Says job is to ‘take AF to another level’

By Wayne AmannAcademy Spirit Editor

By his own admission, he didn’tpublicly seek the Air Force men’s basket-ball head coaching job.

But, by being in the right place at theright time with the right stuff, two-yearFalcon assistant coach Jeff Reynolds waspromoted to the top spot as the seventhhead coach in program history and fourthin five years.

“This job is not a stepping stone,”Reynolds said. “It’s a once in a lifetime

opportunity. I’m here for the long haul.”The official announcement came at

an emotional news conference Tuesday atFalcon Stadium.

“We knew we had a gem in our ownbackyard,” said Air Force Athletic DirectorDr. Hans Mueh when asked about theselection process, which involvedcontacting about a dozen candidates.“During Jeff ’s interview we we’reabsolutely blown away by his passion,emotion and vision.”

A visibly drained Reynolds addressedthe media, players, staff and fans at thenews conference the day after returningfrom his ailing mother Alice’s side inCharlotte, N.C.

Falcon HeritageForum targets

space

Reynolds new hoops head coach

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Mass productionCadet 1st Class Bobby Allen, Cadet Squadron 40, uses a vertical mill to make a mass dummy in the Departmentof Astronautical Engineering lab. The mass dummy will simulate the shape and mass of a satellite componentfor a FalconSAT model. For more on the satellite program, see Page 12.

By Butch WehryAcademy Spirit staff

With “Space: The Ultimate HighGround” as the theme, this year’sFalcon Heritage Forum in the ArnoldHall Theater begins Wednesday throughApril 27.

The forum supports officer devel-opment under the Academy’s trainingphilosophy, the Officer DevelopmentSystem, with its four attributes tied toofficer development: warrior spirit,professionalism, leaders of characterand servants to the nation.

Each cadet squadron will have itsown veteran of America’s spaceprogram assigned, and will meet forsmall-group discussions. Each of thethree keynote speakers will addressone mass gathering each night of theforum.

“We’re bringing 40 officers andenlisteds from the Army, Navy andAir Force in a variety of space-relatedspecialties like missileers, astronauts,satellite control specialists, researchand development officials and AirForce Space Command officials,” saidMaj. Jeffrey Sandrock, Falcon HeritageForum program director.

The Army is sending four offi-cials from the Army Space and MissileDefense Command.

The forum began in the Fall of1996 as an informal gathering of afew cadets and veterans in the ColoradoSprings area. It has grown into a semi-annual, professionally-delivered, three-day themed forum in which cadets andveterans interact on a number ofsubjects.

Brig. Gen. C. Donald Alston, AirForce Space Command’s air, spaceand information director, is one ofthem. General Alston’s directorateorganizes, trains and equips all AirForce space and missile operations.

Retired Col. Frederick Gregorywill bring his extensive experience asan astronaut, test pilot and manager offlight safety programs and launch

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Time to take personal responsibility

By Jason JohnsonCenter for Character Development

Monday, time stopped in Blacksburg, Va.The unspeakable actions of one individualbrought the university campus so perfectlylocated amongst the beautiful, rolling greenhills of Virginia into the national spotlight. Inthe aftermath of this horrific event, the com-munity, students and faculty will begin to heal.During this time of restoration, many ques-tions will be asked. Of all the possible ques-tions, the most important just might be, “Whatreally matters?” Tragedies such as this oneare truly unexplainable, but they serve to putthings into perspective.

Commanders, leaders, team captains andteam members: take the opportunity to reflecton the fact that in our profession of armstragedy and loss of life is always a possibility.In the interim between the tragedies, we often

allow the operations tempo and missionrequirements cloud our vision of what reallymatters: the people. The professional militarymember willingly places the lives and well-being of others before his or her own. Theprofessional military member willingly and joy-fully accepts service as a way of life, not justwords above the Core Values Ramp. Col.“Rock” Rozak, director of Virginia Tech AlumniPrograms, summed this up perfectly in hismessage to the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadetswho lost one of their comrades Monday:

“I know you will embody the motto of ouruniversity – Ut Prosim, That I May Serve.You will serve our community now by con-ducting yourselves with integrity, with com-passion and you will display a resiliency ofspirit.“Your watchword should be dignity. Yourevery action should be aimed at preserving

the dignity of the memory of our fallen comrade. Your every deed shouldbe done in the spirit of granting asense of dignity to the families ofthose our community has lost whomust now deal with unspeakablegrief.

“Be there for your fellow cadets and thefamily of our fallen cadet. Be there foranyone else in the university community –students, faculty, families and friends –who need your support. This is atime for our community tocome together.”

Virginia Tech, we mournyour losses and applaud your resilience. You are what really matters. Ourthoughts are with you.

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By Col. Brad Ashley 72nd Air Base Wing

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — Whenyou look in the mirror in the morning, do you seesomeone who takes personal responsibility for youractions? Or is your first reaction when things don’tgo quite right to blame someone else?

As Airmen — and to me that term includes ourmilitary, civilian and contractor members of ourteam — we all depend on one another to perform tothe best of our abilities and to be personally preparedfor every challenge we might face. Anything lesscould cost valuable American lives as we work toprovide our warfighters with the best aerospacepower equipment in the world. We also providewarfighters with a very valuable and precious asset— expeditionary Airmen with great attitudes andskills ready to perform at a moment’s notice aroundthe globe.

Of course, not all our actions are life and death,but they do have an effect on our community as awhole.

For example, in an earlier assignment, I wasleaving a building and noticed an Airman throwingtrash out of his car window. As you can imagine, hewas pretty surprised when I tapped on his windowand asked him to pick up his trash. Apparently, hewas going to let someone else take care of his litter.If everyone took care of their own trash, there wouldbe no need for base cleanup details. But to thisAirman, keeping the base clean was someone else’sjob, not his.

The stakes get considerably higher when we talkabout military readiness, which includes our medicalreadiness. Base readiness exercises typically showwe can always do better when it comes to individual

readiness and personal responsibility. Time after time, people show up for their exer-

cise deployment ill-prepared and unable to deploybecause they haven’t taken the time, or the personalresponsibility, to do what it takes to be ready. Insome cases, their shot records aren’t up to date; inothers, they haven’t completed their self-aid buddycare training. Some Airmen aren’t up to speed on theproper wear of the gas mask. These issues presentunnecessary challenges to the deployment lineprocess.

Who is to blame for these individuals not beingready? Is it their supervisor, who didn’t give themenough time to focus on these requirements? Is ittheir unit deployment manager, who hasn’t suffi-ciently explained every deployment requirement tothem and scheduled every class? Is it theircommander? While these people play importantroles in their unit members’ development, the answerto these questions is clearly no.

Ultimately, all Airmen are responsible for theiractions. Being deployment ready is the responsibilityof everyone who wears the uniform, and not because

they might be tested during an inspection or exercise,but because we are a nation at war, and their job verywell could call for them to deploy into harm’s way.When that happens, no excuse in the world will savean Airman who is ill prepared. Personal responsi-bility encompasses many areas: dress and appear-ance, warfighting skills, equipment and attitude.

It is the personal responsibility of every AirForce member to know the Airman’s Manual (AirForce Manual 10-100] inside and out. The Airman’sManual is a terrific too), filled with knowledge thatwill help develop warfighting skills. Some peopleget complacent and think that there’s no need forthem to learn every entry in the manual when theycan just look it up. Those people could not be morewrong, because, again, they could find themselves ina war zone, a long way from their assigned base,facing an enemy who doesn’t allow open-bookexams.

It is also our individual responsibility to keep upto date on our professional training, whether militaryor civilian, and to learn and apply continuousprocess improvement tools, such as AFSO21, SixSigma and Lean tools. As we face personnel andbudget challenges ahead, we’ll need every tool in thebag to ensure our mission operations are successful.

Every Airman has a personal responsibility tolook for ways to improve our processes, to be fullytrained to meet any challenge, and to be the very bestmember of our Air Force team they can be. Anythingless is unacceptable.

