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Seagull October-November 20051


From the wing commander’s desk

Colonel Paul G. Worcester

By now most of you will haveheard the news on the final BRACCommission recommendation to “re-align” Otis and the 102nd FighterWing versus a complete closure. Thisis excellent news. The president hasapproved this change and forwardedthe complete list of recommenda-tions to congress for their analysisand review. He made no changes tothe product created by the commis-sion. Congress will have 45 days toapprove all or reject all as it wasgiven to them. They can make noindividual changes to the list.

We will soon be entering the “finalsolution” stage. This will include howover the next several years we willtransition from the F-15 unit we aretoday to the unit we will be tomor-row. This assumes the F-15s leaveOtis for Barnes Airport in westernMassachusetts. That move if con-firmed will by necessity involve manyof our skills because simultaneous tothat move, we will begin a very com-plex aircraft conversion from A-models to C-models. All of our ex-pertise will be required.

Furthermore, we expect a numberof jobs at Barnes will be open to ourpersonnel. This is for two reasons.One, they’ll need all the experiencedhelp we can send them and two, thenumber of assigned aircraft is togrow requiring even more skilledmembers to maintain them.

For many of us not directly associ-ated with hands-on work of main-taining or flying the F-15, it will re-

quire us to be here at Otis develop-ing into that new “realigned” unit ofthe future. It will be challenging andyet very rewarding work. We’llhave an opportunity to be on theground floor of the new Air Forcebuilding a mission or set of missionsthat will extend beyond the timewhen the Air Force no longer fliesaircraft.

Some of us will not want to be partof this new mission. That’s OK.What’s important for everyone toknow at this stage of the BRACprocess is that every effort will bemade by our unit, state, and nationalleadership to employ any person thatwants continued Air National Guardaffiliation. As I have repeatedly sug-gested to all of you, please thinkcarefully about any decision youmake. Please speak with your com-manders, unit counselors, and re-cruiting/retention staff. While thetimes ahead are apt to full of anxietyand uncertainty, our number one jobis to take care of you and give youevery opportunity to complete aNational Guard career.

While the news of losing the F-15to another location doesn’t pleaseeveryone, we are still far better offthan we were on May 13. We keepOtis alive for future missions whileallowing many of us that choose toremain in this area a chance to con-tribute in one way or another to ournation’s security.

Speaking of contributions let mepass on my thanks to you from ALLour state’s National Guard leader-ship. From the governor, TAG, Brig.Gen. Akey, me, and your respective

group or squadron commanders, wethank you all for the outstandingperformance on the front-line orbehind the scenes to make the Hur-ricane Katrina response effort workso well. The combination of pushingout over two hundred tons of rollingand palletized stock and more thanfive hundred personnel to statesdown south was absolutely remark-able. If an IG team could have scoredus, we would have recorded anotheroutstanding rating. And all this ef-fort over another summer holidayweekend to boot. By the way, indoing so not one person was injuredor one piece of equipment damaged.The quality of our people is whatmade this happen. Thanks.

The quality of our people is what isgoing to carry us into the future.Airplanes will come and go, mis-sions will change, but the people andthe legacy they leave behind by do-ing such awesome work will lastforever. I want to thank all of youfor remaining focused on our mis-sion over the past several months.That dedication to the job at handwill pay dividends down the road.Please continue to do so as it willtake several years to make any tran-sition from what are today to whatwe’ll be tomorrow.

BRAC - Be Relaxed and Confi-dent. We have much going for usand there are many folks out thereworking to keep us around for agood long time. Please read theBRAC information we have postedto the wing Intranet web site. It willcontinue to be the one-stop sourcefor information.

BRAC- and the qualityof our people


This month...Quarterly awardwinners named

Story on Page 5

Story on Page 7

Story on Page 8

Murford, Johansenreturn from Iraq

Haehnel endsatypical mission

ON THECOVER

Col. Paul WorcesterCommander

Col. Anthony SchiaviVice Commander

1st Lt. Nicole IversPublic Affairs Officer

Master Sgt. Ken WheelerEditor

Cliff McDonaldStaff

Doris S. BousquetProofreading

Harry B. Harding & SonPrinter

This funded Air Force newspaper is anauthorized publication for members of theU.S. military services. Contents of the Seagullare not necessarily the official views of, orendorsed by, the U.S. Government, the De-partment of Defense or the Department of theAir Force. The editorial content is edited,prepared, and provided by the Public AffairsOffice of the 102nd Fighter Wing, Mass. AirNational Guard, 158 Reilly St., Box 60, OtisANG Base, Mass., 02542-1330. All photosare Air Force photographs unless otherwiseindicated.

Seagull

Master Sgt. Joseph Smith, left,and Tech. Sgt. RaymondGendreau check the manifestfor a pallet of water destinedfor the relief effort in the wakeof Hurricane Katrina. Morephotos, story on Page 10.

Cover photo by Tech. Sgt. SandraNiedzwiecki


The deadline for submission of articlesfor the next Seagull is 2 p.m., Sunday,Nov. 6. No articles can be acceptedafter this deadline.

Articles for publication should be nolonger than 350 words. The public af-fairs staff has the right to edit all articlesfor content and length.

Items should be sent over the LAN [email protected] prepared on a floppy disk, preferablyin Word for Windows.

Articles on disk also should be submit-ted with a printed copy to the PublicAffairs Office, Building 158, room 209.For more information call (508) 968-4090.

Seagulldeadline

Upcomingdrill dates

Drill hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4p.m. Saturdays and 7 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Sundays.

What’sfor

lunch?Saturday, Oct. 15

Family Day, hamburgers, hotdogs, steak, and all the fixin’s.

Sunday, Oct. 16Baked scrod or hot pastrami

on rye, salad, assorted des-serts and beverages.

Saturday, Nov. 5Thanksgiving meal, roast tur-

key or spiral ham, salad, as-sorted desserts and beverages.

Sunday, Nov. 6Baked ziti with meatballs or

open-faced turkey sandwich,salad, assorted desserts andbeverages.

2005

Oct. 15-16Nov. 5-6

Dec. 3-4

2006

Jan. 7-8Feb. 11-12March 4-5April 1-2May 6-7June 8-9

June 10-11

Aug. 26-27Sept. 16-17Oct. 21-22Nov. 2-3Nov. 4-5Dec. 2-3

* First drill in June replaces July drill.* June 8-11 is for Phase II Opera-

tional Readiness Exercise.* First drill in November replaces

July 2007 drill.* Unit Compliance Inspection Nov.

