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COLIN POWELL VISITS JBA

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Jacob Rhoads, 3, and brother Andrews, 7, of Crofton, Md. pose for a photo with Colin Powell, former Sec-retary of State, at the Andrews Exchange Main Store. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell visited theJoint Base Andrews Exchange March 9 to meet admirers and talk about his life and career.

11TH WING PUBLICAFFAIRS OFFICE

According Chief of Staff of theAir Force Gen. Mark A. WelshIII, every Airman has a story.The 11th Wing Public AffairsOffice is looking for Airmen whoenjoy getting out in the com-munity to share their Air Forcestories.The 11th Wing Speakers Bu-

reau is now accepting requestsfor speakers from external pub-lic organizations. The purposeof the speakers bureau is tomatch senior 11th Wing lead-ers and Airmen from all ranks- civilian, officer and enlisted -with interested audiences in aneffort to foster understandingof the Air Force mission. Thebureau is focused on commu-nity outreach activities in andaround the National CapitalRegion, and can be a valuableresource for clubs and organi-zations to learn more about theAir Force and the people whoperform our mission.11th Wing speakers are in-

vited to speak on a wide varietyof subjects, including:

- Science, Technology, Engi-neering, Mathematics (STEM)- Air Force history- Air Force medicine and

health professions- Leadership and manage-

ment- Air Force career or educa-

tional opportunities- Air Force Academy, ROTC

and Officer Training School- Civil Service opportunities- Communications and com-

puters- Meteorology/weather- Ethnic heritage and history- Women in the Air ForceFrom training to your daily

missions to personal experienc-es, 11th Wing Airmen now havethe opportunity to tell audiencesthroughout the NCR about theAir Force by joining the 11thWing Speakers Bureau.If you would like to share

your story or enjoy speakingabout any of the topics listed,please fill out the participationform and contact the 11th WingPublic Affairs office at 240-612-4428, or send an email to [email protected].

Join the 11th Wing Speakers Bureau

BY CHRIS BASHAMSTAFF WRITER

Joint Base Andrews is all abouttoday’s mission and the future ofthe military. When new thingsare built, however, it never hap-pens without some influence fromthe past. JBA and its affiliatethe Davidsonville Listening Sta-tion are built upon places whereother people lived and worked inthe past. Evidence of those long-lost communities form part of theJoint Base Andrews federal col-lection at the Maryland Archaeo-logical Conservation Laboratory,as part of the Maryland Depart-ment of Planning Maryland His-torical Trust efforts at JeffersonPatterson Park and Museum inSt. Leonard, Md.Sara Rivers Cofield, curator

for federal collections at the MACLab, explained that the JBA col-lections can be separated into twodistinct kinds: prehistoric EarlyWoodland deposits from NativeAmerican communities who spenttime along the shoreline nearwhat would become the Davidson-ville Listening Station, and itemsdiscarded on plantations, tenantfarms and around homes from the17th century until modern timeson the future Joint Base An-drews, concentrated around BelleChance Mansion, Chapel Two andother sites around base.“The hardest part of archaeol-

ogy is that we have to know whateverything is that people haveever made, anywhere, by a tinyfragment,” said Cofield.Some of those fragments are

easy to identify---pottery thatlooks like it could have shatteredjust the other day; horse shoesthat retain their familiar form;files and keyholes and hingesthat clearly indicate how theywere once used; and knife pointssought by young explorers curi-ous about prehistoric life. Otheritems, like fragments of NativeAmerican pottery created us-ing local materials, are hard forthe untrained eye to identify atall. Fortunately, people who areinterested in learning about thehistory found beneath Joint BaseAndrews don’t need credentials oran extensive education to see theartifacts in the the JBA federal

collection. They just need an ap-pointment to visit the MAC Laband an eagerness to learn.Each item was found through

surveys done as part of the base’scultural resource managementprogram, as required by the Na-tional Historic Preservation Actof 1966. The law requires thatall federal properties must lookfor and evaluate the historicaland archaeological significanceof items that might be found ontheir land, before any construc-tion project. The law was passedto prevent old buildings andother sites from being destroyedduring construction, before theirsignificance could be known anddocumented, and in some casespreserved.

In a military setting, the firststage of cultural resource man-agement is a Phase 1 survey,designed to identify the bound-aries of sites that might includeartifacts. Once artifacts arefound, usually through smallsamples conducted systemati-cally throughout a grid pattern,a Phase 2 survey helps to deter-mine whether those artifacts aresignificant because of their as-sociation with a famous personor event, or their ability to yieldinformation about lifeways andculture, especially with regardsto Native American settlements.“Phase 1 and 2 are wise plan-

ning tools to help military lead-

Anyone can see JBAhistory at the MAC Lab

PHOTO/CHRIS BASHAM

Federal Collections Curator Sara Rivers Cofield shows how twoMockley ceramic fragments found at the Davidsonville Listening Sta-tion fit together. The fragments are from a piece of pottery dating frombetween 200 A.D. and 900 A.D.

see LAB, page 4

BY BOBBY JONESSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

James Koutz, American Le-gion national commander, visit-ed the Washington area March9 and 10; he received a tour ofmilitary aircraft on Joint BaseAndrews, visited several his-toric sites, joined a luncheonat American Legion Post 259,Clinton, Md. and was honoredby The American Legion ofMaryland during a NationalCommander’s Banquet at theHarry White Wilmer AmericanLegion Post 82 in LaPlata, Md.“I received a call from Presi-

dent Obama to discuss variousconcerns pertaining to poten-tial cuts, VA backlogs and men-tal health issues,” said JamesKoutz, American Legion na-tional commander, at AmericanLegion Post 259 in Clinton, Md.“That tells me something aboutthis 2.4 million-member organi-

American LegionNational Commanderdiscusses budget cuts,Veteran Affairs backlog

see CUTS, page 10

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James Koutz, American LegionNational commander, has aone-on-one meeting with Presi-dent Barack Obama in the OvalOffice in the White House to dis-cuss his concerns over poten-tial military budget cuts and VAbacklogs Mar. 6. The Nationalcommander later addressed anaudience at American LegionPost 259 in Clinton, Md. duringa luncheon held in his honorMarch 9.