So take a good look in the mirror and ask your-self, “Do I take personal responsibility. Am I readyto deploy today? Is my medical readiness up to date?Am I ready for a no-notice inspection?” If theanswers are no, you better get busy, because intoday’s challenging world, we are relying on you.

Being deployment ready is theresponsibility of everyone who

wears the uniform, and not becausethey might be tested during an

inspection or exercise, but because we are a nation at war, and their job very well could call for them to

deploy into harm’s way.”

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By Butch WehryAcademy Spirit staff

Attacks began Monday morning and wrap uptoday.

The first day of the 2007 Cyber Defense Exercisehad no exploitation attempts by the red team, onlyreconnaissance.

The National Security Agency and Central SecurityService Information Assurance Directorate are onceagain testing information assurance professionalsfrom the five U.S. service academies, along with theAir Force Institute of Technology, during the seventhannual event.

“Teams from the Air Force Academy, U.S. CoastGuard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy,U.S. Naval Academy and West Point compete from theirrespective schools. The headquarters for the exerciseis at Lockheed Martin facilities in Hanover, Md.,” saidCapt. Sean Butler, who instructs cyber defense at theAcademy.

During the CDX, network specialists were taskedwith securing the U.S. government’s most sensitivecommunication systems and challenged serviceacademy teams in their ability to defend computernetworks cadets have designed, built and configuredat their academies.

A separate group of specialists grade each team’sability to effectively maintain network services whiledetecting, responding and recovering from networksecurity intrusions or compromises.

“The entire CDX is conducted on virtual privatenetworks, providing a safe path for the exercise whilepreventing interference with real-world networks,”

Captain Butler said. Competitors are evaluated on their ability to

design and implement a computer network thatprovides specified services like e-mail, Web pages andvideo teleconferencing.

Networks are judged on which can withstandhacking attacks from NSA and Air Force red teams.The networks have defense-in-depth design to allowflexible and secure response to exercise scenarioinjections like the loss of a firewall machine.

Competitors may also be scored on their responseto a submitted forensics report.

“Availability of services throughout the exercisehas the greatest impact on scores,” Captain Butler said.

Cadets must maintain network availability 24/7,but could request scheduled downtime in the evenings.

Each team started with 50,000 points, and lostpoints when services went down due to attacks orconfiguration mistakes by the participants when redteam intrusions are successful or from inaccurate orincomplete situation reports. Teams were given oppor-tunities to gain points from exercise injections likedeveloping a forensics report on a system.

Attacks wrap up at 2 p.m. The highest score wins.Air Force won the CDX in 2003 and 2006. It

took second place in 2003 and 2004. Participating from the Academy are Cadets 1st

Class Matt Sievers, Dan Fenwick, Nick Gronlund,Chuck Linz, Andy Nation, Dan Quinlan, Curt Raaberg,Allan Sain, Chuck Setzer, Mike Sherman, JasonStockdale, Rob Strzelec, Kent Whitney, ChrisWoodward, and Ray Zenkert plus Cadets 2nd ClassNick Fritts and Matt Kubik.

Academy’s seventh cyberdefense exercise logs off today

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support operations. The former NASA deputy administrator was selected

as an astronaut in January 1978 and is a veteran of threespace shuttle orbiter missions, logging more than 455hours in space.

Former fighter pilot, test pilot, astronaut and spaceshuttle commander retired Col. Richard A. Searfoss, willattend the forum. He piloted two space shuttle missionsand commanded a third. He has logged more than 939hours in space.

The forum is the Academy’s premier cadet-veteransymposium, hosted by the Center for CharacterDevelopment and executed in a cooperative effortbetween the event staff and the cadet wing.

The forum is sponsored by the Association ofGraduates, the Class of 1974 and Michael and NancieFreeborn. Academy staff and faculty are invited to theevening lectures in Arnold Hall,Wednesday and Thursdayat 7:10 p.m. both nights.

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By Ann PattonAcademy Spirit staff

Look out for each other.That is the message Veraunda Jackson brought to

fourth class cadets March 10 as part of the Academy’sSexual Assault Awareness Month.

“Be your brothers’ and sisters’ keepers,” she said.The victim of a violent sexual assault as a teenager,

the lawyer and author is a former prosecuting attorneywho teaches law at Valencia (Fla.) Community College.

She is also a frequent speaker on the topic of sexualassault.

Ms. Jackson noted that an average of one in 12 malesare assaulted by age 18. “Sexual assault is not a genderissue,” she said. “It is a human issue.”

It is also an issue close to home. “It is a serious warand it’s not overseas,” she said and urged cadets to be vigi-lant and believe each other.

“As future leaders, you are supposed to do the rightthings in difficult situations,” she said.

Ms. Jackson called the effects of assault on the victim“an emotional nightmare.”

There is guilt, shame, embarrassment, anger, depres-sion and confusion.

“Denial and disassociation are huge,” she said. “Theyjust wish it would go away. It’s haunting and they don’twant to think about it.”

Compounding the trauma of sexual assault is that thevictim may not be believed, as happened to her.

“If no one believes the victim, it can be very painful.It becomes easier for us to blame the victim,” she said.

Ms. Jackson is amazed how people can “re-write thestory” of a sexual assault. A perpetrator may be portrayedas a “real nice guy” so the event probably never happened.

Or, “She was probably asking for it.”Recovery from a sexual assault is as varied as the

victims. Following an assault, some victims, for example,may also become sexually promiscuous while others goto great lengths to avoid any kind of intimate contact.

“Everybody’s journey is different,” she said. “Howwe cope becomes very individualized.”

She has talked with victims in their 70s who tell her,for the first time, of a childhood assault.

“It can last forever,” Ms. Jackson said.No age group is immune from becoming a victim of

sexual assault, said Val Sievers, forensic clinic nursespecialist at Memorial Hospital.

“We have the tendency to believe assault only happensto the young,” she said. “The reality is anyone can becomea victim.”

That includes the elderly, children and those incapac-itated by drugs or alcohol. As a sexual assault nurseexaminer, Ms. Sievers enjoys debunking myths surroundingrape.

“The seriousness of rape is often judged by theamount of physical damage that is suffered.”

Not true, she said. On examination, a large percentageof rape victims display no physical harm.

While the time guideline for an examination after arape is 72 hours, she stressed state-of-the-art forensics candetect evidence even after that period.

Ms. Sievers also pointed out those who drink and drivemay lose their driver’s license, someone who doesn’t payrent can be evicted or someone who is chronically lateto work may be fired.

“There is no behavior for which rape is the logicalconsequence,” she said and explained rape victims donothing to deserve a sexual assault.

Ms. Jackson is sympathetic toward those who choose

not to report an assault.“The unknown is very scary,” she said. Victims

undergo scrutiny and repetitive interviews and may be re-victimized by the crime.

“The system needs to have more victim centers,”she stressed.

Ms. Jackson is pleased the military has changed itsassault reporting policy by adding a restricted reportingoption.

“I’m very proud of what the military is doing,” shesaid, and added, “I’m thankful to share my thoughts withthe men and women of this country.”

Her own journey to recovery after being assaulted ata young age has taken her more than 20 years.

“My lifesaving is living with a purpose,” she said ofher work with assault victims.

“There is purpose in my pain.”

Assault victim educates from experience

Photo by Ann Patton

Lawyer, writer and speaker Veraunda Jacksonurged fourth class cadets to make wise deci-sions.

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Recent terrorist incidents and foiled terroristplots in the United States and Europe have verysimilar characteristics.

There is a very systematic planning processterrorist organizations use before they carry out anattack. According to Homeland Security and theFederal Bureau of Investigation, terrorists will normallyuse a seven step attack cycle:

1 Target Selection2 Surveillance3 Final Selection4 Planning5 Final Surveillance6 Deployment7 Attack

This cycle was used in the 9/11 attacks, LondonSubway and Madrid Railway bombings. It was beingused when British authorities arrested the terrorist cellin the final surveillance stage plotting to blow-upairliners flying from England to the United States inAugust 2006.

