by enlisted personnel in the grade of E-5 through E-9, who manage all operational support aspects of the Defense Attaché Office (DAO) mission. They represent the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force to the host nation government officials. In this role, OPSCOs and OPSNCOs are charged with developing and maintaining harmonious and cooperative relationships between the USAF and the host nation air force. (b) Attaché support duties include managing logistics and administrative support; executing budget requirements; working country, personnel, aircraft and ship clearances; supervising foreign national office staff; and direct support of VIP visits. Attaché support personnel must be selfstarters who are flexible, persuasive and persistent. Attaché support duty is open to all Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC), capitalizing on the wide range of professional expertise in the U.S. Air Force enlisted corps. Applicants for this selection cycle must: (a) Be active duty technical sergeants through senior master sergeants. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve NCOs are not eligible for these positions. See ATTACHE I page 8 Matt Landry of St. Bernard Parish (center), and Jeff Sancho, with the Air National Guard (right), assist Sharon Sylvia, who is diabetic, into a vehicle as Isaac moves through New Orleans on Aug. 28. CHRIS GRANGER Associated Press Above, Louisiana Air National Guardsman Kevin Bussard works to distribute water and prepackaged food to victims of H urricane Isaac on Aug. 31, in Belle Chasse, La. Isaac sloshed north into the central U.S. after flooding stretches of Louisiana and Mississippi and knocking out power, leaving entire water-logged neighborhoods without lights, air conditioning or clean water. Right, members of the Louisiana Air National Guard work to distribute water and prepackaged food to victims in Belle Chasse, La. JOHN BAZEMORE/Associated Press |