BY ALAN BLACKSECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Air Force senior leaders is-sued updated guidance to lead-ers of Air Force major com-mands and addressed the ser-vice’s Airmen last week on howthe service will operate undersequestration and a continuingresolution for the remainder ofthe fiscal year.Acting Under Secretary of

the Air Force Dr. Jamie Morinand Air Force Vice Chief of StaffGen. Larry Spencer detailed ina memorandum what the ser-vice will do to navigate throughan uncertain fiscal environ-ment.“On 1 March 2013, we expect

to absorb over $12 billion insequestration reductions while

we simultaneously work to mit-igate an (overseas contingencyoperations) shortfall of $1.8 bil-lion and operate under a highlyrestrictive continuing resolu-tion,” they say in the memoran-dum.“These events are unprec-

edented for the department andthe USAF,” Morin and Spencerwrote.In a letter to all Airmen, Air

Force Chief of Staff Gen. MarkA. Welsh III talked about whatsequestration means for theservice.“March is here, and unfor-

tunately, so is sequestration ...that means the entire Depart-ment of Defense, includingour Air Force, will experienceabout a nine percent budget cut

Sequestration impactsripple across Air Force

see RIPPLE, page 6

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COURTESY OF THE RETIREEACTIVITIES OFFICE

Enlisted VillageEnlisted Village is home for wid-

ows, others The Air Force EnlistedVillage was founded in 1967 after asurvey conducted by the Air ForceSergeants Association found therewere almost 50,000 widows of en-listed men living in poverty.With thehelp of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.John Ryan and his wife, a group ofactive duty and retired noncommis-sioned officers started the villagewith the goal of providing a homefor spouses of surviving enlisted AirForce members. “Our mission at thevillage is simply to provide a home,”said retired CMSAF Jim Binnicker,the village’s chief executive officer.“It started out with only Air Forceenlisted widows, but over the yearswe have changed that to include a lotof different kinds of people. ”We takecare of Air Force enlisted widowsfirst and foremost,” he added. “That’sthe priority. Then we have moraldependents, when it’s just the rightthing to do.” Located in Shalimar,Fla., Bob Hope Village and Theresa

Village offer independent living. TheHawthorn House provides assistedliving and memory care near EglinAFB and Hurlburt Field. In additionto monthly resident fees, fundingcomes from donations and the AirForce Assistance Fund. For infor-mation, call 1-800 258-1413 or visitwww.afenlistedwidows.org.

Was that a fakeMedicare call?Fraudulent telephone calls in-

volving Medicare cards have beenreported. Callers seek verificationof personal information and offer anew Medicare card. Beneficiariesare asked to verify their bank ac-count, social security numbers andtheir address. Medicare does not callbeneficiaries for such information. Abeneficiary must call Medicare, or goonline, to request a new card. If youare aware of any such calls, notifythe Medicare Fraud line at 1-800-633-4227.

Ft. Belvoir buildsnew ExchangeThe nation’s largest military ex-

change store opens in June at Fort

Belvoir, Va. The 270,000-square footfacility, two blocks from the presentstore, will offer one-stop service forall exchange activity on the post, in-cluding military clothing sales, homeand garden items and a gun shop.Other new additions will be a Star-bucks, Pizza Hut, Popeye’s Chickenand a Things Remembered gift shop.Current shops will remain the samealong with the barber shop, beautysalon, optical shop and food courtoutlets. The refill pharmacy will alsocontinue operations. Ultimately, thepresent exchange structure will berazed and the neighboring commis-sary relocated in that space.

The Retiree Activities Office is open10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday throughFriday. Visit the office in Building1604 at California and Colorado Av-enues or call us at 301 981-2726. Oure-mail address is raoandrews.af.mil.Call the office before your visit to en-sure a volunteer is on duty. The RAOhas a website at www.andrews.af.mil,click on “Retirees” for a wealth of in-formation on retiree subjects, includ-ing past copies of “Retiree ActivitiesCorner.”

Retiree Corner

March 15 and 16Nordic Cool: GoteborgsOperans Danskompani John F.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F StreetN.W. Eisenhower Theater, Washington, D.C.8 p.m.The largest modern dance company in the Nordic

region performs, sponsored by the Embassy of Sweden.For information, visit http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=XNIND.

March 16Ranger Talk: Rosa ParksMartin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C.3 p.m.Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on the bus in-

spired civil rights leaders. For information, visit http://www.nps.gov/nama.

Every SundayFree Family Sundays at the Baltimore Museum of Art

10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Md.2 p.m.Explore art and make your own with the whole family.

For information, visit http://baltimore.org/events/id/5029.

March 1710th Annual Rams Head Tavern St. Patty’s Day Party

Ram’s Head, 33 West Street-Back parking lot, Annapolis,Md.11 a.m.Fun for the Irish--and all the wannabee’s. For infor-

mation, visit http://www.ramsheadtavern.com/annapolis/.

BY CHRIS BASHAMSTAFF WRITER

We started out the year on thegood foot--county crime rates weredown this January when comparedto the previous year by almost everymeasure. Prince George’s Countyseemed to be turning around, withsafer neighborhoods leading to thehope for a greater focus on businessdevelopment and positive communi-ty efforts. Then the shootings start-ed: a horrifying cluster of unrelated,unexplainable mayhem in which sixPrince George’s County studentswere killed over the course of just afew months.Marcus Jones, Aaron Kidd,

Markel Ross, Eliezer Reyes, AmberStanley and Charles Walker Jr. are

dead, and with them the contribu-tions they could have made to ourcounty as adults. With them, also,we lost a little bit of the hope thoseyear-end statistics seemed to offer. Ifour children can’t walk the neighbor-hood, or even be in their own homes,safely, what does it matter what thestatistics say?Since all six shooting victims

were students, the Prince George’sCounty Public Schools have budget-ed $4.25 million to address schoolsafety, including panic buttons, se-curity cameras, electronic accesssystems and Situational AnalysisManagement System software in-tended to pinpoint trouble spotswithin school buildings. It soundslike the school board wants to dosomething to protect students, and

that’s obviously part of what par-ents expect the schools to do duringthe school day.Still, not one of those shootings

occurred on school grounds. Thesechildren were not killed because theschools don’t have enough security.They died because some members ofour society do not have enough re-spect for human life. Technologicaladvancements and additional regu-lations won’t keep our young peoplesafe--after all, it is already againstthe law to kill.What we need is a cul-tural transformation.County Executive Rushern Baker

III (D) is working to create that sortof community-wide change throughthe county’s Transforming Neighbor-

CommentaryWe need real solutions

see SOLUTIONS, page 7

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BY MICHAEL P. KLEIMANAIR FORCE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Air Force District of Washington Com-mander Maj. Gen. Sharon K.G. Dunbarheld town hall meetings Tuesday andThursday at the Andrews Base Theaterto provide civilian and military memberswith the latest information about seques-tration and the civilian administrativefurlough process.Under the Budget Control Act of 2011,

sequestration established mandatoryfederal spending cuts if deficit reductionlegislation was not enacted into law. As aresult, President Obama signed a seques-ter order on March 1. This order triggeredthe process to eliminate $85 billion ingovernment spending over the next sevenmonths.“The sequestration order initiated a