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Retired Lt. Col. James Harvey is theguest speaker at tonight’s TuskegeeAirmen’s Dinner at 5:30 p.m. in theArnold Hall Ballroom.

As a young man, the Montclair, N.J.,native tried to enlist in the U. S. ArmyAir Corps in 1943, only to be told thatthey were not taking enlistments at thattime.

He knew they were wrong.“What they were saying was they

did not want me in the Army Air Corps,”said the Tuskegee Airman who now livesin Denver.

He was drafted into the Army in1944 and took physical and writtenexams. Based on the written exam, theyoung soldier was assigned to the AirCorps as an engineer, not as a pilottrainee.

“My mission was to go into thejungles in the South Pacific and doze outan area in the jungle to build an airfield,”said Colonel Harvey.

He applied for pilot training again,was accepted and sent to Biloxi, Miss.,for basic training.

“After a month at Biloxi, I was sentto Tuskegee Army Airfield to start myflight training,” he recalled. There wereacademics at Tuskegee Institute andprimary flying at Moton Field, Ala.

“This experiment was designed tofail,” said the colonel.

Pressure from the NAACP, the blackpress and a possible lawsuit against theWar Department by a young black manprompted the military to open up thebattles to black fighter pilots, he said.

“Our training was different than thewhite cadets,” Colonel Harvey said.“Everything we did had to be perfect.They were trying to wash us out so theprogram would fail. We did not let itfail.”

He had not previously dreamed ofcombat air battles but trained for thatvery mission. “When I f inished mytraining I was well equipped to surviveduring air battles,” he said.

By 1945, he had packed his bags andwas readying to board a ship to Italywhen a commander received a messageto hold the Tuskegee men because the warwas expected to finish soon.

He didn’t know he was part of historyin the making.

“I was there to learn to fly and go tocombat in my fighter aircraft,” the colonelsaid. “We weren’t learning to fly just forourselves, we were out to prove that weas a people can do anything they can doand do it better. All we needed was thechance and we got that chance. We didnot let it fail.”

He got another chance to apply histraining in the Korean War.

“During World War II, there werehundreds of aircraft in the air at any onetime,” he said. “In Korea, you’d see fourto eight aircraft at once. Things don’tchange in combat. You are out toneutralize the enemy. The only changesin combat are the weapons being used andthe delivery system.”

Colonel Harvey learned from hisexperinces and encourages people tochase their dreams.

He has a message for today’s youngpeople,“You have your whole life aheadof you. Things are much better today

than they were in the 1940’s. There is stillsome prejudice out there, but not enoughto keep you from realizing your dream.You are in control.”

In March, the Tuskegee Airmengroup received the Congressional GoldMedal. The medal will be on display atthe Smithsonian Museum in Washington,D.C.

Each Tuskegee Airman attending theCongressional Gold Medal presentationin the Rotunda of the Capitol Building

in Washington, D.C., received a replicaof the Gold Medal.

“It took a long time for us to get it,but we got it,” said tonight’s guest speakerof the recognition. “It’s too bad that somany of us have passed away and couldnot enjoy this happening.”

He retired in May 1965 and rose inanother career with the Oscar MeyerCorporation.

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By Tech. Sgt. Roel UtleyAcademy Spirit staff

For 25 cadets, deafness and blindness overcamethem when they were taken to the Colorado School forthe Deaf and Blind in Colorado Springs Monday.

It wasn’t an ailment, but an exercise in sensoryinput and perception and its affects on behavior for acognitive psychology class.

“They experienced blindness by wearing goggleswhich simulated various levels of vision deficiency,” saidDr. Michelle Butler, associate professor of behavioralsciences and leadership. “They also wore blindfolds tosimulate full blindness and were led around campuswith students from the blind school.”

“I thought the blind students would rely more onpeople with sight, but that idea was thrown out thewindow when I was walking around campus,” saidCadet 1st Class Heather Barrington. “I saw one of theother cadets with a blindfold on being led by a blindstudent. And not just around in a big gym where theycouldn’t get hurt, but on a trail through the campus thattwisted around and had bumpy cracks in the pavement.They were walking at a normal pace and lookedcompletely comfortable. I learned in that moment thatthe phrase “the blind leading the blind” doesn’t makeany sense. That blind student knew how to get aroundhis school better than I did with sight.”

One aspect Dr. Butler wanted cadets to understandduring the visit was how to apply the principles of cogni-tive psychology to deafness and blindness and determinehow these challenges influence information processing.

She also hoped students would “gain a greater senseof respect and appreciation for individuals who on thesurface may appear to be quite different from them, but

in reality are quite similar. Often a visit to the CSDBhelps the students place their own lives in perspective,”she said.

The cadets also experienced life with deaf studentswhen they toured the deaf school and listened to inter-preters as they observed deaf classes from elementarygrades through high school.

Their visit wasn’t entirely academic, as the cadetsengaged the blind students in a game of “goal ball,” whereno one can use vision during the game and the ballcontains a bell which allows players to orient to theball’s location. The object of the game is for each three-person team to roll the ball into their opponent’s goal,located on the opposite end of a basketball court. Playersmust listen for the ball and stop it before it enters thegoal.

“The blind students that were showing us the gamewere really good at it and when they put some cadetsin there (three cadets vs. three blind students), theycompletely destroyed us,” said Cadet Barrington ofCadet Squadron 17. “The cadets were diving in theopposite direction of where the ball was and looked ridicu-lous. I think it helped teach us to stop being so concernedwith our sight, because if you think about it, you havefour other senses that we ignore. The whole day helpedteach us to appreciate what we have but also to under-stand that it’s not the most important thing either.”

This visit was more than a chance to see how deafand blind people learn. It enabled cadets to gain insightinto how people learn to optimize their sensoryprocessing.

Before going to CSDB, Cadet 2nd Class Liz Belleaubelieved deaf people could still read in the same mannera hearing person would. She was wrong.

“I had the preconceived idea that the deaf popula-

tion was able to understand written English, but as I foundout English Sign Language is almost considered a sepa-rate language,” Cadet Belleau noted. “This is becausewhen they are signing, they do not use filler words suchas ‘the;’ therefore, when they begin to read they tend tohave trouble understanding the structure and meaningof the sentences.”

“In cognitive psychology, we study sensation (sensoryinput) and perception and how that relates to informa-tion processing and ultimately behavior,” said the veteraneight-year Academy professor. “I thought it would bebeneficial for our cadets to witness the range of sensoryexperiences that are possible and the compensation thatoccurs for optimal information processing and output.”

“Initially, I wasn’t sure how I was going to relate tothe students at CSDB because I have never knownanyone who is deaf or blind. I was intrigued by thepossibility of the visit because I knew it would open mymind to the different kind of lives we all live,” saidCadet 1st Class Jenna Maxfield, Cadet Squadron 14.

Cadet Maxfield’s experience changed her views.“These students are incredibly talented, friendly

and share many of the same passions for a variety of inter-ests that all young people enjoy,” Cadet Maxfield said.

The cadets will have a chance to reciprocate the visitwhen students from CSDB visit Monday.

“I am really looking forward to being able to seethe Academy through their perspectives,” said CadetBarrington about the CSDB students visiting. “I just wantto show them what I find interesting and then I’ll justbe looking for what they notice too. I know they willpick up on things that I never noticed. I think that as coolas this visit will be for them, it will allow us to appre-ciate things that maybe we’ve never thought aboutbefore.”

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By Butch WehryAcademy Spirit staff

It may be unfair to ask theAcademy’s Joan Orr Award nomineeabout the differences between Air Forceand civilian wives.

After all, Cassandra Nordin, wife of10th Communications Squadron’sconfiguration management technicianStaff Sgt. Michael Nordin, is thedaughter of a retired Air Force chiefwho was a dependent until she gotmarried to her NCO hubby.

The Joan Orr award is sponsored bythe Air Force Association and is awardedto spouses of active-duty Air Forcemembers for significant contributions.

