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Luke reinforces TFI with DoD-level maintenance award

by master Sgt. constant excellence, the constant vigilance,
LouiS VeGA JR. and the constant performance that your two
teams combine to do.”
944th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
In the collective efforts to write the main-
Total Force Integration across the U.S. tenance award package for consideration,
Air Force continues to prove its effective- Senior Master Sgt. Anthony Abney, 944th
ness as active-duty and Reserve Citizen Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Tactical
Airmen successfully demonstrate its Aircraft Maintenance section chief, and a
potential. small team of Reserve and active-duty TFI
The 56th and 944th Fighter Wings’ partners worked together to prepare the
maintenance groups, referred to as the package.
1K Maintenance Group at Luke Air Force “The 56th could have sent in a package by
Base, will be recipients of the 2020 Secre- themselves,” said Abney. “We chose to do it
tary of Defense Field-level Maintenance as a TFI. So winning is even bigger because
Award in the large category. The informa- it shows how much of a force we are.”
tion was officially confirmed in a Depart- Maintenance teams throughout the
ment of Defense news release posted Nov. world, in all services, competed and a total
19, 2020. of six field-level Secretary of Defense Main-
“This is the best TFI organization I have tenance award recipients were selected
ever had the privilege to be a part of,” said in three categories — large, medium, and
Brig. Gen. Gregory Kreuder, 56th FW com- small. The best of the best will be selected
mander, during a conference call with the from the six field-level award winners and
Honorable Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary presented the Phoenix Trophy. All awards
of the Air Force, as she congratulated the were presented Jan. 13 at the Pentagon in
team. “I would offer up the 944th and 56th Washington D.C.
“This is a rare and commendable accom-
Capt. Monique Roux plishment,” said Col. Jim Greenwald, 944th
Leadership from the 56th and 944th Fighter Wing’s along with Airmen from the 1K FW commander. My hat’s off to the entire
Maintenance Group, participate in a conference call with the Honorable Barbara M. 1K maintenance team. For our team to rise
Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force, Nov. 11, 2020, as she congratulated the team for to the level that they beat out the other
winning the 2020 Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Award in the large services — the Army, the Navy, the Marine
category at Luke Air Force Base. Corps — that is an incredible accomplish-
ment. To have the Secretary of the Air Force
as a template for others that want to know versity and is honorary commander alumni call us to say congratulations is something I
what ‘right’ looks like. I couldn’t be more at Luke. have never experienced. This is a testament
proud of the 1K maintenance team and it’s “I guess that when you add it up, you’re to the strengths of TFI.
a real honor for them to get the recognition ‘batting a thousand,’” said Barrett referring Total Force Integration, which was
at this level.” to the 1K MXG title. “I am proud of my past launched in the late 1990s, refers to a
Barrett is serving as the 25th Secretary association and I am thrilled to know the blending of active, Guard, and Reserve
of the Air Force and is an instrument-rated recognition is coming your way from the personnel and equipment to gain efficiency
Graphic illustration by Senior Master Sgt. Anthony Abney pilot trained and certified for space flight. full department. To be the recipient of this and effectiveness in support of the overall
1K Maintenance Group patch. She earned degrees at Arizona State Uni- award is really a great statement of the Air Force mission.

DISA director touts benefits

of cloud computing, telework

by missions, while maximizing remote work.”
DAViD VeRGuN Over the last 10 months, DISA has been
working on “cloud-based internet isolation,”
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an initiative which pairs industry-leading
The Defense Information Systems Agency technologies with a rapid-acquisition strategy,
and Joint Force Headquarters Department she said.
of Defense Information Network serve on “CBII is proving to be a game-changing
the department’s digital frontlines in cyber solution in our ability to protect department
and information technology at all levels of networks against web browser-based threats,
classification. making them more secure from the office or
Some 19,000 people around the world work from home,” Norton said.
in that agency to ensure secure and seamless It essentially creates a video stream of the Courtesy photo
communications for the warfighters. browser, she explained. Malicious activities are Navy Vice Adm. Nancy A. Norton, Defense Information Systems Agency director,
“The safety of our employees is forefront in isolated to the cloud, where they can more eas- speaks at an AFCEA virtual luncheon, Jan. 7.
all of our decisions,” Navy Vice Adm. Nancy ily be contained and eliminated, rather than on
A. Norton, DISA director, said at an AFCEA personal computers and DoD networks. CBII ments in its remote work capabilities. There telework using their personal equipment.
virtual luncheon Jan. 7. also reduces bandwidth requirements through are a number of tools available to the work- “I don’t think it’s just DoD, I think the world
“Our primary goal is to preserve and pro- the very busy virtual private networks, or VPN. force that support team collaboration spaces has probably recognized the value of telework
tect the ability of our workforce to conduct VPNs were really put to the test in 2020, conferencing and file sharing, Norton noted. and the ease at which we can telework,” she
mission central operations that we support she said. In response to the pandemic, the The COVID-19 emergency drove us to en- said. “And, as I said, we haven’t just survived
on national defense and current worldwide “joint regional security stacks remote access hance our telework tools for our workforce, through the pandemic, we have thrived. So
military missions,” she said. “We have not virtual private network” enabled a more than she said. Many service members, civilians we have learned how to work with our
just survived through COVID-19, we have 1,000% increase in telework connections for and contractors didn’t have government- workforce and trust our workforce in ways
thrived. From the beginning of (the) pandem- joint mission partners around the globe. furnished equipment, so they relied on that we never did before. And I think this
ic, our workforce has enabled the Defense Fortunately, over the past few years, the commercial virtual remote, or CVR, using is something that, across the DoD, is going
Department to accomplish its high-stakes department has made significant invest- Microsoft Teams that enabled them to to continue.”