$1.2 trillion reduction in governmentspending over a 10-year period. Half ofthis amount will be from the DOD bud-get,” said Dunbar. “For Fiscal Year 2013,DOD must reduce spending by $52 bil-lion. Of that amount, $13.8 billion willcome from the Air Force.”Dunbar told audiences the Air Force

implemented cost-cutting measures priorto sequestration. These include flyingonly mission-essential operations andcanceling all non-mission essential ex-penditures.“I requested our entire AFDW team

attend these town hall meetings becauseour civilian Airmen are essential to ourmission success,” Dunbar said. “Our ci-vilians are tremendous patriots. Theirexpertise, experience and continuity con-tribute immeasurably to Air Force capa-bilities and success.”Sequestration involves the potential

furlough of over 6,000 civilian employ-ees in the National Capital Region, sorepresentatives from AFDW Finance andCivilian Personnel offices were on handto explain how this may affect civilianpay and work schedules. Most employ-

ees could be furloughed two days per payperiod for the last 22 weeks of the fiscalyear, equating to a 20 percent cut in pay

during this period. While on administra-tive furlough, federal employees would beplaced on temporary non-duty, non-paystatus. Potential furlough letters couldbe issued mid-month. A furlough deci-sion letter could follow in late April onthe effective date of furlough. With either,impacted civilian employees will receiveindividualized letters.Should an administrative furlough oc-

cur the Air Force is estimated to save $1billion for the remainder of the fiscal year.“There are many unknowns associated

with sequestration but one thing is clear- these are unprecedented times and we’llget through them together as a team andfamily,” said Dunbar.Air Force leaders are concerned about

the loss of pay causing financial and otherpersonal hardships. Several resources areavailable to assist civilian Airmen includ-ing the Joint Base Andrews Military and

Family Support Center, (301) 981-7087;the AFDW Civilian Personnel Hotline,(240) 612-6608; and the AFDW FinancialManagement Hotline, (240) 612-5900.“You have my personal commitment

that as soon as we get more information,we will pass it along. We plan to conductmore town hall meetings so we can dis-cuss each step along the way. We’re all inthis together,” said General Dunbar.The AFDW website contains the lat-

est sequestration and furlough informa-tion at http://www.afdw.af.mil/sequestra-tionandfurlough/index.asp. Additionalresources to assist civilian personnelare also available on the myPers site athttps://mypers.af.mil. Personnel shouldenter “Civilian: Furlough Home Page” inthe search window. For other furloughinformation, visit the Office of PersonnelManagement site at www.opm.gov.

AFDW commander conducts town hall meetings

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOS/1ST LT. ASHLEIGH PECK

Air Force District of Washington FinancialManagement and Comptroller DirectorMaritza LoGrasso talks about the effectsof the sequestration and furlough forAFDW personnel March 5 during a townhall meeting on Joint Base Andrews, Md.ìGovernment purchases cannot be madeunless itís something you absolutely needthis fiscal year, LoGrasso said.

Air Force District of Washington Com-mander Maj. Gen. Sharon K.G. Dunbarholds a town hall meeting for civilian andmilitary personnel to discuss effects of thesequestration and furlough for the organi-zation on March 5.

Air Force District of Washington civilian and military personnel listen for details regard-ing the sequestration and furlough during a town hall meeting at the base theater March6 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. The meeting was hosted by AFDW Commander Maj. Gen.Sharon K.G. Dunbar to discuss effects of the sequestration and furlough.

BY JIM GARAMONEAMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE

Unless Congress acts to end seques-tration, furloughs for Defense Depart-ment civilian employees can begin April26, the department’s comptroller saidhere today.Robert F. Hale discussed the furlough

planning process with a Pentagon audi-ence. The comptroller also took ques-tions sent in via Facebook and Twitter.DOD is the only agency in the U.S.

government that has to notify Congresswhen it wants to impose furloughs. Of-ficials did that Feb. 20. “There is a 45-day waiting period after we submit thatnotification before furloughs can start,”Hale said.The department asked commands

to identify civilians who would be ex-empt from furloughs. That informationis back in the Pentagon, Hale said, andofficials are reviewing the recommen-dations. Their goal is to complete thatreview by March 15, he added.After notifying Congress, the depart-

ment began legally required bargainingwith unions. About a dozen unions havenational consultation rights, Hale said,and local commanders are in the pro-cess of notifying several local unions.

“The unions, in this case, don’t have theright to bargain not to do the furloughs,he said. “They do have the right to bar-gain how they are implemented.”If Congress does not act on seques-

tration, later this month the depart-ment will send letters to the exceptedemployees and propose furloughs forthe rest, Hale said. There is a seven-day period for people to reply to theirletters, followed by a 30-day waitingperiod.“At the end of that period, we can

send decisions of furloughs, and thosefurloughs can start,” he said.When the formal notice is sent, civil-

ian employees have the right to appealto the Merit Systems Protection Board.“We’ve never done this,” Hale said, “andI hope we never do. ... It’s not quiteclear what this appeal right will be, butthe appeal right is there.”If Congress does not act, civilian em-

ployees will be furloughed without payfor 22 days -- one day a week throughthe Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.For affected civilian employees, thisamounts to a 20 percent cut in pay fromthe beginning of furloughs through theend of the fiscal year.

Furloughs can begin April26, DOD Comptroller says

BY AIR FORCE MEDICALOPERATIONS AGENCY (AFMOA)HEALTH PROMOTION OFFICE

The Office of the Air Force SurgeonGeneral and Air Force Medical Opera-tions Agency Health Promotion officehave launched a pilot campaign focusedon motivating Airmen and their familiesto eat healthier.The campaign - which adopted the tag-

line “Better Foods. Better Bodies.” - aimsto raise awareness of healthy food op-tions, increase knowledge of good nutri-tional choices and motivate Airmen andtheir families to eat better, both on andoff base.The initial pilot program will be con-

ducted at Joint Base Andrews and Lang-ley and Lackland Air Force Bases beforebeing rolled out to the entire Air Force.The BFBF campaign is a joint effort

among four partners across the USAFand DoD: AFMOA, Army and Air ForceExchange Services, Air Force PersonnelCenter Food & Beverage and Fitness, andthe Defense Commissary Agency. Thesegroups have worked closely together overthe past year to develop the campaignand join hands in encouraging Airmenand their families to eat smarter.“In the short term, healthy eating can

help you look better, increase your ener-gy and help your brain work faster andsmarter. In the long term, it can improveheart health and prevent the onset of cer-tain kinds of diseases like obesity, diabe-tes and osteoporosis,” said the campaign’sdirector, Mary Balch, Health Promotionoffice.“We want Airmen and their families

