MarApr 2013 Vol 41, No. 2

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1 RACER FLYER Inel for he Family Securiy Forces prepares for Disurbance Conrol See DCT, Page 5 MARAPR 2013

2 L. Col. Kyle Noel Commander, 113 ASOS COMMANDER S COMMENTS Welcome from he 113h Air Suppor Operaions Squadron. When I was informed ha i was my urn o wrie he Commander s Commens for he upcoming ediion of he Racer Flyer, I was no sure wha I waned o wrie abou. Afer hinking on i, I decided o wrie abou individual responsibiliy and sandards of behavior. More specifically, how each individual s personal acions conribue o or derac from he mission of he USAF and ANG. During my career as a pilo, I have been expeced o memorize flying sandards for each organizaion ha I have been a member of. Flying sandards are common o all miliary figher pilos and dicae acical execuion and employmen of your weapons sysem. A any given ime, when employing a comba aircraf, be i an F-16 or an A-10, I knew in almos any siuaion wha he man or woman in he oher aircraf around me were going o do and wha hey expeced of me based on he flying sandards. The knowledge of exacly wha I expeced from each pilo in he fligh grealy decreased my work load and freed up ime and brain byes o concenrae on he hings ha were happening ha were no Sandard. This in urn made myself and my fligh more lehal, and increased our chances of successfully accomplishing he mission. While I was inimaely familiar wih flying sandards, when I came o he ASOS las year, I found he ASOS had a se of sandards, as well. They were, however, differen from wha I was accusomed o. Raher han acical execuion sandards, hey had 113 ASOS TACP Sandards of Behavior. This was somehing I had never seen before and was very impressed wih he concep. As a member of he miliary, we all subscribe o he Core Values of our service, bu in he ASOS hey wen one sep furher o refine individual sandards expeced, which align wih our Core Values. I have been humbled by he men and women of his fine organizaion and heir individual commimens o he mission we execue. I believe ha a big par of our success is ha from day one each member is augh exacly wha is expeced from hem o make he enire enerprise successful, and see ha our mission is accomplished. Based on his I hough I would share wha our sandards of behavior are in he ASOS, and wha hey mean o me as hey are ransferable o all organizaions. 1. If you don have a job or ask, find one or help someone ha does. This simply quanifies your membership in he eam. Jus because you are no busy does no mean ha here is no work o be done. Raher, seek ou somehing o do o or help someone ha is busy o furher he accomplishmen of he mission. 2. Expec o make misakes, learn from hem and drive on. Don be afraid o ake he lead and make decisions. This is he only way ha we learn, so push he envelope, bu ensure ha you and ohers learn from any failures ha may resul. 3. Mainain 100% accounabiliy of your personnel and equipmen. In our mission, his quie frankly, is a life or deah sandard of behavior as loss of accounabiliy of personnel or equipmen can have caasrophic resuls; however, in any mission, his holds rue. As members of he eam, all have a job o do, and he equipmen he ax payers enrus us wih is necessary, or we would no have i. Thus, loss of accounabiliy deerioraes he accomplishmen of he mission. See Commander s Commens Page 4 l y N c m m e I i f E o a s o N MarApr 2013 Vol 41, No. 2 The Racer Flyer is he official newsleer published by, and for, he members of he Indiana Air Naional Guard, Hulman Field, Terre Haue, Indiana. The conens of The Racer Flyer are no necessarily he official views of, or endorsed by, he US Governmen, DoD, Deparmen of he Air Force, he Naional Guard Bureau, or he Indiana Air Guard. Vision Saemen of he 181s Inelligence Wing: Recognized as a world-class Wing ready o serve Sae and Naion anyime... anywhere The Racer Flyer maerial: Aricles and phoographs are welcome and should be submied prior o deadline (he MayJun deadline is April 26, 2013). Send submissions by o Senior Maser Sg. John Chapman (john.chapman.1@ang.af.mil). Comm: FAX: DSN: DSN FAX: Col. Donald Bone, Jr. 1s L. Brandy Fulz Maj. Francis Howard Senior Maser Sg. John Chapman Commander, 181 IW Chief, Public Affairs Wing Execuive Saff Officer PA Superinenden/Racer Flyer Coordinaor COVER PHOTO: 181s Securiy Forces Squadron paricipaed in Disurbance Conrol raining during he monh of March. (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maser Sg. John Day/Released) 181 Inelligence Wing 2 MarApr 2013 w

