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Show IT I "VI April 18, 2013 7 2nd CTCS wins best-in-DoD award second year in row BY TECH. SGT. ERIC BURKS 2nd Combat Camera Squadron T he 2nd Combat Camera Squadron recently won four of six categories in the 2012 Visual Information Production Awards, including the top award, "Production of the Year." The results for the annual Department of Defense competition, announced April 11, marked the second year in a row the squadron has won the Production of the Year award and that it has won four of the DoD-level awards. "It's nice to be recognized, especially among the superb competition in this category ... there were really some great productions up for these awards," said Lt. Col. T. Allen Herritage, 2nd CTCS commander. "I'm just proud, so proud, of this team. The men and women of the 2nd CTCS really take ownership of every single production we do and it shows." The 2012 Visual Information Production Awards winners are: Documentaries: 2nd Combat Camera Squadron, for an entry called "First There ... That Others May Live." Training: Visual Information Directorate, Bethesda Attachment, Navy Bureau of Medicine & Surgery, for an entry called See 2ND CTCS I page 8 TREVOR WOOD/U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rodian Carlson adjusts digital cameras during the production of "2d Combat Camera Squadron 'In Action.'" The video was recently named "Production of the Year" in the 2012 Visual Information Production Awards, an annual Department of Defense competition. Air Force Earth Day 2013 focus on water conservation AFMC Office of Communications, Installations and Mission Support W ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force Jimmy Davis, a contract negotiator in Building 1289, rakes a shrubbery bed along with his co-workers as they clean up on April 16, Green Machine Day, in which Team Hill rolls up its collective shirt sleeves and spruces up after the long winter. "Take a minute to think about your daily routine and how you can conserve water throughout the day" TERRY EDWARDS, Air Force Materiel Command Director of Communications, Installations and Mission Support Earth Day U.S. AiR 2013 FORCE Conserve Today Secure Tomorrow SPEED MENTORIN6 RIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — The Air Force will observe Earth Day on Monday, April 22, continuing with the service's vision and cornmitment to "Conserve Today — Secure Tomorrow." The focus of this year's Air Force Earth Day campaign is the water resource management program, which includes water conservation, use of water-saving technologies in design and construction, storm and wastewater management, water quality and pollution prevention. The Air Force needs your help in smartly managing water resources and sustaining efforts to decrease overall consumption of natural resources in order to save money and reduce risk. Air Force officials emphasize there is always more that can be done, and it takes a concerted effort from all members of the Air Force team. All Airmen are urged to join in support of Earth Day 2013 and recommit to the Air Force's broader environmental efforts. Earth Day provides an opportunity for every individual Airman to show his or her commitment to the environment and to wisely use our limited natural resources. "Simple, everyday actions such as taking shorter showers can make a difference," said Terry Edwards, Air Force Materiel Command Director of Communications, Installations and Mission Support. "Take a minute to think about your daily routine and how you can conserve water throughout the day." To capture and highlight the impact of individual efforts across the Air Force, officials will continue to collect and promote personal posts on the "Blue Acts of Green" Facebook page, which was launched in See WATER I page 10 'Hansel & Gretel' offers nothing sweet to viewers BY STEVE SALLES Standard-Examiner movie critic T ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force Enlisted personnel talk to mentors at a speed mentoring event held at the Junior Enlisted Recreation Center on April 10. Approximately 70 Airmen stopped by for the chance to get advice and ask questions to assist them in their career prospects. he story of Hansel and Gretel is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, made famous by the Brothers Grimm. And as if their version wasn't sick and twisted enough, that sordid tale is only a leaping-off point for the continuing adventures of "Hansel & Gretel," who grow up to become witch hunters for hire. Seems they've gotten a taste for wicked-witch extermination, and as the matronly hen in "Chicken Run" says, "It's a living." So they travel about the coun- 171 1 %[11 tryside, wiping out witches quite easily, mainly and mysteriously because they are immune to the harmful spells and curses thrust upon them on a daily basis. Hansel (Jeremy Renner) does have an Achilles' heel of sorts, because he's diabetic and forced to take a daily shot of insulin. Why? He was force-fed candy when he was a little boy by the original old woman of lore who was trying to fatten him up so See REVIEW I page 10 |