to live long, healthy lives and we knowa lot of that depends on what they putinto their bodies. That’s why we startedworking with this great group of partnersto create a campaign that would moti-vate and equip Airmen and their familiesacross the Air Force to eat better.”BFBB provides online tools and re-

sources to educate and enable individu-als to make smarter food choices. Recipes,menu plans, quick tips and shopping lists

help incorporate healthy foods into busydays through planning and affordable,convenient changes.Campaign posters around base serve

as visual reminders for Airmen and theirfamilies to purchase more designated“green” foods at dining facilities, healthy“Operation: BeFit” choices at EXpressshoppettes, and fruits and vegetables atcommissaries. The commissaries will beoffering special deals through couponsavings for items used in the recipes andmenus.“AAFES is committed to fueling a

healthier lifestyle for Airmen and theirfamilies,” said David Arens, who over-sees the operations of AAFES shoppettesacross the Air Force. “We’re proud to bepartnering with the “Better Foods. BetterBodies.” campaign and are planning toroll out an abundance of healthier foodsin our shoppettes that will enable Airmento grab a healthy meal while on the go.”See the campaign content at http://

www.afms.af.mil/betterhealth/bfbb.

New Air Force “BetterFoods. Better Bodies.”healthy-eating campaignpilots at three bases

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ership decide to put things elsewhere, toprotect important artifacts,” Cofield said.Joint Base Andrews has used those sur-veys in the past to help decide where tobuild. Unlike JBA, some other militaryinstallations, including Naval Air StationPatuxent River, Md., have gone on to Phase3.“At Pax River, the presidential helo pad

was going to be built, so they had to exca-vate (items of potential significance beforeconstruction could begin,)” Cofield said.Although some prehistoric and later

sites have been identified on Joint BaseAndrews and related properties, few ofthem were considered significant, undis-turbed and rare enough to become part ofthe federal collection curated at the MACLab. Many of the earliest artifacts werefound at the Davidsonville Listening Sta-tion because it is located along fresh water,a common area for long-term settlementsby the Piscataway Indians and other Na-tive American peoples.On JBA proper, there are few prehis-

toric artifacts, because of the lack of thosefresh water sources.“You have to live in one place for a

while for us to find accumulated stuff,” Co-field said. “Prehistoric communities usedthose lands but did not stay,” limiting theamount of discarded items to be found bymodern surveys.When European settlers came to Prince

George’s County to create plantations forcultivating tobacco and other profitablecrops, however, the land where JBA wouldsome day stand was well suited for farm-ing. Items found on JBA include importedand locally made horse furniture, importedceramics, window glass, construction andother nails, and other items that give aglimpse into antebellum and postbellumplantation life in Maryland. More modernsites, including early 20th-century bunga-lows occupied by tenant farmers, are notgenerally considered significant enough topreserve because they are commonplace tothe area.Repeated forest fires, small-scale con-

struction projects, and agricultural cul-tivation have disturbed much of the landon and around JBA, rendering little of itvaluable and informative enough to be in-cluded on the national register of historicplaces. Changes in the way people disposeof unwanted items also make more modernthings less likely to be found near wherethey were used---though early settlersoften buried their trash in a pit on theirproperty, or just left broken crockery andother items on the ground near their home,modern residents have their trash cartedoff to a central dump far from home. Forthose interested in the past, however, it’sa tantalizing collection, being stored, in-ventoried and sometimes preserved at theMAC Lab.Some items are not good candidates for

preservation. Nails and other small ironpieces are vulnerable to oxidation from themoment they are removed from the ground.Those items are x-rayed to get a good im-age of their original shape and condition,and then stored for as long as they can last.Their labeled plastic bags eventually willhold little more than rusty powder, but theinformation is stored for researchers andthe interested public in perpetuity.“You’ve captured the information with-

out wasting your money on treating them,”

Cofield said of small, delicate but commonitems like finishing nails.High-priority items and things that

have a chance of doing well under conser-vation receive more treatment to preservethem from deterioration over time.All are welcome to come see and study

the items. To see a sample of collectionsfrom across the state, visit www.jefpat.org and click on the “diagnostics” page tosee photographs of artifacts by category.To make an appointment to see a specificcollection in person, contact Sara RiversCofield at [email protected].

LAB, from page 1

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Sara Rivers Cofield, curator, federal collections at the Maryland Archaeological Con-servation Laboratory Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in St. Leonard, Md. sortsitems from the Joint Base Andrews federal collection. Each piece is labeled directly onthe piece, and both inside and outside its plastic storage bags to identify what it is andwhere it was found while protecting it from further degradation.

Most of the interesting pieces found on Joint Base Andrews come from the landaround Belle Chance Mansion, including an 18th-19th century iron stirrup, a Buckleycrock sherd (light brown with dark gray marking); a fragment of Rhenish blue-and-greystoneware from the 17th - 18th century; a Manganese mottled mug sherd (dark, glossybrown); tobacco pipe fragments from the 18th- 19th century; an iron horseshoe fromthe 18th- 19th century and a fragment of a scratch blue white salt-glaze stoneware bowlfrom 1730-1780.

BY STAFF SGT. DAVID SALANITRIAIR FORCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AGENCY

In the wake of sequestration, the AirForce officially suspended military tu-ition assistance March 11.Secretary of the Air Force Michael

Donley announced the Air Force has of-ficially suspended military TA for theremainder of fiscal 2013.The program will continue to be

evaluated to determine the way aheadin fiscal 2014.The Defense Department’s comptrol-

ler issued guidance to all of the servicesto “consider significant reductions infunding new tuition assistance appli-cants, effective immediately and for theduration of the current fiscal situation,”said Navy Cmdr. Leslie Hull-Ryde, aPentagon spokeswoman. The Army andMarine Corps canceled their TA pro-grams March 8.Effective March 11, Airmen are not

permitted to submit new requests forTA. Airmen currently enrolled in, orapproved for future courses, are notaffected and are allowed to completethose courses.“The Air Force has reached a turn-

ing point after a decade of war andsubstantial growth in its operationsand resources,” Donley said, addingthat the Air Force has had to make dif-ficult choices to preserve readiness, toinclude: deep cuts to flying hour pro-grams, cancellation of Air Force train-ing and education programs and civil-ian furloughs. “This is an additionalstep the Air Force unfortunately had totake to operate within mandated bud-get limitations.”“We know how education strength-

ens our force,” he said. “We encourageAirmen to continue their pursuit ofhigher education through the variety ofprograms that are available.”Those include the Montgomery GI

Bill-Active Duty, (Chapter 30), Mont-gomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve (Chap-ter 1606), Reserve Education Assis-tance Program (Chapter 1607), the Post9/11 GI Bill, federal grants and federalfinancial aid. National Guard Airmenmay also be eligible for their state’s in-dividual TA benefits.“Believe me, this was a tough deci-

sion because our Air Force truly valueseducation,” said Chief Master Sgt. ofthe Air Force James Cody. “We’re stilllooking at the impacts for fiscal year14 and will do our best to have TA re-instated, although we’ll likely need toreview the eligibility requirements toensure sustainability.”Airmen should contact their local

education centers with questions andto get updates.

