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Vol. 61 No. 11

C-Band radar reaches full operational capability in Australia

By Steve Kotecki 21st Space Wing Public Affairs

NAVAL COMMUNICATION STATION HAROLD E. HOLT, Western Australia — Members of Air Force Space Command alongside Australian Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment group attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at Naval

Communication Station Harold E. Holt, Western Australia, March 7, 2017.

The ribbon cutting was to commemorate the C-Band Space Surveillance Radar System’s attainment of full operational status.

The C-Band is an Air Force Space Command radar that was previously located at Antigua Air Station, See C-Band page 10

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NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS STATION HOWARD E. HOLT, Western Australia — Members of Air Force Space Command and Australia’s Defence Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group attend a ribbon cutting to commemorate the C-Band Space Surveillance Radar System’s attainment of full operational status at Naval Communications Station Harold E. Holt, Western Australia, March 7, 2017. The radar was dissembled, transported and rebuilt in Australia following the deactivation of Antigua Air Station, Antigua, in July 2015, where it was originally located.

NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS STATION HOWARD E. HOLT, Western Australia — Col. Troy Endicott, 21st Operations Group commander, left, and Maj. Alfred Maynard, 21st OG Air Force liaison officer, attend a ribbon cutting to commemorate the C-Band Space Surveillance Radar System’s attainment of full operational status at Naval Communications Station Harold E. Holt, Western Australia, March 7, 2017. The radar was dissembled, transported and rebuilt in Australia following the deactivation of Antigua Air Station, Antigua, in July 2015, where it was originally located.

Exercise provides real world experience

By Dave Smith 21st Space Wing Public Affairs staff writer

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AZUA, Dominican Republic — Maj. Jeffrey Newsom, 21st Medical Group Optometry flight commander, right rear in sand T-shirt, and Senior Airman Todd Stout, 21st MDG optometry technician, left rear, assist patients in the optometry clinic in Azua, Dominican Republic during Operation New Horizons, an exercise run by Air Force South, March 3-18, 2017. A team from 21st Medical Group, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is leading the initial phase of the exercise for the first time since the operation began in 2008.

AZUA, Dominican Republic — A group of Airmen from the 21st Medical Group are spending time in the Dominican Republic, March 3-18, 2017, putting their skills to work as part of the Air Force South-run joint exercise Operation New Horizons.

The initial team of 25 members, 15 of whom are from Team Pete, traveled to the Caribbean nation to set up medical and dental facilities to serve the local populace, said Maj. Brandi Foster, 21st MDG medical readiness officer. The event serves as a medical readiness training exercise.

While this is not the first time personnel from Peterson Air Force Base have taken part in the operation, it is the first time a team from the base is serving as the lead group.

“They are doing some fundamental healthcare,” Foster said. “Sharing space and connecting field medical care, providing general medical care, checking ailments and setting up dental assistance. They arrive on site, have a covered facility to provide services and have to make it See Experience page 12

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Get over the yuck factor: the life you save might be your own PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.

— The fastest way to get a room full of grown men and women to start snickering and shifting uncomfortably in their seats during a meeting is to bring up the subject of colonoscopy.

At a recent staff meeting we had a visit by a nurse who brought several props to talk about colonoscopy and that it’s “Colonoscopy Awareness Month.” She talked through the nervousness that people feel when dealing with such a private subject with good humor.

At the end of the day though, it’s about saving lives.

When I was 21 years old I visited a doctor at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center while stationed at Buckley Air National Guard Base, as it was known then. My tummy was just not acting normal and I wanted to see if it was a real issue or if it was too many cheeseburgers.

Ms. Alethea Smock 21st Space Wing Public Affairs At the time, I didn’t think the doctor liked me much because after my second visit he ordered a colonoscopy. The procedure revealed that I had the beginning stages of what would be colon cancer if left to grow. At age 21 I was already harboring baby cancer cells just ready to grow into full-blown colon cancer.

When the doctor told me, “If we hadn’t found and removed those cells, you’d be in my office five years from now with colon can-

cer and we would be talking about treatment options to keep you alive.” I was really scared.

Colon cancer is no joke and is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths, according to the visiting nurse. Had my doctor not been thorough I would most likely be one of those statistics because, let’s face it, colon cancer is stereotypically an old man’s disease, not a disease that strikes a young woman.

The fact is, it’s the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the U.S., our visiting nurse reminded us.

Since that first colonoscopy, I’ve had many more to ensure I stay cancer –free, so far so good!

If you are at the right age to get a screening and are tagged to get one, do it. The procedure itself is fine. The prep leading up to the procedure the day before is the roughest part, especially if you like cheeseburgers.

The fasting and drinking the solution to

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‘cleanse’ your system can be downright brutal. Once you show up at the clinic to have the procedure and they anesthetize you, all those hunger pangs go away and you wake up ready to eat again.

If you’re one of the many lucky ones, the doctor will come back and tell you everything is fine and send you on your merry way.

If you’re super lucky, the doctor will tell you they found and removed any potential cancer cells and you’re fine to go along your merry way, but they’ll see you again soon.

Get over the yuck factor, put aside the nervous giggles, forget what people say about how it’s just gross to have your colon scoped.

Get over it so you don’t have to be one of those on the wrong side of a diagnosis.

I will be forever thankful to a simple procedure and a U.S. Army doctor took the time to save my life.

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Fellow Airmen, Below you will find the final paper in my CSAF series. As with the first paper (Revitalizing Squadrons) and the second paper (Strengthening Joint Leaders and Teams), the third paper directly aligns with our strategic documents.

The third focus area is Enhancing Multi-domain Command and Control ... Tying It All Together. While we dominate the air, space and cyber domains today, our adversaries have invested heavily in technologies to deny us the superiority we have come to rely upon. To counter this, we must integrate our advantages across these domains

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This paper outlines my third and final focus area, MultiDomain Command and Control (MDC2). In the first two papers — Revitalizing Squadrons, and Strengthening Joint Leaders and Teams — I laid out how an evolving operating environment demands a renewed focus on developing our Airmen and organizations. The changing national security environment also requires us to examine how we sense, decide, and act rapidly and in concert across all domains — or put it another way, master command and control of the multi-domain battle.

While we dominate the air, space and cyber domains today, our adversaries have invested heavily in technologies to deny us the superiority we have come to rely upon.

To counter this, we must integrate our advantages across these domains in new and dramatically effective ways.

Linking operations moving at the speed of light with operations moving at the speed of sound requires we bring it all together: the skills of our Airmen, the vision of our leaders, and the audacity and technical innovation found throughout Air Force history.