2-7.

Mandatory annual field trainingwill be Oct. 17-21

Scholarshiprecipients are

namedThe 2005 Chiefs’ Council Scholar-

ship Fund recipients are Senior Air-man Philip M. Dehnick of the 102ndMaintenance Squadron and DaleSwartz Jr., son of Master Sgt. DaleSwartz, 102nd Logistics Group vehiclemaintenance superintendent. Each isto receive a $500 scholarship.

On behalf the Chiefs’ Council goodluck and congratulations to the win-ners.

In sympathySympathy is expressed to the

family of retired Maj. Robert T.Smith. As an enlisted person, hewas a member of the 102ndCombat Support Squadron whilethe unit was at Logan Interna-tional Airport.

Two unit trainingmanagers needed

There are two traditional Guard unittraining manager positions vacant withinthe 102nd Fighter Wing.

The technical sergeant positions arein the 102nd Communications Flightand the 102nd Medical Group.

To qualify for cross-training to the3S2X1 career field, one must alreadyhave a five-level in another Air Forcespecialty code and have a GeneralASVAB score of 59.

An eight-week technical school ismandatory within one year of reas-signment.

Interested people should contactSenior Master Sgt. Paul Hennessey inthe Base Education and Training Of-fice at (508) 968-4189.

MilestonesPromotions

To technical sergeantDavid BalleriniKelley R. CoombsEric A. LaFranchiseJohn F. PageMichael P. TrahantCharles P. Weyers

To staff sergeantJames P. RichardJuan X. Valencia

To senior airmanMarsha GershonGregory A. Gresham

Technical schoolsAirman 1st Class Brian McKenzie,

102nd Civil Engineering Squadron,honor student, structural apprenticeschool, Gulfport, Miss.

Airman 1st Class Aramis Tirado,102nd Communications Flight, third-place certificate, 81st Training Groupdrill competition, Keesler.

Airman Basic Chris Overy, 102ndSecurity Forces Squadron, two let-ters of appreciation from the 37thTraining Group drill team, LacklandAFB, Texas, and a letter of apprecia-tion for donating blood.


By Maj. Sal Salvaggio102nd Installation Deployment Officer

As we watched scenes on Fox news showing devastationand human suffering in the Gulf Coast region, many of usfelt helpless.

However, as Labor Day weekend descended on CapeCod, so too did Task Force Yankee.

This Massachusetts National Guard effort, designed toprovide hurricane relief to the Louisiana region, includedthe mobilization of approximately 500 Air and Army Na-tional Guards members.

In addition to sending the 102nd Medical Group com-mander, nine Security Forces troops, and two personnelfrom 267th Combat Communications Squadron, the 102ndFighter Wing assumed the awesome responsibility of de-ploying approximately 500 Army and Air National Guardtroops and approximately 200 tons of equipment to help inthe rescue.

The Deployment Control Center, the personnel deploy-ment function and the cargo deployment function stood upand withstood the test of this critical real-world deploy-ment. With the deployment machine up and running and thecommunications flowing, we successfully completed themission.

The final numbers were eight KC-135, seven C-130 andtwo C-5 aircraft moving a total number of 485 troops and

200.9 tons of cargo on two days of airlift through thededication and hard work of 108 volunteers from the 102ndFighter Wing. Without the hard work of everyone involved,the governor’s and the adjutant general’s expectationswould not have been met.

As the 102nd installation deployment officer, I am posi-tive the training that led up to this no-notice event paiddividends. The unit deployment managers, deploymentcontrol center, PDF, CDF, pallet buildup, and incrementmonitor training all contributed to the overwhelming suc-cess of this four-day operation.

I would like to thank the people who attended this trainingand I’d also like to thank all involved in Task Force Yankee.You should be very proud of what we as a team accom-plished through Task Force Yankee, as well as all the effortcontributed over the past few months in preparing ourdeployment machine for exercise and real-world opera-tions.

Thank you.

Task Force Yankee puts the 102nd to the testFor more on the Task Force Yankee

deployment activities, go to the photoessay on Pages 10-11.

By Lt. Col. Wayne TherouxORE preparedness officer

The primary goal of the Oct. 15 to 21annual field training period was to vali-date the wing’s deployment plan, testsome new procedures, and show weare capable of supporting a robustdeployment if the wing was tasked.

To that end, months of hard work,strategic planning, training, and prepa-ration were focused on the Octoberexercise.

October operational readiness exercise scaled backThen Hurricane Katrina knocked on

the nation’s door.The Massachusetts National Guard

was asked to provide help (see MajorSalvaggio’s article above), and in true102nd fashion, no one could have askedfor a better performance! The ques-tion of the wing’s ability to deploy alarge contingent was put to rest andthe need for a full exercise all buteliminated.

Instead, the October week will be

filled with those aspects of a Phase 1exercise we did not practice, such asan aircraft generation exercise, 100percent check of personnel readinessfolders, declaration of dangerous goodstraining, and cargo weapons and muni-tions courier training.

In addition, squadrons and flightswill concentrate on unit complianceinspection preparation and familiariza-tion, core task training, training records,and other ancillary training.

Happy Thanksgivingfrom the staffof the Seagull


By Master Sgt. Ken WheelerAircraft maintenance personnel re-

cently swept the competition for the102nd Fighter Wing Quarterly Awards.

The Senior Noncommissioned Officerof the quarter was Master Sgt. Gerard E.Holland, while the NoncommissionedOfficer of the Quarter was Tech. Sgt.Raymond L. Gendreau. Then-SeniorAirman Charles P. Weyers was namedAirman of the Quarter.

Sergeant Holland is the 102nd Main-tenance Group’s education and train-ing manager and is responsible formanaging and scheduling training forthe more than 200 people in the group.

In helping to ensure that all requiredtraining — including ancillary, Air Forcespecialty code, upgrade and profes-sional military education — is availablethroughout the group, he implementeda group training page on the Otisintranet. He tried to make the pageefficient and easily accessible by in-cluding courses, training videos andschool dates.

According to his nomination papers,he aggressively involves “shop super-visors in their subordinates’ training,fostering a culture change in balancingtraining with day-to-day operations.”

Sergeant Holland also has workedclosely with other training managersnationwide and at the Guard Bureauconcerning F-15-specific Air NationalGuard training issues. He spent twoweeks earlier this year at the GuardBureau, working on issues ranging fromrevising the training management guide-lines to standardizing and aligning out-side military experience to Air Forcespecialties.

