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SBD 1 KICKS OFF JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL Members of the Soul Rhythm African Drumming group perform rhythmic drumming songs that reflect the music of West Africa during the Juneteenth festival at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, June 16, 2022. Emmanuel Annang and Nicholas Owen, who have been drumming for six years, used their music to build connections in the crowd. During the performance they invited people from the audience to come on stage and learn the basics of African drumming.
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Juneteenth: A time to ‘heal, hope and emerge’
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BREMERTON, Wash. (AFNS) — Juneteenth was celebrated as a federal holiday June 20, 2022, after becoming an official holiday in 2021 by an executive order from President Joe Biden. Juneteenth honors the date, June 19, 1865, when the last Confederate community of enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, received word that they had been freed from bondage. Union General Gordon Granger led the unit in Galveston who would ensure the proclamation was enforced. In the years before Granger’s landing, news of the proclamation was slow to reach Texas, and did not reach some quarters at all. In other
places, the news was hidden by slaveholders to preserve slavery. While the Emancipation Proclamation had freed enslaved people more than two years prior, it wasn’t until the end of the Civil War that Union troops had the strength to enforce General Order No. 3 in the once Confederate states. The Reformation Amendments that followed further expanded the freedoms and rights of African Americans. The 13th Amendment ended slavery in all states; the 14th Amendment provided citizenship, due process and equal protection; and the 15th Amendment provided the opportunity to vote and hold office. But Juneteenth always held a sacred space for those who had endured the horrors of slavery and racism. Many formerly enslaved African
Americans and their descendants continued to celebrate Juneteenth in Texas—sometimes making pilgrimages to Galveston in honor of the day. Juneteenth has been an official holiday in Texas since 1980. In President Biden’s proclamation of the official federal holiday he wrote, “In its celebration of freedom, Juneteenth is a day that should be recognized by all Americans...A day in which we remember the moral stain and terrible toll of slavery on our country—what I’ve long called America’s original sin. A long legacy of systemic racism, inequality, and inhumanity. But it is a day that also reminds us of our incredible capacity to heal, hope, and emerge from our darkest moments with purpose and resolve.”
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Congressional action can help DOD weather microelectronics supply crunch
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Defense One Technology Editor Patrick Tucker speak at the virtual Defense One Tech Summit at the Pentagon, June 13, 2022. The Defense One keynote interview covered the Defense Department’s approach to innovation and how power competition is shaping national security technology priorities.
By C. Todd Lopez DoD News
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill can help the Defense Department make it through supply shortages for microchips and microelectronics both now and into the future, said Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks. “The most important thing that can be done right now is that the Congress can pass the American Innovation Act, the CHIPS Act, to get us on-shored here in the United States — microchip processing capability, manufacturing and processing capability,” said Hicks, who spoke Monday at the Defense One Tech Summit. While the DOD and other federal agencies would certainly benefit from such a move by Congress, Hicks said the U.S. economy itself would also benefit greatly. “That move will, more than anything, help the overall economy of the United States where we’re relying on chips in many, many, many different kinds of devices,” she said. “What we need and what that American Innovation Act ... would help us get is a national security approach, an enclave approach that helps us go after the kinds of higher-end capabilities that we need with a secure, assured supply chain.” Already, Hicks said, the department has made billions in investments in both microchip processing and microelectronics, for both research and manufacturing. “There’s no doubt that any kind of microelectronics crunch that we feel across the economy will also be felt in DOD,” Hicks said. “It’s an imperative that we have on-shored capability, allied-shored capability as well, to secure the supply chain sfspaceorbital.com
