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Vol. 81, No. 8
NEWS BRIEFS
DEERS OFFICE MOVING
The March DEERS office (ID
Card office) is moving back to
Bldg. 2314, now that the renova-
tion is complete. There will be
NO DEERS access or ID cards
processed during the scheduled
move from March 7-11. The
DEERS ID office is projected to
re-open March 14.
BACK STREET GRILL
CLOSED DURING
PHASE 3
The Back Street Grill is closed
today through Thursday, March
3, Friday, February 26 through
Thursday, March 3 due to installa-
tion of the new food service lines,
phase 3. Normal operations will
resume Friday, March 4, 2016 at
6:30 a.m. Starbucks will not be af-
fected during this process and will
be open Mon-Fri, 6:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. The Starbucks entrance will
be available from the main Hap
Arnold Club entrance or through
the Atrium. We apologize for the
inconvenience.
RETIREE ACTIVITIES
OFFICE NEEDS
VOLUNTEERS
The March Retiree Activities
Office is in need of volunteers
who can donate just three hours
of their time weekly to help fellow
retirees and their families. To vol- es Ravens in a mission to protect
unteer or for more information,
call 951-655-4077/4079.
APRIL MONTH OF
MILITARY CHILD
EVENT
Announcing the 3rd Annual
April, Month of the Military Child
event in Los Angeles on Sunday,
April 17 from 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
This event held at the Los Ange-
les Public Library - Downtown, is
a collaborative effort by members
of the Los Angeles Veterans Col-
laborative - Families & Children
Working Group. There will be
See BRIEFS page 3
March Air Reserve Base, California Friday, February 26, 2016
March defenders protect ‘Air Force One’
courtesy photo/Carla Ramirez
Senior Airman Ivan Ramirez (left) and Tech. Sgt. Scot Humphreys (right), rear and perimeter security for a Feb. 14, 2016, detail to
provide security to Air Force One, stand on the tarmac at Palm Springs International Airport, California. The President was in South-
ern California to host a two-day summit, The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with 10 Southeast Asian leaders at
Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage.
by Lt. Col. Shawn Swarz tion in the detail marked his third locations by performing close-in thanked by him, Humphreys said.
452 SFS commander time in this type detail, but his first aircraft security and advising air- “It wasn’t just me doing a good
time as team leader, said this mis- crew on force protection measures.
When we get those short-no- sion is the premiere responsibility In addition, the course prepares job, it was my team,” he added.
tice taskings, it is imperative that of security forces. students to perform anti-hijacking When I address our Traditional
we have Airman ready who are duties on select missions.”
fully qualified and mission ready. “It was the epitome of our job,” Reservists I end the weekend with
The security of President Barack Humphreys said. “The security Although Palm Spring is not a safety briefing and tell them the
Obama’s jet, better known as Air force’s motto is ‘Defenser Fortis’ considered an austere environ- importance of always being ready.
Force One, is one of those task- or Defenders of the Force. That ment, this high-profile mission Our next deployment may be well
ings. Five of my Airman who guy (the President) is the force. It warrants Raven participation, down the road, but the world is
were contacted this month an- was the highlight of my career.” however, none of the March Ra- ever changing and we need to be
swered the call with excellence vens participated this time. ever ready. I impress on them the
and professionalism. Humphreys returned after the importance of keeping their civil-
mission to file his trip report and In addition to the accolades ian affairs in order and their mili-
On Valentine’s weekend, noted that the March defenders from the Raven leader, Humphreys tary requirements up to date. If
March defender team, led by were recognized by the Raven said that just before Air Force One those things are in order, it will
Tech. Sgt. Scot Humphreys, Team leader, a Chief Master Sgt. departed the aircraft commander, make a short-notice deployment a
452nd Security Forces Squadron, a colonel, deplaned, walked to the little less stressful, and we can pro-
proceeded to Palm Springs, Cali- According to the U.S. Air Force tail of the aircraft, and personally vide the Air Force a combat-ready
fornia, to join other security forc- Raven Qualification Course, Ra- thanked him. The colonel also sent force at a moment’s notice.
vens are “Security Forces person- thanks and congratulations to the
the President’s jet. Making up nel to perform as members of a March defenders on a great multi- Although my defenders provide
Humphreys’ team was Tech. Sgt. force protection team assigned to day mission. excellence in all they do on a daily
Javier Garcia, Staff Sgt. Jon Ar- deploy with DOD aircraft to aus- basis, I am always honored when
nette, and Senior Airmen Ivan tere environments. Students are It hadn’t happened to him they are appreciated by others. I
Ramirez and Stephen Aldama. trained to perform as teams to de- before (an aircraft commander want everyone to recognize what
tect, deter, and counter threats to personally thanking him), and it I see every single day from these
Humphreys, whose participa- personnel and aircraft at deployed was genuine and really cool to be great men and women.