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Col. Donld Bone, Jr. Commnder, 181 IW COMMANDER S COMMENTS Self-inspecions provide n effecive mens of ssessing mission performnce nd orgnizionl effeciveness hrough inernl review. The Self-Inspecion Progrm (SIP), is designed o prepre our orgnizion for mission rediness. On Mrch 5, 2015, he 181s is scheduled o complee is firs Uni Efficiency Inspecion or UEI. From drill sus gurdsmen perspecive, h s only 30 UTA dys from now. Diligen compleion of hese checkliss helps in idenifying he criicl hings you need o correc in order o beer ccomplish he mission. You re ssessing yourself on how well you re doing your job. I is crucil o be brully hones in your nswers o your checkliss nd provide proof h you hve verified he nswer nd h you hve hd "eyes on." I is imporn h we exhibi he Air Force Core Vlues, especilly "Excellence in All We Do," s we conduc our semi-nnul self-inspecions. Here re some ips I cn offer for successful SIP: Red your Air Force Insrucions. The insrucions ell us wh o do nd why we do i. The checkliss used for selfinspecion re only ools o help prepre your orgnizion o be complin wih he Air Force Insrucions h perin o your orgnizion. Be hones. Rher hn ignoring problem, ell your supervisor of he problem nd hen fix i. I is esier nd less pinful o correc self-idenified problem rher hn hve someone ouside your orgnizion ddress i. Enlis ouside help. If you re unfmilir wih he SIP, conc your squdron's Self-Inspecion Monior. They cn offer you guidnce on how o run your checklis. Trde self-inspecors. Allowing n ousider o run your checklis will help you idenify hings you hve missed. For exmple, ll squdrons hve Governmen Purchse Crd holder who runs he sme checklis s yours. Why no rde self-inspecors? Ohers re bound o see hings you my hve missed. Explin your nswers. I is esy o speed hrough checkliss wih yes or no nswers, bu i is imporn o ke your ime nd provide proof for your nswers. The jusificions for yes responses nd explnions of no responses re wh provide he proof of your progrm's horoughness. Documen he resuls. I is imporn following n exercise or self-inspecion o inpu ll discrepncies ino he MICT dbse o insure proper rcking unil hey re closed. Also, monhly updes o cions ken need o be pu in he dbse o show your coninul effors o ge he problem correced. Use he informion h is ou here. There re resources ou here o id in your preprion for he Uni Efficiency Inspecion. You cn view ricles on inspecion preprion in he IG brief h is vilble on he Air Force Porl. You cn lso refer o AFI 90-201, which provides cler picure of wh he inspecors will be looking. o y c s D b w s w v h ( P s p l p Jn/Feb 2014 Vol 42, No. 1 The Rcer Flyer is he officil newsleer published by, nd for, he members of he Indin Air Nionl Gurd, Hulmn Field, Terre Hue, Indin. The conens of The Rcer Flyer re no necessrily he officil views of, or endorsed by, he US Governmen, DoD, Deprmen of he Air Force, he Nionl Gurd Bureu, or he Indin Air Gurd. Vision Semen of he 181s Inelligence Wing: Recognized s world-clss Wing redy o serve Se nd Nion nyime... nywhere The Rcer Flyer meril: Aricles nd phoogrphs re welcome nd should be submied prior o dedline (he Mr/Apr dedline is Feb 11, 2014). Send submissions by E-Mil o Senior Mser Sg. John Chpmn (john.chpmn.1@ng.f.mil). Comm: 812-877-5471 FAX: 812-877-5371 DSN: 873-5471 DSN FAX: 873-5371 Col. Donld Bone, Jr. 1s L. Brndy Fulz L. Col. Frncis Howrd Senior Mser Sg. John Chpmn Commnder, 181 IW Chief, Public Affirs Wing Execuive Sff Officer PA Superinenden/Rcer Flyer Coordinor COVER PHOTO: Sn Clus kes much needed brek during he hve your phoo ken wih Sn he 2013 Holidy Pry. Tking np wih Sn is Crer Ormn, grnddugher of Mser Sg. Ronld Thompson. 181 Inelligence Wing 2 Jn/Feb 2014 w
CHIEF S COMMENTS Are you good Supervisor? Every yer, irmen re seleced for promoion ino he rnks of non-commissioned officers (sff sergens nd echnicl sergens). As sff sergens, you re fforded he opporuniy o supervise for he very firs ime. You my hve lredy compleed or will be compleing Airmn Ledership School (ALS). ALS is he firs professionl miliry educion (PME) enlised members encouner. ALS focuses on enhncing irmen by srenghening heir biliy o led nd become n effecive firs line supervisor. Do you remember your firs chnce being supervisor? I m sure you hd spirions of being good nd effecive supervisor. You wned o employ wh you lerned in ALS. You were probbly even hinking how your fvorie supervisor reed you nd h you would re your subordines in he