-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! 1206. Taped off-Broadway show used in aircrew training by Staff Sgt. Amy Parr Air Force Print News WASHINGTON -- An off-Broadway play that recounts six real life aircraft emergencies has become a training resource for military aircrews. Thanks to the producers of the play titled "Charlie Victor Romeo," a video of the show was made to allow aircrews to hear cockpit conversations that took place during actual emergencies. The video of the show combines realistic sound effects with a modest setting. The purpose of the video is to show the interaction and communication of aircrews under duress, said Maj. John Varljen, Air Force global mobility operations training manager at the Pentagon. The play is a re-enactment of six real-life aircraft emergencies. Actors perform their lines nearly verbatim from the transcripts of each aircraft's cockpit voice recorder. "'CVR' does a good job of showing the crew's interaction," said Varljen. "(Showing the play) is an opportunity for us -- it replicates what actually happened (in each of the six events)." Recording the play, shown to Department of Defense aircrews since February, was an ingenious idea on Varljen's part, said Col. Jim Brooks, chief of operational training. "He came to me about a play he went to see," he said. "He approached me with the idea of using it for the crew resource management program." After following the necessary procedures, it was instituted across the Air Force to improve the way aircrew interact with each other and as a team." Varljen said he thought the play would be useful in training because many previous training videos only show aircrew members how to do something. "In past videos, you don't really see aircrews losing control," he said. "The beauty of the tape is that it recreates actual incidents in the air and there is very little of that done (in training videos)." This also allows aircrews to view actual events and see what the real outcomes were such as damage and numbers of injured and killed people. "It recreates with emotion, an almost panic," said Brooks. "You see real-life situations unfold." Brooks described the 64-minute-long "Charlie Victor Romeo" as an ingenious way of getting a serious subject across. "There's an example of good and bad (crew interactions) in the film," he said. "It shows the importance of communication and asks someone 'how do I handle pandemonium?'" It was a bonus that there were minimal production costs, Varljen said. All expenses, including filming the play and travel and reproduction costs, were less than $50,000; however, DOD only has limited rights for showing the film. The tape may not be copied and displayed for other than official use. To obtain a copy for official use, visit http://afishp6.afis.osd.mil/dodimagery/davis/. Under the search menu, type "Charlie Victor Romeo" and add to the shopping cart. A one-minute preview is also available on the site. 1205. Combat Shadow crews, support personnel train in Canada by Maj. Marvin Olk 5th Special Operations Squadron EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- Among evergreen trees and rolling hills near Vancouver, British Columbia, Exercise Forest Pyramid 01 promises not only breathtaking vistas but also critical training for Air Force Reserve Command special operations forces. Members of the 5th Special Operations Squadron here and other elements of the 919th Special Operations Wing from Duke Field, Fla., deployed two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft Aug. 23 for two weeks of search and rescue training and combat-survival instruction. Forest Pyramid 01 is the resurrection of an annual training mission, previously flown by the 919th SOW, exercising a long-standing relationship with the 19th Wing at Comox Canadian Forces Base, B.C. Each year from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, the Reserve unit provided an airplane and crew for the combined training. The north-of-the-border exercises were suspended when the wing sent its aging AC-130A gunships to the boneyard and started flying the MC-130Ps. The MC-130P is a highly modified C-130 Hercules with a mission to infiltrate hostile or denied airspace, generally under the cover of darkness. Crew members use modified contour navigation and night-vision devices for the covert refueling of helicopters or the infiltration/extraction and re-supply of special operations forces via airdrop or airland operations. Although the location and customer remain the