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS

When Staff Sgt. JenniferPowell, United States Air ForceHonor Guard, joined the BodyBearers team, she was one of twowomen to do so since 1972.As a pallbearer, Powell is part

of an eight-person team respon-sible for carrying the remains ofdeceased service members, theirdependents, senior and nation-al leaders to their final restingplace at Arlington National Cem-etery.The bearers begin by remov-

ing the casket from the caissonused to transport the deceasedto the gravesite. Caskets canweigh anywhere from 600 to800 pounds. The team carriesthe fallen to the gravesite whilekeeping the casket perfectly leveland without showing any visiblesigns of strain as military bear-ing must be maintained at alltimes. The length of the carrycan easily exceed 60 yards.“It takes quite a bit to become

a part of the bearers, and to meldinto the team that they alreadyhave,” Powell said. “The reasonfor that is because it requiresa certain amount of strengthto be a part of the team, and ifyou don’t have the strength theyneed, it could make your team-mates weaker.”All pallbearers are held to

the same physical requirements.Powell is one of two females cur-rently qualified to perform theduty.“The two of us really wanted

to be part of the team, so weworked hard to achieve the samestandards and weight require-ments as the men,” Powell said.When Powell joined the Air

Force ten years ago, she enlistedas a dental assistant. But afterpersonally experiencing the im-pacts of the Honor Guard, shewas inspired to get involved.“My close uncle passed away

while I was stationed overseas.I was able to be there when hewas given military honors,” Pow-ell said. “To have the militarypresent and lay him to rest wasmemorable and brought tears tomy eyes.”Before serving as a pallbearer

with the USAF Honor Guard,Powell volunteered to be part of

the Base Honor Guard at RobinsAir Force Base, Ga.“I did Honor Guard duty in

addition to being a dental assis-tant, but the urge to do it on agrander scale grew. I wanted to

play a bigger role; not only as aceremonial guardsman, but alsoas a person,” she said.Powell joined the team a year-

and-a-half ago and has contrib-uted to more than 150 funeralssince then. At each funeral, inaddition to carrying the casket,the pallbearers hold the flag tautand level at rigid attention untilthe service is complete. Next, theflag is folded and presented tothe next-of-kin.“My first funeral at Arling-

ton was overwhelming. I’ve doneseveral positions since I’ve beenhere and they all give me a dif-ferent aspect,” Powell said. “Italways reminds me of my uncle.I feel a big sense of pride in whatI do, and it’s very fulfilling.”Powell insists that, with de-

termination, it is very possiblefor other females to join the teamas well.“To be one of the first female

pallbearers is pretty cool,” Powellsaid. “But honestly, any femalecan do it if they want it and havethe motivation and drive.”To learn more about what it’s

like to be a pallbearer in the AirForce, stay tuned for a new Por-traits of Capital Airmen videonext week here: http://www.you-tube.com/playlist?list=PLEE7A2A88E1185DB0. To learn moreabout the generations of womenwho have shaped American his-tory, visit www.WomensHistory-Month.gov.

The Honor Guard is one of twoceremonial units operating underthe 11th Operations Group, 11thWing, Air Force District of Wash-ington. The pallbearers or “BodyBearers” make up one unit of theUSAF Honor Guard. Other US-AF Honor Guard units include:Colors Flight, Drill Team, FiringParty, Training Flight and Pen-tagon Tours. To learn more aboutthe U.S. Air Force Honor Guard,visit their website here: http://www.honorguard.af.mil/index.asp.

USAF HG female pallbearer honored to serve

U.S. Air Force Honor Guard BodyBearers prepare for a funeral atArlington National Cemetery.

U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Body Bearers carry the casket of ourfallen at Arlington National Cemetery March 4. The eight-person ele-ment is responsible for carrying the remains of deceased servicemembers, their dependents, senior and national leaders to their finalresting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

U.S AIR FORCE PHOTOS/STAFF SGT. CHRISTOPHER RUANO

Staff Sgt. Jennifer Powell, United States Air Force Honor Guard pallbearer, performs a 280-pound deadlift tocontinue to meet the weightlifting requirements to be part of the Body Bearing team. As a pallbearer, Powellis part of an eight-person team responsible for carrying the remains of deceased servicemembers, theirdependents, senior or national leaders to their final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

BY STAFF SGT. PERRY ASTON11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The Warfighter Eye Center atthe 779th Medical Wing’s Mal-colm Grow Medical Clinic onJoint Base Andrews Md., pro-vides refractive surgery to allactive duty, Guard and Reservepersonnel from all branches ofservice who are stationed all overthe world. The center also pro-vides complete eye exams includ-ing diabetic evaluations, cataractevaluations, cataract surgery, andglaucoma evaluations. The centerperforms 20 refractive surgeriesa week, and evaluates more than150 candidates and month.

‘We can rebuild him - we have the technology’

James Colgain, 779th Medical Groupoptometrist, uses a VK Digital slit lampcamera to take a picture of the patient’scornea at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Thebinocular slit-lamp examination providesa stereoscopic magnified view of the eyestructures in detail, enabling anatomicaldiagnoses to be made for a variety ofeye conditions.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOS/STAFF SGT. PERRY ASTON

Col. Joseph A. Giovannini, M.D. uses Rotary Epithelial Scrubber to remove an accurate amount of epithe-lium cells without trauma to 811th Security Forces Squadron response force member, Airman 1st ClassJ.D. Whelihanís eye. The laser can now reshape the eye as needed for the patient’s prescription.

Col. Joseph A. Giovannini, M.D.;and Kelvin Branch, certified oph-thalmic assistant for the 779thMedical Group, verify the patient’sprescription, personal informationis correct and the laser is on thecorrect eye prior to surgery. Thepatient is having Photorefractivekeratectomy surgery.

Kelvin Branch, certified ophthalmic assistant; Col. Joseph A. Giovan-nini, M.D.; and Kara Fernald, certified ophthalmic assistant with the779th Medical Group, prepare the laser surgery room for the nextpatient. The Warfighter Eye Center performs approximately 20 surger-ies a week for patients stationed all over their world.