3 CHIEF S COMMENTS Chief Maser Sg. Rober Beasley, 181 IW/DGS Guardians of Freedom Our focus for he las several years has been on he ransformaion of he 181s Inelligence Wing and he skill-se ha each and every member brings o he figh. For several years, he Air Naional Guard has been referred o as Guardians of Freedom, a heme ha ruly ses he Naional Guard apar. On November 1, 2011, Chief Maser Sergean of he Air Force James Roy said The Air Naional Guard is in he figh and i is up o each and every Guard member o ell heir sory o heir families, employers and fellow service members. As Guardians of Freedom, we serve his grea naion in such a way ha mos people canno undersand, nor comprehend he unique dual-mission roles we play. As Ciizen Airmen we make sacrifices on a daily basis. Our abiliy o mainain dual skill-ses, commimens o boh civilian employers and he Air Naional Guard; we provide his naion a grea service. You should be proud o be par of he overall accomplishmen of he mission. This year, as we roll ino a fiscally rying economy, budge cus, enlised grade reviews, and coninued mission requiremens; ake a momen and hink abou how you, as a member of he Indiana Air Naional Guard, have conribued o he global figh. I s ime o ell our sory! I is essenial o remember ha no maer wha role you execue, every Guardsman plays an inegral and vial par o he mission. An airman s primary purpose is mission accomplishmen. From siing on he mission floor, o providing medical services, o ensuring all he communicaions are working. Commencing wih Securiy Forces- providing force proecion, Services- providing meals and oher funcions, and Finance-working pay issues and he like. To Civil Engineers who mainain our faciliies, Recruiers- recruiing, and Personnel aking care of our human resources; o all our airmen ha rain o be in he figh down range. All of hese componens are linked ogeher and necessary o ensure Mission Accomplishmen. While he Air Naional Guard coninues o play a vial role in miliary affairs, our Airmen are he driving force behind he Ciizen-Airmen componen. The Air Naional Guard Command Chief, Chief Maser Sg. Muncy said, I need Airmen o ell heir sory, who you are, and wha you do. Tell our Air Guard sory." When you ge an opporuniy o share your sory, sand proud and ell your sory. We ARE Guard, Ciizen-Airman, and Americans! Finally, I d like o ake his opporuniy o hank each and every Guardsman, in he Air Naional Guard, for your service. You provide a valuable resource ha is vial o he accomplishmen of he mission. I salue each and every one of you as you coninue o serve and provide a safe and secure home your families, for he Sae of Indiana, and our grea Naion. You are, Guardians of Freedom. Family Readiness Group The Annual Indiana Naional Guard Voluneer Workshop and Youh Symposium was held Saurday, March 9, 2013, a he Hya Regency Hoel in Downown Indianapolis. The focus on his workshop was o assis all FRG Voluneers and Miliary Youh in heir role of supporing he Indiana Naional Guard Service Members and Families. Addiionally, his was an opporuniy for us o nominae hose voluneers who have been ousanding FRG voluneers and youh as hey coninue o suppor our Racer Family. We had nominaions in five caegories and won hree awards! Service Member Voluneer of he Year wen o Chief Maser Sg. Douglas Ackerman; Family of he Year wen o John and Connie Conway; and Youh of he Year o Nicole Goodin! A BIG THANK YOU o all our voluneers! I is your effors ha make he Racer Family Suppor Group successful in heir effors for service members and heir families. The Racer Family Suppor Group is in he planning sages for he 2013 Family Day o be held during he July UTA. Would you like more informaion abou he Racer Family Suppor Group? You are welcome o join us a any FRG meeing which is held a 1:00 pm, Saurday of each UTA. To learn abou your FRG or how you can become involved and offer your skills o your FRG and your Racer family, aend a meeing, or conac he Airman & Family Readiness Program Manger s Office a , by cell a or send an o margare.amos@ang.af.mil. 3 Racer Flyer

4 Commander s Commens (coninued from page 2) 4. Be responsible for mainenance and accounabiliy of your equipmen. Again, we are sewards of funds ha he ax payers of our grea naion provide us. Be responsible for aking care of he ools hey provide you o accomplish our missions. This also implies ha we are all responsible for following hrough wih mainenance of equipmen even when he process is ouside of our lane or handed off o anoher agency. None of us in he Wing can fall ino he rap of using he sysem as an excuse for failing or no following hrough. 5. Trus your junior leaders and encourage heir innovaion. I have had he grea pleasure of working for some fanasic leaders and commanders in my career. I am confiden ha hey were no born ha way. Raher hey have been menored by Senior NCOs and Officers o develop hem o wha hey became. We all need o give responsibiliies o, and place rus in, our young NCOs and Officers in order o develop hem ino grea leaders. A senior NCO or Officer ha has simply followed orders for heir enire career, and suddenly finds hemselves in a posiion where no one is elling hem wha o do will fail, and are a derimen o he mission. Managemen can be augh in a classroom, bu making ough decisions and ruly leading is a skill ha mus be learned hrough experience and coninually honed. 6. Ensure all are rained, prepared, and have he correc equipmen. This is a enan of leadership. Take care of your people and ensure hey have he raining, and equipmen required o do he mission. Again, his is an area where we canno allow he sysem o be an excuse for failing o provide for our Airmen up / 1-down cross raining a all levels. Ensure hose appoined over you and your subordinaes are able o do your job. This menors and prepares your subordinaes and ensures no single poins of failure o he mission. The problem ha his sandard addresses is more common o he ANG and AFRES han he Acive Duy Air Force based on our limied full-ime force, bu he impac on our Airmen is he same. We canno afford o bring he machine o a hal every ime one key player is ou of he office. 8. Rehearsals, back briefs and Pre Comba Inspecions are mandaory. This may come across as specific o Balefield Airmen, bu has applicabiliy o all career fields. Rehearsals are pracice. Train like you figh, so when he figh comes you are prepared. No one should plan o rise o he occasion in a crisis. Raher, hey should plan o defaul o heir highes level of raining and readiness since ha is exacly wha happens. Back briefs are simply making sure your leadership and subordinaes are informed. Pre Comba Inspecions means knowing he saus of your equipmen and resources a all imes. 9. Idenifying an issue or LimFac is only sep 1 of 2, sep 2 is fixing i. Don be he guy or gal ha simply poins ou wha is wrong o your leaders and view ha as doing he job. Raher idenify issues before your leadership does, ake ownership of he problem, and fix hem a he lowes level pracical. If you canno fix he problem a your level, hen do your bes o give soluions or courses of acion o consider as you elevae he problem. 10. Hold yourself accounable before anyone else needs o. Be your own bigges criic and consanly evaluae how you can do beer. If you fail or make misakes, ake responsibiliy for your acions, and ensure you and ohers learn from hem. 11. Morale is a resource, manage i effecively. In he profession of arms we are asked o do difficul hings. Long hours, discomfor, and unpopular decisions are a source of consernaion and can degrade morale. As leaders, evaluae your decisions o ensure ha if you are placing a burden on your people ha i is reasonable and necessary for he mission o be accomplished, raher han he easy soluion or arbirarily. 12. Be ready, always. As ciizen soldiers we are o be prepared o answer our naion s call anywhere a any ime. Say fi, consanly improve your knowledge, and say rained as you never know when you will be hrus ino acion and you mus be prepared. 13. EVERYONE FIGHTS, NO ONE QUITS. This line may come from Sarship Trooper fame, bu is mean lierally. We are an insrumen of power for our naion. Regardless of wha drove your decision o serve, deep down inside you mus have he fire o be prepared o figh and risk your life, if necessary, in service o our naion. No maer how difficul he ask, never qui as long as you have breah in your lungs. Throughou my career I have always been old ha people are our mos imporan resource. I believe his o be absoluely rue. No maer how advanced he echnology is ha we use o complee our mission, wihou highly rained and moivaed personnel mainaining and operaing hese machines, hey become useless. Envision yourself as a cog on he wheel of he big machine we call he miliary. If you individually fail or don give your all, he machine begins o break down and becomes ha much less effecive. Take he ime o individually examine your sandards of behavior o see if you are living ou our core values, and being he bes you can be. By coninually evaluaing ourselves in greaer deail han we evaluae ohers, o make posiive modificaions o our own individual behavior, we can srenghen he machine as a whole and complee our mission o Fly, Figh, and Win. 181 Inelligence Wing 4 MarApr 2013 w M C C M b S a B C T B