He also spearheaded the use of theCore Automated Maintenance Systemby non-maintenance units in the wingas a tool to standardize tracking oftraining.

He consolidated and renumbered allcourse codes to align them with AirForce codes. Since completing thattask, Sergeant Holland has been con-tacted by the 131st Fighter Wing in St.Louis, Mo., and the 142nd Fighter Wing

Master Sgt. Gerard E. Holland Staff Sgt. Charles P. Weyers

Holland, Gendreau, Weyers earn awards

in Portland, Ore., for help in theircourse alignment.

A resident of Plymouth, he is a gradu-ate of the Noncommissioned OfficersAcademy at McGhee-Tyson ANGB,Tenn., and completed the Senior Non-commissioned Officers Academycourse through correspondence. Healso has been a propulsion systemscraftsman.

In his off-duty time, he volunteerswith the Plymouth Girls SoftballLeague and in several activities at thePlymouth South Elementary School.Sergeant Holland also helps with fund-raising for Veterans of Foreign WarsPost 1012.

Sergeant Gendreau is a resident ofFall River and an avionics systemscraftsman. His job involves maintain-ing and repairing the avionics test sta-tions and line replaceable units for thewing’s F-15 Eagles. He also is re-sponsible for keeping track of defenselogistics resources funds to ensurequick turnaround of assets, thus sav-ing the wing money.

He also has completed training onthe shop’s newest equipment, the elec-tronic systems test set.

Selected as the wing equal employ-ment opportunity counselor, he pro-vides wing members with guidance ontheir employment rights.

As an additional duty, SergeantGendreau is the maintenance group’sfitness monitor, scheduling personnelfor the annual fitness assessments,training assessment monitors, main-taining records and giving monthly sta-tus reports to the group commander.

He is a 1999 graduate of the KeeslerAFB, Miss., NCO Academy and holdsassociate’s degrees in electronic sys-tems technology from the CommunityCollege of the Air Force and in liberalarts from Cape Cod Community Col-lege.

He is an American Council on Exer-cise personal trainer and has volun-teered with the Junior AchievementProgram, teaching personal econom-ics to students at the Barnstable MiddleSchool and the Tansey Middle Schoolin Fall River.

Since his selection, Airman Weyershas been promoted to staff sergeant.A resident of Buzzards Bay, he is amunitions maintenance journeyman.

In that job, he assembles, disas-sembles, stores, inspects and trans-ports explosives. In his nominationpapers, he was cited for the safe han-dling of more than 1,500 pounds ofexplosives.

He also was cited for willingly takingon the task of refurbishing CAP-9

(See AWARDS, Page 13)


By Master Sgt. Ken WheelerAfter contending with searing heat

during the day, chilling temperaturesduring the night and the occasionalmortar round bouncing around theircompound, two 102nd Civil Engineersare home from Iraq.

Master Sgt. Stephen Mulford ofCanton and Paul Johansen of Brightonspent five months recently at BaladAir Base, Iraq, making sure that Air-men there had some of the comforts ofhome: water, toilets and power.

Sergeant Mulford, a utilities crafts-man at Otis where he does plumbingand water purification among otherduties, and Sergeant Johansen, apower-production technician, whomaintains generators for power distri-bution, did similar work in Balad, butunder much different conditions.

In Iraq, Sergeant Mulford workedwith other Air Guard and Air Forcepersonnel to provide water supplies tothe various structures on base, whichincluded tents and trailers used to houseAirmen.

“There was no water in the mains,”Sergeant Mulford said, since they wereeither destroyed during the first GulfWar or had deteriorated to where theycould not hold water. Balad had beenused by Saddam Hussein as a MiGtraining base, Sergeant Johansen said.

“We set up 10,000-liter water tanksand pumps to get water into 10 to 12buildings,” Sergeant Mulford said.

His work also involved lots of inte-rior work to refurbish bathrooms.

“We had to rip out ‘floor-level’ toi-lets and rough in plumbing for (Ameri-can-style) sitdown toilets, replacedpedestal sinks and urinals,” he said.He also was involved in replacing gal-vanized pipes in the buildings.

The buildings also had no hot water.“Previously, the hot water was pumpedunderground from a steam plant. Wehad to find the underground steampipes from the steam plant and runpipes to install above-ground hot water

Sergeants Mulford, Johansen help makeAirmen more comfortable in Iraq

Staff Sgt. Paul Johansen poses on top of one of the abandoned MiGs that wereleft at Balad Air Base, Iraq, which formerly was a MiG training base underSaddam Hussein.

heaters outside the buildings.”The amount of work required work-

ing 6½ days a week for about threemonths, with a half-day off on Sunday,he said.

Sergeant Johansen’s days ran from7 p.m. to 7 a.m. seven days a week,ensuring that the base never ran out ofpower.

Five-kilowatt to 200-kilowatt mili-tary and civilian diesel generators wereused to provide primary and standbypower to individual buildings. The basealso had two power plants, one witheight 750-kilowatt generators at oneplant and four 750-kilowatt generatorsat the other, providing power for airconditioning and/or electricity to suchareas as the tent city, command post,gymnasium, maintenance buildings,the special operations contingent, pe-rimeter sentry posts for security forces,F-16 hangars and other locations.

The Army has its own base adjacentto Balad, called LSA Anaconda, wherethey ran a 22-megawatt power station.

Sergeant Johansen said there werefrequent mortar attacks on the base,including one on the latrine area. Hesaid the latrines were called“Cadillacs” because they cost as muchas a Cadillac.

Often, mortars would just “rattlearound” the compound till they ex-ploded, Sergeant Mulford said. Onesuch mortar attack was in the civilengineering area where the buildingswere constructed of cement blocksand had small windows for protection.No one was hurt in that attack.

During the Muslim holy festival ofRamadan, when attacks were expectedto be more prevalent, the Airmen hadto work in body armor in searing heat.

Both Airmen arrived during the mid-summer when the temperatures rangedfrom 120-125 degrees during the day,but plunged during the night. “We’dhave to stand near the generators tokeep warm,” Sergeant Johansen said.

Despite the high temperatures, Ser-(See IRAQ, Page 12)


By Master Sgt. Ken WheelerAfter working with Air and Army

National Guard personnel for sixmonths in Southern Iraq, Senior Mas-ter Sgt. Jim Haehnel recently returnedfrom a deployment where he helpedensure that the civil engineering func-tion at the combined Ali Air Base andLSA Adder ran smoothly.