sme mnner. You were fired up, excied, nd nervous he sme ime your firs supervisory opporuniy. You cerinly didn wn o fil nd you wned o ensure you were king cre of business hnd you wned o be good supervisor o your subordines. Fmily Rediness Group Chief Mser Sg. Gilber Mnlo, 181 IW As you progress in your miliry creer, you in he rnk of senior non-commissioned officer (SNCO). You would hve compleed Non-Commissioned Officer Acdemy (NCOA) nd/or Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Acdemy (SNCOA) he oher 2 levels of PME. As SNCOs, you re given more responsibiliies nd more is expeced of you. Per AFI36-2618 secion 5.1.1, SNCOs mus provide highly effecive ledership. A SNCO s primry purpose is mission ccomplishmen. They mus led nd mnge ems while minining he highes level of rediness o ensure mission success. Due o he incresed focus on mission ccomplishmen, supervisors someimes lose rck of minining he good supervisor iude he iude hey hd on heir firs supervisory roles. Even he very bes supervisor ges preoccupied wih mission ccomplishmen. Remember, i is no jus bou mission ccomplishmen; i s lso bou he irmen who ccomplish i. All good supervisors re focused on personl nd professionl developmen of heir irmen. They encourge higher lerning, o include CCAF degrees, which re soon o be requiremen for promoion o E8 nd E9. They promoe professionl miliry orgnizions such s Nionl Gurd Associion of Indin (NGAI) or Enlised Associion Nionl Gurd Unied Ses (EANGUS). Wih Congress in wresling mch wih budge nd he economy, more miliry spending cus re inevible. However, we do hve voice hrough our legislors, nd our voice cn be mplified hrough he foremenioned professionl miliry orgnizions. Wih suppor of heir irmen hrough good imes or bd, success or filure, by focusing more on he developmen of heir irmen hn hemselves, good supervisors re ble o effecively develop heir irmen in mnner h hve posiive impc o heir secion, he Wing, nd mission ccomplishmen. I's h ime of yer... Tx ime! In recogniion of he compliced nure of filing xes s miliry service member, nd in suppor of finncil rediness, he Deprmen of Defense offers x consulion nd e-filing services hrough Miliry OneSource no cos o service members nd heir eligible fmily members. These vluble ools nd resources re provided s pr of he Fmily Rediness Sysem. Eligible service nd fmily members hve ccess o no-cos x preprion filing service, which llows users o complee nd elecroniclly file federl nd up o hree se x reurns wih he suppor nd experience of professionl x expers. The x preprion sofwre is esy o use, nd filings re bcked by 100 percen ccurcy gurnee. In ddiion o filing services, Miliry OneSource x consulns provide specilized suppor o help service members nd heir fmilies undersnd he unique x requiremens reled o miliry personnel. Consulions cn lso help service members mximize heir refunds nd ge conneced o ddiionl resources nd services of benefi o hem, such s no-cos finncil counseling services, which cn include bsic budgeing, money mngemen, deb consolidion nd housing issues (being behind on morgge pymens or fcing poenil foreclosure). Tx consulns re vilble o service members nd heir fmilies no cos by clling Miliry OneSource 800-342-9647. www.181iw.ng.f.mil 3 Rcer Flyer
Sn Clus nd Mrs. Clus visi wih children during he 2013 Fmily Rediness Group Chrisms Pry Dec. 8, 2013 he Hulmn Field Air Nionl Gurd Bse, Ind. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Airmn 1s Clss Mdeleine Richrds/Relesed) Deck he Hngr wih Fun nd Smiles by Senior Mser Sg. John S. Chpmn, 181IW/PA The Fmily Rediness Group hosed Chrisms pry honoring service members nd heir fmilies from he 181s Inelligence Wing nd he Indin Army Nionl Gurd, Dec. 8, 2013, he min hngr. Boh Air Nionl Gurd nd Army Gurd fmilies filled he hngr o celebre in rue holidy spiri! Also in endnce were he Culurl Inclusion Awreness Commiee, he locl NGAI Commiee, nd represenive from he Americn Legion Pos 624. The 2013 Chrisms Pry ws n opporuniy for Army Nionl Gurd nd Air Nionl Gurd fmilies nd service members o enjoy he sncks nd civiies h he Chrisms Commiee pu ogeher, sid Fmily Rediness Group Progrm Mnger Mrgre Amos. Sn Clus nd Mrs. Clus mde specil ppernce, pssing ou gifs nd king picures wih ll he boys nd girls. Miliry members nd heir fmilies were ble o pricipe in mny civiies, o include ornmen decoring, fce pining, Wii nd Euchre ournmens, nd Bingo. Children were excied o jump in he Bounce House, nd visi live Reindeer. This hd o be he bigges urnou we ve ever hd. I m so hppy h more uni