Warfighter Eye Center provides PRK, LASIK, or LASEKrefractive surgery to all active duty branches of service,Guard and Reserve stationed all over the world. The centeralso provides complete eye exams including diabetic evalu-ations, cataract evaluations, cataract surgery, and glau-coma evaluations.


across all programs -- startingnow, and with no ability to ad-just which accounts those cutscome from,” Welsh said.Sequestration, signed into

law as part of the 2011 Bud-get Control Act, is a packageof mandated cuts to the fed-eral budget, totaling some $1.2trillion over 10 years of whichsome $85 billion takes effect infiscal 2013.In their memo, Morin and

Spencer said a reduction ofthis magnitude would be dev-astating to our mission and ourpeople.One of the most notable im-

pacts is furloughing of approxi-mately 180,000 civilian employ-ees.Civilians may be furloughed

without pay for up to 22 dis-continuous (or 30 continuous)days spread over a maximumnumber of pay periods possiblewith no more than 16 hours fur-loughed in a single pay period.The covered pay periods arefrom April to September 2013.The memo noted that only theAir Force vice chief of staff orother high-level designees canapprove limited mission-drivenexemptions.Addressing the operational

impacts, Welsh noted the im-mediate actions to training toprotect the strategic advantagethat air power provides -- theability to respond at a moment’snotice.“Some of our flying units

will start to cut back on train-ing immediately to protect thereadiness of units scheduled todeploy and those with key mis-sion responsibilities,” he said.

Of the more visible actionstaken to support readinessneeds, leadership has can-celled all aviation support topublic events for at least theremainder of the fiscal yearand is standing down the Thun-derbirds aerial demonstrationteam.The memo also outlines ad-

ditional impacts to educationand training programs, weaponsystems sustainment, workingcapital funds and investmentaccounts.On the education and train-

ing front, the Air Force will con-tinue to attend all scheduledDefense Department and jointeducation and training events,but third quarter attendanceat short-term professional mili-tary education courses will bereduced, as well as all Head-quarters Air Force leadershipdevelopment courses scheduledthrough April 2013.While the measures must

be taken, Morin and Spencerstressed the need to carefullyevaluate each action.“Implementation of these

actions should be structuredas best possible to minimizeshort- and long-term harm toour people and unit readiness,”they said.Welsh emphasized the im-

portance of teamwork in work-ing through these impacts.“The impacts of sequestra-

tion will be noticeable, they’lllikely affect you, and, in someareas, they’ll hurt our missionin a big way,” he said. “But we’llhang together and get throughthis ... and hopefully our na-tion’s leaders can reach agree-ment and get things back on amore even keel soon.”

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BY MELANIE MOORE79 MDW PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

With the acquisition of morethan $500,000 in new surgi-cal equipment and instrumen-tation, the operating rooms atMalcolm Grow Medical Clinic onJoint Base Andrews are expand-ing their outpatient ambulatorysurgical capabilities. Now sur-geons at military hospitals acrossthe National Capital Region arescheduling their outpatient sur-geries at Joint Base Andrews.“Every month we credential

numerous Army and Navy med-ics from other military treatmentfacilities who routinely operatewith our Air Force physiciansin our facility.” said Col. RudyCachuela, 779th Medical Groupcommander.Patients and visiting surgeons

have lauded the facility for itsease of access, ample parking,friendly staff and convenient lo-cation for Southern Marylandand Northern Virginia residents.“My patients are extremely

happy,” said Army Maj. Amy Ver-trees, attending general surgeonat Walter Reed National MilitaryMedical Center, Bethesda, Md.“Malcolm Grow Medical Clinichas gone out of their way to help,and I just can’t thank them allenough. It is a joy to go out there,and I am so happy with how thisarrangement has worked out.”

Outpatient surgeries coming to Joint Base Andrews

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOS/AIRMAN 1ST CLASS ERIN O’SHEA

Maj. James Goode, 779th Medical Group chief nurse anesthetist, simulates putting a patient under anes-thesia Feb. 12 on Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Capt. Angela Pettis, 779th Medi-cal Group registered staff nurseanesthetist, simulates insertingan IV into a patient’s hand Feb.12.

Maj. Amy Vetrees,Walter Reed Medi-cal Center generalsurgeon, performsa laparoscopichernia surgery.Laparoscopicsurgery is a lessinvasive proce-dure allowing sur-geons to make asmall incision andperform the sur-gery using a videocamera and largemonitor as a guideto operate on thepatient internally.

Sterile surgical instruments are set up for surgery

Maj. James Goode, 779th Medical Group chief nurse anesthetist,preps for a simulation anesthesia exercise. Wounded service mem-bers from down range as well as active duty, Guard, Reserve, retireesand dependents residing in the National Capital Region are patientsat MGMC.

BY ERICH WAGNERPRINCE GEORGE’S GAZETTE

Despite Metro’s optimismthat the Silver Line connect-ing Largo with Reston, Va., willvastly improve service for resi-dents taking the train in PrinceGeorge’s starting in December,some county residents think theagency’s bus service could alsouse a service boost.Washington Metropolitan

Area Transit Authority officialstouted the line’s hour-long com-mute from Largo to Virginiaalong with increased rail serviceat an open house for residentsTuesday night at Faith Temple#2 Baptist Church in CapitolHeights.Jim Hughes, director of inter-

modal planning at Metro, saidthat although most of the con-struction associated with theSilver Line is in Virginia, PrinceGeorge’s residents will see a veryreal improvement in rail servicewhen Silver Line trains en-ter service. During peak hours,Hughes said trains will arrivearound once every six minutes,while in off-peak hours and onweekends, trains will run onceevery 14 minutes.“There’s going to be more

service out here,” Hughes said.“There will be about a 25 percentincrease in trains during peakhours and twice as much serviceduring off-peak hours and week-ends.”Hughes said he has no con-

cerns about the increase in ser-vice going over the capacity ofcurrent train infrastructure inthe county, as the Blue Line sta-

tions — including the 2004 open-ing of the Largo Town Center —are some of the most recentlyconstructed stops in the system.Larry Glick, Metro’s planner

for Metrobus service in Mary-land, said that while WMATAneeded to revamp bus servicein Virginia to connect routes tothe new stations, since the in-frastructure in Prince George’salready exists, there will be nochanges outside of those con-nected with routine ridershipmonitoring.Sasha Desrouleaux, 27, of

Lanham, said he used to com-mute to work near Dulles In-ternational Airport in Virginiauntil the “gas expenses” became

too much. While the Silver Linewill be a “great option” for thosestill making that daily trek, hedescribed the news that bus ser-vice would not increase in PrinceGeorge’s as “a bummer.”“I think there could be more

buses,” Desrouleaux said. “Iwould love to see a higher fre-quency and lower wait time thanthe up to an hour we see now.But I guess the [population] den-sity is not as high as in the city.”Yvonne Alston, 65, of Largo

said she is excited to see in-creased service, particularly inevenings and on weekends whenshe usually utilizes the system

Prince George’s residents seekpolished Silver Line upgrades

Kristin Haldeman, a planning manager at the Washington Metropoli-tan Area Transit Authority, (left) shows Yvonne Alston, 65, of Largosome of the anticipated improvements to bus and rail service as partof the construction of the Silver Line, which will run from Reston, Va.to Largo.

seeMETRO, page 10


JBA BuzzHow do you celebrate Spring Break?