5 Members of he 181s Securiy Forces Squadron paricipae in Disurbance Conrol raining. (LoR): Maser Sg. Donald Grassick, Tech. Sg. Curis Gilbreah, Saff Sg. Alan McCarer, Maser Sg. Andrew Van Ness, Senior Airmen Derek Allen, Senior Airmen Joshua Benne, Saff Sg. Chrisopher Lewis and Saff Sg. Bryan Greene. (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maser Sg. John Day/Released) Members of he 181s Securiy Forces Squadron paricipae in Disurbance Conrol raining. (LoR): Senior Airmen Joshua Benne, Saff Sg. Chrisopher Lewis, Tech. Sg. Curis Gilbreah and Saff Sg. Bryan Greene. (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maser Sg. John Day/Released) Disurbance Conrol Training By Senior Maser Sg. Danny Cook, 181s SFS, Superinenden Members of he 181s Securiy Forces Squadron paricipae in Disurbance Conrol raining. (LoR): Senior Airmen Joshua Benne, Senior Airmen James Allen, Maser Sg. Andrew Van Ness, Saff Sg. Allen McCarer and Tech. Sg. Curis Gilbreah. Back Row: Tech. Sg. Josh Bes. (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maser Sg. John Day/Released) During he March Uni Training Assemble, approximaely 40 Securiy Forces personnel wen hrough Disurbance Conrol (DC), or in he old days referred o Rio Conrol. DC is an area of operaions for Air Naional Guard Securiy Forces Domesic Operaions capabiliies and skill ses. The raining is driven by he Securiy Forces- Cener of Training Excellence e-ttpg s on Confronaion Managemen. Training was conduced in wo pars, firs he classroom, hen he hands-on or pracical porion. Tech. Sg. Joshua Bes was he primary insrucor who is also on a DCT eam for his civilian employer. Members received insrucion on commands, individual and eam acics, and he applicaion of force focusing on less han lehal applicaion. Upon compleion, he Securiy Forces members now have he working knowledge and abiliies o pu he raining in acion, if and when he ime would come. 5 Racer Flyer

6 A B Senior Airman Tyler Crumpacker (lef) and Tech. Sg. Michael Wilkins (righ) from he 181s Inelligence Wing provide weaher briefings o deparing Civil Air Parol ground search and rescue eams during Exercise Resless Tomahawk." (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maj. Frank Howard/ Released) Racers Train for Search and Rescue Operaions By Maj. Frank Howard, 181s IW Execuive Saff Offi cer From February 22-24, 2013, he 181s Inelligence Wing and he Civil Air Parol parnered for he firs ime in a search and rescue exercise a Hulman Field in Terre Haue, Ind. During his exercise, CAP and local firs responders, suppored by Air Guardsmen from he 181 IW, worked side-by-side, refining criical eambuilding skills in join command seings. Tradiionally, he 181 IW provides logisical and faciliies suppor o he CAP. This year, Racers from he 181 IW Inelligence Group and Weaher Fligh voluneered o provid updaes and analysis o boh ground and air eams o increase safey and operaional effeciveness. We have aken 12 years of comba operaions and lessons learned and are applying hose skills o assis he CAP in search and rescue operaions, said Maser Sg. Greg Hrova. Exercise Resless Tomahawk is a yearly CAP exercise designed o rain he CAP, 181 IW, and oher ciy and couny firs responders o successfully work ogeher in he air, on he ground, and in he command cener o conduc search and rescue operaions. This year s muli-agency exercise included five CAP aircraf, muliple ground vehicles and canine search and rescue. During he exercise, he effors of all organizaions resuled in he recovery of a los civilian pilo and a missing huner. The aerial eams used airborne search grids, while ground eams uilized signal direcion finding equipmen, o search for and hone in on he missing individuals. 181 IW members used, open source informaion and sysems o collec, plo and analyze he search eams daa o provide CAP commanders a single-source common operaing picure, said Sergean Hrova. Overall, around 140 people paricipaed in Resless Tomahawk from agencies such as he Riley and Vigo Couny Emergency Managemen Senior Airman Crumpacker (back), (LoR) Tech. Sg. Wilkins and Tech. Sg. Peersen, 181s IW, prepare weaher updaes prior o CAP pilos sepping o heir aircraf during Exercise Resless Tomahawk. (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maj. Frank Howard/Released) Agency, he Wabash Valley Chaper of he Red Cross, he Riley and Seelyville Fire Deparmens, Vigo Couny Search & Rescue, he Hamilon Cener and he Amaeur Radio Emergency Services. I is hese muli-agency exercises ha allow he Wing o hone our domesic operaions skills and enable he Racers o beer serve he Wabash Valley and Sae in imes of crisis, said 181 IW Commander Col. Donald Bone. 181 Inelligence Wing 6 MarApr 2013 w w a h V S B e I o b m c s A a s s h n w a i m d o