we need inside our defense department.” Similar to how challenges in getting microelectronics pose a risk now to the Defense Department, Hicks said, the department also recognizes the risk of its dependence on petroleum products for operations. The recent rise in fuel costs, she said, just underlines the emphasis the department is already putting on finding new ways to power the warfighter. Hicks said the Defense Department must be a “fast follower,” in the transition to alternate fuel sources for things like automobiles because industry is already moving quickly in that direction. “The U.S. commercial automobile industry is already there on electric vehicles,” she said. “If the Defense Department did nothing, we would not be able to sustain our vehicle fleet in the future because commercial industry, which includes parts, maintenance, all of that, would have moved on.” The U.S. commercial sector, Hicks said, already understands the effects of fuel and the dependency on fuel and is leading the way in finding alternatives. The Defense Department, Hicks said, has its own reasons to shift away from dependency on fossil fuels, including the complex logistics tail associated with getting fuel where it’s needed. “I think we are motivated at a more strategic level to make sure that we can free that tether on fossil fuel, to the extent that we can,” Hicks said. “It’s not an overnight issue but I think there’s a lot we can do to move this system and when we do that, we’re going to help ourselves with that combat credibility, particularly in places like the Pacific where the logistics lines are very long.” Peterson Space Force Base
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JTR update provides relief to dorm Airmen By Staff Writer Secretary of Air Force Public Affairs
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — A recent modification to the joint travel regulation now allows Airmen directed to move out of government quarters to receive a partial dislocation allowance of $840. A PDLA is a one-time, flat-rate payment to help reimburse a service member for expenses incurred while moving out of an unaccompanied household. “Our Airmen in unaccompanied housing are vital,” said Chief Master Sgt. Alex C. Morgan III, 99th Air Base Wing command chief, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. “We must ensure that we are taking care of them. We leveraged every supporter we could to accomplish this mission.” The idea to expand the PDLA limitation from only being applied to family-type government quarters was presented by an Airman out of Nellis. This update does not apply to a move between unaccompanied housing units i.e., dorm to dorm moves. “This is not just a win for our Airmen across the Air Force, but for service members across the Joint Force,” said Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass. “Moving can be stressful, and if we can help alleviate some of those stressors the better off we are. I couldn’t be more proud of the Airman that identified this opportunity to change the JTR, and for the leaders that supported it along the way.” If service members believe they qualify for the PDLA, they should contact their local finance office.
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WASHINGTON — Climate change has serious implications for national security, said the Defense Department’s chief sustainability officer and senior advisor for climate.
Joe Bryan joined a panel discussion yesterday on “U.S. Climate Security Investments: Changing Plans into Actions” at a virtual Center for Climate and Security event. “Climate change is dramatically increasing the demand for military operations and, at the same time, impacting our readiness and our ability to meet those demands while imposing unsustainable costs on the department,” he said. Among the global effects of climate change are a warmer climate; changing precipitation patterns; and more frequent, intense and unpredictable extreme weather. Besides climate impacts on the physical environment, climate change is altering technology and markets as the world adjusts to the reality and a rapidly advancing energy transition, he said. Climate change also affects the militaries of allies and partners, as well as competitors and adversaries. The nations that are most resilient and best able to manage the effects of climate change will secure an advantage, Bryan said. For the U.S. military to maintain its advantage, it will need to continue investing in items that mitigate the effects of climate change, he said. As such, the department’s portion
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of President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request makes significant new investments that will make installations and operations more resilient to climate change and increase operational capability, he said. “Our climate investments are not only aligned with mission objectives, increasing resiliency and enhancing combat capability, but those investments are absolutely necessary for future mission success,” he said. Bryan provided an overview of DOD’s portion of the budget request related to climate change initiatives: • $2 billion investment for installation resiliency and adaptation, including $550 million for the Energy Resilience and Conservation Improvement Program. • $20 million in contingency preparedness that includes incorporating
climate risk scenarios in war games and exercises, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and defense support to civil authorities’ activities. • Nearly $250 million in operational energy and buying power to improve the efficiency of operational platforms while increasing their capability and mitigating logistics risk. • More than $800 million in science and technology investments that includes hybrid tactical vehicles, to enhance capability like extended range and persistence and provide silent watch. It also includes investments in new technologies like blended wing body aircraft, which have the potential to increase range and payload while improving efficiency. “These investments … put us in a position to make real progress against our climate and mission objectives,” he said.
