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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 FOR YOUR SERVICE
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 Your plasma is urgently needed to help create medicines
Airmen successfully demonstrate its Aircraft Maintenance section chief, and a for people with immune deficiencies.
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. Download the BioLife Plasma Services App
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.” Show your MILITARY ID
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- for an extra 50 BONUS
“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 1655 N 107th Ave, Avondale, AZ 85392
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. 16480 N 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85306
“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 NEW DONORS ONLY
Maintenance Group, participate in a conference call with the Honorable Barbara M. 1K maintenance team. For our team to rise Military personnel and Military dependents present this coupon along with your Military ID prior to the initial donation and
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Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force, Nov. 11, 2020, as she congratulated the team for to the level that they beat out the other 10.1.20 and 12.31.20. Donation fees will be paid in the following order $10, $20, $10 and $10. Subsequent donations must be
winning the 2020 Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Award in the large services — the Army, the Navy, the Marine completed within 30 days. Coupon redeemable only upon completing successful donations. Non-transferable.
category at Luke Air Force Base. Corps — that is an incredible accomplish-
ment. To have the Secretary of the Air Force OFFER CODE 67021- 1002
as a template for others that want to know versity and is honorary commander alumni call us to say congratulations is something I Copyright © 2020 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. All rights reserved.
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 It’s Your Day.
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 We Have Your Back.
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,”
DoD News
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
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