7 A House Full of Hisory By Senior Airmen Alex Nyirendah, 207h Weaher Fligh, UPAR To say ha Maser Sg. Bri King likes miliary hisory is a bi of an undersaemen. Maser Sg. King owns wha has o be one of he larges privae collecions of hisoric miliary uniforms and equipmen in Indiana. And i all sared wih one World War II German helme. I m no sure wha really sared my ineres in miliary hisory, says King. I have memories of waching Norh Vienamese anks roaming around Saigon on elevision in 1975, and my favorie elevision show as a child was Black Sheep Squadron. Any ime a war movie, like Paon or A Bridge Too Far came on, I was glued o he TV. All I waned for Chrismas or birhdays was usually miliary books. I remember hinking, as I was eiher waching on screen or looking a phoos in books, how cool i would acually be o own he helmes, uniforms, equipmen, and weapons ha I was seeing. In December 1978, King asked his parens for a German World War II helme. Up o ha ime, I don ever remember being as excied abou a Chrismas gif as I was abou ha helme, says King. Tha German helme, pained o represen he German Army in Norh Africa from , was he beginning of a collecion ha now encompasses over 200 full uniform ses, including equipmen and weaponry. King s basemen has he appearance of a museum soreroom, wih clohing racks of uniforms, shelves full of helmes and headgear, and plasic ubs full of bels, ammuniion pouches, and all he oher liany of equipmen ha would be used o oufi soldiers hrough he ages. There are even a few mannequins hrown in for display purposes. Two more rooms in his home conain an exensive miliary hisory library wih several housand books and even more helmes and uniforms. I m glad my wife is undersanding, smiles King. I don hink oo many women would like having ha much of heir home dedicaed o heir husband s hobby. The firs quesion one migh ask is wha o do wih all his suff? I ask myself ha all he ime, laughs King. I love educaing people abou miliary hisory. I aend hisoric reenacmens when I can, and se up numerous displays during he year around Indiana, where I can alk wih he public abou he iems. King has also aken his mobile museum ino schools o help bring hisory o new generaions, and he has posed for ariss while wearing any number of impressions, which is he erm reenacors use o describe a paricular uniform se. He has even appeared as an exra on wo Hisory Channel documenaries. King s impressions cover cenuries of warfare. He can oufi himself as everyhing from a Roman Legionary of he 2nd Cenury o, more recenly, a Sovie pararooper from he Sovie-Afghan War. I can say I have a paricularly favorie period of ime, says King bu I guess for he sheer numbers of uniforms I have, World War II would ake he prize, wih World War I coming a disan second. I have muliple uniforms of all he major players in he wars; German, American, Russian, Briish. Some years back I decided ha all he oher smaller naions kind of go he shor shrif from he reenacing communiy, so I also sared focusing on oher impressions like Canada, Ausralia, France, Ialy and even more obscure counries, like Poland, Finland, Romania, and Hungary. When asked if here would ever come a ime when he decided ha his collecion was complee, King said, Well, I ell myself I need o sop all he ime, mosly because of financial consrains. I have scaled way back over he las few years, bu if I see somehing ha s affordable on ebay, and wih he wife s permission, I may pick up more iems here and here. 7 Racer Flyer

8 M A a I f R 181s Phoo Gallery (U.S. Air Force phoos by Maser Sg. John Day/Released) 2012 Officer of he Year 2nd L. Mahew Riggs 2012 Senior Non Commissioned Officer of he Year Maser Sg. Mony LeBrun 2012 Non Commissioned Officer of he Year Tech. Sg. Keih Whie 2012 Firs Sergean of he Year Maser Sg. Brandi Eason T c m 181 Inelligence Wing 8 MarApr 2013 w

