Fort Wainwright, Alaska April 15, 2016 Northern Warfare … · Guard, Air Force and Navy blue,” ac-cording to the 4-H. “The goal of ‘Purple ... Fort Wainwright, Alaska April

Jim Garamone Department of Defense News Defense Media Activity

Time to get your purple on, America.April 15 is Purple Up! day, a time

for Americans to show their support for military families. Department of De-fense Education Activity schools will celebrate the event April 20 because of spring recess.

“It’s to build awareness for the needs of military families,” said Barbara A.

Thompson, the director of DOD’s Office of Family Readiness Policy.

This is not a DOD program, but a grassroots effort that began in 2011 as a way to honor the sacrifices military chil-dren make every day for the nation. Ac-cording to the 4-H Military Partnerships website, 4-H clubs in New Hampshire developed the “Purple Up! for Military Kids” initiative while working with chil-dren of deployed guardsmen and reserv-ists, and they saw Purple Up! as a way to build awareness in their communities.

“It’s grown like wildfire across the United States and now DOD has em-braced it, too,” Thompson said.

The 4-H went with purple because it is the color that symbolizes all branch-es of the military. “It is a combination of Army green, Marine red, and Coast Guard, Air Force and Navy blue,” ac-cording to the 4-H. “The goal of ‘Purple Up!’ is for military youth to actually see the support in their school, youth groups and the community.”

Staff Sgt. Sean BradyU.S. Army Alaska Public Affairs

On March 22, a team of eight Northern Warfare Train-ing Center cadre set out from Galbraith Lake, Alaska, to conduct a three-day ski exer-cise validating their dismount-ed movements and sustainment capability in mountainous and arctic conditions to determine if similar exercises can be inte-grated into future cold-weath-er courses.

The eight-man team, led by 1st Lt. Josh Sandler, NWTC training branch officer, began movement in the early morn-ing hours at Galbraith Lake, at the northern edge of Alas-ka’s Brooks Range more than 350-miles north of Fort Wain-wright. The team covered 36 mountainous miles in three days, navigating varied terrain to include steep ascents and descents, rolling hills, and sev-eral frozen water-crossings.

The mountains around them were scarred by avalanche activity and overflow-ice dot-ted the landscape, indicating the possibility of running wa-ter beneath the surface which the team could break through during their route.

“As we were moving, we could see the blue, frozen wa-ters from rivers and streams and knew that this meant the possibility of overflow-ice, which would have been dan-gerous for our team,” said Sgt. 1st Class Adam McQuiston, training branch non-commis-sioned officer in charge.

Despite the weather con-ditions, the NWTC cadre skied over the dangerous ter-rain wearing standard-issue, cold-weather gear carrying rucksacks and pulling scout sleds weighing nearly 100 pounds combined. They slept in two-man tents at sub-zero temperatures and had to melt snow to maintain their water supply.

“It was definitely a confi-dence builder in ourselves,

in the training we have been doing and in our equipment,” said Sandler.

This exercise is a way for-ward for the NWTC, which plans to reincorporate ski training in future cold-weather courses. The center instructs more than 1,200 Soldiers each year in cold region and moun-tain operations. They offer five courses and routinely train ser-vice members from different branches of the U.S. military

and partner nations around the world.

“We proved that we real-ly can move and sustain our-selves over long distances in the arctic and in the moun-tains. We can do it, and we’re prepared to train it,” said San-dler.

The center is currently re-writing the program of in-struction for the Cold Weath-er Leaders Course and plans to include skiing in courses

beginning this winter. The revamped course will incor-porate a skiing exercise that requires students to move on skis and sustain themselves for multiple days.

“Skiing is the most effi-cient, fastest way to cover dis-tance dismounted over snow; it’s important to us to bring that capability back,” added Sandler.

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Northern Warfare Training Center skis into the future

Arctic warriors from U.S. Army Alaska’s Northern Warfare Training Center survey the terrain near Galbraith Lake, Alaska, March 22. The team from NWTC skied 36 miles in three days, testing their capabilities in arctic conditions. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class AdamMcQuiston, NWTC)

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Sgt. Marisa Lindsay Alaska National Guard Public Affairs

The cultural exchange included an in-teractive traditional dance demonstration by the Ovluaq Dance Group, educational presentations on subsistence living and hunting, traditional Inupiat food sam-plings, including muk tuk, Eskimo do-nuts, and caribou soup, and a crafts ex-hibit held by local artisans.

Brig. Gen. (AK) Laurie Hummel, commander of the Alaska National Guard, and Col. Charles “Lee” Knowles, 297th BFSB commander, also attended the festivities, and together they per-formed a recognition ceremony for the two remaining Alaska Territorial Guard Soldiers of Barrow.

“I would mark this week and today as an absolute success,” stated Capt. Ronald Desjardins, commander of the 297th BFSB Headquarters Headquarters Company. “We were able to honor living members of the Alaska Territorial Guard during the community gathering after displaying the relevance of our current force through our annual training.”

The cultural day event followed a week of vigorous cold-weather training and Defense Support to Civil Authorities preparedness, as the Army Guardsmen partnered with the North Slope Borough risk management team in support of the statewide exercise Alaska Shield.

Guard members also hosted a com-

Alaska National Guardsmen enjoy cultural exchange with residents at top of the world

Soldiers assigned to the 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Alaska Army Na-tional Guard, participate in a traditional dance demonstration with members of the Ovluaq Dance Group during a cultural exchange at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow at the completion of their annual training, April 6. The cultural day event followed a week of vigorous cold-weather training and Defense Support to Civil Authorities preparedness by partnering with the North Slope Borough Risk Man-agement team in support of the statewide exercise Alaska Shield. (Photo by Sgt. Marisa Lindsay, U.S. Army National Guard PAO)

Get your purple on to recognize military children

The ASYMCA Thrift Store is having a Winter Blowout Sale today, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All of the clothing and shoes will be .25 cents each. This is a great opportunity to get cold weather/layering items for next winter at an incredible price. Remember, temperatures start dropping in September here! The ASYMCA is locat-ed at 1031 102nd Street on Fort Wainwright. For more information, call 356-1211.

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NEWS

Staff ReportMedical Department Activity-Alaska

Nutrition 101Taste is at the top of the list that drives

what foods Americans choose to eat. Making the choice to eat healthy does not have to be a sentence for a bland diet.

Make healthy eating taste good to help keep up with your healthy lifestyle. Enhance the flavor of your meat, poultry, and fish with high heat/lower fat tech-niques such as pan searing, grilling, and broiling. These will help to brown meat and enhance flavor. Try this even with your slow cooked roasts and you will see

the difference in taste. Brush your vegetables with some

herbs and heart healthy olive oil and roast them at a high temperature like 450 degrees. Use different colors of peppers with different flavors to spice things up a bit. Even small amounts of hot pepper sauce can enhance recipes.

Acidic ingredients like lemon and or-ange peel help to balance flavor. Don’t forget the low calorie condiments like wasabi, salsas, and mustards to add a de-licious pop to your recipes.

When you use onions in your recipes, try caramelizing them in a small amount of oil to bring out their flavor.

Remember, most of the time, you can cut some sugar, salt, and/or fat from recipes without altering the flavor and quality. Don’t blindly follow recipes — make alterations to make them both deli-cious and nutritious.

Featured FoodFigs. Figs are a great snack on their

own or as part of a recipe. Figs are nat-urally low in fat and sodium but contain almost 1g of fiber per fig.