Multi-domain battle is more than the ability to work in multiple domains. We already do this quite effectively in today’s Air Operations Centers. It is also more than operations in one domain supporting or complementing operations in another domain. An advanced multi-domain operating concept (CONOPS) will exploit current and new capabilities as well as integrate joint and coalition capabilities across all military operations. It will allow us to both see more opportunities and generate more options for our nation’s leaders. Nominally, as either the Joint Forces Air Component Commander or Joint Forces Commander facilitating a campaign, we will be responsible for the delivery and articulation of joint fires. This responsibility mandates that we master MDC2.

To use a football analogy, we have developed and employed the greatest running attack the sport of football has ever seen. Over time, our opponents adjusted and built their defenses to limit our running-style. Therefore, we must shift to develop a new kind of offense. We will not abandon the run but will enhance our passing game and create a multi-dimensional attack that not only keeps the defense off balance (because we can attack in multiple ways) but also plays at an increased tempo so they will not have time to adjust. We must be able to overwhelm the enemy.

This evolution in our command-and-control capabilities requires new thinking, new training, and perhaps new technologies or new ways to use older technology. We will need to integrate real-time information from a variety of sources — some non-traditional— and evaluate that information as fast as systems can process it. If an enemy blocks actions in one domain, we quickly “call an audible” to change the play and attack or defend from another. Future multi-domain operations will be high velocity, agile, and joint by their very nature.

The elements to make command and control work are situational awareness, rapid decision-making, and the ability to direct forces to achieve commander’s intent.

The first essential element is situational awareness. Our ability to collect and distribute data and transform it into intelligence is robust, but we need to better integrate nontraditional sources of information .We also need to leverage our interagency, commercial, and foreign partners’ capabilities. To make sense of that volume of information, we need common architectures, standardized data formatting,

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in new and dramatically effective ways. To execute multi-domain operations, commanders need an enhanced C2 system … one that refines our thinking about situational awareness, decision-making and direction of forces.

The team leads for this focus area, Brig. Gen. Chance Saltzman and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Stafford, are already moving out to develop plans and milestones to measure progress. My challenge to you is to think about the evolution of multi-domain operations and the necessary C2 needed to deliver air, space and cyber superiority in the 21st century.

We have been breaking barriers for 70 years as an Air Force. Working together, we will crush this one as well. I’m proud to serve as your Chief.

Fight’s on!

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increased machine-to-machine and artificial learning systems, and better integration to rapidly identify, synthesize, and present timely, decision-quality information to the right leader in the most useful format possible.

Situational awareness is most powerful when it enables effective and timely decision-making at the right level whether tactical, operational or strategic. Making such decisions at the needed operational tempo presents both a human as well as a technical challenge. We must continue to develop and empower Airmen at all levels: tactical, operational, and strategic, with the skills for joint planning, battle management, and better understanding of how to optimize joint capabilities across multiple domains. We need both leaders and tools that can visualize multiple battlespaces and execute rapid decision-making in an outright fight or in competition short of armed conflict.

Finally, advanced multi-domain C2 must enable commanders to leverage this enhanced decision-making capability to direct forces across domains and missions. I don’t see this as the top-down issuance of orders. It is more of a continuous feedback loop that includes command direction but also real-time reporting of the changing battlespace, battle management of emerging threats and opportunities, and dynamic status updates of forces, their supporting structures and enabling elements.

Just as we did with the first two focus areas, I have assigned a Brigadier General and a CMSgt to drive this dialogue forward and deliver on expectations. Brigadier General Chance Saltzman and CMSgt Brian Stafford, HAF A3, will lead the MDC2 effort.

This final paper completes the series of focus areas that link together the organizational, developmental, and conceptual elements of where I will focus as your Chief for the remainder of my tenure — joint warfighting excellence.

Tying it all together: • Revitalizing Squadrons resets our most critical warfighting organization and ensures command teams have the tools, training, and guidance to improve in the core elements of a successful command tour.

• Strengthening Joint Leaders and Teams ensures Airmen better understand the operational art of integrating air, space, and cyber capabilities with other elements of national power. It also relocks at how we present ready forces to combatant commanders to support their operational plans.

• Enhancing Multi-Domain Command and Control provides the concept of operations (CONOPS) and the technological foundation for better situational awareness, rapid decision making, and employment of the force across multiple domains.

All of these efforts will require significant input from the field and active participation and ideas from all levels is encouraged and welcomed. I look forward to working with our Secretary, MAJCOM commanders, leaders from across the Air Force and other services, as well as, leaders from the other stakeholder organizations to advance our multi-domain operations C2 capabilities. As always, I am proud to serve with you.

Fight’s on!

— Gen. David L. Goldfein Air Force Chief of Staff

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April 28th marks the 75th Anniversary “Diamond Jubilee” for Peterson Airfield. The First Sergeants will be throwing a birthday celebration during Final Friday at The Club.

ARMY WARRANT OFFICER RECRUITING

The U.S. Army Warrant Officer Recruiting Team will be here conducting briefings on qualifications and application procedures to become an Army Warrant Officer.

If interested, meet at the Education Center room 113, 3 p.m. March 15.

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March 22nd at The Club there will be a tech expo/ vendor fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you’re into tech gear, head to the expo. No endorsement implied.

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Air Force Sergeant’s Assn. would like to invite you to a bowl-a-thon March 14th from 2-5 p.m. RSVP to 719-554-1719 and be sure to wear green!

The closed portion of Marksheffel Road between US 24 and SH 94 is scheduled to be reopened to traffic Monday March 13th. Construction work will continue in this area at the intersections of US 24 and SH 94. Reconstruction of the intersection of SH 94 and Marksheffel Road is the next major construction activity planned. Expect delays and take alternate routes, if possible.

With the holiday weekend please have a plan if you are planning to consume alcohol. Airmen Against Drunk Driving is here for support if your plans fall through.

A2D2 will be providing free rides home to anyone who lives or works on Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever or Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. Hours of operation are 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday night.

Call 719-552-2233 (AADD) for a ride during those hours.

Have fun and be safe!

Wing Warfit March 21st will feature Blue Steel and fruit donated from the commissary for Nutrition Month. Form up behind the gym at 3:15 p.m. in your assigned area.

The 21st Medical Group would like to invite you to a Women’s Health Conference! The conference will be held on 2 different days with the same agenda, so pick the day that works for your schedule. It will be held in the Tierra Vista Community Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 20th and March 22nd. Topics will include heart disease, breast cancer, cardiovascular disease and more.

