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Vol. 80, No. 49 March Air Reserve Base, California Friday, December 18, 2015
NEWS BRIEFS Senate confirms Brig. Gen. RussellA. Muncy
FINAL 2015 BEACON by Linda Welz leton’s First Marine Expedi- U.S. Air Force photo/Linda Welz
This is the final Beacon 452 AMW public affairs tionary Force uses March Field
as its primary point of embar- Brig. Gen. Russell A. Muncy, commander, 452nd Air Mobility
issue for 2015. The next one The Senate announced its kation, and said that the base Wing, March Air Reserve Base works from his office in the wing
will be a 2015 year-in-review confirmation, Dec. 10, of Rus- has recently reached out to Fort headquarters building, a recently rennovated, historic build-
and will hit the stands on Jan sell A. Muncy’s promotion to Irwin, deploying one of their ing dating back nearly 100 years. Muncy, recently promoted, is
8, 2016. The Beacon staff brigadier general. Muncy is brigades. In addition, the broad slated to continue his command of the Air Force Reserve’s larg-
thanks you for all the input commander of March Field’s mission set based at March est wing, which is also unit-equipped and the base’s host unit.
provided this year and wish host unit, the 452nd Air Mobil- Field is phenomenal, spanning
you all safe and happy holi- ity Wing, the Air Force Reserve all branches of service as well load,” he said. lets needed throughout the Air
days! We look forward to your Command’s largest wing. Al- as the three Air Force compo- Lt. Col. Scipiaruth Curtis, Force Reserve than there are
stories in 2016. Let’s make it though the announcement was nents; Reserve, Air National billets available to assign.”
a great year for Team March! just received, Muncy’s official Guard and active duty. 452 AMW process manager,
date of rank is March 26, 2015. describes Muncy as a “straight- Muncy believes there will be
COMMISSARY There will be a formal pin-on “The regional importance shooter, an honest and cordial continued scrutiny to see where
GIVEAWAY, SANTA ceremony at March ARB in that we share with all of our person with a dry sense of hu- units can trim, and said that he
January 2016. partners—I don’t think it can mor.” With him, accountability will continue to advocate that
VISITS DEC. 21 be matched in Southern Cali- is number one, she said. He has there is no excess in the wing
The March Commissary is Since working for Mun- fornia or elsewhere,” he said. integrity and professionalism. program, especially on the full-
hosting Santa Claus on Mon- cy, Senior Airman Jose Ma- He’s a leader that is much easi- time side of the house.
day, Dec. 21 from 1-2 p.m. gallanes, administrative techni- Maj. Kevin Reinholz, Staff er to follow because he is very
and again from 4-5 p.m. for cian, 452 AMW, has learned to Judge Advocate (JA), AFRC/ fluent in, and knowledgeable “We’ve got to start putting
pictures and visits with kids make eye-contact when speak- JA March ARB operating lo- of, the rules and regulations, back some administrative ca-
of all ages. They will also be ing with people, he said. cation, said that the wing has Curtis added. pability within the individual
having hourly drawing for been a great partner for which units,” Muncy said. “Too much
prizes for kids 12 and under “He’s very straight-forward, to work, and that Muncy, as a Muncy said that although he has been pushed down to the
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Win- very approachable, very intel- wing commander and primary thinks his promotion may assist commanders to act as their own
ners must be present. ligent,” Magallanes said. “I client, has been excellent. in highlighting the importance administrative staff, having to
don’t think having one star will of this base, and advocating work programs that perhaps
OEF/OIF change him. He seems like a “He’s someone who’s very that further into an already very they don’t have the expertise in
(SOCAL VETS) very humble person.” by-the-book and concerned supportive community, that or the time to learn how to ful-
SCHOLARSHIPS with what Air Force Instruc- moving his goals forward will ly execute, and do their job as
Muncy’s goals remain the tions have to say about matters,” still be challenging. commanders. This is especially
AVAILABLE same as they did when his com- said Reinholz, an active duty true for our traditional Reserve
Full scholarships are avail- mand began here in November JAG assigned here to support a “There is going to be con- commanders. We really need to
able to Southern California 2013—to highlight the impor- Reserve wing. “As a JAG, you tinued analysis of personnel
OEF/OIF Veterans to learn tance of March Air Reserve really can’t ask for more from departments,” he said. “There See MUNCY page 6
Transcendental Meditation. If Base, the 452nd Air Mobility a commander/client. It’s been are just more personnel bil-
you are interested in reducing Wing, and all the Air Force, very smooth, and my expecta-
stress, improving the quality Army, Navy, Marine and De- tions from a RegAf (regular Air
of your sleep, and enjoying partment of Homeland Security Force) perspective, coming to
better relationships, the David tenant units associated with this a Reserve base and a Reserve
Lynch Foundation is offer- base as well as to grow the base wing, have been exceeded. It’s
ing a limited number of free where ever possible. been a pretty smooth transition.”
courses in the evidence-based
Transcendental Meditation “I will continue to press, Moving forward, Muncy sees
(TM) technique to OEF/OIF publicize, advocate for all the the operations tempo coupled
veterans in Los Angeles and aforementioned entities,” Mun- with the continued manpower
San Diego. cy said. “I think this base has reductions and shortfalls, espe-
Through a generous grant not only significant prominence cially those that are full-time,
from the David Lynch Founda- in our Air Force history, but as the biggest challenge here.
tion, you will be able to learn also is of strategic importance
the technique that has been to today’s military mission.” “Not only do they affect day-
proven to relieve symptoms of to-day capability, they start af-
PTSD and major depression, March ARB’s location situ- fecting morale as we continual-
and develop greater resilience ates the base perfectly in line ly have to manage a work load
to stress. The four-day course with the renewed focus on the that is becoming unsustainable
Pacific Theater or Operations. with the reduced personnel
See BRIEFS page 3 Muncy noted that Camp Pend- available to execute that work-