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SSC Guardian begins Phantom Fellowship Program with MIT By Kevin Gonzalez SSC Public Affairs
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Phantom Fellowship is a joint Department of the Air Force and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator program. It is an immersive 4-month program intended to bridge the digital divide by developing high-performing Air and Space Force professionals into future leaders and advocates of artificial intelligence and machine learning. 1st Lt. Conner Brown, a Space Systems Command Guardian is a member of the current iteration, which began on May 1 and runs through Aug. 31. Brown, a program manager with Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar program, is one of the 16 selected for Cohort V. “The Phantom Fellowship appealed to me because it’s clear that the new frontier of international conflict is being developed through technology,” Brown said. “AI/ML allows for more precise decision-making and frees up crucial military resources.” The program application process is highly competitive with the current cohort selected from over 500 officer, enlisted and civilian applicants. “I’m very excited about this opportunity and so grateful for the support of my command,” Brown said. Selection criteria includes specialized experience with AI/ML, soft ware programming, current area of AIA mission need and technical acumen. Brown applied three times before his selection to the program. Showing his passion and resilience, he sought feedback for improvement each time. “I reached out to Phantoms and just immersed myself in continuous learning,” Brown said. The AIA assigns Phantoms to work alongside MIT researchers on current programs that are implementing AI and ML. Within the AIA, there is the Space Domain Awareness project, which studies and monitors satellites orbiting Earth, and gathers intelligence about on-orbit objects. The SDA project also uses AI to allow satellites to adjust their flight paths to avoid collision with other objects, including space debris. “I’ve enjoyed connecting with the AIA team and other Phantoms,” he said. “Everyone I’ve met so far brings a unique perspective, which is proving to be an invaluable network to support my efforts at SSC.” The various career fields represented include cyber, acquisitions, contracting, public
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affairs, programmers and personnel. The Phantoms work remotely on projects and attend training at the DAF-MIT AIA in Cambridge, Mass. “I appreciate that the program is a ‘flat’ organization, meaning, there is no hierarchy across ranks,” Brown said. “This format allows everyone to openly discuss solutions and provide insight from their diverse backgrounds and experiences.” To learn more about DAF-MIT AIA visit the website: https://aia.mit.edu. Applications for the upcoming cohort are due June 24, 2022. Log in to myPers to apply.
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U.S. Space Force Guardian, 1st Lt. Conner Brown, works remotely with the Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, Phantom Program, from Space Systems Command in El Segundo, California, June 10, 2022. The Phantom Program is a 4-month fellowship created to develop high-performing Air and Space Force professionals into future leaders and advocates of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Col. Thomas Stamp, commander of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s 10th Medical Group, chats with Col. Christopher Grussendorf, the group’s former commander, during the change of command ceremony that saw Stamp take over as the Academy’s senior physician June 16, 2022.
By Ray Bowden U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — An Air Force colonel who oversaw the medical evacuation of thousands of refugees from Afghanistan last year became the U.S. Air Force Academy’s senior physician June 16. Col. Thomas Stamp, a 1995 Academy graduate, took command of the 10th Medical Group from Col. Christopher Grussendorf in a ceremony in front of the medical clinic on Academy Drive. “I feel humbled, honored and determined,” Stamp said during the ceremony.
“I’m determined to live up to the expectations of our incredible medical staff and beneficiaries.” One of Stamp’s last assignments before reporting to the Academy was commander of the 455th Expeditionary Medical Group and Combined Task Force Medical at Bagram Air Field and Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan. Grussendorf leaves the Academy for San Antonio, Texas, to serve as Air Education and Training Command’s surgeon general. The 10th Medical Group provides healthcare services to 65,000 beneficiaries, including the Academy’s 4,000 cadets.