9 Wha s Happening a he 181s Members of he 181s SFS paricipae in Shoo, Move, Communicae raining exercises, March 2013, Hulman Field, Terre Haue, Ind. (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maser Sg. John Day/Released) 113h ASOS Conducs HMMWV Tacical Driving Training a Redbird Sae Riding Area. (U.S. Air Force phoo by Tech. Sg. Dianne Pirog/ Released) Tech. Sg. Isadore Gurnell and Senior Airman Cody Eslick perform a Rapid Trauma Assessmen on Tech. Sg. Jonelle Dippel, during he Indiana CERFP Search/Exracion Readiness exercise in preparaion for Vigilan Guard. (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maser Sg. John Day/ Released) Col. Donald Bone Jr., presens Senior Maser Sg. Roy Riggs wih a Cerifi cae of Appreicaion from he Commander in Chief, Barack Obama during a reiremen ceremony March (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maser Sg. John Day/Released) Tech. Sg. Derek, 181s Civil Engineering Squadron, ges refresher crane operaions a F. Indianown GAP, PA las February. Phoo submied by Maser Sg. Larry McBride 2012 Communiy College of he Air Force graduaes are presened heir individual Associae Degrees conferred by Col. Bone during Commanders Call on March UTA. Several airman received muliple degrees, for heir curren and prior AFSCs. The 181 IW had 48 airman complee heir Associaes Degree in 2012, placing he Wing wih he second highes graduaion raio in he ANG for he second consecuive year. (U.S. Air Force phoo by Maser Sg. John Day/Released) 9 Racer Flyer

10 RACER UNIT REVIEW Medical Group The Medical Group has many members who deserve o be congraulaed. Firs is Colonel Lisa Snyder, who was promoed o he rank of Colonel effecive Jan. 1, She is he second female o be promoed o O-6 in he Indiana Air Naional Guard. The enire uni is very proud of her ousanding accomplishmen and proud o be able o serve her. Congraulaions Colonel Snyder! Maser Sg. April Simmons was promoed effecive Jan. 15, Congraulaions Maser Sg. Simmons! Saff Sg. Tyrone Fisher recenly compleed 4N (Aerospace Medical Technician) school. The school is no an easy one and we are happy o have him back! Finally, congraulaions are in order for Senior Airman Cody Eslick who is he Airman of he Year for he Sae of Indiana. Senior Airman Eslick will be nominaed for Airman of he Year a he Naional level. Congraulaions Cody and good luck! The Medical Uni is proud of is members and heir grea accomplishmens. The whole uni has done a grea job keeping up wih raining while making sure ha paiens are aken care of and preparing for he OSAT in Hawaii in April. The CERFP has been busy geing heir new building se up and preparing for heir March inspecion. 2nd L. Niki Price 207h Weaher Fligh There are seasons of sowing and reaping for unis. Some members of he 207h are benefiing from seasons of sowing. Airman 1s Class Alex Nyirendah was promoed o Senior Airman early in January, Maser Sg. Bri King compleed he requiremens o graduae from CCAF, and kudos o Maser Sg. Todd Bock for being seleced o serve a Join Forces HR on his civilian side. Senior Airman Ross Hoppus is one of he airmen feaured on he Naional Guard s 2013 calendar. Senior Airman Hoppus is picured donning an M-4 Carbine while aking a weaher observaion using he acical Kesrel meeorological insrumen. Recen recrui Dominic Cammaraa lef for BMT Feb. 4, Meanwhile oher members were assising wih weaher safey briefings across he sae; L. Col. Marcello and Maser Sg. King paricipaed in he 38h Aviaion Brigade safey sand-down Mar. 2, 2013, while Maser Sg. King and Maser Sg. Hoppus led weaher raining for ATC personnel a he Johnson Couny Armory, as well as he Indy Aero Club. Senior Airman Alexander Nyirendah Inelligence Wing The Wing would like o welcome our new Wing Firs Sergean Maser Sg. Michael May. Maser Sg. May comes o us from he 137 IS, and brings wih him almos 21 years of miliary service. We also would like o say a fond farewell o Senior Maser Sg. Roy Riggs, our ougoing Wing Firs Sergean. Senior Maser Sg. Riggs reired March 4, 2013, afer over 31 years of disinguished miliary service, boh acive duy and Guard. Senior Maser Sg. Riggs s wife, Senior Maser Sg. Sheri Riggs, also reired from he Air Naional Guard las monh she was a member of he Illinois ANG a Springfield, Ill. We wish boh of hem he bes in heir reiremen. We would also like o welcome Colonel Thomas Sims, who will be filling in as Vice Commander during he emporary absence of Colonel Renwick. Colonel Sims has already proven himself o be an ousanding replacemen he has been cleaning his new office, much o he deligh of his Admin NCO. We also would like o wish Colonel Renwick he bes of luck on his new emporary assignmen he is already very much missed, bu we know he will make he Wing proud! Good luck o L. Col. John Pucke during his six-monh deail o Join Base Andrews. L. Col. Pucke is backfilling as he Public Affairs Officer a Air Force Disric of Washingon (AFDW), which provides HQ suppor o AF Band, Honor Guard and 11h Wing. Looks like you have your hands full, good luck! We will miss you, especially he Public Affairs Office. Our bes wishes go ou o Airmen 1s Class Jessica Alexander. The nex ime we see Airmen Alexander she will be Airmen Boespflug. We wan o wish Jessica and her husband a happy life ogeher. Maser Sg. Jami Perusich 181 Inelligence Wing 10 MarApr 2013 w