Recipe Spotlight Chocolate Covered Figs

Ingredients: ¾ cup dark chocolate12 fresh black figs1/4 to 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions:- Melt chocolate in a double boiler or microwave.- Dip figs into melted chocolate, sprinkle with nuts and place on parchment paper.- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Nutrition Corner: Spotlight on figs

Important Phone Numbers

Emergency: 91124-Hour Nurse Advice Line: (800) 874-2273 Opt. 1Appointment Line: 361-4000Behavioral Health: 361-6059Benefits Advisor: 361-5656Immunizations: 361-5456Information Desk: 361-5172Patient Advocate: 361-5291Pharmacy Refills: 361-5803Tricare Online: www.tricareonline.comUnited Health Care: www.uhcmilitarywest.com, (877) 988-9378

Performance Triad Tip – Teaching your children how to be mindful helps them be more calm, focused, and com-passionate. Meditation contributes to re-duced stress, improved sleep quality and heightened focus.

Denim Day 5K – Bassett Army Com-munity Hospital is hosting a walk/run 5K to highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month at 5:30 a.m., April 28. Registration will begin at 5 a.m. Partici-pants are encouraged to wear teal in sup-port of National Denim Day. Families are welcome. Call 361-7272, for more

information.

Need Lab Results? – No need to come into Bassett ACH or call into your provider. You can get lab results, sched-ule medication refills, schedule appoint-ments and more through Tricare Online. Go to www.tricare.mil to log in or create an account.

Check Your Eligibility – Veterans and service members are encouraged to report exposures to airborne hazards they encountered while deployed to contin-gency operations in the Southwest Asia theater of operations. If you were in Iraq, Oman, United Aram Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait or Djbouti, you may be eligible for benefits. For more informa-tion, visit https://veteran.mobilehealth.va.gov/AHBurnPitRegistery or search the internet for VA Airborne Hazards & Open Burn Pit Registry.

Summer Sports Physicals – Sum-mer sports will soon be underway, don’t delay in getting your children, ages 3 to 18, a physical at our first summer Sports Physical Clinic from 4 to 6 p.m. on May 17. Appointments are strongly encour-aged, but walk-ins will be accepted until capacity is reached. Call 361-4000.

MEDDAC Minute

How to dispose of medicine properlyStaff ReportMedical Department Activity-Alaska

First choice:MedSafe Drug Collection Receptacle at Bassett Army Community Hospital

Acceptable items: - Prescription medications - Controlled substance medications - Over-the-counter medications - Vitamins - Medicated lotions/creams/oint ments - Liquid medication in leak-proof containers - Transdermal skin patches

Items NOT accepted: - Needles - Thermometers - Contraband drugs - Infectious waste/Medical wastes- Personal care products - Business wastes - Medical devices - Aerosol cans - Inhalers

The MedSafe Receptacle is located on the first floor of BACH across from the main entrance information desk, and is available during regular pharma-cy hours.

Second choice: Household Disposal Steps

- Take your expired, unused, un-wanted prescription drugs out of their original containers.

- Mix medications with an undesir-able substance, such as cat litter or used coffee grounds. Never flush medica-tions down the toilet.

- Put the mixture into a disposable container with a lid, such as an empty margarine tub, or into a sealable bag.

- Conceal or remove any personal information, including Rx number on the empty containers by covering it with permanent marker or duct tape, or by scratching it off.

- The sealed container with the drug mixture and the empty drug containers can now be placed in the trash.

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Sgt. 1st Class Joel GibsonU.S. Army Alaska Public Affairs

United States Army Pacific soldiers joined an internation-al team to conduct an earth-quake-readiness exercise in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia April 4-8.

Exercise Gobi Wolf 2016 was a civil-military disaster preparedness and response ini-tiative focused on regional read-iness in response to natural and man-made disasters.

Gobi Wolf is part of the Pa-cific Resilience Disaster Re-sponse Exercise and Exchange program, which focuses on in-teragency coordination and for-eign humanitarian assistance.

The exercise is designed to test disaster response process-es while maximizing realism through a series of scenarios.

The specific scenario simu-lated for Gobi Wolf 2016 was a severe earthquake that hit the mining city of Erdenet, the third largest city in Mongolia.

The simulated earthquake also affected the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, but the epicenter was much closer to Erdenet.

Service members and civil-ians from U.S. Army Pacific, U.S. Army Alaska, the Alaska Army National Guard, Alaska Air National Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Ad-ministration, and the United States Agency for Internation-al Development Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance joined more than 100 partici-pants from 30 governmental, non-governmental, munici-pal and military agencies from Mongolia, the U.S. and inter-national relief agencies to par-ticipate in the disaster response exercise and exchange.

The U.S., Japanese, Republic of Korea and Nepalese service members and governmental civilians served as disaster-re-sponse focus group facilitators to international groups, focus-ing on communication and me-dia support, military support to humanitarian assistance and na-tional emergency management.

“In addition to supporting the capacity building for human-itarian assistance and disaster relief, this is a great opportunity

to strengthen relationships and promote interagency coordina-tion with our Mongolian part-ners,” said Andrew R. Benziger, the chief of readiness and con-tingency operations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacif-ic Ocean Division.

The two primary objectives of Gobi Wolf were to promote interagency coordination and civil-military coordination be-tween the National Emergen-cy Management Agency, the Mongolia Armed Forces, the U.S. and others, and to increase the Mongolian government’s knowledge of what would be available to them as internation-al tools and services to support government-led disaster-re-sponse efforts.

Scott Aronson, the senior humanitarian assistance ad-visor to United States Pacific Command with USAID OFDA said, “Based on the situation on the ground, it can take only a few hours after a disaster to meet the required nation-level

agreements for OFDA to begin to respond. We have warehous-es throughout the world stocked with disaster response supplies which, based on needs assess-ments from the impacted nation, we can begin to move into af-fected areas within a few hours of a disaster.”

Mongolia has hosted Gobi Wolf since 2009 and conducted joint exercises with the U.S. Pa-cific Command, covering disas-ter scenarios common to Mon-golia including earthquakes, train derailment and mining incidents, said Mongolian Brig. Gen. Tuvshin Badral, the chief of NEMA.

“This was a great opportuni-ty to network with other people who would be involved with disaster relief in the event of an emergency,” said Uuganbayar Ganbaatar, an airport adminis-trator with the Mongolian Civil Aviation Authority at Ulaan-baatar International Airport.

The four-day exercise includ-ed disaster risk and multi-agency

capacity briefs, a table-top exer-cise, and field training events in Ulaanbaatar and Erdenet.

The scenario tested Mongo-lian search and rescue capabil-ity and evacuation readiness by simulating a dam failure.

The exercise evaluated Mongolia’s disaster readiness through five separate focus ar-eas, including national emer-gency management, media re-lations/communication, military considerations, first responder, and international government and non-governmental agen-cies.

The five workgroups spent the exercise responding to sce-nario events to evaluate how the 30 agencies involved would respond to assist affected popu-lations in an actual earthquake. The strengths and weaknesses identified are being recorded and will be analyzed to improve disaster-response planning.

The exercise brought in sub-ject matter experts from Nepal and Japan, drawing on their

experience from recent severe earthquakes.

“In disaster circumstances, the international community is ready and willing to offer ad-ditional support, and we are pleased that many non-gov-ernmental organizations are participating in this exercise as their assistance will also be vi-tal should disaster strike,” said Jennifer Zimdahl Galt, the U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia.

Gobi Wolf is part of U.S. Army Pacific’s Pacific Resil-ience program, USARPAC’s main platform for identify-ing best practices and lessons learned across the humanitarian assistance/disaster relief spec-trum. Its mission is to enhance all parties’ abilities to respond and recover from an emergency situation.