“Actually, I was the lowest-rankingguy there” among the Air Guard people,quipped Sergeant Haehnel, whoworked with “ a colonel, two majors, acaptain and a chief master sergeant.”Many of the Army National Guardpersonnel he worked with were fromNew Hampshire. “It was nice to bewith a bunch of New Englanders.”

He was responsible for supporting avariety of design and constructionprojects at the base.

“It was a civil engineering mission,but not your typical one.” He wasassigned to the 732nd ExpeditionaryCivil Engineering Squadron.

His jobs included getting drinkingwater from the Euphrates River, build-ing roads, and renovating buildings, allwhile doing a bit of civil affairs work.“We erected tents for the Bedouinsand also distributed school suppliesthat were sent by the (102nd Civil En-gineering) squadron.” Items as simpleas shoes were also appreciated by theIraqis. “They were grateful for any-thing we could get for them.”

“Our work day was supposed to befrom 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.,” SergeantHaehnel said, but “most days we camein earlier and left a lot later. … Wenever had a day off.”

Asked if the Guard personnel had allthe equipment they needed to do thejob, Sergeant Haehnel smiled, leanedback in his chair and said, “We wereknown as the ‘secret squirrel opera-tion.’ We had to beg, borrow or steal alot of what we needed. … We didn’thave a CE Prime Beef team, so wehad to do a lot of improvising.

“We also worked with a lot of Iraqicontractors who used very primitiveconstruction methods … and didn’t

Senior Master Sgt. James Haehnel poses with a paving machine on one of themany civil engineering jobs he was involved with in Iraq.

Sergeant Haehnel finishes atypical Iraq mission

SergeantHaehnel andan Iraqi co-workerstruggle toput an intakehose into theEuphratesRiver, whichsupplieswater for AliAir Base insouthernIraq.(See HAEHNEL, Page 16)


Looking for something to cementyour tie to the 102nd?

The 102nd Maintenance Group isthe first to get the newly authorized102nd T-shirt that was designed byMaster Sgt. Dennis Mills of the 102ndAircraft Maintenance Squadron.

The front of the black shirt includesan aircraft maintainer’s 9-level spe-cialty badge with the squadron’s namebeneath, so that it can be individualizedto the member’s squadron and AirForce speciality.

On the back is a drawing of an F-15Eagle in flight over Cape Cod. The T-shirts are $12 a piece and are autho-rized for wear with the battle dressuniform.

According to Master Sgt. TomRudzik, first sergeant of the 102ndAircraft Generation Squadron, othersquadron first sergeants are makingplans to get similar T-shirts for theirrespective squadrons, with theirsquadron’s name on the front and theEagle on the back.

The maintenance group T-shirts areavailable now. Members of othersquadrons should contact their first

Maintenance squadron unveils new T-shirt

Pictured is the back of the new Maintenance Group T-shirt.

sergeants to find out when those shirtswill be available.

Sergeant Rudzik also said that 102ndFighter Wing baseball-style hats also

are available from the first sergeantsfor newly assigned personnel who don’thave them. Contact your first sergeantfor more information.

Helping theFalmouthRoad RaceVolunteers from the102nd Medical Groupwho helped FalmouthHospital volunteers atthe medical tent at thefinish line of theFalmouth Road Racewere, back row,Cynthia Moody-LaRiviere, DanielLaRiviere, and DennisSwift; front row, AmyMcNeil, AshleyLaRiviere, andChristina Sampsonis.


Sending help to disaster area

During the Labor Day weekend, 108 members of the 102nd Fighter Wing were called to duty in support of a deploymentof Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers and Airmen deploying to Gulf Coast areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The Airmen worked through the Labor Day weekend, swiftly packing more than 200 tons of cargo and loading it aboard17 military cargo aircraft along with approximately 500 airmen and soldiers headed to the Gulf Coast. The shipmentincluded 23 vehicles and 18 pallets of support equipment.

The task force consisted of military policemen from the 51st Troop Command, and infantrymen from the 26th InfantryBrigade of the Massachusetts Army National Guard.

The task force also included 102nd Security Forces Squadron members from Otis and the 104th Fighter Wing basedat Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield.

“The devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina are being felt by our fellow Americans. The Massachusetts NationalGuard is eager to deploy and will perform to perfection. They are the most highly trained and informed soldiers andAirmen in the world and the best Massachusetts has to offer,” said Brig. Gen. Oliver J. Mason, Massachusetts adjutantgeneral.

The deployed National Guard members include medical, logistics, security, aviation, engineer, and communicationsspecialists. Some have since returned to Massachusetts. Some have already returned.

Otis helps to deploy troopsfor Katrina relief

From left, Tech. Sgt. Sandra Devaney, Master Sgt. Joe Smith andTech. Sgt. William Brymer tighten the netting on a pallet of water

bottles destined for Louisiana.

Senior Airman Sheena Green weighs aSoldier’s backpack before it is loaded on anaircraft.


Militaryambulancesroll throughhangar doorsof Building 158to be weighedbefore beingput onto cargoaircraft.

Senior MasterSgt. Archie

Eddleston andMaj. TimGordon

inventorypallets.

Tech. Sgt. Kyle Lightbown helps a soldiercarry a duffel bag.

Army National GuardSoldiers load their gearon a truck.

Army NationalGuard soldiersgather their gearand head for cargoaircraft.


geant Mulford said proudly, “ Civil Engineering was theonly unit that did PT (physical training) a half hour eachday. We’d run 1½ to 2 miles a day. Everybody did it.”

“It would get so cold at night,” Sergeant Johansen said, “thatdiesel fuel that didn’t have the right additives would thickenand shut the generators down. We would strap auxiliary fueltanks onto the generators to keep the fuel warm.”

The civil engineers also would stand near the warm radiatorsof generators while repairing others by flashlight. “If you hada broken generator in the field, you’d have to use yourflashlight,” Sergeant Johansen said. “With a broken generator,you couldn’t use light stands.”

Eventually, the civil engineers built up a supply of workingbackup generators and often would just swap out a generatorin the field to get power back to people in a hurry, especiallyin the housing area where approximately 6,800 Airmen livedin huge trailers with five people to a room.

Sergeant Mulford expressed pride in the work done by theAirmen, saying the Army had gotten away from doing utilitywork, contracting most of it out to the Halliburton company.“Air Force was doing all our own CE work, maintaining ourown facilities.”