Starting April 1, the Peterson Visitor Control Center daily operations will be 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the AFECC badging section closing at 3:30 p.m. Daily operations are Monday through Friday; closed on weekends, federal holidays, and AFSPC family days.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION MILDENHALL, England — Victor Villerreal, 21st Force Support Squadron, Airman & Family Readiness Center Air Force Aid Society officer, poses for a family photo with his wife Nona Daugherty, 21 FSS, AFRC Personal & Family Life volunteer program manager in 2013 while stationed at Royal Air Force Station, Mildenhall, England. Villerreal survived a massive stroke in 2016.

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SAN ANTONIO, Tx. — Victor Villerreal, 21st Force Support Squadron Air Force Aid Society officer, exercises on an arm bike July 2016 at St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital, after suffering a massive stroke. The arm bike helped to improve range of motion in his left arm and hand.

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — After driving to San Antonio, Texas in 2016 to visit family, Victor Villerreal, 21st Force Support Squadron, Airman & Family Readiness Center Air Force Aid Society officer, called home at 10 p.m. to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to wish his wife Nona Daugherty, 21 FSS, AFRC Personal & Family Life volunteer program manager, a happy birthday.

Two hours later, Villerreal suffered a massive stroke and was admitted to St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital.

Before this tragic attack, in November 2015 Villerreal was diagnosed with colon cancer and had approximately nine inches of his colon removed.

“My dad passed away from colon cancer,” said Daugherty. “And now the second man I loved is going to pass away from the same disease.”

“They did a biopsy on the tumor and it was found to be non-cancerous after all,” said Villerreal. “Which was a blessing.”

To make things worse, Villerreal was scheduled to have double hernia surgery but had to postpone it See Survive page 6

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“My goal wasn’t just to get well enough,” Villerreal said. “My goal was that I’m going to get well and go back to work. Not going to work wasn’t even an option.”

From page 5 because the colon surgery took precedence.

Following the colon operation, the hernia surgery would proceed.

“It was only two months after the first surgery that he went in for his double hernia operation,” said Daugherty Villerreal hadn’t fully recovered from colon surgery when the doctors opened him up through the same cuts that were used for his colon operation.

Shortly after recovering from his second surgery, Villerreal drove to San Antonio where he experienced the stroke on June 29, 2016.

While sleeping, an artery had burst and blood was seeping into his brain. Daugherty said that, according to doctors, when this happens there’s minimal chance of survival.

Fortunately for Villerreal the artery began to clot and he woke up.

“I happened to wake up because my arm went to sleep,” Villerreal said.

He was able to get hold of his daughter, who called the hospital and he was transported within minutes. He spent the next week in the Intensive Care Unit.

While in the ICU his insurance provider claimed he had prior insurance and wouldn’t pay for him to be transferred into physical therapy. After trying to resolve these issues, an upset Daugherty contacted Debbie Schiess, wife of Col. Doug Schiess, 21st Space Wing commander, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

Mrs. Schiess contacted 21st FSS and 21st Medical Group to ask them to help and the team jumped in and worked with the hospital to fix the insurance issue.

Within hours, the company had approved his physical therapy. The next morning Villarreal began his rehabilitation.

“I couldn’t walk, write, get dressed or even tie my own shoes,” said Villerreal. “I couldn’t do anything.”

The doctors said that for every minute of a stroke 1.9 billion brain cells die, which explains why time is of the essence. The more brain cells killed, the more side effects. Villerreal estimates he lost 20 minute’s worth of cells. Everything that he had learned throughout his life had to be relearned.

Not deterred by everything that happened that year, Villerreal was bound and determined to recover. He refused anti-depressant medication and worked hard to get back to being normal.

“I told the doctors that I was going to walk out of there in a couple of weeks,” said Villerreal. “The doctors had already talked about putting me in a nursing home for extended rehabilitation.”

Villerreal would do all the rehab exercises

he was instructed to do. What the rehabilitation staff didn’t know was that he would come back at night and do them again and again.

“It’s terrifying to see what your brain can do and after all these years you can’t even remember how to tie your shoes,” said Daugherty. “I would sit there and practice with him and he just couldn’t get it but we’re a team and we’ll get through it.”

Villerreal realized that he could only relearn so much and what he couldn’t learn he would just have to deal with. Doctors eventually told the couple that they had never seen anyone recover so quickly.

Villerreal continued rehab in a wheel chair only able to navigate with his feet. After the second day he came back with a walker. The third day, a cane.

Sadly, when they returned to Colorado Springs the first week of August to continue his therapy, he found out in September his mother was very sick. The following month Villerreal got on a plane for the first time since his stroke and was able to see his mother for a few days before she passed away.

To top things off, Villerreal was hospitalized again in December with side effects from colon surgery.

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Doctors put a tube in his nose and pushed it into his stomach to remove the residue from his colon. It was done without any pain medication and he could hardly talk, eat or drink anything.

“I was in god-awful pain with that,” said Villerreal. “I thought, what else was going to happen?”

He never had a follow up on the colon surgery but if he had he could have had possibly avoided being hospitalized again.

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There’s a point to this collector’s passion

By Dave Smith, staff writer 21St Space Wing Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. —It started nearly two decades ago with $11, a visit to a big-box retailer and a classic Old Timer pocket knife.

According to a popular knife collecting newsletter, the day a youngster obtains their first knife is an important rite of passage. Browsing the sales case, perusing rows of shiny blades of all lengths and wood handles ranging from plain to exotic, a young man is transported to a place where others like him join with famous hunters, trappers and Wild West scouts in a ritual that must be experienced to be understood.

For some, it is an experience not soon forgotten, nor given up.

Today, Staff Sgt. Michael Craddock, 21st Space Wing operational security coordinator, has a collection of knives and swords numbering more than 350 pieces, including traditional folding blades, exotic fixed-blade models and several unusual blades as well.

“I can carry one every day and never carry the same one twice in a year,” Craddock said.

Craddock is not impressed by flashy angles, blades with crazy curves, nor knives that don’t make sense outside of a fantasy video game. Instead, what catches his eye is the utilitarian functionality of a well-crafted piece of cutlery.

“Of course there is always the ‘cool factor,’ but I like the flowing lines,” he said. “I like the very straight line designs, not very abrupt and not very modern.”

It is not unusual to find knife collections mounted and displayed for admirers to view, but that does not suit him.

He said it is the usefulness of a blade that he enjoys most, using the blades in his collection for the purposes they were created to fulfill.

