-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! 000206. Armed Forces vital to 2000 census RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The Census Bureau is asking Air Force members to perform one more civic duty: to make sure they are counted in Census 2000. Just as the Census Bureau is asking the public at large to participate in Census 2000, it also is asking the men and women of the armed services to cooperate with census-takers this year. The Census Bureau has entered into partnerships with each branch of the armed services and has provided them with plans and materials for enumeration. Census Day is April 1. Military Census 2000 will be conducted during the week of April 3-7. Including stateside and overseas armed forces personnel in the official state totals will help determine the number of seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives. Census information also helps decision-makers understand where to build hospitals and highways and which neighborhoods need new schools, more services for the elderly or housing assistance. People who answer the census also help their communities obtain the correct amount of state and federal funding. The majority of people in the United States will be counted in Census 2000 at their usual residence, the place where they live and sleep most of the time. This place is not necessarily the same as the person's voting or legal residence. Determining one's usual residence is easy for most people, but it may not be so apparent for people in the armed forces and their families. Here are the rules: -- People in the armed forces residing in the United States are counted at their usual residence (the place where they live and sleep most of the time), whether it is on or off the military installation. -- People in the armed forces assigned to military installations outside the United States, including family members with them, are counted through the administrative records of their service branch as part of the U.S. overseas population. -- Armed forces personnel housed at installations in the United States and its territories receive a specially designed form at their work unit. They are instructed to complete and return it to their unit representative. On this form, personnel can claim their usual home address on or off the installation. -- Armed forces personnel living in conventional housing in the United States, either on or off an installation, also will receive a household questionnaire. Housing on the installation is enumerated through the same procedures the Census Bureau uses for housing in the surrounding area. It is important for armed forces personnel living in conventional housing to fill out both the household questionnaire and the special form they receive at their work unit. The Census Bureau will eliminate any duplication during processing. It is also important that everyone answer all the questions on the census forms. Answers are confidential and no data on any individual or family will be published. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share an individual's answers with others, including welfare agencies, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Internal Revenue Service, the courts, the police or the armed forces. The census employees and armed forces personnel who help with the census at the installation are sworn to protect the confidentiality of all answers. Anyone who breaks this law can receive up to five years in prison, $5,000 in fines or both. The law works -- millions of questionnaires were processed following the 1990 census without a single breach of trust. If there is someone in a military family looking for work, the census also provides opportunities for employment. Hiring enumerators from the community to be enumerated is an important part of the strategy for Census 2000. Census workers receive up to three days of paid training in organization, reading maps, filling out forms, interviewing and dealing with difficult or unusual interviewing situations. They work in their own communities with daily hands-on coaching from a supervisor. In addition to performing work important to their community, successful employees will receive a letter from the Census Bureau documenting their acquired skills. The Census Bureau is also actively seeking bilingual recruits to staff facilities and conduct the census in areas where foreign languages are spoken. Call 1-888-325-7733 toll-free for more information about Census 2000 jobs. (Courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau and Air Force Personnel Center News Service) 000211. Survey on seat belt use ongoing WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Air Force military and civilian employees are asked to complete an approved Web-based survey by Feb. 28 on seat belt use when traveling on official business. The Air Force must report annually to the Department of Transportation on seat belt use among federal employees traveling on official business. The anonymous survey can be accessed at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/survey/index.cfm and should take no more than 10 minutes. Travel does not include commuting to or from your duty location, but does include either driving or riding as a passenger in either a government or privately owned vehicle to attend a meeting at another location or other duty-required travel (including traveling by taxi to the airport for TDY). The questions only apply to seat belt-equipped vehicles. Survey results will be aggregated and used in required reports to the president and to Congress. They will also be used to assist federal agencies in developing programs to increase seat belt use among federal employees. For more information, contact Lt. Col. Kelli Ballengee, SAF/MIQ, at DSN 225-5978. 