These facilities also focused on recreational activities,Sergeant Johansen said, including a movie theater, swimmingpool, Pizza Hut, etc. “We couldn’t go off base, but we hadeverything there.”

In the morale area, Airmen could watch movies on personalcomputers. “The E-mail system was pretty good,” SergeantJohansen said. Airman also were allowed to make 15-minutephone calls home using the military Defense Switched Net-work, saving them a lot of money. “Comm and Services did anoutstanding job,” Sergeant Mulford said. “The food was great,including salads and fresh fruit.”

He also was impressed by the professionalism of theyounger Airmen “who would call me, Sir!”

The two sergeants also had high praise for the support theyreceived from their civil engineering buddies back at Otis.

“We got plenty of care packages,” Sergeant Johansen said.

Master Sgt. Steve Mulford shows off an important part ofthe care package he received from friends in the 102ndCivil Engineering Squadron: a pound of Dunkin Donutscoffee.

Iraq(Continued from Page 7)

He also cited one particular case when Senior MasterSergeant Bob Sullivan went to his home to clear up a sinkproblem as one of the many instances when civil engineeringpersonnel went out of their way to help.

Families also would get together for support, SergeantMulford said, including going on a Duck Tour in Boston.“People would just drop by to check on the family; it wasgreat.”

Sergeant Johansen also wanted to thank his wife, Mary, andson, Ben, for their support. “Without them, things would havebeen different for me over there.”

Costs for officers and those who mustpay: breakfast, $1.90; lunch and dinner,$3.50.

Breakfast and dinner will be provided atthe dining facility. Boxed lunches are to bepicked up by unit first sergeants. Hoursare: breakfast 5:30 to 7 a.m.; lunch: 11 to11:45 a.m. and dinner, 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Breakfast each day will be eggs to order,omelets, breakfast meats, pancakes,oatmeal, cereal, fresh fruit, toast, coffee,tea, juice and milk.

Monday, Oct. 17Dinner: baked chicken or meatloaf with

mashed potatoes, choice of vegetable, soupand salad bar and beverages.

Tuesday Oct. 18Dinner: Spaghetti with meatballs or

baked fish with rice pilaf, choice of veg-etable, soup and salad bar and beverages.

Wednesday Oct. 19Dinner: Baked pizza or steak bombs

with french fries or onion rings, choice ofvegetable, soup and salad bar and bever-ages.

Thursday Oct. 20Dinner: Roast turkey, sweet potatoes

and gravy or shepherd’s pie, choice ofvegetable, soup and salad bar and bever-ages.

Friday Oct. 21Lunch and dinner meals are to be de-

cided.

ORE meal schedule


Calling All SportsBy Master Sgt. Bruce Vittner

This is my last sports column in theSeagull.

I’m going to miss it because I havereally enjoyed the ride.

It doesn’t seem like 18 years agothat Lt. Col. Richard Sherman, publicaffairs officer, asked me if I likedsports and did I have any writing abil-ity.

I love sports, but looking throughsome of my old stories in the Seagull,I’m not quite sure of the writing ability.

Some of the best things about the jobwere writing about members of the102nd and their athletic accomplish-ments and awards. Remember the bustrips to Fenway Park, the racquetballand tennis tournaments and all theother group activities. The annual soft-ball game between the officers andenlisted always was one of my favor-ite events. The competition, but moreimportantly the camaraderie, will al-ways be one of my fondest memoriesof the 102nd.

There are so many people to thankfor my time with the 102nd. ColonelSherman and Ken Wheeler in public

Sportswriter says goodbyeaffairs always made my stories betterthan when I submitted them. Capt.Lisa Ahaesy started in public affairsas a wet-behind-the-ears 17-year-oldand became the public affairs officer.Her maturation is one of my fondestmemories.

It seemed that I wrote many storiesabout some of the same people in theunit. I’m sorry that I never found outabout more accomplishments in thesports field from some of our mem-bers.

In my 18 years in the unit, I sawmany changes.

Having been a 20-year member ofthe Rhode Island Army National Guard,the first impressions of the 102nd wereamazing. Officers and enlisted actu-ally interacted with each other. TheEagles Nest was a melting pot of agreat many wonderful people. The pool,sports talk, and good-natured ribbingwere something I looked forward toeach drill and during annual training.

As we got into the mid-1990’s therole of the 102nd seemed to get more

military-oriented (not a bad thing) andless a family-oriented situation. Itseemed that members worked harderduring the drills and did not hang aroundafter the duty day was finished.

Because of so many deploymentsand AEF requirements, the entire unitwas not together very often duringannual training.

Things change, sometimes for thebetter. The 102nd is the best unit thatI have ever seen in my 38 years ofmilitary service. Good luck to all mem-bers of the unit.

Have fun playing and watchingsports. It is a great distraction fromsome of the stresses and of life.

We live in a region of the countrythat is fanatical about our sports teams,and it was fun to fan some flames andoffer some insight.

One of my favorite responses to mysports column was from retired Lt.Col. Maggie Quenneville. “You seemto have fun writing your columns,” shesaid.

She was right.Go Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins etc.

Dutch Tubes, ensuring that the winghad serviceable training models. Dur-ing his off-duty time, he also has volun-teered to return to the base to respondto alarm activations to ensure thatmunitions were ready for use.

During deployments to Key West,Fla., and Naval Air Station Keflavik,Iceland, he was cited for “flawlessly”helping with “short-notice air taskings... directly contributing to a successful

deployment.”As senior munitions inspector for the

munitions storage area, SergeantWeyers led an effort to devise andimplement a new inspection programand is planning to develop and imple-ment a training program for other per-sonnel. His additional duties includebeing the alternate tactical munitionsreporting system monitor and control-ler of flightline munitions physical in-ventory.

His military schooling includes theAir Force Combat Ammunition Cen-ter, Beale AFB, Calif., and the tactical

munitions reporting school at WarnerRobbins AFB, Ga.

He also is working toward his pri-vate pilot’s license.

During his off-duty time, SergeantWeyers helps maintain the riding areaused by the Cape Cod Off-Road As-sociation on the Massachusetts Mili-tary Reservation, ensuring that it issafe.

He also is a member of the wing’sflag football and softball teams.

Sergeant Weyers also is a memberof the Edwin Adams Post, AmericanLegion, in Maryland.

