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Vol. 80, No. 27                          March Air Reserve Base, California                                                          Friday, July 10, 2015

    NEWS BRIEFS                          Big Bear Lake’s parade welcomes military

      SAFEGUARDING                       by Master Sgt. Megan Crusher
   AGAINST IDENTITY                      452 AMW public affairs

             THEFT                          Col. David Pavey, director of staff,                                                                     U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Megan Crusher
   Military OneSource is spon-           Headquarters 4th Air Force, was featured
soring an online webinar entitled        during the Old Miner’s Day Parade, at Big     Col. David Pavey, director of staff, Headquarters 4th Air Force, rides in the annual
“Identity Theft”, on Monday, July        Bear Lake, June 13.                           Old Miners’ Day Parade in Big Bear Lake, June 13. The parade is the longest run-
13, at 10 a.m. local time. Conducted                                                   ning community event in the city. Pavey has been attending for the last two years,
by Ms. Carol Kando-Pineda from              The parade is the longest running com-     and said he enjoys participating because the community is so welcoming and
the FederalTrade Commission’s Di-        munity event in the city, bringing mem-       supportive of service members. The U.S. Army and Marines were also represented
vision of Consumer and Business          bers of the local area together to celebrate  during the parade.
Education, the webinar will provide      the city’s heritage and recognize its mem-
information on the FTC’s new web-        bers and local military, said Gloria Meade,   Legion. From the entertainment indus-         were invited to the American Legion for
site, IdentityTheft.gov, and offer in-   parade chair.                                 try, TV stars, Richard Moll from “Night       a free barbeque, alongside other veterans
formation and best practices to help                                                   Court” and Misty Rowe, from “Hee Haw”         and retirees.
individuals protect their personal          This was the second year Pavey rode in     also participated.
information. This webinar is for         a red corvette and represented March Air                                                       “It was wonderful and these people are
everyone (service members, family        Reserve Base during the annual event.            The parade route was shorter than usu-     so genuine and warm,” Pavey said. “This
members, professionals, command                                                        al due to road construction, but was still a  is a very close-knit community and you
staff, etc.) Interested persons can         “The Big Bear community has been so        great success, Meade said.                    can see by the display here that the peo-
register for the webinar online at:      supportive of us,” Pavey said. “They’re                                                     ple appreciate living here and appreciate
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/        a very patriotic community, and on Me-           “It was fabulous,” she said. “I’m so       each other.”
register/7546923935511748609.            morial Day and Veteran’s Day they’ve          glad everyone had such a good time.”
   If you can’t access page or           had great programs to honor our veter-
platform, email MOSwebinars@             ans and fallen.”                                 After the parade the service members
militaryonesource.com with your
name, email address, and the title,         In addition to Pavey’s attendance, the
date and time of the webinar you         color guard from the 916th Sustainment
wish to attend.They will send you a      Brigade, National Training Center, Fort
PDF version of the webinar so that       Irwin, marched in the parade. They were
you will be able to participate by       followed by a High Mobility Multipur-
phone. To receive dial-in informa-       pose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), com-
tion, you must register for this event.  monly known as the Humvee, occupied by
If you are unable to attend one of       their Commander, Col. Matthew Ruedi,
their webinars, look for the archived    and Command Sgt. Maj. Sean Rice.
version at http://www.militaryone-
source.mil/webinar. Most of their           Like Pavey, Rice praised the significant
webinars, with a few exceptions,         local support received from the area.
are made available on the archive
page for viewing later. Please note         “This is the second year we’ve partici-
that the archived version can take       pated,” said Rice. “We have a great rela-
up to three weeks to post after the      tionship with the community up here.”
originally scheduled webinar.
                                            The United States Marine Corps
MILITARY DENTIST FOR                     Mounted Color Guard, Barstow Marine
              UTAS                       Corps Logistics Base, was also represent-
                                         ed by four of its members riding horses
   The 452nd Aerospace Medicine          during the parade.
Squadron will provide a military
dentist available each Friday prior         Marine Sgt. Terry Barker is new to the
to the A and B UTAs through the          unit and reaffirmed how accommodating
September joint UTA. The dentist’s       the community is.
hours are 8 – 11 a.m. and 1 – 3 p.m.
If you or anyone in your squadron           “As someone new, it was amazing to
needs a military dental examina-         see people’s reaction, he said. “It’s been
tion, please go to the dental clinic     an awesome experience.”

             See BRIEFS page 3              In addition to the military services, the
                                         local city council members rode in the pa-
                                         rade, as well as members of the California
                                         Highway Patrol, San Bernardino Sheriff ’s
                                         Rangers, San Bernardino County Fire,
                                         Marine Corps League Detachment 1038,
                                         Boy Scouts Troop 49 and the American
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