000214. Airline pilots work on new warbird KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFPN) -- Gerry Elwell sat at the controls of the Air Force's first and only Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft recently. Joined by Tom LaValley, the two are commercial airline pilots who are also Air Force Reserve majors. Their civilian skills and experience are allowing them to make a unique contribution to a multi-billion-dollar Air Force program here. Elwell and LaValley are not only capable of flying the 747-400 -- perhaps the only pilots in the Air Force who are -- but, as experienced Air Force fighter pilots, they are also able to help transform this freighter into the millenium's most futuristic warbird. The 747 is being altered to become the world's first aircraft armed with a laser that can destroy theater ballistic missiles hundreds of miles away. But a problem for the Air Force was it doesn't own any of 400-series freighters, and therefore didn't have any active duty pilots trained for that role. "No one in the Air Force had flown a 747-400," said LaValley. "While the 100, 200 and 300 models of the 747 are basically the same, the 400 is completely different. It's a very complicated aircraft." Faced with the cost and time of having to train active-duty Air Force pilots to fly the 747-400, airborne laser program officials began looking into the Air Force Reserve for qualified pilots. What resulted was Elwell and LaValley, two 747-400 instructor pilots working at United Air Lines' Denver training facility. Both are former active-duty pilots; Elwell and LaValley having been F-15 and A-10 pilots respectively. Assigned to the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., they have been detailed to work at the Airborne Laser System Program Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. But they are doing more than just flying the 747-400. Both are serving in an advisory capacity. As the plane undergoes major modifications, the two are putting their experience on fighter planes and the 747-400 freighter to good use. They are working closely with the engineers and technicians on the project, making recommendations on ways to improve the aircraft to make it more effective, efficient or easier for future pilots to operate in combat. Program officials note the program is on-cost and on-schedule, with the planned shoot-down demonstration of a Scud-like missile in 2003. Within 10 years, the Air Force expects to have seven of these defensive aircraft in operation around the world. Developing a defense against theater ballistic missiles, such as the ones used against U.S. ground troops during the Gulf War, has been announced as a top-priority Air Force concern. 000214a.jpg and 000214a.gif Majors Tom LaValley, left, and Gerry Elwell show a group of students a model of the plane they fly and explain how the plane will operate in combat. The two are commercial airline pilots who, as Air Force Reserve Command officers, are working with the airborne laser program office at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The 747-400 airborne laser platform, currently undergoing major modifications, will be armed with a laser that can destroy theater ballistic missiles with a beam of light from hundreds of miles away. (Air Force photo) 000212. U.S.-Moroccan training, cooperation to expand by Linda D. Kozaryn American Forces Press Service MARRAKECH, Morocco (AFPN) -- U.S. troops can expect to see more of their Moroccan counterparts in the future, Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said here Feb. 11. "A new security dialogue is going to enable us to discuss ways to improve the quality of our training exercises together," Cohen said. "It will also enable us to consider multilateral exercises with other countries that are involved in NATO's Mediterranean initiative. The secretary visited Morocco Feb. 10 and 11, to strengthen ties with one of America's long-standing allies. The United States signed a treaty of peace and friendship with the North African nation in 1787, and the two countries have been "partners both in war and peace ever since," he said. U.S. and Moroccan troops currently serve together in Bosnia and Kosovo, he noted. They also worked together during Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait, and also in Somalia. During the Cold War, the United States contributed significant military aid to Morocco -- about $40 million per year, according to a senior U.S. defense official traveling with Cohen. This aid has diminished to about $4 million a year since the breakup of the Soviet Union. "What we are trying now is to expand the nature of the relationship beyond what it's been," Cohen said en route to Marrakech, a city at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. "They need to, for example, modernize their military. We hope they can look to us for some assistance in how we have tried to reshape our own forces." Moroccan Royal Air Force Col. Abdelali Houari welcomed Cohen's visit to the Royal Moroccan Air Force Training Base and Royal Air Academy here. The base commander said the presence of the Pentagon's top civilian leader enhanced and reinforced the historic friendship between the United States and Morocco. He led Cohen on a quick tour of classrooms, laboratories and maintenance facilities, before taking his American guest outdoors to watch Moroccan pilots of the Green March aerobatics team display their skills. For about 20 minutes, Cohen watched French-built CAP-231 aircraft sweep across the sky, trailing white billowing smoke tails. The planes soared up, up, and then over. They flew individual loops and close formations to plunge earthward in corkscrew spirals before soaring off to the horizon. The next stop on Cohen's agenda was a meeting with King Mohamed VI. It was the secretary's second meeting with the king, who is also Morocco's minister of defense and commander of the armed forces. The earlier meeting occurred during a 1998 visit to Morocco. At that time, however, Mohamed VI was the North African nation's crown prince. Following the meeting, Cohen held a press conference where he saluted the Moroccan king as "a young, dynamic leader who is building on his late father's policies." "King Mohamed is committed to improving the welfare of all Moroccans, strengthening government institutions and