same, the revamped Forest Pyramid exercise will have a different feel because of the wing's new mission. "Where we used to look for targets to shoot, we now help locate survivors and coordinate rescue-and-recovery efforts," said Lt. Col. Joe Arthur, 5th SOS director of operations. "It should be a very challenging and rewarding deployment." The first search and rescue exercise occurred Aug. 27. Besides MC-130P aircraft, the mission involved KC-135 Stratitanker refueling aircraft from Air Mobility Command's 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., and an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the Reserve's 939th Rescue Wing, Portland, Ore. Besides rescue missions, various specialists are working on skills training. For example, Tech. Sgt. Adele Ruiz, a full-time air reserve technician with the 5th SOS, is exercising command and control reporting with five different command posts for the 44-person deployed force. "This is exactly what I'd be doing if I deployed to augment the 16th SOW (Hurlburt Field, Fla.) on an actual contingency," Ruiz said. Tech. Sgt. Greg Silvia, a life-support technician, was one of the "survivors" the rescue task force picked up on the first mission. "I get to see what we teach to our aircrew during our life-support training," Silva said. The rescue mission called for a Combat Shadow to leave its staging area and rendezvous with a KC-135 to top off its fuel before flying an orbit over the rescue location. As the mission unfolded and survivors' identifications were confirmed, the MC-130P aircraft infiltrated hostile airspace to deliver pararescue jumpers to the crash site. The PJs located the survivors, treated their injuries and moved them to a pick-up point where they rendezvoused with an HH-60. After the rescue, the MC-130P and the helicopter met for an aerial refueling as the task force left the area. "Because of the number of events, this is one of the more complicated profiles we perform," said Capt. Jeff Berry, mission commander, about the sortie. "Keeping situational awareness of all the players (knowing where they are and what they are doing) (is) the biggest challenge." After the search and rescue exercise, the reservists are focusing on specific mission events for unit upgrade training, such as personnel airdrops, aerial refueling and terrain searches. They plan to conduct a mission orientation and an exchange flight with the 442nd Squadron, a Canadian air force unit specializing in high altitude search and rescue operations. "We fly with night-vision goggles at low level here on almost every training sortie," said Maj. Mike Wercinski, an aircraft commander who flies Boeing 737s for a civilian airline. "On this deployment, we will have an opportunity to really work in some rough terrain. This will also sharpen some (search and rescue) skills that have gotten a little rusty and practice some events that our younger guys have only seen once or twice during their initial mission qualification." Keeping the aircraft flying is the job of Master Sgt. Bruce Thompson and his 15-member team of active-duty people and reservists. "This is our job -- deploy the airplanes and keep them flying," said Thompson from the active force's 16th Maintenance Squadron. "I'm excited about working with this team. Their experience level is fantastic." (Courtesy of AFRC News Service) 1207. News teams hitting 'Holiday Greetings' trail by Tech. Sgt. Miconna J. Boaldin Air Force Print News SAN ANTONIO -- Three Army and Air Force Hometown News Service broadcast teams will, once again, hit the Holiday Greetings trail in September. Holiday greetings are recorded video messages, from Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine servicemembers and their families stationed overseas, that will air on more than 1,100 hometown television and cable outlets. The first team of military broadcasters leave Sept. 12 for Europe with the second and third team departing Sept. 14 and 15 for the Pacific and Southwest Asia theaters, respectively. "This year the teams will cover people in more than 75 locations in 42 days," said Tom Taylor, Army and Air Force Hometown News Service broadcast division chief. "The videotaped greetings then will be sent to the individual's hometown television stations for broadcast during the 2001 holiday season. The primary goal is to help boost the morale for those away from home during the holidays. "Our priority is to hit the remote areas like Kosovo, Bosnia, and Kuwait," Taylor said. "The response to