11 RACER UNIT REVIEW Civil Engineering Squadron Now ha winer is coming o an end, be hankful and cheerful ha new life will be springing up all around us. Flowers will be budding; leaves on rees will be reurning; kids will be playing ouside wih loads of laugher; warmer weaher ouside for us finess fanaics o enjoy; and he abiliy o rain ouside more ofen for our miliary jobs. On ha noe, all of us in he 181s Civil Engineer Squadron need o prepare for our upcoming RTS/Silver Flag raining by finishing up any ouside raining and/or any oher raining such as compuer based raining. There are many raining blocks ha need o be compleed by he ime we leave, so please be aware of hose. Speaking of raining, wo individuals in he squadron, Saff Sg. Kyle McLeish and Maser Sg. Larry Mc- Bride, have recenly compleed upgrade raining. Saff Sg. McLeish graduaed Feb. 15, 2013, from Airmen Leadership School down a McGee-Tyson Air Naional Guard Base, Tenn. Maser Sg. McBride compleed his 5-level Career Developmen Course in he Producion Managemen career field in early February. Congraulaions o boh of you and keep up he good work! Maser Sg. McBride has somehing else recenly o be proud of. His daugher Hannah was recognized as a member of he Naional Honor Sociey Feb. 28, 2013, a Terre Town Elemenary School in Terre Haue. Her effors of being a sraigh A suden, Suden Council member, and involvemen in her communiy has finally come o fruiion. Good job Hannah! Lasly, don forge o wach ou for daring children and wo wheeled vehicles in your neighborhoods, around own, or wherever. Once spring is here wih is warmer emperaures, kids will be ou playing more, bicycliss will be ravelling hrough our communiies, moorcycliss will be ou for weekend joy rides, ec., ec. This means o always ry o drive defensively and no offensively. One way of doing his is by giving oneself pleny of ime o ge o appoinmens whaever hey may be. A few minues exra of preparedness could be he difference beween life and deah. Maser Sg. Larry McBride Air Suppor Operaions Squadron Hello again fellow Racer s! I has been a long ime since I had he privilege of wriing for he Racer Flyer. Our Firs Sergean Chrisine David-Wood was doing a grea job, bu he opporuniy o deploy presened iself, and she was seleced o be he Firs Sergean for he 504h EASOG. She has been on a whirlwind he las few weeks geing ready o head ou he door. She is now on her way o do he Naion s business. Good luck Chrisine! I know you will make us proud. I seems like wih a loss here always comes some sor of gain, and he Wing was gracious enough o lend us some emporary help. We are proud o welcome Maser Sg. John Pourner who comes o us from Services. He will fill in for Chrisine while she is deployed. Maser Sg. Pourner is well versed in he duies of he Firs Sergean, and we are all looking forward o working wih him. Welcome aboard Maser Sg. Pourner. Since we are in a welcoming mood we would like o announce a few more new addiions. Tech. Sg. Joshua Cline comes o us from Securiy Forces (we sole him from anoher Sae). He will be enering ino he difficul 1C4 career field, good luck Joshua, we would also like o welcome Senior Airman Jonahan Rier o our vehicle mainenance eam, and finally we would like o welcome back Saff Sg. Rober Clugh. Saff Sg. Clugh was previously a member of our uni and found his way home o us as a new radio mainainer. Welcome aboard guys! The ASOS has been exremely busy wih moving ino he new building, recovering deployed members, sending ou new deployers, and wih our busy raining schedule. We jus concluded our laes advenure, an overnigh raining evoluion a he Redbird Sae Riding Area. This is a sae faciliy which provides echnical driving raining, land navigaion, and numerous oher field raining opporuniies. Our roops were able o pu heir Humvees hrough a series of echnical driving courses, boh day and nigh, allowing us o explore he full capabiliies of our fighing vehicles. A very busy wo days (cold and we oo) of excellen raining. Well ha s i for now. Negoium De Bellum! L. Col. Charlie Fram Iracondo 11 Racer Flyer

12 RACER UNIT REVIEW Operaions Suppor Squadron (In accordance wih curren Air Force guidance, he las name of OSS members have been omied due o operaional securiy) As he squadron s full-ime enlised and officer force mainains our focus on providing world class back shop suppor o our analyss on he operaions floor, several of our squadron members have eiher recenly reurned from or are in heare. Sg. Craig, is one of hose aforemenioned deployed members who has recenly reurned home. During his ime in Afghanisan, Sg. Craig leveraged his raining and experiences gained here o provide invaluable analysis o numerous operaions. The words following him home from hose he suppored and worked wih are in line wih he highes RACER radiions and expecaions. Welcome home Sg. Craig! In addiion o deploymens, a number of our members wen off saion o complee some high level courses. Maser Sg. Gregory is one of hose members. He compleed he J2 Defense Suppor o Civil Auhoriy (DCSA) course, held in Washingon D.C. Maser Sg. Gregory was one of several senior miliary officers, senior NCO's, Deparmen of Defense (DoD) civilians, and heir saff o aend he academics. The focus was o ensure he DoD s readiness o suppor Homeland Defense and Civil Suppor missions. Addiionally, he course inroduced paricipans o Naional, Sae, Local, and DoD saues, direcives, plans, command and conrol relaionships, and capabiliies wih regard o disaser and emergency response. Maser Sg. Gregory wasn he only member o complee a high level course. L. Col. Mahew compleed he Reserve Componens Naional Securiy Course (RCNSC), in Washingon DC. The RCNSC is designed o lay a foundaion for join command managemen and saff responsibiliies in a muli-naional, inergovernmenal, or join naional securiy seing. Jus anoher example of RACERs leading he way! The OSS also had one of our Airman ge promoed! Airman Firs Class Aaron was promoed o Senior Airman! Congras Senior Airman Aaron. Bier-sweely, one of our members was seleced for a full ime posiion. I s bier, because he loss of her hard work and leadership will be missed. Bu ha is empered wih he joy of knowing ha she will ake he lessons learned in OSS aking care of he 50+ personnel over o FSS. Congraulaions o Senior Airman Nina. As always, RACERS lead he way. Cap. Chris Inelligence Squadron (In accordance wih curren Air Force guidance, he las name of ISS members have been omied due o operaional securiy) As a squadron we have been very forunae o have such a srong voluneer force. These guardsmen coninue o sand ready o sep in and serve a any ime. The abiliy o remain mission ready and proficien can be overwhelming a imes when civilian life comes on full force, bu our members srive o answer he call should he need arise. While we miss he day o day ineracion, we have formed srong bonds ha have brough us closer as a squadron and brohers in arms. Exciing developmens are happening on he horizon as we ransiion o a raining model ha will ensure we say Ready, Relevan, and Reliable. Sand by o hear more in coming issues of he Racer Flyer. We'd like o welcome back from raining Saff Sg. Dusin and Airman 1s Class Jacob. We are looking forward o geing o know hem and helping hem on heir journey o become mission operaional. A big congraulaion goes ou o Maj. John, Maj. Eric, Maj. Richard, Tech. Sg. Carl, Saff Sg. Todd, Senior Airman Peersen, and Senior Airman Madason on heir recen promoions. We are sure hey will all coninue o grow in heir new rank and increase in heir professional developmen. 2nd L. Emma 181 Inelligence Wing 12 MarApr 2013 w

