March 3, 2006Elmendorf Air Force Base, AlaskaVol. 57, No. 9

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PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN GARRETT HOTHAN

Tech. Sgt. Timothy Schelling develops newmethods for repairing 8mm video recorders thatdocument Elmendorf’s ﬂying missions. SergeantSchelling is a member of the 3rd Wing’s Air Force Repair Enhancement Program.

Fixingwhat’sbroke

– Pages 12-13Mighty Totssoccer

– Sports

Red, Black and GreenBanquet

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Newspaper survey results

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Captainsearn major promotion

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Administrativeactions

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552-2224actionline@elmendorf.af.mil

Do you have a problem you can’t seem to get solved?Would you like to recognize someone for a job well done?The commander’s action line is your avenue to com-municate your questions, comments and concerns directlyto the commander, Brig. Gen. Hawk Carlisle. Your callswill get the commander’s personal attention and be an-swered in a timely manner.If you have a question, call or e-mail the action line at:The following commanders standready to help you and can answer themajority of your questions. If they can’thelp, then please call the Action Line.

Key phone numbers:

Col. Mike Hass, 3rd CES/CC552-3007Lt. Col. David Aupperle, 3rd SVS/CC552-2468Lt. Col. Brett Meyer, 3rd SFS/CC552-4304

Brig. Gen. Hawk Carlisle

3rd Wing commander

Elmendorf Moment in History

The 3rd Bomb Group participatedin the Battle of the Bismarck Sea,sinking or damaging 16 Japaneseships bringing personnel and mate-riel to Lai, New Guinea, and provingthat airpower could destroy a navalforce at sea.

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3rd Wing Commander

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Chief, Public Affairs

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NCOIC, Internal Information

Senior Airman Jared Marquis

Editor

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3rd Equipment Main-tenance Squadron CrashRecovery Crew

quicklyresponded to an exerciseinput of a C-12 mishap dur-ing the Paciﬁc Air ForcesInspector General EmergencyManagement Exercise. Thecrew set up and assisted theﬁre department and securityforces to control the entrycontrol point leading into thecrash site. Additionally, theyremained on scene workinguntil a forklift operator re-moved the aircraft. Their ac-tions combined with a pristinecrash trailer and exceptional programs earned the PACAF/IG distinction of “Best Seento Date.”

1st Lt. Kathryn Jones,

3rd Operations SupportSquadron, Weapons andTactics Flight, completelyreorganized and catalogedmore than 10,000 pages of electronic and paper recordswhich improved the missioneffectiveness of the wingweapons and tactics shop.Lieutenant Jones also provid-ed outstanding instruction onthe diplomatic, informational,military and economic situ-ation surrounding OperationPlan 5027 to ofﬁcers involvedin 3rd Wing veriﬁcation.

Senior Airman JamesWhite

, 3rd CommunicationsSquadron Information Sys-tems Flight training manager,tracked training for morethan 130 flight members. Hisexpertise was instrumentalin flight Unit ComplianceInspection preparations andthe flight training programfor five Air Force SpecialtyCodes and eight work cen-ters. The flight’s program waslauded by the 3rd CS inspec-tors. Airman White is also anoutstanding computer techni-cian, often called upon to as-sist other flights and squadronleadership.

Can a squadron commander’spolicy override the wing command-er’s policy?It is my understanding that thewing policy for permissive leave for members who have been deployedstarts after the member goes throughtheir reintegration process.However, I work with the 3rdMission Support Squadron and our commander, for whatever reason,decided not to go by your policy let-ter and determined that the member’spermissive leave begins immediatelyafter returning. This does not seemfair for half of a squadron that de-ployed for 120 days.If you could clarify for me howa squadron commander can overridethe general’s wing policy, I wouldgreatly appreciate it.