Awards(Continued from Page 6)


Chapel CallChaplain (Capt.) Mary Scheer

I’m writing this article on the evening of Sept. 11, reflectingon the tragedy that marked this day four years ago when some3,000 people died. As a result, 1,600 people lost a spouse, morethan 3,000 children lost a parent and some 422,000 NewYorkers are reported to be suffering from post traumaticstress disorder.

Six months after the Dec. 26 Indian Ocean tsunami, the U.S.Geological Survey reports 283,000 dead, more than 14,000remain missing and 1.7 million people displaced.

We also continue to experience human loss in conflictsoverseas. Then a little more than a week ago, HurricaneKatrina left hundreds dead and thousands homeless.

Closer to home, many folks are struggling with grief and losson multiple levels, from the death of a loved one, divorce,unemployment, financial problems, family issues, children incrisis, health concerns, anxiety, uncertainty, stress and ex-haustion. Adding to these issues are those that the families ofthe 102nd Fighter Wing and other bases affected by baseclosure and realignment are dealing with.

As a people, we have witnessed a series of sudden,unexpected disasters, traumatic losses and suffering that canrock the steadiest foundations. We may know on an intellec-tual level that the world is not always safe and stable, thataccidents happen, that acts of nature can be devastating, thatcruelty and catastrophes are not always avoidable or prevent-able, yet this knowledge is not always comforting.

We have seen again that the world is not always certain,safe, stable, predictable, and controllable, that structuressometimes crumble, waters sometimes disobey their bound-aries, and wind that should be gentle and refreshing can causeutter destruction.

And yet we reach. We reach beyond our ourselves and ournatural limitations. As a nation, as a global community, we pulltogether to help.

We may fight about how we do it, but we still do it. We knowthat today we have today, and hope for tomorrows that holdthe promise hope and new beginnings.

So, before the sun sets, I will make one more call toencourage a friend and I will pray for tomorrow.

Chaplain’s PrayerGod, who hears our cries, and sees our tears, care for us in

times of suffering, hold us with tender mercy. Every tragedyreminds us how little power and control we possess andhow dependent we are upon you and each other. Justthinking about the magnitude of human loss and suffering inthe last four years can be overwhelming.

A future with promise, hope, new beginningsI pray for those whose lives were forever changed by

sudden, unexpected destruction, for those who walkedthrough the fires of 9/11 and the floodwaters of thetsunami and Katrina. In the wake of each unfoldingcrisis, some may feel forgotten by the world and leftbehind, wondering if anybody cares.

I pray they will experience compassion, mercy and lovethrough the faces, the hands and feet, through the givingand serving of those reaching out to help.

I pray strength, energy and patience for all who are helping,whether those ways are through agency, military,churches, schools, business, personal or communityefforts.

I pray for families who have been separated and haven’tbeen reunited yet that it would happen quickly. In themidst of trauma, shock and grief, may those suffering becomforted by compassion and care.

I pray for those who had to leave their homes, findingshelter in other states, that in the midst of all they aredealing with, you would continue to surround them withfolks who care, with families that will be to them as theirown, with support that will tell them that they matter andwith a future with promise and hope.

In our humanity we are fragile, we can walk throughdifferent kinds of trials and fires. We may sometimesfeel like we’ve been hit unexpectedly by tsunami sizewaves, that we are being dragged down, sinking under aflood of problems or been blown over by hurricane forcewinds that make it hard for us to stand.

I pray for us as a people, for us as a nation, for our wingmembers and their families, for those who have experi-enced great tragedy, and for those who are hurting,grieving the loss of someone, something or someplacethey loved, for all who are tired, feeling weary by theweight of sadness, for those who may feel worriedbecause of uncertainty and impending change.

I pray for all of us, that we will be strengthened each day,that when we do walk through the fires we would not beburned and when we pass through the waters, we willnot be overwhelmed, that we will run and not growweary, walk and not faint, that we will mount up withwings of eagles, (Isaiah. 40:31) rebuild what was ruined,have faith that overcomes, and look to each new tomor-row with promise and hope for new beginnings.

Amen.


Looking back in the history of the 102ndBy Master Sgt. Bruce Vittner

In the last issue, we chronicled someof the major accomplishments of the101st and 102nd since their inceptionsin 1921 and 1946, respectively. Thisissue will focus on the years since.

The 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wingreceived the Air Force OutstandingUnit Award for the period from July1974 to July 1975. This was the first offour outstanding unit awards that theunit earned through 2003.

The others were August 1989 toAugust 1991, July 1997 to July 1999,and Sept. 12, 2001, to August 2003.

In September 1978, the 102nd com-peted in its first William Tell Competi-tion, finishing fourth. The wing made itback to William Tell in October 1980and finished second. It also competedin 1984 and 1992.

Oct. 1, 1979, saw the 102nd SecurityForces and many volunteers in the unitactivated for two days to provide traf-fic and crowd control for Pope JohnPaul II’s visit to Boston.

On Dec. 6, 1986, Brig. Gen. JohnHaack was named wing commander,replacing Brig. Gen. John Olson whohad replaced Brig. Gen. CharlesCampbell Jr. in 1976. General Haackheld the position until Brig. Gen. Ken-neth Peterson replaced him in March1993.

Brig. Gen. Samuel Shiver replacedGeneral Peterson in September 1996.On April 8, 2000, Brig. Gen. DonaldQuenneville was named commanderand the current commander, Col. PaulWorcester replaced him on Nov. 3,2002.

In April 1988, the wing became thefirst National Guard unit to receive F-15 Eagles. The unit had been flying theF-106 since 1972.

During 1990, 104 members of the102nd were activated to support Op-eration Desert Shield/Storm mostly asbackfill, but seven members were de-ployed to the combat theater. On Nov.1, 1990, President George W. Bush

visited the 102nd and the followingJanuary, Sen. Edward M. Kennedycame to Otis to talk to the militaryfamilies about Operation Desert Storm.

On March 16, 1992, the 102nd FighterInterceptor Wing was redesignated toits current name of the 102nd FighterWing and became part of the Air Com-bat Command when the Tactical AirCommand was deactivated in June1992.

Downsizing the military became abuzzword in 1996 and 1997 and theselective retention board released alarge number of personnel. The unitwent from more than 1,200 membersto less than 1,000 and currently hasabout 820.

The unit was assigned alert forceduties in Iceland for two years begin-ning in 1997 and then again in Octoberto December 2004.

1999 saw the 102nd deploy to Incirlik,Turkey, with six aircraft and 348 per-sonnel in three rotations as part ofOperation Northern Watch. The mis-sion was to enforce the No-Fly Zone inNorthern Iraq. The planning for thedeployment had begun in February1998.