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SBD 1 kicks off Juneteenth festival By Senior Airman Alexus Wilcox Space Base Delta 1 Public Affairs
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Members of the Soul Rhythm African Drumming group perform rhythmic drumming songs that reflect the music of West Africa during the Juneteenth festival at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, June 16, 2022. Emmanuel Annang and Nicholas Owen, who have been drumming for six years, used their music to build connections in the crowd. During the performance they invited people from the audience to join them on stage and learn the basics of African drumming.
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Musical guest DJ Oceanz, from Atlanta, Georgia, plays music at the Juneteenth Festival, hosted at Patriot Park on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, June 16, 2022. Music has historically been an essential part of celebrating Juneteenth.
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Family and friends gather during the Juneteenth Festival at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, June 16, 2022. Space Base Delta 1 prioritizes the needs of military professionals through various events that acknowledge the importance of representation and inclusion.
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Tephanie Hopper, Space Base Delta 1 diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility coordinator at Schriever Space Force Base, holds her hand against her heart as the national anthem plays during the Juneteenth Festival at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, June 16, 2022. The diversity and inclusion team meets the needs of service members by providing representation to honor various communities and demographics that make up the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force.
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U.S. Air Force Col. Dennis Woodfork II, Space Base Delta 1, individual mobilization augmentee to the Commander, delivers a speech during the Juneteenth Festival at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, June 16, 2022. Woodfork’s speech highlighted the journey of a young Black man and his pursuit for success despite racial inequities, and discussed the significance of Juneteenth to the Black community.
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Cadets rely on skills, teamwork during annual Field Engineering Readiness Laboratory By Ray Bowden U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The top officer at the U.S. Air Force Academy told cadets that the Russian challenge in Europe and the growing multi-domain threat posed by the People’s Republic of China makes clear the Defense Department’s need for expert civil engineering officers. “Your ability to operate in any conflict is critical to our National Defense Strategy and supports Air Force Chief of Staff CQ Brown’s priority of providing the Defense Department with agile combat employment,” Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, the Academy’s superintendent, told civil engineering cadets during a tour of the Field Engineering Readiness Laboratory (FERL) in Jacks Valley June 8. The summertime lab began in 1994 and the 3 credit-hour course represents the cornerstone of the civil engineering major offered at the school, said Col. Joel Sloan, civil and environmental department head. Loaded with heavy equipment and construction sites, the lab gives civil engineering majors a chance to test their tradecraft in the field: constructing shelters; surveying land; working with metal and steel; and using heavy equipment, including bulldozers and scrapers, all activities they would experience during a deployment. This year’s FERL brings together 10 Air National Guards members, four Air Force Reservists, 22 active duty Airmen, civilian faculty and staff — all engineering experts — who oversee cadets’ work during the three-week lab. “The mentorship and teamwork during FERL translates to our Air Force Academy outcomes of developing leaders of character and preparing leaders for future conflict,” Sloan said. “The FERL course contributes to critical thinking by giving cadets the plans, programs and equipment to build civil engineering infrastructure themselves. Roughly 30% of the Air Force’s commissioned civil engineers are Academy graduates who experienced FERL as cadets.” This year’s FERL course began May 29 and will end June 18. “It’s a phenomenal program that’s about as hands on as you can get,” Clark said.
PROTECTIVE DESIGN Partially inspired by the heavy artillery fire Russia has unleashed on Ukraine, cadets are learning more about defensive structures, structures meant to sustain
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A cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy works in the Jacks Valley during the Field Engineering Readiness Laboratory June 8, 2022. The annual summertime lab is designed to get civil engineering majors at the school in a field environment to practice the skills they’ve learned in the classroom.
initial artillery attacks, said Lt. Col. Timothy Frank, FERL commander and assistant professor. “The idea is to show cadets how relevant engineers are to national security, using the Ukraine example to show how we’re prepping the European command theater for conflict, and tie in our activities into what company grade officer engineers are currently doing,” Frank said. “We’re continuously evolving FERL, making it relevant and related to upper-level curriculum and real world issues.” Along with welding, surveying, pouring concrete, paving roads and operating heavy equipment, the summer course includes explosive ordnance activities called “protective design” and briefings concerning civil engineering operations in conflict.
