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RESILIENCY, from page 10_______ Col. Case Cunningham, 432nd WPS EUROPE, from page 9 _______
Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing
another, feel valued and appreciated for commander addresses spouses The 26th WPS students and cadre then
their military contributions, and helping during the “Spoil the Spouse” in briefed U.S. tactics for a number of mis-
them to focus on and increase resiliency Las Vegas, Nev., Oct 24. The Creech sion sets. This collaboration between the
in their lives and families.” C.A.R.E.S., initiative gives families 26th WPS and NATO partners established
a way to interact with each other an avenue through which all parties can
Among the target objectives and goals through events like the “Spoil exchange RPA lessons learned in the future.
for the Spoil the Spouses program can be the Spouse” event. Although this
seen in the acronym for Creech CARES: group is new there are plans to The participating NATO nations en-
Create community, Appreciation, Resilien- host events every month not only dorsed the value of the workshop and
cy, Encouragement/Education for spouses. to show appreciation but also to unanimously recommended it become an
give families social interaction with annual event.
“(The 432nd WG/AEW commander) others which is sometimes difficult
Col. Case Cunningham’s second priority U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adarius Petty due to Creech’s remote location. The 26th WPS ended its European visit
is to take care of the Hunter Family,” said with a tour of the Distributed Ground Sys-
Williams. “So for the chapel, we take the U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adarius Petty tem-4, which is part of the U.S. Air Force
commander’s priorities, match them with Distributed Common Ground System.
our core capabilities, and strive to create Spouses of Creech Air Force Base, Nev., speak amongst themselves at the “Spoil DGS-4 collects, processes, exploits and
a culture where that happens every day.” the Spouse” event in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct 24. “Spoil the Spouse” events are disseminates intelligence data derived from
collaboration between the United Service Organization of Las Vegas, along with platforms like the MQ-1.
During the Oct. 24 event, spouses were various agencies to include the Chaplain Corps, Creech Human Performance
spoiled with dinner and a magic show. Team, and Airman and Family Readiness Center aimed at providing spouses a DGS-4 personnel demonstrated how it
way to interact with each other. “Spoil the spouse” events are recurring, monthly, integrates into current RPA combat opera-
“This was absolutely a great way to con- fun, and appealing events with several objectives hosted by Creech C.A.R.E.S. tions. The 26th WPS students had a rare
nect with other Creech spouses, we never opportunity to view combat operations and
have the opportunity to meet due to the ask questions about the DGS capabilities.
dynamic of the base,” said Joy Coppedge,
wife of Tech. Sgt. Nolan Coppedge, 432nd The 26 WPS European trip enriched
WG/432nd AEW ground safety. “I met the students’ USAFWS experience and
so many other mothers that I can relate generated ideas to better serve combatant
to today.” commanders.
This event helped enhance the com- More importantly, events like the NATO
munication and awareness amongst the exchange strengthen ties with NATO part-
Creech spouses. ners and open communication lines about
specific challenges and lessons learned
For more information on Creech relevant to effective RPA operations.
CARES, contact the Airman and Family
Readiness Center at 702-404-0864.