“They are essentially man’s oldest tool,” said Craddock.

“You can cut food, you can open a box or you can cut string.”

What he appreciates in a good knife isn’t complicated either. Reliability is what Craddock looks for most when considering an addition to his collection. He said people could go buy a cheap knife from a plastic bucket at a swap meet, but it would be of low quality and could even break.

Since that fateful day at the big-box store when he was only 15 years old, the quality and value of the knives he acquires continues to appreciate. Slowly, he said, each one progresses to the higher-end of the value spectrum.

Among the hundreds of knives there is a variety that demonstrates his love of all types of knives. His favorite fixed-blade knife is a Hell’s Belle, a 17-inch long bowie-

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dennis Hoffman)

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Staff Sgt. Michael Craddock, 21st Space Wing operational security coordinator, holds two buck knives from his collection of more than 350 at his home March 14, 2017. Craddock holds two of his most prized folding knives with his favorite being a custom made blade with a ram’s horn handle (top). style knife, while his favorite folder is a custom knife with ram’s horn handle. The biggest in the bunch is a three and a half foot long Filipino Bali Sword butterfly knife sword; the smallest is a three-bladed stockman pocket knife.

“The weirdest one I have is a Swedish, multi-blade knife that looks like a butterfly knife from around the mid-1940s,” Craddock said. “I don’t flip that one though.”

He said the most interesting knife in the collection is a custom-made Japanese Tanto crafted by Steven Isbell, a knife maker well regarded in the collector’s community. The knife was one of the last large fighting knives Isbell made.

To date, there are knives representing the unique styles

of eight different countries in Craddock’s catalog of cutlery.

They are created in locations from all across the globe including China/Taiwan, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden and the United States.

Building his collection is an ongoing endeavor, he said, and there is no plan for stopping or cutting back anytime soon.

“It’s my passion,” Craddock said. “I think everybody needs to have a passion. Everybody needs something in life to make them happy.”

Editor’s note: Before bringing any type of knife, or other weapon, onto Peterson Air Force Base, please refer to the 21st Space Wing Integrated Defense Plan.

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Recovering from July hailstorm Peterson Aero Club returns first of six damaged airplanes to fleet

(U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Lundberg)

(Top) PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — A Cessna T-41D, assigned to the Rocky Mountain U.S. Air Force Flight Training Center, also known as the Peterson Aero Club, is the first of six airplanes damaged by the July 2016 hailstorm to return to the aero club’s fleet, Feb. 23, 2017, on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The Peterson Aero Club offers training courses for pilots, pilots who want to get different ratings, private pilot license, and several other certifications to Department of Defense military and civilian members.

(Left) PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Four Cessna T-41 military training aircraft assigned to the Rocky Mountain U.S. Air Force Flight Training Center, also known as the Peterson Aero Club, wait for hail damage repair caused by the July 2016 hail storm at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., March 7, 2017. The July hailstorm damaged six out of 11 Peterson Aero Club airplanes. The first of six airplanes was fully repaired and returned back to the fleet on Feb. 23, 2017.

Bob Jerman, Peterson Aero Club chief instructor. “Seeing the planes destroyed was enough to make you cry, those were all flyable airplanes.”

Following the storm, the Peterson Aero Club received an airplane from the Aero Club located at March Air Force Base, California, to help with the student load. They are also getting another airplane from the U.S. Air Force Academy, however, it needs an engine before joining the fleet.

The remaining airplanes took up the student load, almost doubling the flying hours on the engines, said Cortum.

However, the hailstorm not only affected them by adding more hours to the remaining airplanes but also made scheduling for the students more difficult.

“The airplanes went from flying one to two times a day, to five times a day. Not many of them are flying five times a day but the trainers, the T-41Cs, are the ones most desired right now,” said Jerman. “The students have to schedule 10 days to two weeks in advance to get the time and the airplane they want so it has impacted our operation here quite a bit.”

The airplanes are getting fixed, or re-skinned, one at a time.

Since the planes are older, the contracted company has to remake all the skins themselves for a total of approximately $92k an airplane, said Cortum.

“They have to completely strip the wings, re-skin the wings

By Staff Sgt Tiffany Lundberg 21st Space Wing Public Affairs Office

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — On July 28, 2016 at approximately 9:40 p.m., a hailstorm swept through the Colorado Springs, Colorado, area causing damage to windows, roofs, cars, fences, and even airplanes.

That day the Rocky Mountain U.S. Air Force Flight Training Center or better known as the Peterson Aero Club, located on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, lost six airplanes from their fleet. After five months in repair, the Aero Club returned the first out of six airplanes back to the fleet, Feb. 23, 2017.

“The hailstorm was not predicted, otherwise the airplanes would have been in the hangar,” said Greg Cortum, Peterson Aero Club director. “So when it came through, there were six T-41’s outside and they were just destroyed, completely destroyed.”

At the time the Peterson Aero Club had 11 airplanes, approximately 100 students and 220 Aero Club members.

“These are our bread and butter, they are where we make our money so when you’re looking at losing six airplanes out of, at the time 11, that was more than half the fleet,” said

and the top of the fuselage, replace the front and back windows, everything from the tail section is re-skinned, the elevator, the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, rudder, and the plastic end caps on the wings since they were all bashed off,” he said.

Cortum hopes to have the full fleet back in action by the end of the summer with the remaining five, damaged airplanes taking six weeks each to repair. Once repaired they will have 13 airplanes instead of the 11 they had at the start of 2016.

“The sooner we get them back, the better we will be. We were the best Aero Club in the Air Force in 2015,” said Cortum. “Then not too long after that is when we got hit with the hail storm and destroyed pretty much everything.

I understand (the contracted company) are busy too, they have lots and lots of airplanes up there from hail damage, not just from here but all around the airport.”

The Peterson Aero Club offers training courses for new pilots, pilots who want to get different ratings, private pilot license, and several other certifications to Department of Defense military and civilian members.

For more information about courses and certificates offered at the Peterson Aero Club, call 719-556-4310 or go to http://www.21fss.com/about/aero-club/.

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Are you in the 5%: What you need to know about Enlisted Performance Reports

By Airman 1st Class Dennis Hoffman 21st Space Wing Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — In 2015, the Air Force executed the new enlisted evaluation and promotion systems with the goal of ensuring performance as the key element when promoting and evaluating Airmen.

With the influx of awards and recognition Peterson Air Force Base Airmen are receiving, combined with the new enlisted promotion system, enlisted performance reports carry increased importance when promotion testing comes around.