these type of messages over the years have been phenomenal with television programmers enthusiastic about providing this community service to the families of those in the armed forces." The three teams collected 8,300 greetings during the 2000 Holiday Greeting effort, which ultimately reached an audience estimated in the tens of millions, Taylor said. "We cannot give the TV stations enough when it comes to the Holiday Greetings," Taylor said. "The response from families each year is very positive and their expressions of appreciation makes the grueling travel and production schedules well worth the effort." In conjunction with the video taping by the Hometown News teams, at least two additional locations will have the greetings shot by local military broadcasters and production facilities. This allows coverage in areas the teams can not fit in their already packed shooting schedule. Along with airing on hometown TV stations, some 600-holiday greetings can be viewed on the Hometown News Web site. Because of the size of the files, and the shear numbers, not all greetings are put on the Web site, Taylor said. To add to the success of the TV greetings, the audio from these messages are extracted and sent to hometown radio stations as well. "We use the audio from the video greetings as well as tapes sent to us from bases throughout the armed forces," said Larry Gilliam, Army and Air Force Hometown News deputy director. The greetings are also edited into radio spots that are sent to stations interested in receiving the free Hometown News information. All the greetings are sent to radio and TV stations based on the submitter's hometown ZIP code. Stations from their area that subscribe to Hometown News products receive the video and audio spots to air as a public service throughout the holidays. Listed below are the areas scheduled for visits by a team beginning in September. Interested servicemembers should contact their public affairs office for the specific time and location at their respective locations. The schedule is subject to change. -- Sept. 14 and 15: Lajes Field, Azores; -- Sept. 17: Wiesbaden, Germany; Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England and Guam; -- Sept. 18: Darmstadt and Babenhausen, Germany; RAFs Mildenhall and Lakenheath, England; and Guam; -- Sept. 19: Hanau, Germany; and RAF Lakenheath, England; -- Sept. 20: Friedberg and Buedingen, Germany; RAFs Fairford and Crougton, England; and Misawa AB, Japan; -- Sept. 24: Bamberg and Schinnen, Germany; and Yokota AB, Japan; -- Sept. 25: Giebelstadt and Geilenkirchen, Germany; and Camp Zama, Japan; -- Sept. 26: Wuerzberg, Volkel and Klein Brogel, Germany; -- Sept. 27: Kitzingen, Germany; Supreme Headquarters Allied Power Europe and Chievres, Belgium; and Pusan, South Korea; -- Sept. 28: Schweinfurt, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; and Taegu, South Korea; -- Sept. 29: Grafenwohr, Germany; and Taegu; -- Oct. 1: Vilseck, Germany; Camp Carroll, South Korea; -- Oct. 2: Hohenfels, Germany; Incirlik AB, Turkey; and Kunsan AB, South Korea; -- Oct. 3: Ansbach and Illesheim, Germany; Incirlik; and Kunsan AB; -- Oct. 4: Mannheim, Germany; Izmir AB, Turkey; and Camp Humphries, South Korea; -- Oct. 5: Heidelberg, Germany; Izmir; Camp Long and Camp Eagle, South Korea; -- Oct. 6: Beuchel AB, Germany; and Camp Page, South Korea; -- Oct. 8: Spangdahlem AB, Germany; Aviano AB, Italy; Camp Humphries and Osan AB, South Korea; -- Oct. 9: Spangdahlem; Aviano AB; and Osan AB; -- Oct. 10: Baumholder, Germany; Vicenza, Italy; and Osan AB; -- Oct. 11: Kaiserslautern and Vogelweh, Germany; Vicenza; and Camp Casey, South Korea; -- Oct. 12: Ramstein AB, Germany; and Camp Red Cloud, South Korea; -- Oct. 13: Kaiserslautern and Vogelweh; Camp Bonifas and Camp Greaves, South Korea; -- Oct. 14: Kosovo; -- Oct. 15: Kosovo; Ramstein AB, Germany; and Yongsan, South Korea; -- Oct. 16: Kosovo; Sembach AB, Germany; and Yongsan; -- Oct. 18: Kadena AB, Japan; -- Oct. 19: Bosnia; Prince Sultan AB, Southwest Asia; and Kadena; -- Oct. 20: Bosnia; Prince Sultan AB; and Okinawa, Japan; -- Oct. 21: Bosnia; and Eskan Village, Southwest Asia; -- Oct. 22: Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; -- Oct. 23: Camp Doha, Kuwait; Fort Richardson, Alaska; -- Oct. 24: Cabal, Kuwait; and Eielsen AFB, Alaska; -- Oct. 25: Ali Al Salem, Kuwait; Fort Wainwright, Alaska; and -- Oct. 26: Al Jaber, Kuwait *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. 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