Gobi Wolf 2016 tests humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities in Mongolia

Capt. Richard L. Packer, the deputy public affairs officer for U.S. Army Alaska discusses media engagement in the event of a nat-ural disaster with members of Mongolia’s National Emergency Management Administration during Gobi Wolf 2016 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, April 6. The discussion was based on an exercise simulating an earthquake in the Erdenet Orkhon River Basin which led to a simulated catastrophic dam failure. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joel Gibson, U.S. Army Alaska PAO)

Unit leaders encouraged to attend Terrain Walk highlighting supportservicesStaff ReportFort Wainwright Public Affairs

Leaders, ever wonder how to assist a Soldier or family mem-ber when he or she is faced with personal or professional strug-gles like weight management or passing a physical fitness test, debt or financial planning, addiction, relationships, job hunting or just adjusting to this unique environment?

Fort Wainwright will host two leadership development-ori-ented Terrain Walks or guided tours, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 to 5 p.m. The event is for Brigade, Battalion and Company Com-mand teams, Platoon Leaders, First Sergeants, Family Read-iness Group leaders and their spouses to learn about the well-ness and resiliency services available on post. Meant to in-crease readiness, these services can play critical roles in the lives of Soldiers and their families.

Participants will meet at the Physical Fitness Center for a welcome by Garrison Com-mander Col. Sean C. Williams and presentations by the Reli-gious Support Office, Compre-hensive Soldier and Family Fit-ness Training Center, and PFC

staff. Next, participants will be bussed to Behavioral Health, Outdoor Recreation, Army Sub-stance Abuse Program, Army Community Service and the Army Wellness Center for addi-tional resources. The 20-minute presentations at each location will introduce leadership to key points of contact, core services, and the best way to connect Sol-diers and families to these in-valuable resources.

To reserve a spot on the Ter-rain Walk or for any questions, call Christine Donovan, man-agement and program analyst for the Fort Wainwright Plans, Analysis, and Integration Office, at 353-9721, or contact your unit Terrain Walk POC.

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Chaplain (Capt.) Paul Tolbert70th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade

My 6-year-old has a favorite song en-titled “Words” by Hawk Nelson. It’s a blessing to hear him belt out the lyrics off key:

“They’ve made me feel like a prisoner.They’ve made me feel set freeThey’ve made me feel like a criminalMade me feel like a king

They’ve lifted my heartTo places I’d never beenAnd they’ve dragged me downBack to where I began

Words can build you upWords can break you down

Start a fire in your heart orPut it out.”

In 2010, I had the sacred honor of performing a funeral for Mrs. Eloise Is-ler, the widow of a Korean War Veteran. I had buried her husband Rex back in 2005.

Rex and Eloise were my wife’s grand-parents and a major influence in her life. “Paw paw” and “Granny,” as she called them, were married for over 60 years. Af-ter getting out of the service, Rex would work two and sometimes three jobs in order for Eloise to stay home with their five kids – four sons and a daughter. My hands are full with three boys! How in the world did they handle five?

By their 50th wedding anniversary, my wife and I had been married for just a few years. We took advantage of this opportunity to ask them the secret to a

lasting marriage.Rex, who was very quiet, with a slight

grin said, “put your nose to the plow and don’t look back.”

Eloise’s wisdom was “surrender to the vows you made on your wedding day. They come before any fleeting feelings or perceptions you have in any given sit-uation.”

Sounds rather matter of fact and not the kind of sentiment you’d find on a Valentine’s Day card. But my wife’s memories of their marriage include all the romantic stuff of a classic chick flick.

Rex always opened the car door for Eloise, kissed her on the cheek before going to work, and referred to her as his “princess,” “the most beautiful woman

in the world.” Eloise made sure to put on her makeup and do her hair each morn-ing because Rex liked to see her “church face” as he called it.

My wife and I have now been married more than 20 years. Admittedly, at times, we’ve survived because of something akin to the warrior ethos, “I will nev-er quit. I will never accept defeat.” But at others, it’s due to those other sacred vows: “to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; and to be true to you alone ‘til death do us part.”

Words are important. They have the power to give life and to take it away. What words do you live by?

Words are important

Staff ReportInterior Alaska Green Star

Humans are producing solid waste at an alarming rate. According to the En-vironmental Protection Agency, in 2010 Americans alone generated 250 million tons of trash, or about 4.4 pounds per person per day.

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is the fastest growing segment of this waste. This is partly because electronics are typically designed to be replaced rather than fixed when they wear out, especially since newer models are frequently avail-able.

When compared to most other gar-bage, e-waste is an intricate combination of varied materials. It frequently con-tains toxins that can be released into our environment when buried in landfills or burned in incinerators.

Lead, mercury, cadmium, beryllium, and other toxic elements are all found in common electronics. These elements can be severely harmful to humans, contributing to health problems ranging from cancer to neurological disorders. Additionally, there are many valuable components incorporated into electron-ics, including gold, copper, metals, and plastics.

Fortunately, Interior Alaska Green Star provides our community with the opportunity to recycle this e-waste. By recycling, we can help recover these useful materials, prevent contamination of our environment, and make a positive economic impact through overall waste reduction.

Electronics recycling, or e-recycling,

is the process by which old or unwanted electronics are broken down into sepa-rate components which can be reused to manufacture new products. At IAGS, the process starts when Fairbanks and Fort Wainwright residents and business drop off their electronics at the Phillips Field warehouse during an IAGS Electronics Recycling Depot collection event.

Volunteers then begin separating cords, batteries, and larger components onto pallets in preparation for transport to Anchorage. The pallets are stored at the warehouse until enough material, about twenty pallets, has been collected to be loaded onto an Air Land Transport trailer for the journey to Total Reclaim, Inc. in Anchorage. Total Reclaim then ships the electronics to their plant in Se-attle, where newer electronics may be refurbished and the rest are broken down further into their core components for re-use by manufacturers.

Unlike recycling many other materi-als, when you recycle your electronics you may be asked to pay a fee. The cost of e-recycling is due to the complex con-struction and the multiple components of most electronics.

Separating all these materials is a la-bor-intensive process and requires extra mechanical and human resources. For-tunately, IAGS is able to offset some of these costs through volunteer efforts and business donations. Currently, a gen-erous grant from the Fairbanks North Star Borough Recycling Commission is allowing us to offer free electronics col-lections.

The IAGS Electronics Recycling De-pot takes place on the third weekend of

every month, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day, at 3050 Phillips Field Road. We accept most electronic devices that plug in or use batteries, as well as household batteries,

printer ink cartridges, CD/DVDs, and cell phones. For a full list of recyclable electronics or if you are interested in volunteering at one of our e-recycling events, visit www.iagreenstar.org.

Electronics recycling in the Interior community

Green Star of Interior Alaska, with assistance from Mainscape, will once again be collecting your unwanted electronics for recycling in celebration of Earth Day 2016 free of charge. Just look for the Mainscape vehicle in the parking lot of Fort Wainwright’s Physical Fitness Center, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fun and ed-ucational for all ages, don’t miss the Earth Day event at the PFC, April 26 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, contact Carrie McEnteer at 353-9507.

Recognizing National Telecommunicators Week

Staff ReportFort Greely Public Affairs

This week honors the thousands of men and women who respond to emergency calls, dispatch emergency professionals and equipment, and render life-saving as-sistance to the world’s citizens.

Sponsored by the Association of Pub-lic-Safety Communications Officials In-ternational and celebrated annually, Na-tional Telecommunicators Week brings celebration, honor, and publicity to the otherwise unsung heroes on the other end of the line. It’s a great opportunity to re-flect on the important role of the 911 dis-patcher as the first, first responder.