13 RACER UNIT REVIEW 113h Weaher Fligh Members of he 113h Weaher Fligh recenly suppored he Civil Air Parol during Operaion Resless Tomahawk. The exercise scenario involved finding a downed civilian aircraf along a fligh pah ha sreched from Lafayee o Sullivan, Ind. Air and ground eams worked ogeher o search for simulaed wreckage, debris, and a working ransponder over approximaely 1500 square miles. Approximaely 90 Civil Air Parol and suppor personnel paricipaed in he hree day long saewide winer emergency exercise, which included nine aircraf and ground search eams wih search dogs. The weaher eam se-up in he improvised acical operaions cener and provided aviaion and general planning weaher forecass. Weaher was a criical par in he planning phase wih flighs cancelled he firs day due o low ceilings and poor visibiliies. Members of he 113h Weaher Fligh ha paricipaed in he exercise were Tech. Sg. Sara Peersen, Tech. Sg. Michael Wilkins, Saff Sg. Shannon Ramer, Senior Airman Tyler Crumpacker and Tech. Sg. Eric Moore. Also, congraulaions are in order for Saff Sg. Brad Simon on his new posiion as a DOD Deparmen of he Air Force civilian employee and Meeorological Technician wih he 96h Weaher Fligh a Eglin AFB, Fl. Saff Sg. Simon suppors he Naional Oceanic and Amospheric Associaion (NOAA) and he Naional Hurricane Cener by releasing weaher balloons o gaher daa during hurricanes. He also suppors muliple unis and aircraf by aking manual observaions and providing forecass for muliple esing sies, refueling ranges and fligh roues. However, he says his favorie par of his posiion is being able o suppor he new F-35 program. Saff Sg. Simon will also be graduaing his spring wih a Bachelor of Science and Aeronauics degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronauical Universiy. In addiion, we would also like o congraulae Tech. Sg. Mike Wilkins on his new posiion as a Nework Consulan a Absrac Technology in Lafayee, Ind. Tech. Sg. Wilkins says ha he mos rewarding aspec of his new job is helping o shape and grow recenly esablished businesses. Saff Sg. Shannon Ramer is on a successful rack owards becoming a Cerified Professional Conroller wih Air Traffic Conrol. She has passed cerificaion for wo radar secors and is looking forward o compleing he nex five ess. She says ha i is demanding work bu ha she enjoys he challenge. Saff Sg. Ramer also welcomed a new puppy ino her home, a 4-monh old chorkie named Joey. Congraulaions Saff Sg. Simon, Tech. Sg. Wilkins, and Saff Sg. Ramer on your new careers and laes achievemens! Senior Airman Heaher Emerson has been smoke free since 2013 began! She says quiing smoking was par of her New Year s Resoluion and she is proud o have successfully suck wih i. Way o go Senior Airman Emerson! Tech. Sg. Sara Peersen is proud o say ha her daugher, Mackenzie, has made he 4h Grade A Honor Roll. The A Honor Roll recognizes sudens ha have worked hard and made all A s during he school semeser. Congraulaions and keep up he good work Mackenzie! Saff Sg. Tiffany Barley Force Suppor Squadron Greeings from he 181s Force Suppor Squadron. To FSS members and fellow guardsmen, keep up he good work and coninue o lead he way a home and abroad. FSS would like o welcome our newes member of he FSS/ MPF eam. Senior Airman Nina Nuall is now our new cusomer service represenaive in base personnel. We congraulae you on your new endeavors and hank you for joining he eam. We would also like o congraulae Maser Sg. Valarie Deem, Senior Airman Liu Macias and Tech. Sg. Saggs on heir recen promoions. Tech. Sg. Michael Hawkins 13 Racer Flyer