members re bringing heir fmilies ou o evens like his, sid Mser Sg. Lurie Wever. Sg. Wever exended big hnk you o ll he voluneers who helped coordine, seup nd decore for his yer s even. Also, hnk you o he mny orgnizions nd locl vendors h mde his yer s Chrisms pry huge success: Operion Home Fron/Dollr Tree Annul Toy- Drive for doning oys; Indin Pcers nd Jkks Pcific by providing socking filled wih cndy nd gif; USO Indin nd he Spencer Exchnge Club for providing door prizes; Chleen's Gymnsics of Spencer Indin for doning he use of he Bounce House; Bob Beslr of Bselr's Mrke for creing he fbulous food rys; Spencer Exchnge Club for doning he children s bikes; Americn Legion Pos 624 for he lon of Bingo equipmen; Firs- Books.org for doning he children's books; 181 IW members for doning dessers; nd, specil hnks o Meliss Fgg for king phoogrphs wih Sn. To quoe line from he poem Tws he Nigh Before Chrisms, Merry Chrisms o ll, nd o ll good nigh. Rudolph enjoys peing from couple young kids during 2013 Fmily Rediness Group Chrisms pry Dec. 8, 2013 he Hulmn Field Air Nionl Gurd Bse, Ind. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Airmn 1s Clss Mdeleine Richrds/Relesed) B I I f c o w o i d s c i s p d h 181 Inelligence Wing 4 Jn/Feb 2014 w
U.S. Air Force Mser Sg. Todd Bock, 207h Weher Fligh, Indin Air Nionl Gurd checks winds speeds nd emperures during 2014 winer sorm, Jn. 6, 2014, Sou Field, Indin. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo submied by L. Col. Joseph Mrcello/Relesed) Winer Sorm slms Indin By Senior Mser Sg. John S. Chpmn, 181s IW/Public Affirs Superinenden U.S. Air Force members from he 207h Weher Fligh, Indin Air Nionl Gurd were mobilized o Sou Field, Ind., in suppor of Arcic Tempes from Jn. 5-9, 2014. Arcic empes ws iled by he Indin Nionl Gurd for is emergency response o he hvoc wreked by he soclled Polr Vorex winer sorm. The sysem dumped over foo of snow o he norhern wo-hirds of he se, while dropping wind chills o minus 40 degrees. The sysem shu down much of Hoosier lnd for he beer pr of week. Join Hedqurer ledership recognized he vilbiliy of weher cdre in heir own bckyrd specificlly designed o ddress issues priculr o he Hoosier se, sid 207h Weher Fligh Commnder L. Col. Joe Mrcello. Time nd spilly prepred forecss nd weher informion ilored o specific operions provided necessry inel o choose bes course of cion regrding iming, posiioning, nd sfey of roops nd civilins. Hving priciped in severl federlly iniied uni deploymens since 2001, i ws refreshing o wer our se h, sid Senior Mser Sg. Mrk Cope, who responded o he cll o mobilize wihin wo hours of noificion. Senior Mser Sg. Cope nd L. Col. Mrcello were joined by fligh members Mser Sg. Bri King nd Mser Sg. Todd Bock in providing weher suppor o he Sou Field Join Operions Cener Jn. 5-8, 2014. I ws gre privilege o serve; h s wh we re here for, sid Mser Sg. Bock. An exreme winer sorm dumped over foo of snow cross Indin nd mde driving condiions nerly impossible. The Army nd Air Nionl Gurd responded o help ciizens in res hi he wors, Jn 5-9, 2014. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo submied by L. Col. Joseph Mrcello/Relesed) www.181iw.ng.f.mil 5 Rcer Flyer
R e h U.S. Air Force Mser Sg. Sen Frewell, n Airmn wih he 181s Inelligence Wing, Medicl Group, performs serch nd exrcion for simuled disser vicims Apr. 16, 2013, during Exercise Vigiln Gurd, Cmp Gruber Okl. Vigiln Gurd is n exercise progrm sponsored by U.S. Norhern Commnd (USNORTHCOM) in conjuncion wih Nionl Gurd Bureu. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Mj. Frnk Howrd/Relesed) Zombies wlk he Erh? by L. Col. Frnk Howrd, 181s IW/PA Mons echo in he erly morning ir. Misshpen bodies lier he ground s vguely humn shpes shmble hrough he smoke covered debris. Screms, emergency sirens, nd cries of pin resone in he ir. Moving owrds he crnge from miliry syle ens re people encsed in plsic environmenl suis. Is i video gme or scene from zombie movie? Thnkfully, no. Does i sill seem horrifying? I hope so. This is ypicl exercise scenrio conduced muliple imes hroughou he yer for he 181s Inelligence Wing. Horrifying, sged exercises like his re how irmen in he Indin Air Nionl Gurd rin hroughou he yer o suppor heir communiies during imes of nurl nd mnmde dissers. The sench of roing flesh permees he rining res o prepre irmen for he hrsh reliies hey could encouner when responding o dissers. The 181s IW regulrly pricipes in mss csuly exercises in he locl communiy nd hroughou he counry. The exercises simule ircrf