Senior Air-man GiusseppeNunez, 11thSecurity ForcesSquadron EliteGate guard

Navy Aircrew-man Mechanical2nd Class DavidElhert, NavyFleet LogisticsSupport Squad-ron

Airman 1stClass MichelleGrove, 779thMedical Sup-port Squadronbiomedicalmaintenancetechnician

Navy Yeoman1st Class MaryPriddy-Nash,Naval MobileConstructionBattalion 23,Fort Belvoir

“I’d go to a nicevacation spot likeCancun or Miamiand spend my SpringBreak with friends.It’s also the perfecttime to meet newpeople.”

“My daughter willbe on Spring Breaknext week from TroyUniversity, Troy,Ala. We are going tospend time togetherat an Atlanta Hawks/Los Angeles Lakersgame.”

“This year, I havefamily visiting fromOhio. We’re going totour the monumentsin D.C. and also theArlington Cemetery.”

“I’ll be spending mySpring Break workingin the garden, cuttinggrass and havingoutdoors fun with mydaughter.”

hoods Initiative. Local non-profit organiza-tions and individuals are doing what theycan, as well, to encourage everyone to treatthemselves--and their neighbors--with dig-nity and respect. To turn away from gangactivity and crime in favor of education,community uplift, and human kindness.

It’s easy to hide from the outside world,to stay in our safe places and lean on ourfences, but there is no guarantee thatthose outside influences won’t seep in,soon or later. Each of us must look hard atwhat we can do to make real changes inthe lives of the next generation, so therewill be a next generation.What are you doing to help provide

those real solutions?

SOLUTIONS, from page 2

NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/AIRMAN 1ST CLASS NESHA HUMES

Maj. Gen. Howard D. Stendahl, Air Force Chief of Chaplains, speaks at The NationalPrayer Breakfast on Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 12. Stendahl leads a force ofapproximately 2,000 chaplains and chaplain assistants.

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An 11th Security Forces Group Airman opens a box of7.62mm ammunition for a M240B MediumMachine Gunfor heavy weapons qualification. Airmen from the 11thSFG qualified on the M240B, Squad Automatic Weapon,and the M203 grenade launcher.

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BY MARTHA LOCKWOODAIR FORCE NEWS SERVICE

Within the time span it took for women in televisionto transform from the female stereotypes portrayed on“I Love Lucy” to the more modern, late-century versionfound on “Murphy Brown,” women in the U.S. Air Forcewere making strides that far outpaced their Hollywoodcounterparts.By the end of World War II, women were fully incorpo-

rated into the military, although still primarily limitedto mostly clerical roles such as typists, clerks and mailsorters, and represented only about two percent of theforce. Less than a year after the Air Force became itsown service, President Harry Truman signed the Wom-en’s Armed Services Integration Act, accepting women asa permanent part of the military. It was the beginning ofthe Women’s Air Force, and for the next 30 years wouldrepresent a separate, but equal part of the military.During the Korean War (1950-53), the only Air Force

women permitted to serve in the Korean battle zonewere medical air evacuation nurses. Servicewomen whohad joined the Reserves following World War II, wereinvoluntarily recalled to active duty as Women in the AirForce (WAF). Together, with already in-service WAFs, thewomen carried out support roles at rear-echelon basesin Japan. They were air traffic controllers, weather ob-servers, radar operators and photo interpreters. Nursesserved stateside, and flight nurses served in the Koreantheater.By the end of the Korean War (1953), 12,800 WAF of-

ficers and enlisted women were serving worldwide, andin 1955, Air Force nurses experienced a moment of turn-about when men were accepted into the Air Force NurseCorps.These events would prove to be a harbinger of wom-

en’s emerging equality in all aspects of military service.Yet, it would take two more decades and service in an-other war to achieve parity.The Vietnam War (1965-75) numbers reveal a differ-

ent story than the Korean War. American women mili-tary serving in Southeast Asia numbered 7,000, with 600to 800 reported to be WAFs. However, although the num-bers may vary, it is more interesting to note the solidachievements and the expanding role of women in themilitary that evolved during that time of intense service.No longer thought of only as nurses or medical evacu-

ation personnel, WAFs also served in a variety of sup-port staff assignments, in hospitals, with MASH Units,in service clubs, in headquarters offices, intelligence, anda in variety of personnel positions throughout SoutheastAsia.With the 1967 repeal of the two-percent cap on the

number of women serving, and the lifting of the restric-tion on the highest grade women could achieve, the firstof many glass ceilings was shattered.Then, in 1968 the passage of Public Law 90-130 al-

lowed women to enlist in the Air National Guard, and oncampuses in 1969, Air Force Reserve Officers TrainingCorps (AFROTC) opened to women.Perhaps the most notable (to date) women’s accom-

plishment came in 1971 when Jeanne M. Holm waspromoted to brigadier general. She was the first femaleairman to reach that rank. It was an achievement thatwould serve as inspiration for women throughout theWAFs for two years, until 1973, when she was promotedto major general.It was that same year, 1973, that the Supreme Court

ruled in favor of Air Force Lt. Sharon Frontiero andchanged military life forever. The Supreme Court ruledunconstitutional the inequities in benefits for the de-pendents of military women. Until then, military womenwith dependents were not authorized housing, nor weretheir dependents eligible for the benefits and privilegesafforded the dependents of male military members, such

as medical, commissary and post exchange benefits.By the end of the VietnamWar (1975) the Department

of Defense had reversed policies and provided pregnantwomen with the option of electing discharge or remain-ing on active duty. Previous policies had required womento be discharged if they became pregnant or if they ad-opted a child.By the conclusion of the WAF program (1976) when

women were accepted into the Air Force on an equal ba-sis with men, women were laying a solid groundwork forattaining leadership positions and equal opportunities.It was that year--our country’s bicentennial--more

than 200 years since women first served on the battle-field of the American Revolution as nurses, water bear-ers, cooks, laundresses and saboteurs--that women wereadmitted to the service academies.After that, the sky was the limit. In 1976, the Air