NTW was first conceived by Patricia

Anderson of the Contra Costa County, California, Sheriff’s Office in 1981 and was observed only at that agency for three years. Members of the Virginia and North Carolina chapters of APCO be-came involved in the mid-1980s. By the early 1990s, the national APCO organi-zation convinced Congress of the need for a formal proclamation. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced what be-came H.J. Res. 284 to create “National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.” According to Congressional procedure, it was introduced twice more in 1993 and 1994 before it became permanent.

APCO International was founded in 1935 and, according to Wikipedia, “is the world’s oldest and largest organization of

public safety communications profession-als and supports the largest U.S. member-ship base of any public safety associa-tion.” It serves the needs of public safety communications practitioners worldwide – and the welfare of the general public asa whole – by providing complete exper-tise, professional development, technical assistance, advocacy and outreach.

April also serves as 911 education month, which focuses on teaching the proper use of 911 for aid in emergency situations. While we are all entertained by laughable pranks to 911 or the inad-vertent calls by an inebriated individual ordering a pizza, 100 percent of the time dispatchers are ready to respond in those terrifying moments when a life is in dan-ger of being lost or injured.

Locally, Fort Greely dispatcher Tisha Kennell supervises a team of telecommu-nications professionals and says the pri-mary purpose of the dispatcher position is to serve as an Emergency Dispatcher in charge of coordinating the dispatch of fire, police, and EMS vehicles, personnel and equipment in response to alarms, re-quests for assistance or alerts within the installation area of operation and with neighboring Federal, State, or local juris-dictions.

Like many jobs in the emergency ser-vices field, the time ebbs and flows, and according to Jerry Zachgo, a three year veteran in dispatch, “there are highs and lows, like feast or famine when it comes to emergency calls.”

While there can be long periods of inactivity, Kennell keeps her dispatchers busy with training requirements and con-tinual exercises in Emergency Medical Dispatch protocols.

“I have an amazing team at Fort Greely that is made up of folks who just love to help.” But it takes more than just having a big heart to work in this kind of environ-ment. Duties for this job include:

- Instructing callers in emergency first aid techniques.

- Receiving emergency and non-emer-gency requests by telephone, mobile ra-dio, mobile data computers or automatic alarms.

- Making immediate decisions during emergency situations regarding initial de-ployment of personnel and/or equipment, and deployment location.

- Coordinating mutual aid support based on the call, and evaluating the lev-el of service to be rendered. Kennel says that her dispatchers “spend a good por-tion of their shift monitoring happenings in the off base community; upwards of 95 percent of our calls can be providing mutual aid in the area around Delta Junc-tion.” According to James Degnan, the Fort Greely fire chief, “We’ve responded twice in the last 10 days to the Summit Lake area to support Alaska State Troop-ers in rescue and recovery efforts.”

Deputy Fire Chief Dan Clark has noth-ing but praise for dispatch. According to Clark, “The day-to-day routine is coordi-nating hazardous operations with various contractors on Greely. Those operations are generally work sites where a hot work permit is being performed or a confined work space is being occupied. But when the call comes in that somebody’s house is on fire – they are ready!”

The rewards are many and this week is as good as any to recognize their dedica-tion to being a lifeline.

Tisha Kennell, Fort Greely’s Alaska Emergency Services dispatch supervisor. (Photo courtesy of Fort Greely PAO)


L. Amber PhillippeLandscape Historian, DPW

Brigadier General Dale V. Gaffney’s career was closely tied to the development of Ladd Field. Ar-riving with the first survey crews, Gaffney saw the airfield grow from a small test station in 1939 into a large Cold War air defense base 10 years later. Ladd Field’s growth paralleled his own rise in rank from Major to Brigadier General. Known to some as the “Screaming Eagle of the Yukon,” Gaffney served as the commander of the Cold Weather Test Detachment and Ladd Field for most of the period between 1940 and 1943. He then became the com-mander of the Air Transport Command’s Alaskan Wing from 1943 until the end of the war. Gaffney returned to Ladd Air Force Base in 1948 as base commander. He died in 1950. According to Cap-tain Clyde Sherman, Gaffney was a “fine fellow to work with; he would talk to you, and he didn’t think he knew it all about this country.”

Like historic photos? Check out our Pinterest page for more at www.pinterest.com/fwacultural/.

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Fort Greely celebrates the power of volunteerism during National Volunteer Week

National Volunteer Week is promoted by Points of Light a non-profit organization that helps millions of volunteers change the world. Points of Light evolved from the vision of 1,000 points of light shared by the founder President George H. W. Bush in his 1989 in-

augural address and exists to mobilize people to take action on the causes they care about through innovative programs, events and cam-paigns. The Points of Light goal is to create a culture of volunteerism, and to celebrate the power of service. (Photos by Fort Greely PAO)

Lt. Col. Detrice Mosby and Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley Cope accept a check from Jeffrey Suis, the Family and Morale, Welfare & Rec-reation director. The check represents the dollar value of the 3,900 volunteer hours recorded in the past year. According to Allie Vallery, the Army Community Service Specialist who manages the Fort Greely volunteer program, “our volunteers put in almost 75 hours per week and that’s the equivalent to two full time employees.”

Lt. Col. Detrice Mosby holds a check that represents the dollar value of the 3,900 volunteer hours recorded in the past year. Joining Mosby are a few of the 79 individual volunteers who were honored, April 12, at a “Lifting Spirits, Touching Lives” luncheon. Allie Vallery, the Army Community Service Specialist who manages the Fort Greely volunteer program and organized the luncheon said, “the luncheon provided us the opportunity to acknowledge the many individuals who dedicate their time, talents, and energy to making a difference in our community.”

The first 2016 post-wide yard sale will be tomorrow, April 16. Post residents will sell from their homes and from the resale lot at the corner of Neely and Meridian Roads from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For all military ID cardholders who live off post but wish to sell on post during the yard sales, there is a $10 fee to be paid at the lot drop box.

The general public will not be required to obtain spe-cial passes to gain entrance to Fort Wainwright for the sale. Drivers will need to provide a valid driver’s license, proof of insurance and registration for the vehicle that they are operating. All passengers will be required to show a photo ID. Visitors should be prepared for random vehicle inspec-tions. A reminder that marijuana may be legal in the State of Alaska, but it is still illegal, in any form, on federal in-stallations. For more information, call 353-6612.

6April 15, 2016NEWS

Airman 1st Class Cassandra Whitman354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

Rank and Name: Tech. Sgt. Mia M. Newmeyer

Duty Title: Diagnostics and Thera-peutics flight chief, 354th Medical Group

Hometown: Mansfield, Ohio

Why is serving in the Air Force im-portant to you? Serving in the Air Force is important to me because I am able to do something only a small portion of the population will ever do.

What moment or accomplishment as a member of the Iceman Team are you most proud of and why? I am most

proud of being able to support my flight in winning Team of the Year for 2015.

What is your favorite part of your job? My favorite part of the job is being able to help the providers fill in some of the missing pieces on why their patients are hurt and help the patients through a quick recovery.

Who inspires you and why? Retir-ees and veterans inspire me. It’s through their stories that I see snapshots of what it was like to be in the Air Force while they served and compare their experienc-es in war [to mine].

What’s your favorite part about be-ing in Alaska? My favorite part of Alas-ka are the amazing summers and being able to go fishing.

Tech. Sgt. Mia Newmeyer

U.S Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mia Newmeyer, the 354th Medical Group Diagnostics and Therapeutics flight chief, inserts a marker and a cassette into a cassette tray, April 6, at Eielson Air Force Base. The marker tells doctors reading the X-ray what side of the body they are looking at on the cassette. (Airman 1st Class Cas-sandra Whitman, 354th Fighter Wing PAO)

U.S Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mia Newmeyer, the 354th Medical Group Diagnos-tics and Therapeutics flight chief, reviews an X-ray, April 6, at Eielson Air Force Base. Newmeyer checks for proper positioning, exposure and to determine if another x-ray is required. (Airman 1st Class Cassandra Whitman, 354th Fighter Wing PAO)

U.S Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mia Newmeyer, the 354th Medical Group Diagnostics and Therapeutics flight chief, takes a quick break from her duties, April 6, at Eielson Air Force Base. Newmeyer said her favorite part of Alaska is the sum-mer and being able to go fishing. (Airman 1st Class Cassandra Whitman, 354th Fighter Wing PAO)

Senior Airman Joshua Weaver354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

More than 450 members of the 354th Fighter Wing and tenant units attended an alcohol education exposition held by the 354th Medical Group men-tal health flight, April 8, at the Baker Field House.

This is the second time the event was held after the Air Force Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Pro-gram saw a 19 percent decrease in referrals following last year’s presentation.

“This year, instead of ca-tering to one target age group, which was 25 and below, we de-cided to open it up to everyone,” said Staff Sgt. Nicole Cleghorn, the 354th Medical Group non-commissioned officer in-charge of ADAPT. “We’re glad to see supervisors and leadership out here so we can educate them be-cause they are usually the ones Airmen go to when they have questions regarding alcohol.”

The event had four stations offering an educational look at the various effects alcohol has

on the body and ultimately an Airman’s career. One station al-lowed participants to conduct a field sobriety test while wearing goggles that simulated being in-toxicated.

Alaska State Troopers also educated participants on the re-percussions of a DUI.

Another station showed the effects different alcoholic bev-erages have on your blood al-cohol content and how long it would take before your BAC would return to zero.

“Just because you have a cer-tain rank, doesn’t exclude you from potentially finding your-self in a bad situation,” Tech. Sgt. Michael Alexander, a 354th Civil Engineer Squadron explo-sive ordinance disposal techni-cian. “Attending this training shows junior enlisted members that prevention is an important tool for Airmen regardless of rank.”

Last year, Eielson record-ed the lowest rate of referrals in Pacific Air Forces for alco-hol-related incidents. The men-tal health flight is confident they will see a similar trend in refer-rals following this year’s event.

Exposition aims to reduce alcohol-related incidents for second year

Iceman in Action:

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. James Culver, a 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning technician, rides a tricycle while wearing beer goggles, April 8, on Eielson Air Force Base. Eielson’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment team offered hands-on experiences demonstrat-ing how the body reacts while inebriated. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Turner, 354th Fighter Wing PAO)

Members of the 354th Fighter Wing attempt to walk a straight line while wearing beer gog-gles, April 8, on Eielson Air Force Base. Eiel-son’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment team offered hands-on experienc-es demonstrating how the body reacts while inebriated. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Turn-er, 354th Fighter Wing PAO)

Members of the 354th Fighter Wing partici-pate in various activities during an alcohol edu-cation exposition, April 8, on Eielson Air Force Base. The event had four stations offering an educational look at the various effects alcohol has on the body and ul-timately an Airman’s ca-reer. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Turner, 354th Fighter Wing PAO)

An Alaska State Trooper explains the consequences of drinking and driving to members of the 354th Fighter Wing, April 8, on Eielson Air Force Base. The event had four stations offering an educational look at the various effects alcohol has on the body and ultimately an Airman’s career. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Turner, 354th Fighter Wing PAO)

7April 15, 2016

Staff ReportSecetary of the Air Force Public Affairs

The Air Force introduced the results of a yearlong study fo-cused on developing capability options to ensure joint force air superiority in 2030 and beyond during an Air Force Association breakfast April 7 in Arlington, Virginia.

According to Lt. Gen. Mike Holmes, the Air Force deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, the gap be-tween the U.S. military’s air superiority capabilities and po-tential adversaries’ network of capabilities is closing at an ac-celerated rate.

In order to counter emerging threats, air superiority must be viewed as a condition, not capa-bility, using multi-domain solu-tions developed through a more agile acquisition process.

“After 25 years of being the only great power out there, we’re returning to a world of great power competition,” Holmes said. “We need to develop coor-dinated solutions that bring air, space, cyber, electronic environ-ment and surface capabilities to-gether to solve our problems.

“Air superiority is the most important thing the Air Force provides for the joint force in the tactical environment,” Holmes continued. “I don’t believe there is anyone in our armed forces who has ever fought a combined arms battle without complete control of the air, and there’s no one in our armed forces who has ever fought a combined arms battle against an enemy armed with precision weapons.”

With direction from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force oper-ators, acquirers and analysts formed an enterprise capability collaboration team to evaluate these problems from a new van-tage point to propose solutions

and lay out a plan to achieve those solutions as quickly as possible.

The ECCT looked to military experts, academia and industry for input and then conducted in-tegrated planning, analysis and assessments. More than 1,500 submissions were distilled into 220 initiatives, which were then divided into various operational concepts. Eventually the team determined an integrated and networked family of capabilities

operating across air, space and cyberspace was the most viable option.

“There’s no silver bullet,” said Col. Alexus Grynkewich, the Air Superiority 2030 ECCT lead. “We have to match tech cycles -- some of them are really long. Engines take a long time to make, but information age tech cycles are fast. Software updates are constantly moving. So how do you move from pacing your-self off industrial age mindsets to

information age mindsets?”The answer, Grynkewich

said, is parallel development of maturing technologies for sen-sors, missions systems, lethality and non-kinetic effects, on ap-propriate time cycles. The next step is to pull technologies out of each of those parallel efforts when they are ready and devel-oping prototypes, experimenting and gaining more knowledge to determine if the developments are what’s needed in the field.

Using cell phones as an ex-ample, the colonel compared the current acquisition process to the way his team sees agile acquisi-tion happening in the future in order to maintain air superiori-ty. In the past, the Air Force has pushed for “generational” tech-nological advances equivalent to the transition from flip phones to smartphones, he said. It should instead be pursuing incremental advances like the upgrades pro-vided by newer and newer ver-sions of smart phones and con-tinuing to upgrade along the way instead of waiting for a revolu-tionary jump in technology.

“What we hope to lay out is a way to prototype and experiment with a number of concepts,” Grynkewich said. “You can start building and then move forward if experimental capabilities are determined to make enough of a difference in highly contested environments of the future.”

In order to achieve air superi-ority in the future, bringing agil-ity to multi-domain acquisitions is crucial.

“We’ve talked about acqui-sition agility a number of times in terms of, ‘How do we save money’ and not wasting taxpayer dollars is absolutely important,” Grynkewich said. “But there’s an operational imperative that says we have to do this and if we don’t we’re at a risk of failing as an Air Force and a joint force.”

NEWSAir Force introduces Air Superiority 2030

8April 15, 2016COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Fort WainwrightFriday – April 15Homework Help Power Hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.

Cosmic Bowling, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Nugget Lanes Bowling Center, build-ing 3702. Call 353-2654.

Saturday – April 16Fitness Class Cycling, 10 to 11 a.m., Physical Fitness Centers, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

Fitness Class Zumba, 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., Physical Fitness Centers, build-ing 3709. Call 353-7223.

Rock’N’Bowl, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Nugget Lanes Bowling Center, build-ing 3702. Call 353-2654.

Sunday – April 17Board Game Night, noon to 9 p.m., Warrior Zone, building 3205. Call 353-1087.

Monday – April 18Homework Help Power Hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.

Monday Movie Marathon, noon to 9 p.m., Warrior Zone, building 3205. Call353-1087.

Fitness Class Zumba, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m., Physical Fitness Centers, build-ing 3709. Call 353-7223.

Tuesday – April 19Fitness Class Cycling, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and 6 to 7p.m., Physical Fitness Centers, build-ing 3709. Call 353-7223.

Hour of Power Group Strength Class, noon to 12:45 p.m., Physical Fitness Centers, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

Homework Help Power Hour, 4:30

to 5:30 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.

Trivia Night, 7 to 9 p.m., Warrior Zone, building 3205. Call 353-1087.


Wednesday – April 20Homework Help Power Hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.


Thursday – April 21Fitness Class Cycling, 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and 6 to 7 p.m., Physical Fitness Centers, building 3709. Call 353-7223.


Homework Help Power Hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.


Friday – April 22Homework Help Power Hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.




UFC Fight Night at the Warrior Zone, 4:30 p.m., Warrior Zone, building 3205. Call 353-1087.


Sunday – April 24Board Game Night, noon to 9 p.m., Warrior Zone, building 3205. Call 353-1087.

Monday – April 25Homework Help Power Hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.

Monday Movie Marathon, noon to 9 p.m., Warrior Zone, building 3205. Call353-1087.


Tuesday – April 26Fitness Class Cycling, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and 6 to 7p.m., Physical Fitness Centers, build-ing 3709. Call 353-7223.



Trivia Night, 7 to 9 p.m., Warrior Zone, building 3205. Call 353-1087.


Wednesday – April 27Homework Help Power Hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.


Thursday – April 28Fitness Class Cycling, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and 6 to 7p.m., Physical Fitness Centers, build-ing 3709. Call 353-7223.




Friday – April 29Homework Help Power Hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.





IN BRIEF

ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF SCHOLARSHIP Army Emergency Relief provides scholarships

for dependent children and spouses of Active Duty, retired, and deceased Army Soldiers. Applications and instructions are available on the AER website for the MG James Ursano and Spouse Education Assis-tance Scholarship Programs. The deadline for receipt of applications and supporting documents is May 1. Scholarships are based on need and most applicants qualify for assistance. For the 2015-2016 academic year, AER awarded over $9 Million in scholarships to more than 4000 recipients. The average award was $1,800 for spouses and $2,500 for children. Award amounts vary each year based on the total number of complete applications and approved budget amount. Visit www.aerhq.org, for more information.

STARS AND STRIPES: LOOKING FOR YOUR MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD STORY

Stars and Strips is celebrating April’s “Month of the Military Child” by gathering stories about life as a mil-itary child! “With April being Month of the Military Child, we are asking you in the Pacific and Europe-an theaters to tell us your story. And if you do, your story will run on this site and our community papers throughout the month of April.” http://stripesrewards.com/militarychild/

SOUTHERN CROSS TRAFFIC There will be an influx of contractor personnel/ve-

hicles involved in the construction project at Southern Cross Infills. The road closure/traffic diversion date on 6th St. will depend on weather conditions, is expect-ed to be less than six hours long, and will be deter-mined once the project gets closer. The actual date and re-routing information will be sent out as soon as possible.

CHENA BEND CLUBHOUSEThe Chena Bend Clubhouse is open for business.

The Pro Shop and golf simulators are currently open Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Equip-ment rental and league sign-up is already underway! Fronterra at Chena Bend is open Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. with tasty items ranging from burgers to prime rib specials. Looking for a place to wind down after a long day? The Clubhouse also boasts a full bar that’s open from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday. For more information, call 353-6223.

ARCTIC SERGEANTS MAJOR ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP

It is open season for the Arctic Sergeants Major Association Scholarship program. These scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement, citizenship and personal merit. This year the ASMA will award two $500 scholarships. The ASMA is a nonprofit organization with the objective of supporting Soldiers, government and civilian organizations, Fort Wainwright and surrounding community. Selection is based on an essay, school and community involve-ment, volunteer and work accomplishments, and a personal recommendation letter. Applications may be obtained by emailing a request to [email protected] or contacting one of the Active Duty CSM/

SGMs stationed at Fort Wainwright or Fort Greely. Applications will be submitted through email no later than May 31. All applications must be signed.

EMERGENCY INFORMATION The security environment in which we live, work

and play today is complex and significantly different than it was a decade ago. Civil and military authori-ties rely on members of their communities to provide a safe environment by reporting suspicious activities. It is also important to understand that everyone has a personal responsibility for their own safety and security as well as that of their families. Be a respon-sible community member by being vigilant, being a sensor, reporting suspicious activities and remaining safe. Report emergency information to 911 and report non-emergency information to 353-7710.

CHAPEL SERVICES Southern Lights Catholic Mass Sunday at 9 a.m. and Monday at 6:30 p.m. Southern Lights Chapel is located on the corner of Neely Road and 8th Street, building 4107. Northern Lights Divine (Liturgical) Service Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Protestant Service Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Northern Lights Chapel is located on the corner of Rhineland and Luzon Avenue, building 3430.

JOBSIn search of a new job? Fort Wainwright is looking

for you! Visit www.usajobs.gov for a full listing of federal jobs.

PRESCRIBED BURNS The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire

Service will assist the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Wainwright with the coordination and implementation of multiple prescribed fires in the Donnelly Training Area, Yukon Training Area and Fort Wainwright Main Post from March 12 through May 31. The purpose is to reduce the potential for wildfire and eliminate dried grass build up. The prescribed fires also help to increase training opportunities in support of military readiness. The prescribed fires follow federally-ap-proved burn plans and open burn approvals from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service will assist the U.S. Army Alaska in conducting multi-ple prescribed burns in the Yukon Training Area, ap-proximately 15 miles east of Fairbanks. Ignition on the Moose Creek Project Area is planned as early as Sat-urday, April 9, and may continue through Sunday, June 5, as weather conditions permit. If you have questions or concerns, please contact the UYT Dispatch Center at the Alaska Fire Service at (907) 356-5554. Please visit the AICC Situation Report for daily updates at fire.ak.blm.gov/content/aicc/sitreport/current.pdf.

ARMY vs. AIRFORCE BASKETBALLThe Army vs. Air Force Basketball Game is May

20 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Physical Fitness Center, building 3709 on Fort Wainwright.

LATE FIRING Be advised that area residents may hear range gun-

fire until 4 a.m., April 21.

OFF-LIMITSThe following establishments are off-limits to

military personnel assigned or attached to Fort Wain-wright and Eielson Air Force Base until further notice. Service members are on notice that failure to comply may result in disciplinary action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

Mr. Rock and Roll gunfire1452 Cushman StreetFairbanks, AK 99701

Mr. Rock and Roll II2016 College RoadFairbanks, AK 99701

Smokin Deals2301 S. Cushman StreetFairbanks, AK 99701

Still Smoking Tobacco and Gifts516 Old Steese HighwayFairbanks, AK 99701

The Smoke Shop334 Old Steese HighwayFairbanks, AK 99701

The Scentz1600 Block S. CushmanFairbanks, AK 99701

49er Club4625 Old Airport WayFairbanks, AK 99709

Club Show Girls4625 Old Airport Way Fairbanks, AK 99709

The Higher Calling Club 301 1st AvenueFairbanks, AK 99701


The 2016 annual Denali National Park and Preserve Road Lottery will take place Sept. 16 through 20. Public Road Lottery days are Sept. 16, 18, 19 and 20.

Saturday, Sept. 17 is Military Ap-preciation Day, dedicated to active duty service members and their families sta-tioned in Alaska. The permits will be distributed to military personnel through their internal channels.

Road Lottery and Mili-tary Appreciation Day of-fer visitors a unique way to ex-perience the park, the opportunity to travel in their pri-vate vehicles along the 92 mile Dena-li Park Road. During the summer season, private vehicles are only permitted along the first 13 miles of the road; visitors who wish to explore the park’s backcountry board one of the park’s shuttle buses to traverse miles 13 to 92.

On public Road Lottery days, 400 permit-holders may use their day-specif-ic permits, obtained through the lottery system, to travel the Denali Park Road in their personal vehicles.

The public may enter the lottery on-line at recreation.gov beginning at 12:01 a.m., May 1 until 11:29 p.m., May 31.Entries will also be accepted by phone at (877) 444-6777, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., May 1 through 31. Entries are no longer accept-ed by regular mail.

A non-refundable entry fee of $10 will be charged to a credit or debit card during the online or phone application process. Permit winners will be charged a $25 Road Lottery fee to the same card at the time of the drawing in June. The $25 fee will not be refunded if the park road does

not open on the day of the permit due to weather or road conditions.

Entrants will be notified of their status regardless of the results. Entrants whose names are drawn will be notified by June 18. Each permit winner will receive anemail confirming the day of the permit, as well as information about how to ob-tain the road permit and prepare for a successful visit to the park.

Every permit holder must pay the park entrance fee of $10 per person, age 16 or older, on the day of the permit unless the permit holder, or one of the permit-holder’s vehicle passengers, has a Denali Annual Pass or a federal recre-ation pass. Information about the Amer-ica the Beautiful – National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, or U.S. Military Annual Pass, is available at nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/feesandreserva-tions. Federal recreation passes may also be purchased, or the one-time entrance fee paid, when collecting your permit at the Denali Park Visitor Center.

Military personnel who wish to par-ticipate in Military Appreciation Day are encouraged to visit the park’s website at nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/road-lottery and scroll to the Frequently Asked Ques-tions section at the bottom of the Road Lottery page. Park and military leader-ship will work in partnership to distrib-ute the 400 passes for Military Appreci-ation Day.

Oversized vehicles are restricted on certain portions of the Denali Park Road. More information about specific size limits is available on the park’s website at nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/road-lot-tery in the FAQ section at the bottom of

the page.The possibility of inclement weather

is always a factor. In the past, the park road has only been partially open for Road Lottery because of snow. Lottery participants are encouraged to contact the park via the website at nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/weather or by phone at (907) 683-9532 for updated road and weather information the day before or the morning of their permit.

The Riley Creek, Savage River and Teklanika River campgrounds will be open through Road Lottery weekend, weather permitting. Campsites are not included in the road permit, but can be reserved in advance via reservedenali.

com or (800) 622-7275. Information about campgrounds and

accommodations outside the park is available from the Denali Chamber of Commerce at denalichamber.com or (907) 683-4636.

Road Lottery information is available on the park’s website at nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/road-lottery.htm or by call-ing park headquarters at (907) 683-9532, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Additional park information is avail-able on the web at nps.gov/dena. Stay connected with “DenaliNPS” on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,YouTube, Flickr, and iTunes – links to these social media sites are available at nps.gov/dena.

2016 Denali Road Lottery entry period begins May 1

(Photo by Lara Hartman-Poirrier)

10April 15, 2016

munity appreciation barbeque during the cultural event. Locals, Soldiers and personnel with the Department of Mili-tary and Veterans Affairs gathered and mingled over hot dogs and hamburgers while perusing Alaska National Guard and Alaska Territorial Guard historical displays.

“Cultural Day has allowed us the op-portunity to hear from elders and local leaders and learn more about the com-munity’s rich culture and history,” Des-jardins said.

Guardsmen: Culture exchange on North SlopeContinued from page 1

NEWS

Soldiers with the 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade visit and bring food to the residents of Aimaagvik, an assisted living center, after the cultural day event held in Barrow, April 6. (Photo by Sgt. Marisa Lindsay, U.S. Army National Guard PAO)

(Below) Col. Charles “Lee” Knowles, 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade com-mander, recognizes David U. Leavitt (left) and Wesley Atkin, the two remaining Alaska Territorial Guard Soldiers of Barrow, during the cultural day event held at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, April 6. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Marisa Lindsay)

Brig. Gen. Laurie Hummel, commander of the Alaska National Guard, speaks with retired Alaska Army National Guardsman and WWII veteran, Wesley Atkin, during the cultur-al day event held at the Inupi-at Heritage Center in Barrow, April 6. The cultural exchange marked the conclusion of a vig-orous week of annual training by Guard members assigned to the Anchorage-based 297th Battlefield Surveillance Bri-gade, Alaska Army National Guard. (Photo by Sgt. Marisa Lindsay, U.S. Army National Guard PAO)

Soldiers with the 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade visit and bring food to the residents of Aimaagvik, an assisted living center, after the cultural day event held in Barrow, April 6. The cultural exchange marked the conclusion of a vigorous week of annual training by Guard members assigned to the Anchorage-based 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Alaska Army National Guard. (Photo by Sgt. Marisa Lindsay, U.S. Army National Guard PAO)

(Above) Soldiers assigned to the 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Head-quarters Headquarters Company, Alaska Army National Guard, held a cultural exchange at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, at the completion of their annual training on April 6. The cultural day event followed a week of vigor-ous cold-weather training and Defense Support to Civil Authorities preparedness, by partnering with the North Slope Borough Risk Management team in support of the state-wide exercise Alaska Shield. (Photo by Sgt. Marisa Lindsay, U.S. Army National Guard PAO)

11April 15, 2016

FINANCE TIPDid you know that a lost receipt statement is not val-

id when booking your lodging online?

NUTRITIONAL TIPSet a good example. Try new foods yourself. De-

scribe its taste, texture, and smell. Offer one new food at a time.

THE GREAT ALASKAN CHALLENGENeed an Alaskan-sized challenge? Compete in one

of our six challenges to earn a t-shirt and bragging rights by figuratively swimming the Yukon, walking the pipeline, lifting a F-16 and more. Log your progress in our book located on the Fitness and Sports Center. For more information, please call 377-1925.

24-HOUR GYM ACCESSBaker Field House allows 24-Hour Fitness Access

to DoD CAC card holders, dependents over 18 years old and military retirees. All those who wish to utilize the designated area in the facility after hours will be required to register their CAC/Fitness Access Card and

sign a Statement of Understanding/Assumption of Risk Form. Dependents and retirees will be required to ob-tain a Fitness Access Card from the Baker Field House in order to gain access through the designated entrance. For more information, please contact the Baker Field House at 377-1925.

EIELSON PHARMACY RECEIVES MEDSAFEThe 354th Medical Group pharmacy has a new way

to dispose of expired and unused medications. Med-Safe, a blue receptacle near the pharmacy pick up win-dow is a collection point that is secure and meets the requirements of the newly updated DEA Controlled Substance Act. During business hours you can dispose controlled and non-controlled medications in the Med-Safe. Removal of patient information is not required. Please try to keep medication in its original container and place liquids in a plastic bag. Illegal drugs, liquids over 4 ounces, sharp containers, needles, syringes, bat-teries, aerosol spray cans, trash, medical devices and hazardous chemicals are unauthorized to drop-off. Any questions may be directed to the pharmacy at 377-1462.

PLAYING AT THE ERNIE WALKER THEATERThe Ernie Walker Theater is open and playing mov-

ies every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Movies are free

to all DoD ID holders! So stop by, grab some popcorn and enjoy a night at the movies, courtesy of the Eielson Force Support Squadron. For more information, call 377-2269.