crshes wih mngled csulies, devsing floods, nd unsfe collpsed buildings in word, chos. Our mission is o respond o dissers in he se of Indin, sid Air Force Mser Sg. Gregory Russell, 181s Inelligence Wing Medicl Group. We re sked o respond when locl firs responders cn hndle he siuion. The 181s IW s se mission involves disser response o he Hoosiers of Indin. Airmen rouinely rin nd prcice wih se nd federl firs responders nd inciden commnders o pch up he mos serious wounds. Firs line rige forces irmen o quickly cre nd sbilize vicims wih shered bones, gushing wounds, mngled limbs nd chrred skin. As pr of he serch nd exrcion em we look for csulies, sid Russell. We conduc rige, re csulies s necessry, nd sve s mny s we cn in order o help hem rnsiion bck o norml environmen. The demolished buildings shif nd gron s rescuers serch he debris. The dusy ir smells of dir nd concree. The exercises provide relisic disser environmen for our members U.S. Air Force members from he 181s Inelligence Wing, Securiy Forces Squdron, perform Specil Prol Infilrion Exfilrion Sysem (SPIES) rining on UH60 Blckhwk helicoper Cmp Aerbury, Edinburgh, Ind., on My 15, 2013. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Senior Mser Sg. John S. Chpmn/Relesed) o rin, sid Air Force Senior Mser Sg. Jy McKee, 181s IW Fliies Serch nd Recovery Tem. The FSRT ssiss in he exrcion nd proper cre of fliies. The collpsed buildings nd rubble beer prepre my em on wh hey cn nd cnno do, nd forces inegrion wih oher unis o ccomplish he job. In ddiion o he rdiionl firs responders, oher wing orgnizions re leverging comb skills lerned over he ls decde nd pplying hem o disser relief nd domesic response. In he disnce, shdowy humn shpes slk hough he hedgerows nd fields surrounding he crnge. Tcicl Air Conrol Pry irmen rdiionlly rek long disnces in grueling condiions o esblish communicions wih ircrf nd conduc ir srikes gins enemy combns. Tody, TACPs re shifing heir focus owrds domesic operions nd responding o dissers. TACPs 181 Inelligence Wing 6 Jn/Feb 2014 w d b m d c r b i b g p i m r b M l b c c d w
re elie forces rined o opere uonomously in usere environmens. Rugged, physicl men rined in sellie communicions, ircrf conrol, nd sk mngemen hve esily rnsferble skills in he firs criicl hours nd dys during he confusion nd chos of ny disser siuion. Excep for cully ssising in dropping bombs, every oher skill nd mission we perform cn esily be used when responding o disser, sid Air Force 1s L. Ed Shulmn, 181s Inelligence Wing TACP. While our equipmen is no s good s cellphone, if communicions re down we hve he biliy o se-up commnd pos in ny re nd begin ssising in rescues, ircrf coordinion, nd commnd nd conrol. Overhed, brely visible shpes, resembling he legendry hunderbird, circle he disser nd surrounding res while shdowy figures from behind he green door shif heir gze. Incresingly, he 181s IW will provide locl firs responders nd inciden commnders he benefi of heir experise in nlysis nd ssessmen. The Wing rouinely rins wih he Civil Air Prol nd oher Nionl Gurd unis conducing serch nd rescue rining, s well s inciden wreness nd ssessmen. We hve ken 12 yers of comb operions nd lessons lerned nd re pplying hose skills o ssis he people of Indin, sid Air Force Mser Sg. Greg Hrov, 181s Inelligence Wing. 181s IW Airmen fly wih he CAP o provide video nd imges for coninuion rining. As by-produc, hey imge key infrsrucure, rods, bridges nd rivers o provide hisoricl documenion. These documens cn be used fer disser o nlyze dmge, flooding or rod ccess. During exercise Unied Fron we provided he inciden commnder wih common opering picure nd eril ssessmens on rod ccess ino he exercise disser re nd informion on dmged buildings, sid Air Force Mj. Crig Mschino, 181s Inelligence Wing. We looked for debris, downed rees, flooding, or nyhing else h would preven ccess by disser response forces. Like he G.I. Joes, he rining nd skills found he 181s provides he people nd ledership of Indin n incresed cpbiliy o ssis heir neighbors Air Force Sff Sg. Zckry Eson, lef, nd Air Force Sff Sg. Krl Ackermn, 181s Inelligence Wing, conduc mission plnning prior o conducing commnd nd conrol of irpower during Exercise Checkered Flg, Cmp Aerbury Ind. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by L. Col. Frnk Howrd/Relesed) when disser srikes. The locion nd fciliies Hulmn Field ANG Bse mke supplying h suppor esy. The Wing s domesic operions rining showcses he Rcer s coninued rediness nd relibiliy in providing disser suppor o he se of Indin during imes of crisis, sid Col. Donld Bone, 181s IW commnder. Our cenrl locion, infrsrucure nd runwys provide perfec sging re nd rpidly deploying from Hulmn Field demonsres one of he mny cpbiliies of he 181s IW. As dy breks, nd he smoke clers, i is ppren he crnge isn from movie, or rel life. The shmbling figures nd reeking bodies re rining ides only, he people in plsic suis re 181s IW irmen, nd he circling hunderbirds re response ircrf providing vil informion o he inciden commnder. Thnkfully, i is merely well-crfed exercise showcsing Indin Air Nionl Gurd irmen responding quickly nd effecively o crisis or disser. Like sviors in zombie movie, he 181s IW snds redy o rec o he wors siuions imginble o suppor he Hoosier communiy, he se of Indin nd he Nion. U.S. Airmen wih he 181s Inelligence Wing bord KC-135 Sronker from he 121s Air Refueling Wing, Rickenbcker ANGB, Columbus, Ohio, July 14, 2013. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Senior Mser Sg. John S. Chpmn/Relesed) www.181iw.ng.f.mil 7 Rcer Flyer
D U C p ( ( Congrulions o our Annul Winners 1s L. Syls Smih Officer of he Yer Senior Mser Sg. Amberlee Helm Senior NCO of he Yer Tech. Sg. Michel Hwkins NCO of he Yer Senior Airmn Joseph Bowlin Airmn of he Yer 2 R 181 Inelligence Wing 8 Jn/Feb 2014 w
U.S. Air Force Senior Airmn Jcob Buker, 113h Air Suppor Operion Squdron receives Airmn of he Qurer for hird qurer by Col. Donld Bone nd Chief Mser Sg. Gilber Mnlo, Jn. 12, 2014. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Airmn 1s Clss Mdeleine Richrds/Relesed) U.S. Air Force Tech. Sg. Bobby Horon nd Airmn 1s Clss Willim Reece, 181s Inelligence Wing, lk wih Sff Sg. Nichols Leis, 113h Air Suppor Operion Squdron on ll he required rining o be TACP, Dec. 7, 2013. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Airmn 1s Clss Mdeleine Richrds/Relesed) U.S. Air Force Tech. Sg. Michel Wilkins nd Senior Airmn Tyler Crumpcker, 113h Weher Fligh, 181s Inelligence Wing, re prepring o unpck nd se up Deployble Rpid Assembly Sheler (DRASH) en during cicl equipmen self-inspecion Nov. 2, 2013. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Airmn 1s Clss Mdeleine Richrds/Relesed) U.S. Air Force Senior Airmn Tiffny Fromm, 181s Inelligence Wing, displys her Leer of Appreciion during Homeown Heroes Slue Ceremony given by Col. Donld J. Bone, Jr., commnder 181s IW nd Chief Mser Sg. Gilber Mnlo, Commnd Chief of he 181s IW Dec. 8, 2013. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Airmn 1s Clss Mdeleine Richrds/Relesed) U.S. Air Force Airmen wih he 181s Inelligence Wing, se up en s pr of heir serch nd rescue exercise in Terre Hue, Ind., Dec. 7, 2013. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Airmn 1s Clss Mdeleine Richrds/Relesed) U.S. Air Force Chief Mser Sg. s of he 181s Inelligence Wing, ke ime ou of here schedule nd help dish ou he Chrisms mel o members of he 181s Inelligence Wing, Dec. 7, 2013. (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Airmn 1s Clss Mdeleine Richrds/Relesed) www.181iw.ng.f.mil 9 Rcer Flyer
NEW RECRUITS WING PROMOTIONS 1ST. LT. EMMA E. CHAPMAN DARRICK T. HOOPINGARNER Dniel Smih Dyln Phillips Grre Mrley MASTER SGT. JONATHAN M. SCHLAK TECH. SGT. RYAN J. EARL STAFF SGT. TRENT A. MYERS Glen Mndeville Json Jones Mson O Nel SENIOR AIRMAN JACOB L. BUKER JACOB E. HODGE NATHAN D. HUTCHENS JACOB W. KEITH PAUL R. WILKES III Michel Fisher Sco Wynn Shyl Dunign RACER PIT STOP 2013 W-2s vilble on MyPy 181s will celebre is 60h yer of service Hulmn Field, July 2014. Indin Nionl Gurd Kids AT Youh Cmp Cmp Aerbury is enively scheduled for July 5-12, 2014. Boh mle nd femle voluneers re needed o ensure successful cmp. Enlised Dining Ou - Sep. 6, 2014 The Rcer Chpel sff will be offering Srong Bonds even in Indinpolis for couples he weekend of Mrch 21-23. Lern new wys o communice nd srenghen your mrrige! Send n emil o SSg Groll bfouch13@gmil.com o reserve your spo or ge more informion. Lodging nd mels included! Ses limied! Your relionship deserves weekend of lerning nd fun! 181 Inelligence Wing 10 Jn/Feb 2014 w