“I feel as a military wife we are100 percent committed to our spousesjob and as the saying goes, home iswhere the Air Force sends you,” said thewife from Mountain Home, Idaho.“Military wives have to be willing andable to adapt to any situation that maybe thrown your way. A military wife hasto be the mommy and the daddy at amoments notice. We have to hold downthe fort whenever the military calls ourhusbands away and do it with a senseof pride. Military spouses are the heartand soul of the military; we are whatholds families together.”

The Nordins arrived at the Academyin 2005 with son Michael Junior. Son

Conner arrived one month ago.Even before they married, their lives

had similar tracks. Both have spent timeoverseas.

“Not together, but at separate timesin our lives,” said Mrs. Nordin. “Michaelhas been deployed and I lived in Madrid,Spain, with my family when my fatherwas active duty. We traveled to severalcounties while living over there.”

She is director of the Airmen’s Attic.The wife, mother, director’s fundraisingand volunteer activities barely fit onthe nomination sheet.

All a spouse needs is lots of love andsupport, she said.

“I learned from watching mymother, that being a military wife isnot glamorous, nor the most desiredjob, but it is one that should be the mostrewarding as you are supporting yourhusband, your country and raising yourchildren with a sense of pride and lovefor our country,” she said. “A lot offamilies are lacking that these days andI feel it is our job to keep the candleburning and support our military fami-lies.

“My children are the biggest part ofmy life, and everyday I get to see themexperience or learn something new andthe joy of my children’s faces makeeveryday something to look forwardto,” said this Air Force wife. “With anewborn and a two-year-old, there is

never a dull moment in our house.”Faith, love and hope help a lot, she

said. “If you keep these three in the front

of your agenda, you will have all thetools you need to tackle any situationthat may come your way,” Mrs. Nordinsaid. “I get to see the many families weare helping. I realize that if we weren’tthere to help them that several familieswould go without the simple necessi-ties in life like a bed or clothing.”

Juggling her roles allows for sucess.“There are some days that I feel

like I don’t,” the nominee said. “Mybiggest support comes from the loveof my life. My husband Michael keepsme together; without him, I would justfall apart some days. Keeping veryorganized and always having a dayplanner help a lot too. If it’s not in theday planner its not getting done!”

Her biggest challenge?“It definitely would be running the

Airman’s Attic,” Mrs. Nordin said.“Finding volunteers is like pulling teeth!It is a daily challenge that I’m stillfacing today.”

She dreams of finishing work on abachelor’s degree in social work.

“Then I can do what I do for theAirman’s Attic on a bigger level for anyfamily be it military or civilian,” saidthe multi-talented spouse”. I believeeveryone deserves to live with the basics

of life.”Just maybe, the values that hold a

family together are also the glue thatholds a community together.

“I’m truly honored that people thinkI’m worthy of such an honor,” she said.“I was incredibly surprised and shockedfor being chosen to represent theAcademy. I want to thank everyone forbelieving in me and my quest here atAcademy to help our military familieshave the necessities for living a betterlife.”

Nordin extra-ORR-dinary Academy spouse

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Cassandra Nordin

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By Butch WehryAcademy Spirit staff

Dr. Daniel D. Jensen was awarded the 2007 ErnestL. Boyer International Award for Excellence inTeaching, Learning and Technology Innovation atthe 18th International Conference on College Teachingand Learning April 2 - 4 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

The award was presented at an internationalconference attended by approximately 1,000 educa-tors and university professors.

The Academy’s engineering mechanics professorwas chosen from among 22 prestigious teachingfaculty candidates nominated by the nation’s premierinstitutions of higher learning. He was selected by aninternational panel of faculty organized by the Centerfor the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

The Academy announced Dr. Jensen as their 2007candidate for the award in the fall of 2006 followingan exhaustive internal competition.

The judges consider extraordinary dedication toundergraduate teaching through demonstrated excel-lence in direct effects on learning, direct effects onmotivation, direct effects on creativity and spread ofeffects beyond his own students, institution and disci-pline.

“The main goal of the instructors at the Academyis to prepare officers of integrity to lead the nation,”said the Colorado Springs resident. “Our officerswill be required to function in tremendously difficultcircumstances and creativity will be a very signifi-cant tool to allow them to do this.”

This year’s award winner has taught at theUniversity of Colorado, University of the Pacific andthe University of California-Berkley labs and hasserved in engineering positions for Texas Instruments,Lockheed, NASA, the Naval Research Labs and theUniversity of Jordan in Amman.

He received his doctorate, from the University ofColorado, Boulder, in 1992 and currently leads theEngineering Mechanics Department faculty develop-ment and capstone engineering design programs.

He has noticed a change in students in recentdecades.

“Current students have grown up in a much moreinformation saturated culture than I did,” Dr. Jensensaid. “As a result, many of them do not have as muchexperience with mechanical components as we’d like.Our department introduces many hands-on and labexperiences to provide this type of experience for thecadets. Having this type of experience also keepsclass fun and engaging, which obviously promoteslearning.”

There are times when he feels like half of the thingshe tries in class to improve the learning experiencefor the cadets don’t work the way he hoped theywould.

“But I think just the fact that I’m trying newthings lets the students know that I’m very committedto them and their development,” he said. “So I trysomething new and have fun doing it … the cadetsare very gracious if you’re working hard to do a goodjob for them.”

It’s his opinion that he works with the greatest

group of people in the world.“The instructors in the engineering mechanics

department are constantly striving to figure out newcreative ways to improve their courses,” Dr. Jensensaid. “Because of this, I feel quite humbled to receivean award like this. I believe many others deserve thisas much as I do.”

About 70 cadets each year earn an engineeringmechanics or mechanical engineering degree.

Ernest L. Boyer was the former chancellor of theState University of New York and U.S. Commissionerof Education.

Academy professor awardedfor engineering excellence

Courtesy Photo

Academy Engineering Mechanics professor Dr.Daniel Jensen has been awarded the 2007 ErnestL. Boyer International Award for Excellence inTeaching, Learning and Technology Innovation.

Academy SpiritApril 20, 2007 COMMUNITY 11

Mission support hours changeStandardized customer walk-in

service hours at 10th Mission SupportSquadron customer service areas takeeffect Monday.

The new hours are Monday to Friday,8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Wednesdays from8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Impacted is the mili-tary personnel flight, civilian personnelflight, Airman and family readiness flightand the education and training flights.

“The standardization will provideour customers consistent service hourswhile providing each flight vital customer-free time to help enhance customersupport and timeliness of mission supportservices,” said Maj. Eric Lewshinsky,10th MSS commander. More informationis available at 333-3535.

Tuesday forumThe Academy Faculty Forum will

host a debate between Jay Sekulow of theAmerican Center for Law and Justiceand Michael Weinstein of the MilitaryReligious Freedom Foundation in ArnoldHall Tuesday at 5 p.m.

The speakers will debate the appro-priate balance between religious freedomand official neutrality in the military.The event is open to the public.

Transportation for the public will beprovided from the Academy Field House.

Military invited to NationalDay of Prayer May 3

The military is to be an honored guestat the city-wide observance of a NationalDay of Prayer 6 – 8:30 p.m. on May 3 atNew Life Church.

“Present will be former Falcon foot-ball coach Fisher DeBerry,” said Ms. DianeSkinner, an event coordinator. “He willhave a table display with his foundation,which helps single moms send their kidsto camp. He would like to meet and greethis friends from the Air Force and thecommunity.”

New Life Church is at 11025 Voyager Parkway. For more information,call 761-8061.

Law Day Golf ScrambleA law day golf scramble, sponsored

by the Academy Legal Office May 4 teesoff at noon. Registration deadline is today.The scramble will be at Eisenhower GolfClub’s Blue Course. Call Capt. BrianBanus for more information at 333-9604.

Chorale Concert SaturdayThe 50-voice Academy Cadet Chorale

will present a public concert at 2 p.m.Saturday in the Arnold Hall Ballroom.This concert will be a preview of thechorale’s annual graduation week concertand will feature traditional and patrioticmusic in addition to a medley from thepopular musical “Les Misérables.” Soloistswill include Cadets 1st Class Derek Belland Angela Sheffield, Cadet 2nd ClassPreston Iverson, Cadets 3rd Class PeteKober, Justin Ledvina, Dan Prescott,Samantha Saenger, Nate Sladek and Jessica

Zenger and Cadets 4th Class Logan Clarkand Jill Larson. The event is free to thepublic. Parking is available in the upperHarmon lot.