The 3rd Wing RedeploymentAction Plan was designed to ensureall deployers receive equitable ac-commodation after returning fromdeployment.Mission permitting, deployers areallowed one day recovery, attend theRAP within two to ﬁve days, and areafforded 14 days decompression timeoff.The PACAF Recovery Policy let-ter states that 14 days is the maxi-mum allowable time off following adeployment.To maintain a fair program, whileaccomplishing mission requirements,the 3rd MSS commander ensuredevery member returning from deploy-ment received 14 calendar days of decompression time. For example, inone case in particular, the ﬁrst dayRAP was available was not until dayseven of the member’s return due toa wing down day, the weekend andunavailability of RAP. If the returnee began the 14 days off after RAP, therewould have been a total of 21 days off.That is not the intent of the policy.I expect my squadron command-ers to determine how wing policiesand instructions are best applied tomeet their mission requirements andmaintain equity for their members. Isupport his judgment in this case.

Commander clariﬁ es deployment leave policy

Welcome

Col. Michael Arceneaux accepts command of the 3rd Maintenance Group from Brig. Gen. Hawk Carlisle,3rd Wing commander, during a ceremony Feb. 22. Colonel Arceneaux is a 22-year veteran of the Air Force. The 3rd Maintenance Group is responsible for component, equipment, aircraft, maintenance andmunitions support for F-15C/D, F-15E, C-130, C-12 and E-3 aircraft and maintenance operations to supportthe 3rd Wing, 11th Air Force, Alaskan Command and Alaskan NORAD Region.

PHOTO BY TECH. SGT. KEITH BROWN

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The major promotion list was released Thursday. These captainswere selected for promotion:Cheri Andersen, 611th Air Communications FlightScott Belanger, 11th Air ForceMichael Clark, Detachment 1, 353rd Combat Training SquadronKyle Anderson, 962nd Airborne Air Control SquadronOrbelin Arreola, 962nd AACSRobert Bearden, 3rd Logistics Readiness SquadronMatthew Brenner, 517th Airlift SquadronTy Bridge, 962nd AACSJeffrey Donnithorne, 90th Fighter SquadronJennifer Goldthwaite, 3rd Comptroller SquadronCraig Hinkley, 517th ASMichael Julaton, 517th ASSteven Lindquist, 3rd Mission Support GroupVicki Lumley, 3rd Medical Operations SquadronBrian Moore, 3rd Aircraft Maintenance SquadronAlbert Nieves, 3rd Operations Support SquadronLeo Noyes, 962nd AACSTimothy Porter, 3rd Wing ChapelJustin Scott, 3rd Operations Support SquadronTravis Sjostedt, 517th ASDavid Slaydon, 12th Fighter SquadronLaura Taylor, 517th ASStephen Taylor, 90th FSDavid Unruh, 12th FSSamantha Weeks, 12th FSThompson Wofford III, 3rd Operations GroupMatthew Henry, Air Force Band of the PaciﬁcJames Skelton, 381st Intelligence Squadron

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The results are in. TeamElmendorf members think the

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is, overall, a vitalsource of base news.The 3rd Wing commander asked people to give their thoughts aboutthe base newspaper.“This survey is important becauseI want to ensure you are gettingthe best possible information aboutElmendorf Air Force Base in a timelymanner,” said Brig. Gen. Hawk Carlisle. “This survey will help megauge your thoughts on this vitalcommunications tool.” Nearly 800 surveys were ran-domly sent out in mid-December toactive-duty and civilian members.People could also self-elect to com- plete the survey online if they didn’treceive a paper version of the survey.In the end, 280 people respondedfor a 36 percent return rate. Of thosewho returned the survey, 16 percentwere civilians, 66 percent were en-listed and 18 percent were ofﬁcers.People were asked to rate thequality and quantity of the sto-ries and photographs published inthe newspaper. This is what theythought:

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79.64 percent of those respond-ing said they read the base newspaper occasionally.

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58.74 percent said the

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is easy to understand.