RACER UNIT REVIEW Inelligence Wing Welcome bck o L. Col. John Pucke! While deployed o Andrews AFB, D.C., L. Col. Pucke served s he Public Affirs Direcore for Air Force Disric of Wshingon for he ps nine monhs. While deployed, L. Col. Pucke received he AF Superior Performer wrd by he IG during he AFDW firs ever UEI Inspecion. L. Col. Pucke sill kep in ouch wih his roops from Indin. In Aug 2013, L. Col. Pucke ook he ime o drive o For Mede, Mrylnd o wch he grduion ceremony of Senior Mser Sg. John Chpmn 137h Inelligence Squdron (In ccordnce wih curren Air Force guidnce, he ls nme of 137h IS members hve been omied due o operionl securiy) Hppy New Yer! The squdron is sring ou he New Yer wih p on he bck. Our squdron members hve done n excellen job on sying curren nd qulified in heir crew posiion. Our members re lso compleing he nnul Are of Responsibiliy (AOR) esing requiremen, Semi Annul Exminions nd he required Creer Developmen Course meril. I is essenil h we develop our irmen wih he required skills, knowledge nd experience o led nd execue curren nd fuure mission cpbiliies. This yer, we wn o focus on he creer ph of our enlised nd officer force. Miliry members need o be cognizn of heir Professionl Miliry Educion requiremens. The following websie will ke members o he Air Nionl Gurd Force Developmen ShrePoin. hp://www.ng.f.mil/creers/forcedevelopmen/index.sp Good info for ll! Lsly, he squdron ledership hs expressed heir griude for he scrifices h re mde nd he endless cions ken o ccomplish he mission of he 137h. Airmen: Winning he Figh. Srenghening he force. Shping he fuure. Senior Mser Sg. Kelly Operion Suppor Squdron (In ccordnce wih curren Air Force guidnce, he ls nme of OSS members hve been omied due o operionl securiy) I hope everyone hd n wesome holidy seson nd go o spend much ime wih fmily nd friends. We hve been quie busy in he OSS doing wh we do bes: supporing he mission! Mser Sg. Chd will be soon deploying o Afghnisn. Thnk you Chd for voluneering nd for your coninuing effors o suppor he wr figher. Be sfe! Congrulions o Mj. Rick for being wrded Officer of he Qurer for he 4h Qurer, 2013. We would lso like o congrule Sff Sg. Crig for being wrding NCO of he Qurer for he 2nd Qurer. In November Mj. Rick, nd Mj. Crig (137IS) ended he Prio 14 Iniil Plnning Meeing (IPM) Volk Field CRTC. PATRIOT focuses on incresing he undersnding of coordinion, policies, nd procedures required in conducing join iner-gency domesic response. There will be more o follow s he monhs progress on his opic, so sy uned! We would lso like o hnk Mser Sg. Json for his coordinion effors nd ireless dedicion o he plnning nd execuing of he from he Public Affirs Qulificion Course. Thnk you L. Col. Pucke for your dedicion nd suppor of he roops! Congrulions o Airmen 1s Clss Jessic Boespflug on her recen birh o Cnn, born Oc. 10, 2013. Cnn weighs in 6lbs 1oz nd 19in long. Bes wishes for you nd your fmily. Mser Sg. Jmi Perusich hnkless sk of geing he bles, chirs, power cords, ec. from ISU o be used for he Wing Chrisms Pry. Also, hnks o he mny voluneers, wihin our group, who sepped-up o give Json hnd. I is much pprecied! Everyone relly enjoyed hemselves. While Cp. Chris, Chief Kir, Mser Sg. Joe, nd Tech. Sg. Dusin ended he CBI course in Tennessee in November, rumor hd i h here migh hve been n Indinpolis Cols sighing, or wo, in heir hoel. How wesome is h? Lsly, we would like o sy frewell o some of our members nd wish hem well. Airmn 1s Clss Troy nd Sff Sg. Jmes re leving us nd pursuing oher miliry/civilin ineress, nd Mser Sg. Jeremy ws seleced o be Firs Sg in noher orgnizion on bse. Congrs o you ll, nd good luck. Be sfe in ll your rvels everyone, see you drill in he new yer! Mser Sg. Jerry www.181iw.ng.f.mil 11 Rcer Flyer
RACER UNIT REVIEW Air Suppor Operions Squdron Hppy Holidys from he ASOS! Winer is pprenly here in full force nd he bier cold hs cused us o shif gers nd sy indoors o rin (even he mighy TACP cn snd he cold). November sw us exercising our jump progrm wih one of our ligned rmy unis nd December subjeced us ll o deh by Powerpoin, knocking ou bunch of ncillry rining (gre suff!). We did ge o welcome bunch of new fces o he uni nd would like o give gre ASOS welcome o Senior Airmn Dupler who comes o us s qulified TACP from he 2d ASOS in Vilseck, Germny. He brings quie bi of experience o our uni nd we re looking forwrd o working wih him. We would lso like o welcome our new 1s Sg. Jeremy Bles. Tech. Sg. Bles comes o us from he Inel Group nd we re excied Medicl Group During he December drill weekend he MDG sid goodbye o wo members for resons h re bierswee! Mj. Drl Mien, fer over 25 yers of service, performed her ls UTA period before reiremen. I is sd h we re losing her experise nd willingness o lwys voluneer, bu we re hppy for her s she engges in chllenging educionl progrm o dvnce her civilin creer nd we wish her he bsolue bes. Mser Sg. Frnk Johnson hs been seleced for Firs Sergen's posiion noher squdron. We will miss him very much s his professionl nd kind demenor re lwys ppren, bu pplud his courge o Communicions Fligh Once gin we re losing "one of he good ones" from Comm. Chief Mser Sg. Sco Winegr, nd his ledership will be sorely missed. Chief, you hve lwys been here for eiher he hug or he kick in he bu h ws needed h dy. Your common sense pproch o ledership cnno be replced. We ll pprecie every sfey meeing h you held nd orgnized. You were never n E-9, bu lwys Chief. I hs been n honor nd privilege o work wih you. To friend nd supervisor, hve gre reiremen nd we hope o see you soon nd ofen. Tech. Sg. Dve Foy o hve him. We hve high expecions for you Tech. Sg. Bles! Tech. Sg. Clrkson hs successfully compleed he difficul TACP ech school nd now srs he eqully chllenging MQT porion of his rining. Congrs Tech. Sg. Clrkson. We re lso geing redy o send off some recruis o ech school. Sff Sg. Ry nd Airmn Bsic Brye hve successfully negoied he 1 level progrm nd re wiing heir urn he TACP ech school. Good luck o boh of hem wih he upcoming school. Finlly we would like o hnk Mser Sg. Chrisine Dvid-Wood, our ougoing 1s Sergen. We will miss you nd wn o wish you luck in your new ssignmen wih CE. Th s ll for now. I hope ech of you hs hppy nd blessed holidy nd new yer. Be sfe nd we will see you nex yer. L. Col. Chrlie Ircondo sep ino he new chllenging posiion of being "Shir" nd know he will succeed! CERFP ANNOUNCEMENTS Tech. Sg. Dipple ws wrded Army Achievemen Medl on Sundy, Dec 8, 2013. Frewell o Cp. Holmn who is rnsferring o he Virgini CERFP. Will be missed nd good luck. Sff Sg. Hmmock promoed o Tech. Sg. Wrm welcome o Mj. Mndeville who will be new fligh surgeon for he CERFP. Mj. Mndeville is mrried wih one son nd works in generl surgery prcice for ps 20 yers in Terre Hue. Senior Airmn Frrh Arne (U.S. Air Nionl Gurd phoo by Airmn 1s Clss Mdeleine Richrds/Relesed) 181 Inelligence Wing 12 Jn/Feb 2014 w
RACER UNIT REVIEW Civil Engineer Squdron The holidys re in full swing, nd mny of CE s deployed personnel hve been ble o reurn for he seson o spend ime wih heir fmilies. I hs been n evenful yer full of rel world missions, rining deploymens, nd he new personnel sepping up o ke he reins h re being pssed down from he reiremens over he ls few yers. I sys lo bou he rining h hey ve received nd heir dedicion o excel, nd se he sndrd, h we ve become ccusomed o wihin he squdron. The elecric shop is keeping is nose o he grindsone wih Mser Sg. Wolf nd Sff Sg. Lrge reurning from he AOR. Sff Sg. Wildmn is prepring o go o Sheprd AFB in Wichi Flls, Tx for his schooling nd joining Sff Sg. Forsyhe, who is lredy ending school. The engineering shop hs been busy rining s of le wih Senior Airmn Goodmn nd Senior Airmn Peers prepring o ke heir Airmn Ledership es. Emergency Mngemen hs bid frewell o Senior Mser Sg. Shuck in his reiremen wih Mser Sg. Ashby king over he fullime Emergency Mngemen posiion. The Hevy Equipmen shop hs received lo of new equipmen o rin on. They received new loder, bckhoe, nd pir of new skid seers. The wriing ws on he wll s wih new equipmen, here comes new work. They re ou using his new equipmen for snow removl s we spek. From ll of us in Civil Engineering we hope ll of you hve sfe New Yer! Tech. Sg. Dn Meuser 207h Weher Fligh The 207h WF shifed is Field Trining Exercise (FTX) o November from Ocober (due o Ocober's governmen shu-down). This nnul exercise is designed o fmilirize fligh members in Army cicl operions. Trining included specifics regrding perimeer defense cics, he Miliry Grid Reference Sysem (MGRS), cmouflge echniques, cicl sie selecion procedures, cicl sheler operions nd ec. Wih Auumn colors serving s scenic bckdrop F. Ben Hrrison, members were sked wih perfecing seup of cicl meeorologicl equipmen such s he TMQ-53. The Defense dvnced GPS receiver (DAGR) llowed hree ses of ems o pricipe in wo mile lnd nvigion exercise. Kudos o Mser Sg. Todd Bock, Mser Sg. Bri King nd Senior Mser Sg. Cope for heir effors in mking his yer's FTX success. Congrulions re in order for Senior Airmn Brin Norris for compleing he Weher Technicl course Keesler AFB (MS) nd follow-on rining Cmp Blnding (FL). Norris will begin his four monh "sesoning" dys Sou Field in Jnury. The 207h welcomes wo ddiionl members. Evnsville nive, Airmn 1s Clss Michel Suherby, hs been prepring for Weher Technicl rining scheduled for Jnury while For Wyne nive Airmn 1s Clss Bowers is wiing his school de serving s member of he 181s Suden Fligh. Congrs lso goes o Senior Airmn Riley Fizprick for receiving he 181s Airmn of he Qurer Awrd for he ls qurer of 2013. Senior Airmn Alex Nyirendh www.181iw.ng.f.mil 13 Rcer Flyer