In January 2000, the wing was namedpart of the Air Force’s AerospaceExpeditionary Force. The first deploy-ment was in October to December2000 when more than 350 personnelwere deployed to Saudi Arabia as partof Operation Southern Watch.

Sept. 11, 2001, was a tragic day in

American history, but it was also a daythat the 102nd Fighter Wing showedits capabilities.

Two F-15s from Otis were scrambledand flew to New York City when wordof the hijackings of the aircraft fromBoston was announced. The planesarrived six minutes after the secondaircraft hit the World Trade Center.

For the next four hours, the twopilots flew combat air patrols aroundNew York City diverting more than100 aircraft from the area and identi-fying other aircraft that were flown toprovide relief and aid.

The wing received a single-day Out-standing Unit Award for its work.

During the next six months, morethan 570 members of the unit wereactivated and the wing’s F-15 aircraftflew 24-hour-a-day combat patrol mis-sions over major cities in the Northeastas part of Operation Noble Eagle. Theunit continues to fly Operation NobleEagle sorties

On May 14, 2002, the wing receivedthe Gen. Winston Wilson Trophy asthe 2001 Most Outstanding ANGFighter Unit and the 101st FighterSquadron was named ANG FighterSquadron of the Year for 2002.

During 2003, 254 wing personnelwere deployed to various locations insupport of Operations Iraqi Freedom,Enduring Freedom, Northern Watch,Southern Watch, and other joint forceoperations.

On May 13, 2005, the Department ofDefense announced its plan to closeOtis and move the 102nd’s F-15s toJacksonville, Fla., and Atlantic City,N.J. On July 6, key members of the102nd went to Boston to make a pre-sentation to the Base Realignment andClosing (BRAC) Commission aboutwhy the unit should stay open.

On Sept. 12, the commission votedto move the F-15s from Otis but keepthe base open for security of the Com-monwealth and Future Total Forcemissions.


have modern tools. Something as simpleas a carpenter’s plumb bob wasn’tavailable. They would tie a string to arock. … Lots of work was done by eyeand it actually was very accurate.”

Demolition was done with sledgehammers because not only didn’t thecontractors have the heavy equipment,but it was more cost-effective.

“They were paying people maybe $7a day. … It was cheaper to bring in 20guys.”

Sergeant Haehnel said even thoughthe contractors were being paid wellby Iraqi standards, they would oftenbid very low to get a job. The Ameri-can civil engineers would encouragethem to bid higher but the Iraqis said itwas more important to have the friend-ship of the Americans than it was tomake big money.

Although the Americans in southernIraq were always under the threat ofattack, Sergeant Haehnel said it wasn’tas bad as bases farther north. He saidhe was shot at while on convoy duty,“it wasn’t bad, but bad enough.”

Among the projects he was involvedin was developing a mobile self-con-tained, palletized platform with twopumps, a generator and fuel tank thatcould pump up to 12,000 gallons ofwater per minute from the EuphratesRiver. Then, a system of canals andother pumps moved the water to apurification plant that provided potablewater to the base.

He also helped identify and super-vise electrical repairs to some of thestring of radio-relay stations along MSRTampa, the main supply route from theKuwaiti border to interior Iraq. Thesewere manned by small Army units offive or six people.

Although Sergeant Haehnel was ahalf a world away from SoutheasternMassachusetts, he was able to keep intouch with family and friends by satel-lite phone, email, the Otis morale lineand regular mail, which only took aboutsix days. “Packages took up to threeweeks,” he said.

Living conditions included living inair-conditioned and heated tents that

provided a needed respite from theheat, which went up to 137 degreeswhile he was there.

During his six months in Iraq, whichwas his second tour to the country, hebecame good friends with the unit’sinterpreter, Adnan Zuchier, an Englishteacher at a girls’ school. “I acted ashis escort and bodyguard ofsorts”(during working hours).

“Adnan was a high-profile targetbecause of his work with us. He andhis family were always being threat-ened” and his family had to be spreadout somewhat in Iraq for their protec-tion, Sergeant Haehnel said.

After work each day, Mr. Zuchierwas met at the base gates by personalbodyguards whom he had to pay for.

He had been jailed in the 1990s forurging Iraqis to cooperate with thecoalition forces during the first GulfWar.

Mr. Zuchier’s dream is to come tothe United States to earn his master’s

degree in English grammar in Califor-nia. Sergeant Haehnel has stayed intouch with him and is trying to per-suade him to study in the Boston areaand to live with the Haehnels during hisstudies.

Sergeant Haehnel said he also be-came close friends with several of theIraqi contractors “who seemed to begenuinely happy for us to be there. …They actually hated Saddam (Hussein)and anything to do with him. (TheIraqis) are a very generous people.”

He said though he was far away, hestill had touches of home in the form ofcare packages from the 102nd CivilEngineering Squadron. He said he alsowanted to thank Erin Creieghton of theFamily Readiness Office for the call-ing cards she provided.

Sergeant Haehnel said he also ap-preciated squadron members check-ing in with his wife by phone to seewhether she had things that needed tobe done.

Haehnel(Continued from Page 8)

In full combat gear and carrying an M-16, Senior Master Sgt. James Haehnelheads off for pump repair with an Iraqi co-worker.


Future success in any endeavor requires forethought, plan-ning, and action. Are you doing all you can to progress in yourcareer, as well as to broaden your experience for futureendeavors?

Obtaining an associate’s degree from the Community Col-lege of the Air Force is a benefit of our service affiliation thatcan help you do both. CCAF is fully accredited, and isequivalent to obtaining an associate’s degree from any of thestate’s community colleges.

If you are interested in obtaining your CCAF degree, you’llfirst need to know what specific requirements you still haveremaining towards the 64 credits required for the degree.

Accessing your CCAF progress reportTo access your CCAF progress report, you must first log on

to the AF Portal.You can access the AF Portal from the Otis “home page”.

Simply click on the “Career” Tab, click on “AF VirtualEducation Center” (center column), click on “My CCAFActions” (right side), and click on “Degree Progress Report”(center column).

This will bring up a matrix showing the major credit areasrequired, how many credits you have received, and how manycredits you still need to earn. Typically, the technical creditsare satisfied through tech school and on-the-job training to the5-level. Some Air Force specialty codes or degree programsrequire attaining your 7-level to earn enough technical credits.

