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Show HILLTOP TIMES Hilltop TIME S Jan. 30, 2014 9 Hill Air Force Base holds blood drive BY SARAH STOLL Hilltop Times correspondent HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Hill Air Force Base hosted a blood drive Friday, Jan. 24 in the Medical Training Facility. Many participants used the online sign-up system to prepare for this event. Through this online sign-up system, they were able to choose a convenient time slot for their schedule. This not only made the process convenient for those donating, but it also made it easier for the staff to quickly help people prepare for donation. Those who showed up to donate gathered around the signup table and were efficiently ushered to donation chairs — where they relaxed with a movie while going through the donation process (about 5-15 minutes of blood draw). Casey Hill, who works in Building 5 for the 524th, donates because "it is a good thing to do and it helps out." He also feels that "if you are able to, why not donate?" Tisha Lee, who made her first donation at Hill AFB (after discovering this event on the Hill AFB webpage), feels the same way. She and her husband have been donating blood since they were 18 years old. After the donation, participants were offered a variety of snacks and drinks for recovery. According to Capt. Joel Murphy, a Hill AFB Blood Program Manager, additional opportunities to SARAH STOLL/Hilltop Times Hill AFB hosted a blood drive in Building 568 on Friday, Jan. 24, from 9-11:30 a.m. Participants were ushered to donation chairs where they relaxed with a movie while undergoing the 5-15 minute donation process. donate blood will occur monthly, with the next drive occurring on Feb. 21. The goal for February "is 100 people," he said, and this will hopefully be achieved with the renewed program advertisements, websites, and posters. According to Murphy, "one third of all blood collected is given to Team Hill and Nellis AFB." He enjoys "seeing the selfless sacrifice that the donors take in time ... to help others that are in need." Donation slots will continue to be available online for the convenience of those who would like to Blood Services 11miiiitoinS‘a)Blood.r 47111 • Not Bigger. Just Better. attend. If you have questions regarding the online signup process, contact Capt. Joel Murphy at joel. murphy@us.af.mil or 801775-2750. For more information about the blood donation process, how to prepare, and to look over commonly asked questions, check out MountainStar Blood Services' webpage at http:// mountainstarblood.com/ commonly-askedquestions/. 250 aerospace positions move to Ogden airport BY MITCH SHAW Hilltop Times staff OGDEN — The good news is that approximately 250 new, high-paying aerospace engineering jobs are coming to the Ogden area. The not-so-good news? They're already filled. In what appears to be a wash in terms of the Top of Utah job market but a major gain for Ogden City, defense contractor Northrop Grumman is set to establish a facility at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport's Kemp Gateway Center this spring. Ogden Business Development Manager Terrence Bride said Northrop Grumman will serve as the anchor tenant for Ogden's aerospace development project at the Kemp Center. According to Lori Belnap, director of Northrop Grumman's Engineering and Systems Integration department, the company will relocate about 250 employees who currently work in Clearfield and at Hill Air Force Base into the Kemp Center building beginning in March. Bride said Ogden City has been working in recent years to expand and recruit aerospace businesses. He said Northrop Grumman's Director of Engineering, Mark Parson, initially became aware of the Kemp Center opportunity through a tour provided by Ogden's Business Development staff during an aerospace industry meeting hosted at the Kemp Center in December 2012. intermountain Comnined federal Campaign ,4 'Mt TOM SO4 ntiBEE8 EORTY i On 8a 4 Luau .11)E RIINOftEiI EIGHTY Alex R. Lloyd/U.S. Air Force Tim Randolph, 2013 Team Hill Combined Federal Campaign Chairman; Col. Frederick Thaden, 75th Air Base Wing vice commander; Bruce Jacobs, Executive Director Intermountain CFC and Brenda Christy, 2014 Team Hill CFC Chair reflect at Team Hill's presentation of its donations. Force shaping board to convene in July BY DEBBIE GILDEA Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — The Air Force will convene a fiscal 2014 Force Shaping Board here July 14 to consider eligible officers within competitive categories for continued retention, Air Force Personnel Center officials said Jan. 27. Categories include line of the Air Force, LAF-judge advocate, biomedical sciences corps, dental corps, medical service corps and nurse corps. The purpose of the board is to retain officers whose careers illustrate suitability for continued service and future leadership roles, said Lt. Col. Rick Garcia, the AFPC retirements and separations branch chief. "The board will make its determination using information such as selection briefs, performance reports, training reports and decorations," Garcia said. "The board will also consider officers' retention recommendation forms and any letters submitted by eligible officers to provide additional relevant information that is not included in other documents." The board will evaluate active-duty LAF captains and first lieutenants in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 acSee BOARD I Page 11 L in "When it comes to bringing additional aerospace businesses, having Northrop Grumman as an anchor tenant makes our jobs a lot easier," Bride said. The Kemp Center has an additional 30 acres that could accommodate aerospace fleet offices and manufacturing space. "Our hope is that (the Northrop Grumman move) is the first of many announcements we will be able to make about the technology and aerospace business cluster we are building here in Ogden," said Mayor Mike Caldwell. While the news is good for Ogden, Davis County appears to be out 250 jobs. Kent Sulser, Davis County's Community and Economic Development director, said many variables come into play when determining the impact of losing 250 jobs, but in this particular case, he expects the Northrop Grumman move to have relatively minor repercussions in Davis County. "There will be funds that flow away from Davis County," Sulser said. "But it's probably not a significant hit. All of those people will probably be maintaining their same residences, paying the same taxes and things like that. The fact that they are staying in this same region is important. We could have lost them to California or somewhere else." Contact reporter Mitch Shaw at 801-625-4233 or mishaw@ standard.net . Follow him on Twitter at @mitchshaw23. |