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53.36 percent said the newspaper keeps them fully informed aboutevents happening on base.

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51.80 percent surveyed said thestories in the

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aretimely and up-to-date.

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63.68 percent think informationin the

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is accurate.People also rated how muchinformation is published on 28 topicsranging from Air Force leadership toAir Force Policy and housing to basecrime. In every case, more than 50 percent rated the paper satisfactoryor above, and in all but four cases the percentage was greater than 67 per-cent. The five areas readers namedas best were personnel recognition, promotions, base services, Air Forceleadership and sports. On the other hand, the five lowest rated areas areretirement benefits, recruiting andretention, drawdowns, financial newsand Air Force doctrine.Using a scale of 1-10, where 1meant “extremely unsatisfied” and 10meant “extremely satisfied,” readers’opinions tied at 7 and 8 as to howsatisfied the

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keptthem informed.People also had the opportunityto leave comments and 76 peopledid. More than 10 of those com-ments were complementary of the paper and recognition of people. Of the others, they dealt with desiresfor more coverage (blotter/crime,sports, aircraft technology, mainte-nance, civilian recognition, ad-vertising, local stories, children’sactivities, letters to the editor,ofﬁcer discipline), less coverage(fewer ads, fewer pictures, “leader-ship propaganda”), better and moreaction lines and having an electronicversion of the paper.If you have a comment aboutthe

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By Lt. Col. Michael T. Halbig

3rd Wing Public Affairs

An Elmendorf NCO was sen-tenced to three years conﬁnement,reduction to airman basic and a dis-honorable discharge in court-martial proceedings here Feb. 23.Staff Sgt. Brian Malone, 3rd

Op-erations Support Squadron weather forecaster, pleaded guilty to 21 speci-fications of violating two articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justicewhile being found not guilty of threeother specifications.The charges stem from numer-ous Internet chats Sergeant Malonehad in 2004 with federal agents andother adults posing as underage girls,as well as with at least one underagegirl.He pleaded guilty to charges thathe was involved in indecent com-munications with, and transmittedindecent images to a minor over the Internet. He also plead guilty to possessing child pornography, andviolating specific federal laws by at-tempting to use a “means of inter-state commerce” to transmit obsceneimages to a minor via the Internetand attempting to entice a minor toengage in unlawful sexual activityvia the Internet, said Capt. CharlesHebner, 3rd Wing Legal Office andone of the Air Force prosecutors inthis case.The means of interstate com-merce used to violate the federallaws were an interactive computer service and a computer-generatedWeb site on the Internet, accordingto the charge sheet.Sergeant Malone was foundnot guilty to charges of attemptedsodomy with a minor, attemptedcarnal knowledge with a minor andattempted indecent acts with a minor because his actions were deemed bythe court to be mere preparations for committing an offense, not an actualcriminal attempt, said Capt. Hebner.A local citizen noticed some of this criminal activity and reported itto the federal authorities, said Maj.Thomas Spring, Detachment 631,Air Force Office of Special Inves-tigations commander at Elmendorf.Agents with the U.S. Customs Ser-vice contacted and worked closelywith AFOSI when they realized thesubject of the investigation was anAir Force member. The joint inves-tigation that followed resulted inthese charges being brought againstSergeant Malone, an almost 10-year Air Force member.“This case was a great exampleof the military justice system at its best,” said Captain Hebner. “Thegovernment conducted a thorough joint investigation and as a resultwe were able to put on a strong casewhere Sergeant Malone was con-victed of 21 violations of the UCMJ.He was also acquitted of three other violations by the military judge in thecase, which shows that the accusedtruly had his day in court.“The important thing here is thatthrough this joint investigation andsuccessful prosecution, a spider isnow off the Web and on his way outof our Air Force.”

Internet chat leads toconﬁnement, discharge

ILLUSTRATION BY SENIOR AIRMAN GERARD SABIDO

28 captains earn gold leaf