Force selected the first woman reservist for the un-dergraduate pilot training program, and the Air ForceStrategic Air Command (SAC) assigned the first womanaircrew member to alert duty.In 1980, the first women graduated from the service

academies, and just two years after that (1982) the AirForce selected the first woman aviator for Test PilotSchool.Six Air Force women served as pilots, copilots and

boom operators on the KC-135 and KC-10 tankers thatrefueled F-111Fs during the raid on Libya in 1986.That year was a banner year academically for women

as, for the first time in history, the Air Force Academy’stop graduate was a woman.The War in the Persian Gulf (1990-91) deployed

40,000 American military women during OperationDesert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. And at theend of that war, the Air Force Reserve selected its firstwoman senior advisor and Congress repealed laws ban-ning women from flying in combat.It wasn’t until 1993 that women stood on the thresh-

old of space. In that year, Lt. Gen. Susan J. Helms (thenMaj. Helms) a member of the first class of the U. S. AirForce Academy (‘80) to graduate women, became thefirst American military woman in space as part of theSpace Shuttle Endeavor team.By then, the Civil War had been over for 125 years and

our nation had seen, endured, and survived two WorldWars, the riots of the 60s, the war protests of the 70s,and the Space Shuttle Challenger setback of the 80s.The best was yet to come.

(Martha Lockwood is the chief of Air Force Informa-tion Products for the Defense Media Activity)

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Religious Serviceson base

Young Janet Libby was definitely some-one going places at BeavercreekHigh Schoolnear Dayton, Ohio. She was in the NationalHonor Society, on both the German and Skiclubs and a soccer athlete as well.But even those friends and well-wishers

who would have signed her senior yearbookwith words like “you’ll go far,” and “you’ll bea success in life,” could never have imag-ined that the young daughter of an AirForce pilot would go on to become the firstfemale in the Air Force to attain the rankof four-star general, and only the second inmilitary history.Today, Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger has

come full circle from those Beavercreekroots as the commander of the Air ForceMateriel Command, a major command atWright-Patterson Air Force Base, just a fewmiles from where she graduated from highschool. She is responsible for more than80,000 Airmen and civilians worldwide,along with a $60 billion annual budget,leading an organization that supports thewarfighting efforts through state-of-the-arttechnology, weapon systems management,systems development and evaluation anda global supply-chain management system.It didn’t take long following her gradu-

ation from high school for Wolfenbarger tomake her mark. After a suggestion fromher dad a year earlier, she applied and wasaccepted in 1976 into the first class at theAir Force Academy to accept women.“The Air Force Academy was an oppor-

tunity for me to be stretched in so manyways: physically, mentally and emotion-ally,” said Wolfenbarger at a women’s con-ference in San Diego in 2011. “It was anopportunity to prove to myself that, in fact,I could withstand those kinds of experi-ences, and come out on the other end re-alizing that I was far more capable thanI ever thought I would be. The experiencegave me a belief in myself that I have reliedupon ever since.”

Commissioned as a second lieutenant in1980, she has spent most of her career inthe acquisition field, leaving her imprint onthe purchase, testing and implementationof the F-22 Raptor, the B-2 Spirit and theC-17 Globemaster III programs. She wenton to earn a master’s degree from the Mas-sachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) inaeronautics and astronautics.Although Wolfenbarger is proud of her

accomplishments and the direction womenare headed in the Air Force, she said thatshe never wanted to be recognized for sim-ply being a woman. “I wanted to do welland be recognized because I worked hard,”said Wolfenbarger. “I did the very best Icould at every job I held.”During the early 1980s, when Wolfen-

barger was in the early stages of her career,she told stories of women who could be dis-charged for getting pregnant or even adopt-ing a child. There were also many more ca-reer fields closed to women at the time. Shebelieves that over the past three decades,women have made tremendous strides.“We now have, not only maternity leave,

but also paternity leave for our servicemembers,” she said. “Also, when I joined,there were a host of career fields closedto women, but we can now, as a service,proudly say that we have 97 percent of ourcareer fields open to women.”Even though Wolfenbarger believes

many women entering the Air Force todaymay take for granted their equal status,she said there are still areas of progressyet to be overcome.“I think one of our challenges when we

serve our country is that there is such adrive to support our nation in whatevermission we are assigned. I think there hasto be a constant reminder that we all haveto search for that work and life balancebecause, in the end, it is our families, ourfriends and our health that we have to relyon when our careers are over.”

First AF woman 4-starcomes full circle

zation,” said Koutz, referring to Obama’sinterest in the American Legion’s concernsaffecting military affairs.“I was in Washington on Legion busi-

ness and the president heard about itand called me to meet with him in theOval Office to discuss my concerns,” saidKoutz, who went on to say that he andthe president discussed potential cuts tothe Veterans Administration’s programs.“I told the president we were concernedif the promises made to the troops wouldbe kept. In particular, I wanted to ensurethey were taken care of… especially aidfor the wounded troops coming home,”said Koutz. “We served our country. Heassured me that there would be no cutsin the VA. The VA is exempt, he said.”Koutz also expressed his concerns on

national security with the potential ofbudget cuts affecting border patrol lawenforcement staffing and the USS HarryS. Truman CVN-65 berthed in Norfolk,Va.“I said I’m concerned about the Truman

aircraft carrier, still sitting in Norfolkinstead of being deployed in the PersianGulf. He listened to me and addressed myconcerns about the border patrol staffingand the Truman as well.”One of the chief concerns expressed by

Koutz during the meeting was the current

shortage of mental health professionalsavailable to active duty members and vet-erans returning from war.“Today we have 17 to 22 veterans com-

mitting suicide every day,” Koutz noted.“And it’s for that reason that we’re con-cerned that there aren’t enough staffmembers and not enough money fundedto mental health. There are a lot of hos-pitals, but staffing doctors with this spe-cialty are hard to find. I realized it maytake awhile, but first we have to get fund-ing into place to support it. The presidentwas also concerned about the backlog ofVA claims,” said Koutz, noting the currentbacklog was over a million claims.“I was in with the president for 47

minutes, and I felt like he was really con-cerned and would take action because hesaid he would get back to me concerningmy concerns,” said Koutz. “It is not oftenthat you get a chance to have a meaning-ful conversation with the president, face-to-face, for that long.”The American Legion was chartered by

Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, wartime veteran’s organization. Thelegion is a community-service organiza-tion which now numbers nearly 3 millionmembers -- men and women -- in nearly15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide.These Posts are organized into 55 Depart-ments -- one each for the 50 states, theDistrict of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France,Mexico, and the Philippines.

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to attend events and visit museums inWashington, D.C. She said she hopes theincreased frequency of trains will leadmore people from around the region toexplore shopping and entertainment op-

tions in the county.“We’ve been trying to get more business

in the area,” Alston said. “So I think theincreased service could be a positive forbusiness.”

This story originally appeared in theMarch 13 edition of the Prince George’sGazette.

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