Management credits are usually satisfied through profes-sional military education. Airman leadership school by corre-spondence completed after December 2000, or any in-resi-dent ALS or noncommissioned officer’s academy will satisfythe management credits. Physical education credits are nor-mally satisfied through basic military training school.

The lower portion of the progress report shows all courseinformation that CCAF has on file for you, including anytranscripts you have sent from outside institutions and howthey have been applied to your degree program.

Note: If you pull up this report and the “credit applied”column is completely blank, don’t be alarmed! It only meansthat your degree program has been switched to a new catalog.In this case, you will need to call (508) 968-4202 or visit theEducation Office in Building 158, Room 260 to have yourrecord refreshed through Maxwell Air Force Base.

Please allow 30-60 days for all CCAF transactions to post

CCAF degree can boost your futuredue to the volume of personnel they support at CCAF.

Choosing coursesTo see if a course you want to take will satisfy CCAF

requirements, click on “CCAF Civilian Course ConversionApplication” on the “My CCAF Actions” page of the AFPortal.

Select the state using the pull-down menu, then the specificcollege. A listing of all courses available will appear, with acolumn indicating whether each course satisfies the CCAFrequirements for three specific catalog years (the catalog youare enrolled under will be reflected in the heading of yourProgress Report).

NOTE: If you select “NJ” for State and select “CollegeLevel Testing”, you will get a listing of CLEP tests that willsatisfy CCAF degree requirements. CLEP testing is offeredat the Coast Guard Education Office.

You can set up an appointment to test by calling (508) 968-6440. They stock many tests on-site, but please be aware thatthey may need to order the exam you want to take.

Also, the education officer is a search and rescue pilot whodoes education services on a part-time basis only, so when youcall, please be prepared to leave a detailed voicemail messagewith your contact information and what exam you desire totake.

Sending transcripts to CCAFIf you have any civilian college credits that can be applied

to your CCAF, you will need to contact your college and havethem send official transcripts to:

CCAF/DFRS130 West Maxwell BlvdMaxwell AFB, AL 36112-6613

Obtaining CCAF TranscriptsTo get a transcript from CCAF for personal or official use,

simply click on the “Request a CCAF transcript link from “MyCCAF actions” on the AF Portal. The CCAF transcriptitemizes all credit you’ve been awarded for the program youare enrolled in. You can have it sent to another civilianinstitution, an employer, or to your home address - free ofcharge.

If you have any questions on any of the above, pleasecontact Maj. Sterling Scott at the 102nd Mission Support FlightEducation Office on unit training assembly weekends at (508)968-4202, or visit the Education Office.

The seventh Annual Brittany LambertMemorial Black Cat Classic 5K is sched-uled for 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct 23, at theChandler Elementary School in Duxbury.

The annual event is in memory ofBrittany Lambert, the daughter of Se-nior Master Sgt. James Haehnel of the102nd Civil Engineering Squadron. Brit-tany lost her battle to cancer seven years

ago, but her family continues to paytribute to her by hosting what continuesto be a fun-family event. Before herdeath, Brittany was made an honorarymember of the 102nd.

Proceeds from the event benefit fami-lies whose children have been diagnosedwith cancer and other life-threateningillnesses.

To date, the Brittany Lambert Foun-dation has been able to assist more than75 families in and around the Boston,South Shore and Cape areas with coststhat fall outside the parameters of thefamilies’ medical coverage.

To register online or download a reg-istration, visitwww.brittanylambertfoundation.org

Brittany Lambert memorial road race is Oct. 23


By Master Sgt. Keith Delgado102nd Medical Squadron

During late spring, Staff Sgt. DanielHyland of the structural repair shop didsome painting while his safety was beingmonitored closely.

In addition to his normal personal pro-tective equipment, Sergeant Hyland waswearing two air samplers attached to hiships outside the protective clothing as hecompleted a two-part protective paintingprocess in his shop. The activity con-sisted of priming and applying topcoatpainting to an F-15 flap assembly.

The monitors were used to measurethe amount of airborne contaminants tosee whether his respirator adequatelyprotected him while he worked.

Sergeant Hyland was an outstandingsport in allowing several air-samplingtechnicians to attach the extra devices tohim as he performed his duties.

The air samples were taken to ensurethat the PPE he was wearing was ad-equate for his protection.

The structural repair shop designs,repairs, modifies and fabricates aircraftmetal, plastic, composite, and bondedstructural components and is supervisedby Master Sgt. Timothy Schilling.

Sergeant Hyland formerly was atWestover Air Reserve Base and hasbeen doing structural work for five years.He lives in Fall River.

Painter helps test monitoring equipment

Staff Sgt. Daniel Hyland of the structural repair shop shows off the twomonitoring devices he wore on his hips to check out his personal protectiveequipment.

The 54rd Annual Officer vs. En-listed softball game will take placeat 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at theCoast Guard field in the area acrossfrom the Eagles Nest.

This is Family Day, and it is hopedthat all interested personnel willstay after the unit training assemblyto take part in one of the besttraditions of the 102nd.

Last year, the officers won andpushed their record to seven wins

Officer-Enlisted game to be Oct. 15in the 53 games. The enlisted teamis looking for revenge.

Interested enlisted players shouldcall Tech. Sgt. Joesph Pitta at 508-968-4389 and officers should call1st Lt. Ken Nunley at 508-968-4230

Cheerleaders are welcome andencouraged and the price of ad-mission continues to be a smile andgood-natured ribbing.

See you there.

Roman Catholic Mass at the CoastGuard Chapel, 4 p.m. Saturday and 9a.m. Sunday.

General Protestant worship at theCoast Guard Chapel, 10:30 a.m. Sun-day.

Interdenominational Christian wor-ship in the 102nd Fighter Wing Chapelworship area, third floor of Building158, 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

Unit trainingassembly worship

opportunities


Evacuees whoarrived at theMassachusettsMilitaryReservationfrom NewOrleans movefrom station tostation in the26th AviationBattalionhanger asvolunteershelp them getsettled in theBay State.

Safe haven fromhurricane’s wrath

Photos byTech. Sgt.

SandraNiedzwiecki

Gov. Mitt Romney talks to the newsmedia.

Volunteers decontaminate one of the four-leggedevacuees.

New Orleans evacuees leave their aircraft after arrivalat Camp Edwards.


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Cape Cod, MA 02542-1330

Family Day 2005rescheduled to

Saturday, Oct. 15

Barbecue

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Fun for the whole family!

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