Transitioning from the old enlisted promotion system that came with a five-point numerical rating system and no limits on how many Airmen could get the maximum five out of five points, the new system now mandates quotas for top ratings.

The new system doesn’t include numerical ratings but it similarly has five rating levels to categorize Airmen (or Airmen performance). The five levels of the new rating system, from best to worst include: promote now, must promote, promote, not ready now and do not promote. Having five ratings, like the previous system had, has caused some confusion amongst supervisors or Airmen looking over EPRs. “Airmen and Noncommissioned officers need to wash the old system out of their mind,” said Master Sgt. Matthew Heenan, 21st Force Support Squadron career assistance advi-

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According to “Air Force Instruction 36-2406: Officer and Enlisted Evaluation Systems” promotion recommendation explanations are as follows: “Promote Now: Recommended for immediate promotion based on exemplary performance that far exceeds established AF standards and expectations. Reserved for elite performers who perform well above other Airmen in their peer group.”

Must Promote: Recommended for accelerated promotion based on stellar performance well above established AF standards and expectations. Designated for outstanding performers who perform at a level higher than their peers.

Promote: Recommended for promotion based on performance at or above established AF standards and expectations. Performs with the majority of Airmen and at a level commensurate with peers.

Not Ready Now: Not considered ready for promotion at this time based on the need for additional grooming in the current grade, or where Airmen may require specific attention with regard to performance of established AF standards and expectations.

Do Not Promote: Not recommended for promotion based on unacceptable performance, failure to adhere to established AF standards and expectations, or actions that may be incompatible with continued AF service.”

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The AFI continues to describe the quotas for each rating.

Coined by the term “forced distribution”, only the top 5 percent, at most, of senior airmen, staff sergeants and technical sergeants who are up for promotion to the next rank will be deemed “promote now.”

The quotas for the next tier of airmen, who will be deemed “must promote”, will differ based on rank. Up to 15 percent of senior airmen who are eligible for promotion to staff sergeant can receive a “must promote” rating, and up to 10 percent of staff sergeants and technical sergeants up for promotion can get that rating.

Lastly, the AFI states there will be no limit on how many airmen can acquire the next three ratings, “promote,” “not ready now” and “do not promote.”

“With this new system in place, Air Force leaders and supervisors now have a better grasp on which Airmen are excelling beyond the level of expectation and standards,” said Heenan. “This also give the commander an opportunity to identify who the top performers are and lets them indicate an Airman’s promotion potential to the boards.”

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TBI recognition critical to treating invisible wounds

By Peter Holstein Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Knowing how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a Traumatic Brain Injury is critical to successfully treat these invisible wounds.

A TBI is a blow or jolt to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain. The most common type of TBI in the military is mild TBI, commonly called a concussion.

“Although TBI is considered the “signature injury” of modern warfare, the vast majority of TBIs are mild, and not combat related,” said Maj. (Dr.) Jeffrey McClean, TBI Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General. “Most TBI injuries occur as a result of more routine day-to-day activities, like sports injuries, falls, traffic accidents, or other day-to-day risks. It can happen to anyone, anywhere and anytime.”

It’s important that all Airmen learn to recognize the signs of a TBI. Common physical symptoms of mild TBI include: headache, trouble sleeping, problems with balance, fatigue, nausea or vomiting, sensitivity to light, and ringing in the ears. You may also notice mental symptoms like slowed thinking, difficulty finding the right word, and lapses in concentration or memory. Mild TBI can also cause emotional responses, such as heightened anxiety, irritability, mood swings or depression.

“We want to make sure all service members are aware of the common symptoms and signs of a TBI, so they can recognize it in themselves, their fellow Airmen or their families,” said McClean. “If someone may have a TBI, seek evaluation and treatment

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Most people, if they get the right treatment quickly, will fully recover from a concussion without any residual problems, within a few weeks.”

That’s why early recognition is so important, McClean emphasized. The longer concussion symptoms persist without treatment, the longer it can take for the treat-

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Another team, made up of members from other bases, will follow after and provide more advanced types of care, Foster explained. The entire operation lasts about six months.

While this is not the first time personnel from Peterson Air Force Base have taken part in the operation, it is the first time a team from the base is serving as the lead group.

Beyond the members of the 21st MDG, the team was filled out with Airmen from other locations in order to meet needs that Team Pete personnel could not cover. Specialties like obstetrics and gynecology, family practice, pediatrics, optometry and dermatology are represented.

“There are individuals from all over the U.S. on the team,” Foster said. “Airmen from Peterson, Buckley, Charleston, Vandenberg, Travis, Langley-Eustis, and Lackland Air Force Bases are on the team.”

The facilities were prepared and the team began seeing patients on March 6. They expect business to boom with about 6,000 patients anticipated to come through in 10 days, said Foster.

A typical day during the operation begins at about 8 a.m. and doesn’t stop until around 6 p.m., then cleaning and preparing for the next day can begin.

“They are running some pretty long days,” Foster said.

Not only is the experience unique, it is beneficial to the members who participate. Working with others in a joint-effort scenario provides a level of preparedness that will prove invaluable in the future, Foster noted.

“This is an opportunity to go into a bare base situation and provide basic medical care,” she said.

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AZUA, Dominican Republic — Capt. Natasha Lewis, 21st Medical Group nurse, provides medical attention to a patient in Azua, Dominican Republic, during Operation New Horizons, an exercise run by Air Force South, March 3-18, 2017. Lewis is part of a team from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., that is leading the initial set up phase of the operation for the first time in its 19 year history.

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AZUA, Dominican Republic — Staff Sgt. Dwain Tolbert, right rear, and Senior Airman Todd Stout, center left, 21st MDG optometry technicians, assist patients in Azua, Dominican Republic during Operation New Horizons, an exercise run by Air Force South, March 3-18, 2017. A team from 21st Medical Group, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is leading the initial phase of the exercise for the first time since the operation began in 2008.

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Republic — Capt. Natasha Lewis, 21st Medical Group nurse, stitches a patient during in Republic during Operation New Horizons, an exercise run by Air Force South, March 3-18, m 21st Medical Group, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is leading the initial phase of the st time since the operation began in 2008.

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AZUA, Dominican Republic — Tech Sgt. Allita Ramos, 21st Medical Group medical technician, assists with stitching a patient in Azua, Dominican Republic, during Operation New Horizons, an exercise run by Air Force South, March 3-18, 2017. A group from 21st Medical Group, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is leading the initial phase of the exercise for the first time since the operation began almost 20 years ago.