14 Maser Sg. Johanna Siebenhal MIILITARY SERVICE: US Navy Loadmaser/Je Engine Mechanic (7 years), Indiana Army Naional Guard Moor Transpor Operaor (2 years), Jefferson Range Scheduler (DET 2, 10 years). EDUCATION: High School: Shawe Memorial, Madison, Ind. (1984); COLLEGE: Oakland Ciy Universiy King s Daughers Hospial School of Radiologic Technology (Regisered X-Ray Technician), Madison, Ind. Bachelor s Human Resource Mgm/Organizaion Mgm. REASON FOR JOINING: On April 3, 1974, a ornado sruck my home own of Madison, Ind. Wih he power ou and such widespread damage, he Naional Guard was acivaed o preven looing and help injured people. One of my neighbors was in he Naional Guard and was assigned o our neighborhood o preven looing and escor families from heir desroyed homes o places where hey could safely spend he nigh. I m no sure why an eigh year old knew why i was so imporan, bu I have never forgoen he feeling of having somebody from my neighborhood proecing he people of heir own neighborhood. This is why I joined he Naional Guard. HOBBIES/INTEREST: Cooking is my number one hobby. I am he designaed cook wheher i is holidays wih family, lae nigh snacks a he race rack, or Duch oven cooking a he campground. We have a fi re pi in he back yard, and soon as he hickory smoke sars rolling, he neighbors sar showing up! I am also a self-confessed word nerd, herefore Scrabble and he daily newspaper word scrambles say easily wihin reach. Tech. Sg. Jamie Renehan MILITARY SERVICE: Enered he Acive Duy Air Force Feb. 12, 1997, and go my fi rs choice of jobs: Securiy Police. Afer compleing an acive our and a shor sin as an IMA, I had a shor break in service and hen joined he Air Naional Guard as a radiional in July I ook an AGR posiion and picked back up on Oc. 15, The plan is o reire from AGR when I hi 20 years of acive service. EDUCATION: HIGH SCHOOL: TH Souh; College: Ivy Tech Communiy College I have an AS Degree in Business (Managemen-2006) and an AS Degree in Medical Assising (Massage Theraphy-2008). I hope o have my CCAF Degree compleed soon. REASON FOR JOINING: Growing up, I always knew I waned o be in he miliary. I was never a quesion only which branch. Tha par was basically decided by my moher, THANKS MOM! HOBBIES/INTEREST: When he weaher is nice, I jus like o be ou in i wih he kiddos. I enjoy reading, exercise, and occasionally karaoke. AIRMAN SPOTLIGHT Tech. Sg. Shannon Briggs MIILITARY SERVICE: 181s CES, Logisics/Prime BEEF Manager, 2 years on he job, 20 in he AF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE: Fullime, 181s CES EDUCATION: High School: Souh Vermillion, 1991 College: Oakland Ciy Universiy, Masers in Organizaional Managemen, 2005 REASON FOR JOINING: For he love of je noise! HOBBIES/INTEREST: I enjoy loud music, fas oys, hard work, he grea oudoors, my awesome family, and his grea Air Force! Saff Sg. Bradley Simon MIILITARY SERVICE: 113h Weaher Fligh Comba Meeorologis, 11 years CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE: Meeorological Technician: DOD-Deparmen of he Air Force a Eglin AFB EDUCATION: High School: TH Souh College: Vincennes Universiy Associaes Degree in Broadcasing Embry-Riddle Aeronauical Universiy B.S. in Aeronauics REASON FOR JOINING: Faher worked on a miliary base and growing up wih ha memory, knew a an early age ha I waned o join he miliary. HOBBIES/INTEREST: playing guiar, learning new languages, wood working and archiecure. Also enjoy playing volleyball and going o he beach. Maser Sg. Todd Bock MIILITARY SERVICE: 207h Weaher Fligh, 15 yrs CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE: Fligh dispacher for Republic Airways EDUCATION: Compleed CCAF, and compleing a degree in HR Developmen a Indiana Sae Universiy REASON FOR JOINING: I have always enjoyed aviaion so he prospec of joining he Air Force seemed righ and he educaion benefi s were a plus HOBBIES/INTEREST: Flying, kayaking, running, and spending ime wih my family 181 Inelligence Wing 14 MarApr 2013 w

15 WING PROMOTIONS NEW RECRUITS Major Eric M. Hancock John F. Null 2nd. Lieuenan Kelli J. Mariea Chief Maser Sg. Sco C. Kasmer Anna M. Snyder Huner Barnes Griffin Wells Lauren Leser Senior Maser Sg. Rober E. Gilmore II Jay A. McKee Maser Sg. April L. Simmons Technical Sg. Edward Dammann III Zachary S. Fluhr Rober A. Fou Richard K. Johnson Derek A. Phelps Joshua J. Mills John Garre Jonahan Rier Abigail Powell Senior Airman Aaron T. York Ausin Wenigh Bryce Dickerson Darian Anderson Airman 1s Class Taylor P. Morgen Andrew G. Nolan Madeleine E. Richards RACER PIT STOP Ian Ashland Josh Cline Jusin McCullough ROAD CONSTRUCTION Sae Road 42 will close around May 6, Indiana Deparmen of Transporaion saes access o he base will remain open. Chamberlin Road may close, so for hose drivers who ravel o work via Chamberlin Road, you may need o find an alernae enrance road o he base. Koler Sokeland Kyle Hill Ricki Bowker 15 Racer Flyer

16 THE RACER FLYER 181s Inelligence Wing Indiana Air Naional Guard 800 S. Peercheff S. Terre Haue, IN PRSRT STD U.S. Posage Paid Terre Haue, IN. Permi No. 66 OFFICIAL Like us on Facebook a: Racer Websie: Follow us on YouTube a: