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   “Overall, the F-35 is going to                                                                                                                               Ridge Shan         “Gratitude is the      XV WR H[SUHVV JUDWLWXGH LQ
save us money down the road,”                                                                                                                                                   sign of noble souls.”     our daily lives by giving
Bethel said. “When we’ve made           Staff Sgt. Aleksandr Dolgikh, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief,                                                                                          thanks for what we have
thousands of them, we’ll have the       works with equipment designed to help disassemble F-35 Lightning II                                                                                      ~ Aesop  and moreover to rejoice in
same jet across the board and a         components. The 61st AMU works in conjunction with Detachment 12,                                                                                                 the good fortune of others.
population of maintainers who           372nd Training Squadron to train Hill Air Force Base, Utah, maintainers                                                                As the father of three I   Indeed, one sign of spiritual
all know how to work with it.           who are sent here to learn the skills necessary to maintain F-35s.                                                                  love telling Aesop’s Fables   maturity, according to the
Additionally, we’ll have the same                                                                                                                                           to my children. One such      Apostle Paul, is the ability
maintainers able to do more jobs                                                                                                                                            story is the simple yarn      to “rejoice with those who
in less time, and have a wider                                                                                                                                              entitled “The Dog and His     rejoice and weep with those
knowledge of the technical aspects                                                                                                                                          5HÁHFWLRQµ                  who weep.”
of working with the F-35.”
                                                                                                                                                                               The story goes that a dog     Whether rich or poor,
   Carson also echoes the impor-                                                                                                                                            with a bone in his mouth      young or old, vigorous or
tance of what the maintainers are                                                                                                                                           was crossing a bridge.        lacking in strength and
learning.                                                                                                                                                                   When he looked into the       health, this national holi-
                                                                                                                                                                            still water below he saw his  day reminds us all to be
   “They need to understand they                                                                                                                                            reflection. Thinking that     grateful for what we have
are on the cutting edge of a brand                                                                                                                                          another dog had a bone, he    and to not be envious of oth-
new weapons system. Five-to-10                                                                                                                                              growled and then tried to     ers, or greedy in our desire
years down the road, they are                                                                                                                                               take the bone away from       for more and more “stuff.”
JRLQJ WR EH WKH H[SHUWV RQ WKLV                                                                                                                                      the other dog, only to have
aircraft, and they are going to                                                                                                                                             his own fall into the water.     May your Thanksgiving
be the ones teaching the people                                                                                                                                                                           be marked by gratitude
behind them.”                                                                                                                                                                  It is a simple lesson on   and joy.
                                                                                                                                                                            the folly of envy and greed.
   “Training begets training,” Car-                                                                                                                                         Envy and greed are polar         Thank you for your ser-
son said. “These guys getting this                                                                                                                                          opposites of the Thanks-      YLFHDQGVDFULÀFH
training, they’ll be able to start                                                                                                                                          giving virtues of joy and
generating the aircraft up at Hill                                                                                                                                          gratitude.                                 Courtesy of Chaplain
and start practicing for combat                                                                                                                                                                                       (Lt. Col.) Larry Fowler
operations and combat generation.                                                                                                                                              Thanksgiving reminds              56th Fighter Wing Chapel
They’re coming down here and do-
ing great things.”

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