AZUA, Dominican Republic — A team of providers operating from a makeshift clinic they set up, offer medical care in Azua, Dominican Republic, as part of Operation New Horizons, an exercise run by Air Force South, March 3-18, 2017. A team from 21st Medical Group, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is leading the initial phase of the exercise for the first time since the operation began almost 20 years ago.

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AF Week in Photos

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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Tech. Sgt. Rainier Howard, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs preflight inspection of a C-130J Super Hercules at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 6, 2017. This is the first C-130J to be assigned to Pacific Air Forces. Yokota serves as the primary Western Pacific airlift hub for U.S. Air Force peacetime and contingency operations. Missions include tactical air land, airdrop, aeromedical evacuation, special operations and distinguished visitor airlift.

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — Senior Airman Montrai Tate, with the 824th Base Defense Force, points to opposing forces during a firefight while participating in exercise Cope North on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 2, 2017. The exercise included 31 units and more than 2,700 personnel from three countries and continued the growth of strong, interoperable relationships within the Indo-Asia-Pacific region through integration of airborne and land-based command and control.

(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class James Thompson)

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds practice March 1, 2017, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The Thunderbirds perform numerous demonstrations throughout each year to display Air Force pride and dedication to the mission.

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MARINE CORPS BASE, Hawaii — Pararescuemen and combat rescue officers from the 103rd Rescue Squadron parachute to the ground after jumping from a C-17 Globemaster III during joint training with Human Space Flight Support Detachment 3 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 5 2017.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Senior Airman Elias Wilson, 22nd Airlift Squadron, offloads cargo with Airmen from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron after arriving to Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 5, 2017. The team worked together to offload nearly 50,000 pounds of various cargo.

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Squadron revitalization leads to EPME changes

By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

WASHINGTON — The reenlistment and extension ineligibility requirement will be removed from the enlisted professional military education program effective March 15, 2017 according to Air Force officials.

Air Force deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, approved the change, removing the automatic reenlistment or extension ineligibility status for Airmen who fail to complete their enlisted professional military education distance learning course tests by their suspense dates.

“We continually review and evolve personnel policies to ensure it provides equity for Airmen, aligns with our Air Force strategy and supports our Airmen’s ability to execute the mission,” Grosso said. “While originally intended to drive increased development and professionalism, the previous EPME approach created a higher standard, particularly when compared to recent changes to our officer PME model. Additionally, as we grow the force the policy added unnecessary challenges and distractions to our Airmen.

We certainly heard and listened to Airmen on this matter.”

The former policy stated that if an Airman exceeded the suspense date for course completion, the Airman automati-

cally became ineligible for reenlistment or extension, until the course was complete. This meant impacted Airmen were required to separate or retire on their date of separation.

Although PME completion is expected and tied to promotion, non-completion is not directly tied to continued service under the officer system. This change brings both systems back into alignment.

The need for this policy change was confirmed during the Air Force Chief of Staff’s Squadron Revitalization effort. “Airmen clearly identified this as an issue in both the Air Force Revitalization Survey and during the recent field interviews conducted at Joint Base Andrews,” said Brig. Gen. S.L. Davis, Team Lead for the squadron revitalization effort.

The policy adjustment places authority and responsibility for reenlistments back at the squadron level and provides flexibility for commanders to retain high-performing experienced Airmen who meet the Air Force’s mission needs, in line with revitalizing Air Force squadrons.

“As we work to revitalize our squadrons, it remains important that commanders and supervisors who are closest to an Airman have a say in whether or not an Airman should be allowed to re-enlist,” Grosso said. “It has been a squadron commander’s decision, and this policy adjustment restores that authority, placing the retention decision back in the hands of the local commander.”

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With the change in policy, Airmen who were previously impacted due to EPME non-completion will now be eligible to re-enlist or extend (unless otherwise ineligible), and should see their ineligibility code removed from their record in the Military Personnel Data System within 24-48 hours.

In line with placing the retention decision authority back in the hands of squadron commanders, the approval authority for EMPE distance learning course deferments has also been changed and now rests with squadron commanders.

“Gen. Goldfein has been clear — we succeed or fail in our missions at the squadron level where we develop, train and build Airmen,” Grosso said. “We must promote best practices, identify improvements and remove barriers, real or artificial, in order to support our squadrons — the most essential level of command.”

No changes were made to the policy regarding promotion eligibility. Grosso said that was a deliberate decision as PME is critical to the development of all Airmen, both officers and enlisted, as leaders in the profession of arms.

Airmen with questions about their individual situations are encouraged to contact the Total Force Service Center at (800) 525-0102.

Stay informed on the most current EPME information on the Force Development page on myPers, or select “Active Duty Enlisted” from the drop-down menu and search “EPME.”

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force Space Command Women’s Leadership Symposium attendees pose for a group photo at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Attendees came from a variety of bases, including Peterson, Schriever, Buckley, Vandenburg and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station.

By Senior Airman Arielle Vasquez 50th Space Wing Public Affairs

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— Air Force Space Command Airmen and civilians had the opportunity to participate in a Women’s Leadership Symposium at Peterson Club March 7-8.

More than 80 Airmen from several bases attended the two-day event, which recognized the strengths and talents of women in the armed forces, and featured keynote speakers, mentorship sessions and leadership panels.

Maj. Gen. Nina Armagno, AFSPC director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis led the professional development event, and emphasized the importance of empowering women, making connections and gaining insight from leadership.

“You are the current and future leaders of our Air Force,” said Armagno. “It’s about all of us working through challenges we face as women and men in service of our country; it’s about you taking a seat at the table and our leaders making sure there’s an open seat to take. My advice to each of you is dream big and work hard because there are no limits to what you could do, if you just put your mind to it.”

Many of the speakers shared their experiences and lessons learned in leadership roles as well as ways to inspire and communicate with those they supervise.

“My favorite part was listening to the leadership panel,” said Staff Sgt. Jennifer Holland, 8th Space Warning Squadron, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. “It brought questions to the forefront of my mind we need to address as to how to ensure we are recruiting more women in the military, and giving them support to know this is a good career choice where they have the freedom to be leaders.”

Many of the topics discussed included the secrets to success in the military, finding a balance in career and family life, as well as teamwork and productivity strategies.

During one of the panels, Senior Master Sgt. Carteralynn Ford, AFSPC Chaplain office, discussed various ways women can be successful in their careers.

“Remember to trust yourself,” said Ford.

“As women, often times we second guess ourselves or take a back seat because we think we’re not competent enough. We all have a place at the table.”

While several discussions focused on challenges female service members face, Col. DeAnna Burt, 50th Space Wing commander, reminded the attendees of the positive aspects of being in the military.

(U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Arielle Vasquez)

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Maj. Gen. Nina Armagno, Air Force Space Command Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis, speaks during the Women’s Leadership Symposium at the Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Armagno led the event in support of her vision to bring women together from various bases and occupations.

“Something I thought was very interesting is women on average across the United States make 78 cents on the dollar compared to men,” said Burt. “Why that matters to you as Airmen is you make the same pay for equal work. There’s always room to improve, but be proud of that. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about the concerns and issues we have as female Airmen, but know you work for an organization that values you and that

is on the leading edge.”

Many of the Airmen who participated in the event had never been to a women’s leadership symposium and expressed their desire to see this continue on in following years.

Leadership encouraged the attendees to return to their units with what they have learned to lead and educate their Airmen, make positive changes in the work environment and to strive to do their best everyday.

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Rosenwald, a documentary about Julius Rosenwald, who never finished High School but CSMNG CSMNG rose to become the President of Sears. Part of Temple Shalom’s Jewish film series. A wine reception will follow. Sun., March 19, 6 p.m. $18. Temple Shalom, 1523 E. Monument St., 634-5311, templeshalom.com.

Little Glass Art’s Sip & Solder, a stained glass creation class with guided instruction and take-home projects with more than 50 unique designs to choose from. Fridays, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 2-5 p.m. $35. Full Spectrum Art Glass, 828 E. Fillmore St., 445-6551, hello@littleglassart.co, littleglassart.co.

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Manitou Skill Share, learn how to use tools, expand your skills, fix and build things. Bring a project of your own or work on one of the MAC’s. Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Manitou Art Center, 513 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, 685-1861, manitouartcenter.org.

Fundamentals of Vegan Cooking I, studying techniques for healthy and delicious plantbased cooking. Students will understand the pillars of vegan diets and learn techniques for making diverse vegetable, fruit, legume, and grain dishes. Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.; through March 28. $155. Colorado State University Extension Office, 17 N . Spruce St., 445-9107, info@jlgoesvegan.com, csvegancooking.com.

Manitou Springs Art Attack, including exhibit openings, live music and special events hosted by Manitou Springs galleries and businesses. Third Friday of every month, 5-8 p.m. facebook.com/3rdfridayartwalkmanitou.

Oil Paintings Program, a class on oil painting that will teach students to approach various genres by focusing on fundamental skills.

Thursdays, 9 a.m. Drop in $30, 5 class punch pass $125. Alvarez Art School, 2418 W. Colorado Ave., Studio J, 337-2863, chrisalvarezpaintings@gmail.com, alvarezschool.com.

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Wednesday Trivia Night, a weekly bar trivia event featuring prizes and bar tabs. Wednesdays, 8-10 p.m. Swirl Wine Bar, 717 Manitou Ave., #102, Manitou Springs, 685-2294, andrew@swirlismybar.com, swirlismybar.com.

LECTURES & LEARNING Garden Design Series, led by local landscape architect, Priscilla Marbaker. You will learn how to design a new garden or reinvigorate your own. Mon., March 20, 5:30-7 p.m. $15-$30.

Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Ave., 357-9427, hasgardens@gmail.com, hasgardens.org.

The Colorado Association for Recycling, is accepting entries to its recycling poster contest.

Any K-12 student may enter. Winning artwork will be used in Colorado’s 2017 America Recycles Day video and seen throughout the state.

Through April 24. 583-4309, aldred@co.pueblo. co.us, cafr.org/events/postercontest.php.

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Commonwheel Labor Day Art Festival, is accepting applications for fine art and contemporary craft artists, plus food vendors to participate in its 43rd annual festival, to take place Sept. 2-4. Through May 31. Commonwheel Artists Co-op, 102 Canon Ave., Manitou Springs, 685-1008, festival@commonwheel.com, commonwheel.com/2017-festival-application.

Big Band Sunday Dances, monthly dance parties to music by The New Century Big Band. Third Sunday of every month, 3-5 p.m.; through May 21. $8/person, $6 with a nonperishable food item for donation. Springs Rhythm, 1414 Kelly Johnson Road, 494-3746, rgoldberg.rock@gmail.com.

Cottonwood Center for the Arts, is accepting entries to its upcoming exhibit, Divine Living. Artwork in all media will be accepted, but must speak to the concept of finding purpose and meaning in life. Where do you find the divine? Intake will be March 30-April 1, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Through April 1. $10 per piece, up to three pieces. Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E. Colorado Ave., 520-1899, cottonwoodcenterforthearts.com/calls-for-entries.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Colorado Springs Event Vendors Networking Group, twice-monthly gatherings for home vendors — such as Tupperware, Scentsy, Pampered Chef, etc. RSVP online. Third and First Monday of every month, 9-10:30 a.m.

Rocky Mountain Calvary, 4285 N . Academy Blvd., 570-0761, magicalproductionsllc@gmail. com, meetup.com/Colorado-Springs-VendorsNetworking-Group.

Ladies Gaming League, an opportunity for women to play or learn Magic: The Gathering and socialize in a non-tournament setting. First time players will get free sample decks as supplies last . Third Wednesday of every month, 4-6 p.m.; through June 21.

Free. Petrie’s Family Games, 7681 N . Union Blvd., 522-1099, petriesfg@gmail.com, petriesgames.com/magic.

Pikes Peak Triathlon Club, welcoming members of all abilities, from those who have never done a triathlon to professionals and Ironman veterans. Third Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m. various locations, Colorado Springs, info@pikespeaktriathlonclub.com, pikespeaktriathlonclub.com.

COMEDY & IMPROV Make ‘em Laugh Open Mic Night, an open mic for comedians of all sorts. Mondays, 8-10 p.m. Free. Playing Field Sports Bar, 3958 N .

Academy Blvd., #112, 210-1316, theplayingfieldsportsbar.com.

Open Mic Comedy, open mics on the first, third and fifth Thursdays; and improv on the second and fourth Thursdays. Thursdays, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Free. Underground, 110 N. Nevada Ave., 578-7771, facebook.com/undergroundbars.

CONCERTS Songwriter Showcase, featuring a variety of artists who will participate in a Nashville-style showcase. Reservations requested. There will be a full bar and food available. Third Tuesday of every month, 7-11 p.m.; through May

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Live Music Dance and Movement Event, a movement practice sometimes called ecstatic dance, with music by the Live Wave Band.

First and third Sunday of every month, noon to 1 p.m. Free. Movement Arts Community Studio, 525 E. Fountain Blvd., #150, 495-8111, skshapiro@live.com, movementartscs.com.

FILM K2: Siren of the Himalayas, a film about the historic attempt to summit the world’s most challenging peak on the 100-year anniversary of the Duke of Abruzzi’s landmark K2 expedition in 1909. Mon., March 20, 7-9 p.m. Free. Ivywild School, 1604 S. Cascade Ave., 368-6100, socialmedia@ifsoc.org, facebook.com/IFSOC.

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Yoga and Brews, a private, unique yoga class focused on centering, conditioning and strengthening yogis of all skill sets. Participants get a refreshing post-yoga beer. Saturdays, 9:1511 a.m. $15. Whistle Pig Brewing Co., 1840 Dominion Way, 357-7441, yogaandbrews@gmail. com, facebook.com/yogaandbrews.

GET INVOLVED March Madness, a Helping Hands Helping the Community fundraiser to help the homeless, featuring vendors, giveaways and raffles. Sat., March 18, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sun., March 19, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. Citadel Mall, 750 Citadel Drive East #3114, 591-2900, facebook. com/HelpingHandsHelpingTheCommunity.

SKSF Bowl for the Green Bowlathon, the eighth annual Special Kids Special Families Bowlathon fundraiser is here! All proceeds support SKSF programming for children and adults with disabilities and their families. Sat., March 18, 2-5 p.m. $15-$30. King Pin Lanes, 3410 N. Academy Blvd., 447-8983, sksf@sksfcolorado. org, sksfcolorado.org/event/bowlathon.

HEALTH & HEALING CPR classes from American Heart Association, get certified by the American Heart Association in adult, child, infant CPR, AED and first aid. Get your card in one week. Preregistration required. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Mondays, 6-9 p.m.; through Dec. 14. $35. Simple Therapeutics, 3100 N . Academy Blvd., #115, 229-5504, jdcleveland78@gmail. com, simpletherapeutics.massagetherapy.co.

Haseya (She Rises) Native Women’s Talking Circle, a Native women’s support group and talking circle for survivors of domestic/ sexual violence. Third and First Monday of every month, 1-3 p.m. Free and confidential.

One Nation Walking Together, 3150 N . Nevada Ave., 866/599-9650, 785-6815, cinnamon@red-wind.net, red-wind.org.

NAMI Basics, a six-week course for parents and caregivers of school-age children with signs of mental illness. Meets once weekly.

Registration is required. Wed., March 15, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. NAMI Office, 510 E. Willamette Ave., 473-8477, info@namicos.org, namicoloradosprings.org.

Pikes Peak Amputee Connection Monthly Support Group Meeting, meet others with limb loss for peer support, education, recreational resources and more. Third Wednesday of every month, 5-6:30 p.m.

362-0515, ppaccs.com.

HOLIDAY 5th Annual Manitou Springs Kiwanis St. Pat’s Dinner & Dance, including a corned beef and cabbage dinner, dessert, live music

by Finn McCool and a cash bar provided by Manitou Brewing Co. Proceeds go to eliminate neonatal tetanus. Sat., March 18, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $10-$20/individual, $35/couple. Manitou Springs Town Hall, 606 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, 310-5568, manitoukiwanis@ yahoo.com, manitoukiwanis.org/stpats.

St Patrick’s Day Dance by USA Dance, social Ballroom, Latin and swing dancing with a complimentary basic lesson at 6 p.m.

Dancers of all ages and ability level welcome.

Sat., March 18, 6-10 p.m. $5-$15. Immanuel Lutheran Church School Gym, 828 E. Pikes Peak Ave., 201-5558, info@ppusadance.org, ppusadance.org.

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Forest Road Manitou Springs • $95,000 Land

0000 Waterfall Loop Crystal Park • $105,000 Land

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5450 Wilson Road Mountain Shadows • $425,000 Under Contract

14380 Park Canyon Street Park Ridge • $439,500 New Construction

9249 Kathi Creek Drive Wolf Ranch • $439,500

6055 Big Horn Road Crystal Park • $70,000

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Land

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CSMNG CSMNG ANK THAT A SHAME

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

By Timothy E. Parker

COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP

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1 Deadly

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1 Type of tree purchased in December

6 Molecule part

2 Santa ___ (California city)

10 Banished bug spray 13 Cause to become hardened to 14 Like an animal to avoid 16 Rules-rules link 17 Ordinary members of an organization 19 Bobbsey miss 20 Practitioner of snobbery 21 One spelling of a false shirt front

CSMNG CSMNG barrel 3 252-gallon COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP

CSMNG CSMNG COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP

4 Temple receptacles Noah would appreciate 5 Humble, woodsy shelter 6 Intense devotion or passion 7 “Dollar Diplomacy” president 9 Most balmy, weatherwise 10 Like stereotypical dungeons

26 American League East team, on scoreboards

11 It can be clogged

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12 Palindromic founding principle 15 More than exalts

28 Mythical ferryman 30 Create chic fashions 31 Broadway award

18 Midnights’ opposites 23 The planets, without Pluto

34 Some “Law & Order” figs.

24 Handpicked

37 Crooked

25 Feature of WWII

39 Juvenile newt

27 Major airline

42 Morning moisture

JEEP Grand Jeep Cherokee

22 Informal thing to smoke

32 Not chubby

40 Member of the lowest Hindu caste

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8 Karate belt?

23 Halloween mo.

27 Rebellious

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29 Type of bread 30 Make clear, as a windshield

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33 Creator of Fogg

43 One way to study

35 Debate

46 Is droopy 47 Storefront projection, often

36 Full of spunk

49 One who flew too close to the sun

38 Poseur

51 Shot deliverer

... can publish your

Notices To Creditors

41 Olympic jacket letters

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44 Blockbuster headliner, often

53 Important flight info

45 “I’ll have the same”

54 One of many on a custodian’s ring

48 “Quick” thing for a comic to have

55 Cloak with full sleeves and sash 56 Was no longer in a slump?

58 “I’ve just discovered it!”

59 Providing funding for 64 “___ do I” (“I don’t either”)

50 Bathroom seals 51 Opposite of ample 52 Web portal run by Marissa Mayer 53 Ahead of time 56 Low-fat, as milk

65 It saves a postage stamp

57 Sit down with force

66 Divided Asian peninsula

60 “Platoon” setting, informally

67 Lowdown digit

61 Fury or anger

68 TV award

62 Just released

69 Shoots forth volcanically

63 Nitrogen or oxygen

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