How Secure is Socil Medi? In ody's sociey, he Inerne domines mjoriy of our lives. Compuers hve enhnced our lives, nd imes crippled i. Mos everywhere you rvel ody, o or hrough he world hs conneciviy. And when i's free, we like i even more. For our dversries nd hose wning o scvenge for personl or miliry d, his is "virul" smorgsbord of informion. Some people feel when hey re on he inerne hey re nonymous, so proecing hemselves, heir fmily, business or miliry operions re no on he forefron of heir mind. Some do no undersnd h when posing/blogging/emiling friends nd fmily h hey could possibly be shring heir sensiive personl or miliry informion wih n uninenionl udience. People don' hink ideniy hef will ever hppen o hem. As he old sying goes, "here re hose h hve nd hose h will". If your personl informion hsn' been compromised ye, i will. I's jus mer of ime. D miners re working hrd o ge your informion. The following video provides n exmple of how lile bis of in-formion we provide on he inerne cn esily be collec. Be he hrd rge. hp://www.youube.com/embed/f7pyhn9ic9i?rel=0 OPSEC COUNTERMEASURES o Live by: Undersnd h common echnique of hose h inen on ghering informion is o simply wch wh you're doing on your compuer in public res such s coffee shops, irpors, hoel lobbies, ec. Be wre of your surroundings. Assume h ohers re reding wh you're wriing. Be wre of he securiy seings for ech web sie you use & ensure hey re se properly o proec your informion, bu more impornly you. Ensure h he informion posed hs no significn vlue o nyone oher hn your inended udience. Avoid public (online or rel life) speculion bou fuure plns/missions. Don' use personlly idenifible informion s your pssword Never, leve your compuer unended in public plce. Never, shre your pssword wih ohers. If you hve ny quesions reled o OPSEC lk o your uni OPSEC coordinor or he 181 IW OPSEC Progrm Mnger - Cp. M Hollowell 877-5299, or lerne Progrm Mnger - Chief Mser Sg. Jeff Ennen 877-5207. 181 Inelligence Wing 14 Jn/Feb 2014 w
AIRMAN SPOTLIGHT Tech. Sg. Sephen M. Bldwin How hs being member of he Air Nionl Gurd enriched your civilin life? I hve been full-ime Conrc Specilis since Sepember 2004. The Conrcing creer field hs been very good o me s civilin s I hve been ble o be promoed hree imes. I hve worked for DFAS since Mrch 2010. Fc or Ficion: Provide wo hings bou yourself h re rue nd one h is flse. (Find ou which iem is ficion he boom of he pge.) (A) I hve been mrried o my wife Suzie for 19 yers nd we hve hree children: AJ 17, Dne 16, nd dugher Reilley 13. (B) I m five ime ble ennis se chmpion from my eenge yers. (C) I m he bes swimmer in my house. How would you describe your job in he Air Nionl Gurd nd/or being member of he Air Nionl Gurd o srnger? I describe being member of he Air Nionl Gurd s n opporuniy o serve my counry on pr-ime bsis. I explin o hem h if i ws no for he Air Nionl Gurd I would no hve my civilin job h I hve ody. If you were on he cover of mgzine, which one would i be nd why? GQ. I like o look nice when I go o work my civilin job. Tech. Sg. Sephen F. Morris How hs being member of he Air Nionl Gurd enriched your civilin life? I ll be ble o compleely reire ge 60 due o he pension pln nd helh benefis h he Gurd offers.. Fc or Ficion: Provide wo hings bou yourself h re rue nd one h is flse. (Find ou which iem is fi cion he boom of he pge.) (A) I work Unied Airlines s n ircrf mechnic. (B) Ws rodie for Jmes Brown during he Living in Americ Tour. (C) I ws cive duy for eigh yers under he Sregic Air Commnd. How would you describe your job in he Air Nionl Gurd nd/or being member of he Air Nionl Gurd o srnger? I enjoy working wih my co-workers serving his gre counry. If you were on he cover of mgzine, which one would i be nd why? Aviion Weekly. I enjoy working on ircrf elecronic devices. (Bldwin: C (I do no know how o swim.) Morris: B www.181iw.ng.f.mil 15 Rcer Flyer
THE RACER FLYER 181s Inelligence Wing Indin Air Nionl Gurd 800 S. Peercheff S. Terre Hue, IN 47803-5001 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED PRSRT STD U.S. Posge Pid Terre Hue, IN. Permi No. 66 OFFICIAL Flshbck o he le 60 s The yer 1967, he plce unknown. The mn on righ wih sunglsses is Col. Richrd Peercheff. Mos of you only know he nme Peercheff Sree, now you hve fce o go wih he nme. Like us on Fcebook : www.fcebook.com/181iw Rcer Websie: www.181iw.ng.f.mil Follow us on YouTube : www.youube.com/181iw