Spouse scholarship deadlineApril 30

Who knows which Academy spousecould lay claim to an Air Force Association’s$2,500 Spouse Scholarship?

Would-be applicants have until April30 to submit applications. Call SeniorMaster Sgt. Judy Bailly at 333-9389 formore information.

Operation Purple Campcoming

The National Military FamilyAssociation is sponsoring an OperationPurple Camp where children ages 7-16,whose parent has been deployed anytimeduring May 2006 to August 2008, willcamp July 25-31 at the Farish RecreationArea.

The camp is open to all sister services.Activities include geo-caching, horsebackriding, archery, paddle boats, fishing, rockclimbing and mountain biking. For moreinformation and to register, go to www.operationpurple.org.

Academy volunteers honoredThe Academy will honor volunteers

who share their time and talents duringNational Volunteer Week today throughApril 21. A special Volunteer RecognitionAwards Ceremony will be held today from3 - 4:30 p.m. at the officer’s club. Light horsd’oeuvres will be served. For more infor-mation, call Jeannie Lopez at 333-3168 or3444.

Contract positions availableThe Community Center Chapel has

these Appropriated Fund ContractPositions available: Protestant TraditionalMusic Coordinator, Protestant ReligiousEducation Coordinator and CatholicReligious Education Coordinator. Forinformation or to obtain a Statement ofWork (SOW), contact the chapel at 333-3300. Résumés and sealed bids should be

submitted to Mike Slocum, 333-6081,by June 30.

Adoption workshop andinformation fair

The area military installations willsponsor an Adoption Workshop andInformation Fair Tuesday from 9 a.m. to1 p.m. at the Armed Services YMCAlocated at 2190 Jetwing Drive in ColoradoSprings. For more information and toregister, call 333-3444.

Commissary studentemployment

The commissary is accepting appli-cations for the Student TemporaryEmployment Program. Information onhow to apply can be picked up at thecommissary.

Attic volunteers sought Volunteers are needed to keep the

Academy Airman’s Attic open. It helpsjunior ranking Airmen with free clothing,furniture, appliances and more. Paidchildcare is available for volunteers. Theattic is open Tuesdays and Thursdaysfrom noon to 4 p.m. To volunteer, callCassie Nordin at 472-7923 and leave amessage.

Cultural programs needsupport

Academy special observance commit-tees need project officers and membersfor Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Monthin May. To help, call the military equalopportunity office at 333-4258.

Cooking class offeredThe Academy Health and Wellness

Center offers “A lighter side of cooking”series where participants learn how toprepare healthy foods. The next sessionwill be June 7 from 5-6:30 p.m. at theHAWC, 8137 Park Drive, and will featurehealthy desserts.

Participants receive free recipe cardsfrom the demonstration and a HealthyHeart Cookbook. To register and for moreinformation, call 333-3733.

CADET CHAPEL

Catholic Masses:SundayReconciliation 9:15-9:45 a.m.(or by appointment)Mass - 10 a.m.WeekdayMon., Tues., Thurs. - 6:45 a.m.WednesdayCatholic Adoration - 6 p.m.Mass - 7 p.m.

Protestant Services:SundayTraditional - 9 a.m.Contemporary - 10:30 a.m.Inspirational Worship* - Noon

Jewish ServicesFridays - 7 p.m.

Buddhist Worship - 6:30 p.m. Wed (All Faiths Room)

Muslim PrayerFridays - Noon - Muslim Prayer Room(Chapel Basement)

COMMUNITY CENTER CHAPELCatholic Masses:SaturdayMass - 5 p.m.SundayMass - 9:30 a.m.Religious Formation - 10:45 a.m.Monday-FridayCatholic Mass - 11:30 a.m.

Protestant Services:SaturdayContemporary - 7 p.m.SundayTraditional - 8 a.m.Gospel - 11 a.m.Religious formation - 9:30 a.m.WednesdayLiturgical - 5:30 p.m.

For more information, call 333-3300.

This month in Air Force history

April 1, 1954 — President Eisenhowersigned into law a bill creating the Air ForceAcademy.

April 1, 1972 — Air Training Command acti-vated the Community College of the AirForce at Randolph AFB,Texas.

April 3, 1967 — Chief Master Sgt. Paul W.Airey became the first chief master sergeantof the Air Force.

April 6, 1924 — Four specially built DouglasWorld Cruisers — each with a crew of twomen — set off for the first flight around theworld.

April 6, 1949 — The X–1 rocket plane flew1,000 mph, an unofficial world-record speedfor piloted planes.

April 6, 1959 — NASA announced thatseven pilots from the U.S. armed services arechosen for the Mercury astronaut program.Those Airmen selected are Capts. L. Gordon

Cooper Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and Donald K.Slayton.

April 10, 1959 — The Northrop T-38 Talonflew for the first time.

April 12, 1966 — Strategic Air CommandB–52 bombers struck targets in NorthVietnam for the first time. They hit a supplyroute in the Mu Gia Pass about 85 miles northof the border.

April 14, 1986 — U.S. forces launchedOperation Eldorado Canyon, a retaliatorybombing raid in response to terrorist activi-ties supported by Libyan leader MuammarQadhafi.

April 18, 1942 — Lt. Col. James Doolittle led16 B-25 Mitchell bombers on a Tokyo bomb-ing raid.

April 18, 1975 — The Strategic AirCommand began transferring air refuelingwings to the Air Force Reserve and Air

National Guard.AFRES and ANG tanker unitswill support SAC alert operations.

April 19, 1967 — Maj. Leo K.Thorsness wasawarded the Medal of Honor for protectingthe rescue of downed airmen in NorthVietnam. Flying an F-105 Thunderchief critical-ly low on fuel, Major Thorsness shoots downone MiG-17, damages another and wards offthree more.

April 19, 1995 — A bomb exploded at a fed-eral building in Oklahoma City, killing 169people and injuring more than 400 others.TheAir Force provided airlift of firefighters, searchand rescue teams, investigators and medicalpersonnel.

April 26, 1948 — The U.S.Air Force becamethe first service to plan for racial integration,anticipating President Truman’s executiveorder to be issued in July 1948.

April 29, 1918 — Lt. Edward V. Rickenbackerdowned his first enemy aircraft.

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By Ann PattonAcademy Spirit staff

FalconSAT-3 is flying high.Launched March 23 from Cape Canaveral Air

Force Station, Fla., the Academy cadet-engineeredsatellite is now undergoing testing 100,000 feet fromEarth in preparation for experiments involving spaceweather and spacecraft operations.

It is no small milestone for the Academy.“This is a huge accomplishment,” said Lt. Col.

Tim Lawrence, astronautics professor and director ofthe Space Systems Research Center.

“Space is hard,” he said of satellite technology,which demands a high degree of expertise and funding

for any organization to launch.Having a group of undergraduate college students

on a limited budget of $2.1 million to build and launcha satellite only makes the accomplishment more stellarfor the cadets.

The cost of other, more sophisticated satellitesmay run into the hundreds of millions.

FalconSAT-3 is making three passes over theAcademy daily, each lasting about 10 minutes. Duringthat time, teams of four cadets monitor its activitiesand download data from their ground station in theastronautics lab in Fairchild Hall.

Presently, FalconSAT-3 is undergoing house-keeping.

“We are now in the commissioningmode,” Colonel Lawrence said, withcadets keeping an eye on elements such astemperature, battery power and solar raycurrents.

“We need to know it’s in a good stateof health,” he said.

The housekeeping is a prelude tothree main experiments on the horizon.

One will monitor the space environ-ment with an ambient sensor, in particularsun plasma, a superheated state of matterwhich releases electrons, and which caninterfere with accurate satellite signalsinvolving global positioning and commu-nications systems.

Another experiment, equipped with aspacecraft sensor, will identify and charac-

terize spacecraft-induced plasma turbulence.The third, a low-thrust, electric-pulsed plasma

system, will monitor the spacecraft attitudes.FalconSAT-3 is the progeny of laudable ancestors.The first cadet-built satellites in the late 90s were

hitched not to rockets but to balloons launched fromthe parade field.

In 1997, the astronautical cadets teamed up withthe University of Colorado for the satellite FalconGold. FalconSAT-1 was launched in 1999.

FalconSAT-2, launched last year from theMarshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, wasn’t asfortunate as FalconSAT-3.

Shortly after lift-off, the launch vehicle failed andimpacted a reef off the island. The satellite, blown freefrom the rocket, was discovered in a storage shed afterit crashed through the roof of the shed and came to restjust a few feet from the shipping container used todeliver it from Colorado Springs.

Nonetheless, Colonel Lawrence pointed out thatthe launch was far from a failure.

“It was 100 percent successful educationally,” hesaid. Cadets learned logistics of deploying and thenecessity of launching when a launch window opens.

“When a launch comesalong, we have to take it. It wasa very good decision.”

Colonel Lawrence pointedout the rocket poweringFalconSAT-2 was experimentaland that the Atlas liftingFalconSAT-3 has a solid reputa-tion for reliability.

The Academy’s SpaceSystems Research Center offersa multi-disciplinary, two-semester astronautical engi-neering course where cadets puttheory into practice bydesigning and constructing amicrosatellite for Departmentof Defense research programs.

“We want them to behands-on as much aspossible,” Colonel Lawrencesaid of the cadets. “They build

and we (the faculty) look over their shoulders.”Cadets build and test three satellite models before

launch. The first, an engineering model, validates thestructure. The second, the qualification model, vali-dates components such as avionics, payloads andcomputers. The third is flight model.

The Class of 2007 flew FalconSAT-3 and arebuilding the engineering model for FalconSAT-4. TheClass of 2008 will fly FalconSAT-3 and build the qual-ification model for FalconSAT-4.

“We like to keep a three-year cycle,” ColonelLawrence said. “We can learn from and improve eachmodel.”

Such a cycle helps cadets in two ways. First, itreduces the risks of failure.

“We expect problems and fix them for the flightmodel,” he said. “We can’t afford to miss a launchdate.”

The second benefit to the cycle is that cadetsbecome more involved. “All the cadets can get theirhands dirty,” Colonel Lawrence said.

He has a motto for his students: Champions don’tmake excuses.

So if something goes wrong, fix it.“If they recover from a failure, that’s a huge

lesson learned,” he said.The astro lab enjoys many visitors, including

representatives from private corporations and militaryentities.

“When outsiders are interested, you know youmust be doing something right,” Colonel Lawrencesaid.

FalconSAT-3phoneshome

Photos by Mike Kaplan

Cadets 1st Class Christopher Odell and PhillipStewart keep an eye on FalconSAT-3 from theground station.

Cadet 1st Class Scott Gross fine tunes the satellite’s signal.

Cadet 1st Class Katherine Gulczynski monitors the comput-er controlled mill during the building stage of a satellitecomponent.

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By Butch WehryAcademy Spirit staff

An Academy political science professor hit theairwaves Sunday in a live interview with the LosAngeles National Public Radio affiliate about hisrecently published book on Iraq.

Maj. Tom Mowle’s Hope is Not a Plan: TheWar in Iraq from Inside the Green Zone, has beenpublished by Greenwood Press/Praeger SecurityInternational.

“The work is an actual discussion of whathappened in the headquarters of the MultinationalForce-Iraq, mostly from mid-2004 to mid-2005,with some discussion of earlier phases of the war,”said the 19-year Air Force officer and author whoteaches International Relations Theory.

The major was in Iraq from August toDecember 2004, working in the strategy office inheadquarters of the Multinational-Force Iraq. Hisprimary duties included strategic review and polit-ical analysis.

“I analyzed the Iraqi political situation as weprepared for the country’s first democratic elec-tions in January 2005. I headed up the teamreviewing the campaign plan as it would apply forthe period from those elections through August2005, and I worked on finding ways to encouragethe Sunni Arab population to support the electionsso they would be more legitimate and inclusive,”he said.

The roots of the book began when he andanother officer shared their frustrations with whathe describes as “pathologies” in headquarters thatwere repeatedly hindering and undermining theUnited States national purpose.

“We felt the military and the public needed tounderstand what happened in this war, both for thehistorical record and to increase our chances of

being more effective in the future,” said MajorMowle.

“Our views were shared by others like us whowere doing ‘combat political science,’ as a coloneldescribed it,” he said. “We called ourselvesDoctors without orders, meaning most of us werebrought to Baghdad outside normal deploymentrotations – we were strategic thinkers supple-menting the rest of the force. We waited about ayear after we returned before starting the book inlate 2005, then assembled the right people to tellthe story.”

Contributors held similar positions. Retired Lt.Col. Greg Rose, then with the department of polit-ical science, replaced Major Mowle and worked onsimilar issues as well as maintaining the coalition.

Lt. Col. Nathan Freier of the Army WarCollege worked with Colonel Rose. Both served inIraq into the summer of 2005. Lt. Col. BillThomas, at the time working in the Academy’sInstitute for National Security Studies, was inBaghdad working under then-Lt. Gen. DavidPetraeus on training and equipping the IraqiSecurity Forces.

Lt. Col. Tom Ruby of the Air Command andStaff College, worked on issues related to thecampaign plan and, to a limited extent, assessmentat the same time Major Mowle was there.

A civilian contributor, Kalev “Gunner” Sepp,retired from Army Special Forces and now at theNaval Postgraduate School, worked specifically onunderstanding the nature of the insurgency andwhat they could do about it.

The major and his collaborators see threecentral themes.

“First, there was a lack of robust strategic plan-ning,” said the Academy author. “In some cases,for example with training Iraqi Security Forces,there was no plan worthy of the name – just sched-

ules and goals without any coordinated approachfor reaching them.” More commonly, as with theexpectation that a reasonably-intact Iraqi Armywould supplement our lean invasion force toprovide post-invasion security, they had a plan butit was not robust. It did not include contingenciesfor things not going according to plan. Such planswere also not strategic because they did notadequately take the interests and reactions of oppo-nents into account – Americans tended to expectIraqis to see actions as Americans would preferthem to.

“Second, there was a disregard for the groundtruth in Iraq,” said the author. “In part thisstemmed from our very weak intelligence. We hada terrible time understanding what was going on inthe various insurgent groups, or who the importantactors were among the Sunni Arabs. We didn’tanticipate or appreciate the extent to which Iraqigroups’ goals and interests differed from our own.Beyond this, however, was our inability to appre-ciate the importance of Iraqi perceptions of ourefforts, even if we thought the Iraqis were beingunreasonable.”

One classic example is electricity. “While we were there, more electricity was

being produced in Iraq than before the invasion,but Baghdad residents suffered from frequentpower outages,” said Major Mowle. “The outagesresulted from a more equitable distribution of elec-tric power in Iraq. Everyone had blackouts fromthe boom in electrical demand after our invasionsanctions ended. The important fact, however, wasthat Baghdad residents thought we either would notor could not give them power like they had underSaddam.”

Third, there was insufficient coordinationamong agencies.

“The Defense and State Departments did notsupport each other’s efforts, and State refused to dostrategic planning,” said the political scienceprofessor. “Thus our lines of operation were inconflict – we could not get the economic or diplo-matic initiatives going that would supplement orease our kinetic operations. In short, the book ishighly useful and relevant for anyone involved inmilitary and political decisions.”

He voiced pride that the six of them were ableto put this together so quickly and thoroughly.

“I am happier with the publication of this bookthan anything else I’ve done, because it is the leastacademic,” Major Mowle said.

Poli-sci professor pensbook on Iraq

Courtesy Photo

Academy political science professor Maj.Tom Mowle has published Hope is Not a Plan: the war insidethe Green Zone, a book about what happened in the headquarters of the Multinational Force-Iraq frommid 2004 to mid 2005.

Academy SpiritApril 20, 2007SPORTS14

Skaters score kudosJunior center Eric Ehn

was selected as a second-team East All-American bythe American HockeyCoaches Association andsenior defenseman BillyDevoney was named to theLowe’s Senior Class f irst-team. Both announcementscame at the NCAA FrozenFour banquet April 6 in St.Louis.

Walsh top collegian Senior Brian Walsh, with

7,334 points, was the highestscoring collegiate decathleteat the prestigious Mt. SanAntonio College DecathlonApril 12 at Azusa, Calif.Walsh finished third overallwith the second best pointtotal in Academy history.

Petro best armSophomore right hander

Jake Petro was namedMountain West ConferencePitcher of the Week forthrowing 10 shutout inningsat Hawaii-Hilo March 27-31.The San Antonio nativestruck out six, walked justthree and yielded only sevenhits.

Softball nears The 2007 Academy

Intramural Softball Leagueis forming. The deadline forletters of intent is April 30.A mandatory coachesmeeting will be May 2, inthe back office of the fitnessand sports center at 3:30 p.m.Preseason starts May 21, theregular season June 4. Unitsmay enter as many teams asthey can support. A minimumof four teams are needed tostart a league. For more infor-mation, call Dave Castilla at333-4078.

Falcons at home LacrosseOhio State, today, 4 p.m.,Astroturf FieldMen’s SoccerAFA Spring TournamentColorado College, Saturday,11 a.m., Soccer StadiumColorado School of Mines,Saturday, 12:15 p.m., SoccerStadiumMetro St., Saturday, 1:30p.m., Soccer StadiumWomen’s Soccer Northern Colorado, today, 6p.m., Soccer Stadium

Arena

By Valerie PerkinAthletic Media Relations

RENO, Nev. – Two membersof the Air Force boxing teamwere crowned national cham-pions as the Falcons wrapped upcompetition at the 2007 NationalCollegiate Boxing AssociationChampionships Saturday inReno, Nev.

Senior heavyweight IanTuznik defended his nationaltitle, while 119-pound sopho-more Jesse Horton claimed hisfirst.

The Falcons entered the finalnight of competition in thirdplace, with three boxerscontending in the national finals.

Senior Willie Lloyd openedthe competition at 112 pounds,but was denied his third straightnational title by Army’s MikeBenedosso in a controversialdecision. Lloyd and Benedossotraded punches in the openingrounds but Lloyd seemed to gainthe advantage as the bout woreon. The judges, however, awardedthe bout to Benedosso.

Horton claimed his firstnational title by decision overArmy’s Matt Longo. Usingstrong punches and relentlessjabs, a determined Horton keptpressure on Longo throughoutthe three two-minute rounds,making the judges decision easy.

For the second straight year,the Falcons were forced to waituntil the night’s final bout – theheavyweight contest – to learnhow they would finish, anywherefrom second to fourth.

Tuznik took the pressure instride and wasted no timeclaiming his second nationalheavyweight title in a dominatingreferee-stopped-contest overPrince Brown of UNLV. Usingseveral hard-hitting jabs, thefocused Niceville, Fla., nativetook the fight to Brown and neverallowed his stockier opponent tofind a rhythm. The referee calledthe fight in the second roundwhen Tuznik caused threestanding eight-counts.

The Falcons were runnersup for the national team title forthe third straight year. Air Forcefinished with 27 points, just shyof first-time champion LockHaven. For the second straightyear, Air Force tied with serviceacademy rival Army in points, butwon the tie-breaker for secondwith two individual championscompared to Army’s one.

Head coach Eddie Weichers’Falcons remain among the eliteboxing programs. They havenever finished lower than secondat the national championships.

In addition to its two nationalchampions and one silver med-alist, Air Force claimed four other

NCBA All-Americans. FreshmanMatt McPhail (125 pounds),sophomore Nicholas Goc (129),senior Joe Conrad (165) andjunior John Quinn (195) allclaimed third-place honorsfollowing their April 13 finishesin the semifinal round of compe-tition.

Team-wise, Air Force was

also honored the SportsmanshipAward for its community in-volvement through the annual“Fighting for a Cause” charitywith the Wing Open Champion-ships. Since 1984, the bluesuitershave donated more than$220,000 to worthwhile causesand families in need throughoutColorado Springs.

Tuznik, Horton national boxing champsAF second overall

Cadets hang on forride of their lives

By Staff Sgt. Monte VolkAcademy Public Affairs

One hour, 59 minutes and 21 seconds. That’s how convincingly Kathy Rakel

obliterated the Academy women’s Ironmanschool record, Sunday at the 2007 FordIronman Arizona in Tempe. Ironically, that’sabout the flight time from Denver to Phoenix,Ariz.

“Our cadets were outstanding,” said PeteOhotnicky, assistant officer in charge forthe Academy’s Triathlon Team.

Rakel finished second in her age divi-sion with a time of 11:46:42 and was the firstof 12 cadets to conquer Ironman Arizona.

“The conditions were very tough withbrutal winds on the bike leg; you really hadto be well trained and determined to getthrough that portion of the race,” saidOhotnicky, one of two Academy coaches tocompete.

That’s a 112-mile bike leg, after a 2.4-mile swim. The race culminates with a 26.2-mile run to the finish line.

Why would anyone do it?“The simple reason is the physically

and mentally challenging aspects ofcompleting a race which covers more than

140 miles,” said Rakel, a first-time Ironmancompetitor and former basketball player.

But five hours into it, with the discom-fort of the bike seat setting in … how doesone keep going?

“My own stubbornness not to quit,” saidRakel. “An Ironman can go very wrong,very quickly, and when the body wants to quit,the mind and heart are left to cope with theremaining miles in order to stay motivated.”

How about fan support?“There’s nothing like hearing ‘Go Air

Force!’ out on the course to boost yourmorale,” said Stephanie Rice after her thirdIronman.

Rice also bested the old school recordby 59 minutes, 18 seconds, to finish fifth inher age division.

“I was aiming for 12 hours, 30 minutes,”said Rice noting the difficult winds on thebike leg. “But, I beat my personal best byan hour and 15 minutes, so I was verypleased.”

Ohotnicky, competing in his 11thIronman, ran his second slowest time ever,9:54:20 and finished 40th out of more than2,000 competitors. He said, “Every finishercan be really proud – no Ironman is easy, butthis one has to rank up as one of the toughest.”

140 miles to internal satisfaction

Photos Courtesy Athletic Media Relations

Senior Ian Tuznik, 2-time National Heavyweight Champion

Sophomore Jesse Horton, left, 2007 National Champion (119pounds)

2007 Ford Ironman Arizona ResultsOVERALL TOTAL NAME RACE DIVISONPLACE TIME DIVISION PLACE40 09:54:20 *Ohotnicky, Peter M35-39 9/426448 11:46:42 Rakel, Kathy W18-24 2/23771 12:40:59 Hocking, David M18-24 30/83806 12:47:45 Rice, Stephanie W18-24 5/23850 12:54:21 Singletary, Cody M18-24 35/83985 13:14:29 Kramer, Andrew M18-24 40/83

1204 13:50:10 Waterlander, Jonathan M18-24 50/831252 13:57:36 Alexander, Donald M18-24 51/831309 14:13:54 Ferguson, Christopher M18-24 54/831399 14:31:22 Small, Todd M18-24 56/831478 14:50:04 Saleh, Andrew M18-24 59/831668 15:39:47 Samson, Danny M18-24 70/831757 16:09:53 Doyle, John M18-24 72/831777 16:16:57 *Berggren, Eric M35-39 386/426*Denotes coach

Photo by Sherry Ohotnicky

Kathy Rakel sets the Academywomen’s Ironman record at the 2007Ford Ironman Arizona, Sunday.

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INTERCOLLEGIATELacrosseApril 13 at South Bend, Ind.#11 Notre Dame 16 Falcons 4

April 15 at Louisville, Ky.Bellermine 16 Falcons 10

BaseballApril 15 and 16 at AFANew Mexico 10-17-17 Falcons 6-13-8(Second game 11 innings)

April 17 at AFAFalcons 13 Colorado Christian 0

Men’s TennisApril 13-15 at Fort Worth, TexasTCU 7 Falcons 0#46 New Mexico 7 Falcons 0UNLV 7 Falcons 0

Women’s TennisApril 14 at Albuquerque, N.M.#35 TCU 7 Falcons 0

Men’s GymnasticsApril 13 at State College, Pa.NCAA Championships(Still Rings)Jacob Schonig, 9.550, T-11thGreg Stine, 9.200, T-30th (Floor Exercise)Greg Stine, 8.600, T-43rd

Women’s GymnasticsMarch 30, at Seattle, Wash.Mountain Pacific Sports FederationChampionships Falcons 185.575, 4th

FencingMarch 22-25 at Madison, N.J.NCAA Men’s and Women’s ChampionshipsFalcons 16th

INTRAMURALVolleyballTeam W LDFL 10 1MDG 7 3DFF 7 3AD 8 4DRU 6 6CW 5 6CES/J&J 4 8306 FTG 1 9*Prep/DF 0 8*Forfeited from league

April 12DRU 25, 25 CW 17, 18AD 25, 25 DRU 12, 22DFL 25, 19, 15 AD 14, 25, 10

April 17MDG 25, 25 CW 16, 20AD 25, 25 CW 14, 18AD 25, 25 CES/J&J 19, 12

April 18DFF 25, 26 DRU 13, 24DFL 25, 25 DRU 15, 6DFL 25, 25 CES/J&J 13, 11

BowlingThru April 16Team W L PinsAFA Pool #2 185 63 94557DFC 164 84 91898DFMS 147 101 91289Retirees 144 104 92178DFBL 134 114 91406MSG/LGR #2 132 116 90802Cadets 131 117 87903Comm 126 122 90550MDSS 126 122 90274MSG/LGC 121 127 90427Prep School 116 132 89326Services 115 133 90871CES/CEJ 115 133 90473DF 115 133 88905AFA Pool #1 114 134 90407NSSI 109 139 86792DRU 106 142 90254MSG/LGR #1 96 152 89592HQ USAFA 96 152 77585SFS 88 160 85074

ScoreboardBy Jerry CrossAthletic Media Relations

Seniors Jacob Burtschi and DanNwaelele were awarded the top honor atthe Air Force men’s basketball banquet, atthe Colorado Springs Marriott Hotel April12.

They shared the Bob Spear Award, givento the student-athlete outstanding in allareas of the Academy - academics, athleticsand military performance. There is no higherhonor for a Falcon men’s basketball player.

Burtschi, a forward from Chickasha,Okla., led the team in rebounding this season,averaging six boards per game and wassecond in scoring at 13.5 points per game.

He earned second-team all-Mountain WestConference honors this year and was alsonamed to the All-District 13 second-teamby the National Association of BasketballCoaches.

Burtschi leaves the program as AirForce’s career leader with 125 games played.He is also the career steals leader with 196thefts and is 10th on the career scoring listwith 1,205 points.

Nwaelele led the team in scoring in’06-07, averaging 14.3 points per game,and his 499 points were the most in oneseason by a Falcon since Otis Jones scored670 during the 1994-95 campaign. A forwardfrom Bothell, Wash., Nwaelele earned first-team all-MWC honors this year and wasnamed to the All-District 13 first-team bythe National Association of BasketballCoaches. He shot 51.6 percent from thefield and 45 percent from three-point rangethis season and leaves the program secondon the school’s career three-point percentagelist at 45.1 percent.

Senior Nick Welch and junior TimAnderson shared the Falcon Award, givento the player that gives 100 percent regard-less of the situation and his place on the team.

Welch, who missed the entire 2005-06season due to injury, scored 9.9 points andpulled down 3.5 rebounds per game thisseason. The senior center from Fort Worth,Texas, tied his career-high with 20 pointsvs. Utah on Feb. 14 and posted the onlydouble-double of his career with 17 pointsand 10 rebounds against Wake Forest.

Anderson, meanwhile, led the Falconswith 62 steals, tying the second-highesttotal in one season in program history, and

tied for the lead with 101 assists. A guardfrom El Paso, Texas, Anderson was an honor-able mention all-MWC selection and willenter his senior campaign third on the blue-suiters’career list for free-throw percentageat 84.7 percent.

Burtschi joined fellow seniors MattMcCraw and Ryan Teets in receiving theprestigious captain’s award for the ’06-07season.

Air Force finished the campaign witha 26-9 overall record, the most wins inthe 51-year history of the program. TheFalcons finished in a tie for third place inthe Mountain West Conference andadvanced to the semifinals of the NationalInvitation Tournament.

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“Please bear with me, it’s been anemotional roller coaster,” said Reynoldsholding back tears. “The night of the DePaulgame I received a phone call that my motherhad a brain tumor. She’s doing well, (aftersurgery) making dramatic progress. I wentfrom taking care of my mother, who didn’tknow me on Thursday, to being offered thisopportunity on Sunday. It swept me off myfeet.”

Air Force inked Reynolds to a five-year

contract, at an estimated $350,000 per season.The deal has a $500,000 buyout clause.

One factor weighed heavily onReynolds’mind whether to accept the blue-suiter offer. He had cleared out his Air Forcedesk and gave a verbal agreement to join theman who he replaced, Jeff Bzdelik, whobrought Reynolds to the Academy, butresigned April 3 to take the head coachingjob at Colorado. Bzdelik gave Reynolds hisblessing.

Although not a household name at theDivision I level, Reynolds, 50, brings plentyof experience, and winning, to the table.

The Mountain City, Tenn., native cameto Air Force after five years as an assistantat Tulane. Prior to his stint with the GreenWave he was head coach at Division IIWingate (N.C.).

In three years Reynolds built Wingateinto a D-II power. In 1999-2000 his team ledthe nation in scoring defense en route to a26-4 record, a No. 7 national ranking and anNCAA tourney berth. The Bulldogs wontheir second straight South AtlanticConference title and set the longest D-IIhome court winning streak at 26.

In ’98-’99 Reynolds guided Wingate toits first NCAA Tournament bid, and firstnational ranking thanks to 23-6 mark whichearned him SAC Coach of the Year.

As the top assistant at his alma mater,UNC-Greensboro, from 1995-97, Reynoldshelped the program to the 1996 Big SouthChampionship and a bid in the NCAA

Tournament. Prior to that, he served forfour years as the top assistant at UNC-Wilmington, when the Seahawks wonColonial Athletic Association Most ImprovedTeam honors in 1992.

Reynolds began coaching at JamesMadison in 1981, as a part-time assistant fora team which won 24 games and advancedto the NCAA Tournament in 1982. He wenton to Division II power Randolph-Macon,which made three straight NCAATournament appearances and earned a No.4 national ranking in 1984.

He logged one year as the head coachof North Carolina Wesleyan in 1985-86,leading them to a 21-7 mark and the DixieConference Championship. He moved on toWinthrop College for four years where heguided the team’s transition from DivisionII to Division I. In 1988, they captured theBig South Conference Championship.

Reynolds will lead an Air Force program,which is one of only 17 Division I schoolsto win at least 50 games the past two seasons,but will be without six graduating seniors,four of them starters.

“I don’t consider this rebuilding, butretooling,” he said. “Pieces are in place here.If you give me a chance, have some patienceand loyalty, we’ll give you a product you’llbe proud of. There will be some bumps inthe road.”

An interesting one may be the scheduledvisit by Bzdelik and his Buffaloes to CluneArena next season.

Reynolds

Photos by Danny Meyer

Senior forward Dan Nwaelele goes upstrong at the NIT semifinals.

Senior forward Jacob Burtschi drivesat Madison Square Garden.

Photo Courtesy Athletic Media Relations

Jeff Reynolds has been a familiarcourtside presence the past two sea-sons.

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