LEAD AND FEED Tech. Sgt. Jason Dolan, a civil engineer assigned to Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka, Kansas has assisted with four FERL sessions. “We come from all over the nation and learn to lead
and feed others in a field environment,” he said. “I learn as much from cadets here as I do from anyone anywhere else. I might have more experience but you’d be surprised at how much you can learn from cadets and the other mentors. There’s mutual respect between the NCOs and cadets.” Cadet 1st Class Sophia Hirtle is this year’s FERL cadet commander and works with Frank and other staff in the department to manage cadets’ lab schedule. She also reports to Clark and Brig. Gen. Linell Letendre, the Academy’s dean, on the status of lab activities. “FERL gives me the opportunity to experience the upper-level personnel management side of leadership,” she said. “It’s an amazing opportunity that provides cadets with an introduction to civil engineering, what their shops in the Air Force do on a daily basis and gives enlisted mentors the chance to influence future leaders.” Hirtle hopes to serve as a Rapid Engineering Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) officer by the time she’s a senior captain. RED HORSE squadrons are the Air Force’s heavy construction units.
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AQUATICS CENTER 719-556-4608 Lap Swim: M/W/F 6 a.m. - 1 p.m., Tu/Th 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. - noon Shallow End Fitness: M/W/F 6 - 10 a.m., Tu/Th 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sat 10 a.m. - noon Open Swim: M/W/F 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Tu/Th 2 - 6 p.m., Sat. noon - 4 p.m.
SBD 1 will continue to follow HHQ, DoD force health protection guidance, and state or county policy. This includes the continued requirement for mask wear while within medical facilities.
UPDATED PEDIATRIC COVID-19 VACCINE GUIDANCE At this time, the 21st Medical Group is unable to provide COVID-19 boosters for dependents under the age of 18. Use an off-base facility with Tricare support until booster shots can be offered back on the installation.
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NOW: Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 shots are only being administered to active duty members, at this time. What: All COVID-19 shots are available by appointment. Who: Any individual who has completed a COVID-19 series and appropriate waiting
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STATS FOR ZIP CODE 80921 – SINCE 01/01/2022 Homes sold: 246 Average sales price for 2021: $680,990 Average sales price for 2022: $798,451 Average sales price change: 17% Average Price per sq. ft.: $219.23 List price vs sales price: 102.3% 47 homes sold under $600,000 109 homes sold between $600,000 & $800,000 92 homes sold over: $800,000 ACROSS 1 Sixteen of a chess set’s pieces 6 Peak 10 Spotify and Venmo, for two 14 Song that climbs charts long after its release, e.g. 16 Boxing match 17 Possible results of wearing flip-flops 18 Guitarist’s chance to shine 19 Explosive compound, briefly 20 Last name found in “gross income” 21 2015 Adele hit that was aptly a lead single 22 ___ rally 23 Swiss valley known for cheese 25 “No need to introduce us!” 29 Main arteries 30 Result of a good review 31 Angelic rings 33 “Dynamite” boy band 35 Canadian gas brand 36 Line perpendicular to the xy-plane 37 “Why is the sky ___?” 38 Manhattan sch. 39 Gives (out) 40 Common concert venue 41 Cavalier Garland 43 Believers in a creator 45 Gargantuan 47 Smelter input 48 Preliminary races 49 “Live Free or Die,” for New Hampshire 51 Printer or traffic problem 54 “Really?” 55 “Only if you want to!” 57 ___ or die (bestie) 58 Moocher 59 Condition that can be treated using SSRIs 60 “___ is more” 61 Lax
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Lowest price sold: $408,000 Highest price sold: $1,992,5000 The market is still confusing and complicated. Homes are flying off the shelf. As of 6/14/2022, there are only 71 homes for sale in the 80921 zip code from $450,000 to $4,595,000. There are currently 82 under contract priced from $414,900 to $7,250,000. If you would like the statistics for your zip code or neighborhood, we would be happy to get those statistics to you.
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