expanding human rights," the secretary said. "He also wants Morocco to remain a leading force for peace and stability. To this end, we agreed to open an expanded security and defense dialogue between our countries that will enable us to explore ways to expand our cooperation." The two nations will also examine ways their militaries can work together to promote reform and modernization, Cohen said. "As this security dialogue evolves, it will be another sign of the strong relations between our countries," he said. 000213. Football Frenzy for five in Hawaii by Tech Sgt. Mark Kinkade Air Force Print News HONOLULU -- For five Air Force club members, the end of the 1999 National Football League season was more about beaches and souvenir hunting than the traditional gathering of all-stars at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. The five, along with their guests, were winners in the Football Frenzy contest at their respective clubs. During the season, Air Force Clubs awarded a series of trips to various NFL events, including a regular-season game in San Francisco, the Super Bowl and the Pro Bowl, played here Feb. 6 in Aloha Stadium. The winners of the Pro Bowl trip and their guests were: Staff Sgt. Kevin Joyner and wife Asli, Izmir Air Base, Turkey; Staff Sgt. Carissa Twillie and friend Staff Sgt. Brian Denman, Osan AB, Republic of Korea; Senior Airman Jeremy Sedlak and wife Renee, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.; Tech Sgt. Stephen Terrio and friend Staff Sgt. John Pecirep, Patrick AFB, Fla.; and Alicia Liburdi and husband Lt. Col. Samuel Liburdi, Malmstrom AFB, Mont. In addition to airfare, accommodations and game tickets, the five winners and their guests were also treated to an exclusive reception at the Hale Koa military hotel on Waikiki beach and rental cars during their five-day stay in Hawaii. Air Force Clubs also gave the winners backpacks filled with t-shirts, portable coolers and a small camera. They were also guests of Miller Brewing, one of the Football Frenzy sponsors, at the NFL's Pro Bowl Tailgate party where they received free gifts and had the opportunity to see this year's Pro Football Hall of Fame selectees. "This is an amazing thing," said Joyner, after flying for nearly two days to reach Hawaii from Turkey. "You fill out those entry forms thinking you won't really win, then it happens. I really have to take my hat off to Air Force Clubs for this." The winners and their guests made use of their time on Oahu to shop the island's countless souvenir stores, party in local clubs and bask on the beaches teeming with tourists in town for the Pro Bowl. Some watched the filming of the NFL Legends touch football game on Waikiki beach, while others took time to see military sites like the Arizona Memorial and the U.S.S. Missouri. For the Sedlaks, it was a trip home. Renee Sedlak was born in Hawaii and used the trip to catch up with relatives and old friends. "Everywhere we went, she saw someone she knew," said Staff Sgt. Jeremy Sedlak. "It's been a reunion for us." This is the fifth year Air Force Clubs has conducted the Football Frenzy contest, and the third year people have won trips to the Pro Bowl. Al Sonnenburg, marketing specialist for Air Force Services Agency, said the trips not only show how Air Force Club membership really pays, but are also a way of rewarding Air Force people for the jobs they do. "They work in often difficult environments, away from their families, and under a lot of stress," he said. "We want to thank them for all they do." Sonnenburg said the trips would not be possible without the support of corporate sponsors. The sponsors for this year's Football Frenzy were: SatoTravel, Miller Brewing Co., American Airlines and Best Western. This season, winners were also selected to attend to the Atlanta Falcons vs. San Francisco 49ers game in San Francisco, as well as the Super Bowl in Atlanta, Ga. Additionally, base clubs around the Air Force gave out more than 15,000 gifts ranging from footballs to embroidered sports shirts. 000213a.jpg and 000213a.gif The Air Force Clubs Football Frenzy Pro Bowl winners and their guests clown for photographers next to the limousines carrying them to the National Football League's Pro Bowl Feb. 6. From left, they are: Staff Sgt. Brain Denman, Staff Sgt. Carissa Twillie, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea; Renee and Staff Sgt. Jeremy Sedlak, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.; Lt. Col. Samuel and Alicia Liburdi, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.; Staff Sgt. John Pecirep, Tech. Sgt. Stephen Terrio, Patrick AFB, Fla.; Staff Sgt. Kevin and Asli Joyner, Izmir AB, Turkey. The winners and their guests were in Hawaii for five days, and received round-trip air transportation, hotel accommodations, rental cars, limousine service to and from the game, and a host of promotional giveaways. The contest, in its fifth year, is sponsored by Air Force Clubs, Sato Travel, Miller Brewing, American Airlines and Best Western. Earlier this year, winners in other Football Frenzy contests traveled to the Super Bowl in Atlanta, Ga., and attended a San Francisco 49ers football game in San Francisco. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Kinkade) 000213b.jpg and 000213b.gif Renee and Staff Sgt. Jeremy Sedlak, from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., pose with the Seattle Seahawks mascot at the NFL Tailgate party prior to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii Feb. 6. Jeremy Sedlak was one of five winners of the Air Force Clubs Football Frenzy contest. The winners and their guests were treated to a five-day stay in Waikiki, included round-trip air travel, hotel accommodations, rental cars, limousine service to and from the game, and a host of promotional giveaways. The NFL Tailgate party was a private party giving participants a chance to see this year's Professional Football Hall of Fame inductees before the annual all-star game. The contest, in its fifth year, is sponsored by Air Force Clubs, Sato Travel, Miller Brewing, American Airlines and Best Western. Earlier this year, winners in other Football Frenzy contests traveled to the Super Bowl in Atlanta, Ga., and attended a San Francisco 49ers football game in San Francisco. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Kinkade) 000213c.jpg and 000213c.gif Staff Sgt. Kevin Joyner, Izmir Air Base, Turkey, steps out of a limousine on his way to the NFL Pro Bowl in Hawaii Feb. 6. Joyner was one of five winners of the Air Force Clubs Football Frenzy contest. The winners and their guests were treated to a five-day stay in Waikiki, included round-trip air travel, hotel accommodations, rental cars, limousine service to and from the game, and a host of promotional giveaways. The contest, in its fifth year, is sponsored by Air Force Clubs, Sato Travel, Miller Brewing, American Airlines and Best Western. Earlier this year, winners in other Football Frenzy contests traveled to the Super Bowl in Atlanta, Ga., and attended a San Francisco 49ers football game in San Francisco. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Kinkade) 000209. Tuskegee Airmen name Kirtland chapter after General Newton by Tech. Sgt. Darlene Foote 58th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFPN) -- The Tuskegee Airman chapter here will soon be known as the Gen. Lloyd W. Newton Chapter. During the Air Education and Training Command commander's visit here recently, the group asked permission to name their local chapter after him. "He was the perfect person to use for this," said Master Sgt. Kenneth Cooper, a member of the organization. "He is a great role model, and many young people, military and non-military, really admire him." "One of our goals was to choose someone who has benefited from the advancements achieved by the Tuskegee Airman program," said John E. Allen, an original Tuskegee Airman, who serves as historian for his chapter. "His accomplishments speak for themselves." Newton flew 269 combat missions from Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, including 79 missions over North Vietnam. The general was also selected to join the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron -- the Thunderbirds -- in November 1974. He held several positions including narrator, slot pilot and right wingman. According to Allen, Newton was the first black Thunderbird pilot and only the third African American four-star general in the Air Force. "Newton's progression through the ranks is a great inspiration to young people everywhere." Tuskegee Airman Incorporated is a non-political, non-military, non-profit organization whose goal is to motivate youth -- especially minorities -- to outstanding achievement and leadership. The Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., chapter of the Tuskeegee Airman was organized in September. (Courtesy of AETC News Service) 000210. Return of MIA's remains gives bracelet new meaning by Steve Pivnick 81st Medical Group Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFPN) -- Thirteen years ago, as a technical school student at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Staff Sgt. Ed Perry purchased a missing in action bracelet. A Mississippi native, he asked for a bracelet commemorating an MIA from his home state, so he has worn the bracelet bearing James E. Williams' name ever since. Recently, Perry, the 81st Medical Support Squadron's noncommissioned officer in charge of laboratory operations, was surprised to learn he no longer needed to wear the bracelet: now Chief Master Sgt. James E. "Sonny" Williams was "coming home." During a visit to his Quitman, Miss., hometown over the holidays, Perry came across an article in the local newspaper. According to the Associated Press story, Williams' remains had been identified and were being returned to the United States. "Chills ran up and down my spine," Perry said. "I was close to tears." The staff sergeant explained that in addition to reacting to the news, the date Williams and his six crew mates were lost over Laos -- May 15, 1966 -- was also personally significant. Perry's wife passed away May 15, three years ago. Perry noted other coincidences marking his relationship with the missing airman. "My mother's maiden name is also Williams," Perry added. "I also learned, in talking with Williams' brother, Lamar, that Lamar has family living in Wichita Falls, Texas, where Sheppard AFB is located." Perry recalled that about five years ago, while again assigned to Sheppard, the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall made a one-week stop in Wichita Falls. He served as one of the base volunteers who acted as an honor guard and sentry at the site. "I made a rubbing of his (Willilams) name from the monument, which I still have," the sergeant noted. "I wore the bracelet almost continuously ever since I bought it, except for misplacing it during PCS (permanent change of station) moves. I'd pack it, lose it and find it." After reading the news story, Perry looked up Lamar's name in the phone book and called him. "I left a message on his answering machine, explaining that I'd been wearing the MIA bracelet with his brother's name, and telling him I wanted to talk with him," he said. Lamar returned the call within an hour. "We had a casual 15- to 20-minute conversation about his brother," Perry remembered. "I learned that both men had been Air Force crew chiefs at one time." Next spring, Williams' family will attend a military funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia for the crew. Perry would like to be there as well. Even if he is unable to attend, he plans to present the bracelet and monument rubbing to the Williams family in Mississippi. James Williams was a 26-year-old sergeant when his AC-47 gunship was shot down. Lamar Williams served in the Air Force from 1964-1968. He was on a two-year assignment in France when he received word his brother's aircraft was missing. (Courtesy of Air Education and Training Command News Service) **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! 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