EIELSON CHAPEL SERVICESThe Eielson Air Force Base Chapel team offers a

variety of services. Your Chaplain Corps offers Catho-lic and Protestant worship services each week and our multi-faith worship center can support the needs of oth-er faith groups. For more information, call us at 377-2130.

Catholic Community:Religious Formation, 9 a.m., SundaysCatholic Mass, 10:30 a.m., SundaysSacrament of Reconciliation by appointment

Protestant Community:Contemporary Service, 9 a.m., SundaysSunday School, 10:30 a.m., SundaysAWANA, 4 to 6 p.m., SundaysLiturgical Service, 7 p.m., WednesdaysJr./Sr. High Youth Service, 7 p.m., Wednesdays

COMMUNITY CALENDAREielson Air Force Base

Friday – 15thRUN CLASS, 6 to 7 a.m., Baker Field House, building 3343 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1925.

FRIDAY NIGHT CHENA HOT SPRINGS TRIP, 5 p.m. to midnight, Community Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2642.

BINGO, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Eielson City Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2642.

THUNDER ALLEY, 7 to 11 p.m., Arctic Nite Lanes, building 3301 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1129.

DEADPOOL (R), 7 p.m., Ernie Walker Theater, building 3309 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2269.

Saturday – 16thFREE BOUNCE, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Eielson City Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2642.

KIDS’ CRAFT HOUR, noon to 1 p.m., Eielson City Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-4880.

DEADPOOL (R), 7 p.m., Ernie Walker Theater, building 3309 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2269.

Sunday – 17thFREE BOUNCE, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Eielson City Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2642.

SUNDAY FUNDAY, 1 to 9 p.m., Arctic Nite Lanes, building 3301 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1129.

ZOOTOPIA (PG), 2 p.m., Ernie Walker Theater, building 3309 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2269.

Monday – 18thRUN CLASS, 6 to 7 a.m., Baker Field House, building 3343 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1925.

MOVE PROGRAM (WEIGHT MAN-AGEMENT), 11 a.m. to noon, Baker Field House, building 3343 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1925.

L.I.N.K.S., 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Mental Health Conference Room, building 3349 Eielson AFB, Call 377-4727.

INTRODUCTION TO CLAY SHOOT-ING, 5 to 9 p.m., Skeet and Trap Range Eielson AFB, Call 377-1232.

SKEET CLASS, 5 to 8 p.m., Outdoor Recreation, Eielson AFB, Call 377-1232.

Tuesday – 19thREINTEGRATION BRIEFINGS, 9:30 a.m., Airman and Family ReadinessCenter, building 3125 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2178.

THRIFTY TUESDAY, 4 to 9 p.m., Arc-tic Nite Lanes, building 3301 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1129.

Wednesday – 20thRUN CLASS, 6 to 7 a.m., Baker Field House, building 3343 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1925.

ANGER MANAGEMENT, 10 a.m. to noon, Mental Health Conference Room, building 3349 Eielson AFB, Call 377-4727.

WACKY WEDNESDAY, 4 to 9 p.m., Arctic Nite Lanes, building 3301 Eiel-son AFB, Call 377-1129.

WOOBLE TRAP WEDNESDAY, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Outdoor Recreation MWR, Call 377-1232.

Thursday – 21stMOVE PROGRAM (WEIGHT MAN-AGEMENT), 11 a.m. to noon, Baker Field House, building 3343 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1925.

Friday – 22ndRUN CLASS, 6 to 7 a.m., Baker Field House, building 3343 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1925.

FRIDAY NIGHT CHENA HOT SPRINGS TRIP, 5 p.m. to midnight, Community Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2642.

BINGO, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Eielson City Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2642.

THUNDER ALLEY, 7 to 11 p.m., Arctic

Nite Lanes, building 3301 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1129.

EARTH DAY: PLANT A SEED, Eielson City Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2642.

RACE (PG-13), 7 p.m., Ernie Walker Theater, building 3309 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2269.

Saturday – 23rdFREE BOUNCE, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Eielson City Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2642.

KIDS’ CRAFT HOUR, noon to 1 p.m., Eielson City Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-4880.

RIDE ALONG 2 (PG-13), 7 p.m., Ernie Walker Theater, building 3309 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2269.

Sunday – 24thFREE BOUNCE, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Eielson City Center, building 3310 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2642.

SUNDAY FUNDAY, 1 to 9 p.m., Arctic Nite Lanes, building 3301 Eielson AFB, Call 377-1129.

KUNG FU PANDA 3 (PG), 2 p.m., Ernie Walker Theater, building 3309 Eielson AFB, Call 377-2269.

IN BRIEF

Staff ReportFort Greely Public Affairs

U.S. Army Garrison Fort Greely-Alas-ka will conduct its annual exercise that will include a simulated earthquake and associated damage as well as an aircraft incident called “Operation Thermopylae” in multiple areas around the installation, April 18 through 22.

This exercise is a continuing effort to test, assess and validate emergency response plans and procedures against all hazards. The mass notification/giant voice system messages will begin with “exercise, exercise, exercise” and will announce general public information and all incidents that have occurred on post. AtHoc will be used in conjunction with the exercise to provide desktop, email and telephonic notifications to Soldiers and civilians working on Fort Greely. They may also receive periodic status up-dates throughout the exercise.

The initial message for the exercise will state that everyone should remain in-doors, stay off the roads and await further instructions. To alleviate confusion and anxiety, everyone is encouraged to fol-low instructions as the scenarios unfold. However, do not be alarmed or panic. Re-

al-world announcements would not begin with “exercise, exercise, exercise.”

While the USAG-FGA main gate is not scheduled to close during the exer-cise, it could be a possibility; community members with appointments on post next week are encouraged to arrive early.

For the duration of the exercise, there will be increased visibility of first re-sponders, such as law enforcement and firefighters. They will be responding to assist exercise victim actors. Community patience and understanding is appreciat-ed.

The exercise takes proactive mea-sures to ensure that the installation and the workforce is prepared to react in case of a real act of terrorism or any number of hazards that could potentially impact USAG-FGA. It also promotes the idea of situational awareness, safety and per-sonal responsibility in preparedness and prevention efforts. While the scenarios may inconvenience community mem-bers temporarily, the positives outweigh the negatives, with Soldiers, civilians and families learning what to do and how to react instinctively in a hostile or disaster situation.

Lt. Col. Detrice Mosby, commander of USAG-FGA, asks for the community’s

patience and understanding as the garri-son conducts this important exercise that will enhance USAG-FGA’s ability to pro-tect its most valuable assets and resourc-

es – the Soldiers, families and civilians of USAG-FGA.

Fort Greely prepares for annual exercise

Army & Air Force Exchange Service Public Affairs

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is giving military families an opportunity to show Mom how much they care this year with fresh-cut Mother’s Day flowers.

From May 4 through Mother’s Day, May 8, autho-rized shoppers can purchase floral bouquets and roses just for Mom at the Eielson Main Store/Express.

Two choices of Loving Mom Bouquets, each con-

taining a dozen flowers, will be available at $9.99 each. Additionally, roses are available by the dozen, half-doz-en or as singles.

“Whether raising children while their spouse serves in the military, pursuing a military career of their own while managing a family or raising the next generation of fighters committed to protecting American freedoms, military moms deserve a big thanks this Mother’s Day,” said Store Manager Mike Durbin. “Picking up a batch of these premium, fresh-cut flowers is a great start to saying ‘thank you’ for all the sacrifices military moms

make every day.”For more information, shoppers can contact the Eiel-

son Exchange at (907) 372-1640.

Show mom you mean it with Mother’s Day flowers

Soldiers from Alpha Company (Military Police), 49th Missile Defense Battalion, prepare to conduct a vehicle search during a recent exercise at Fort Greely. (Courtesy photo)

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