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Desert Lightning News May 21, 2015
D-M law enforcement recognizes National Police Week
Airman 1st Class Chris Drzazgowski
355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Law enforcement agencies at Davis-Monthan celebrated National
Police Week here during the week of May 11-15.
National Police Week focuses on remembering law enforcement
officials who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
The week consisted of several activities including a combat arms fir-
ing competition where agencies convened at the Combat Arms Train-
ing and Maintenance course to test their pistol firing accuracy and
speed while engaging in some friendly competition with each other.
The 355th Security Forces Squadron honored their fallen com-
rades by performing a 3-volley rifle salute during a retreat ceremony
and memorial presentation at Heritage Park.
“We had a fundraiser for the month of April to raise money for
a security forces memorial,” said Tech. Sgt. Craig Dicks, 355th SFS
operations support NCO. “We went to an agency outside of the in-
stallation to come up with a memorial that pays respect to security
forces members who were lost from 1947 until now.”
A roll call was conducted during the retreat ceremony honoring 10 security
forces Airmen that paid the ultimate sacrifice followed by a moment of silence.
“We all came together to figure out what we could do to honor
their sacrifice and show that we still think about these guys day in
and day out,” Dicks said.
Final Total Force Training Environmental Assessment released
The final Environmental Assess- non-DM unit training that could oc-
ment for Total Force Training, re- cur at the base, whether Air Force,
leased here today by Air Combat sister services (Army, Navy, Marine
Command, concludes a “Finding of Corps), Reserve, Air National Guard
No Significant Impact.” and foreign military partners. At the
cap, these training activities represent and considered and are a part of the
The Air Force will implement the less than 6 percent of the total DM
proposed action alternative which annual airfield operations (a graphic
places a cap on Total Force Train- is attached).
ing (formerly Operation Snowbird)
flights at Davis-Monthan Air Force The completed EA is the result of
Base at 2,326 annual flights. Officials a multi-year process that included
state that total could be smaller. three public scoping meetings in 2011
and two public comment periods in
Total Force Training refers to
Commissaries continue rolling out in-store Wi-Fi
FORT LEE, Va. – Sixteen more stores will offer Wi-Fi access for
commissary patrons between June and September, according to
the Defense Commissary Agency’s follow-up schedule.
Through the Commissary Patron Internet Mobile System,
DeCA is gradually opening customer Wi-Fi access at all stateside
commissaries to include Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The lat-
est schedule covers the deployment of in-store Wi-Fi to 16 stores
in nine states beginning June 22 at Fort Rucker and Maxwell Air
Force Base in Alabama, and Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Na-
val Station Mayport in Florida.
The deployment schedule for the remaining 60 stateside stores
will begin the first quarter of fiscal 2016. DeCA is also looking at
eventually expanding access to its 62 stores overseas, said Duane
Woodfin, an information technology specialist and wireless expert
at DeCA headquarters.
“We don’t have a schedule yet for our commissaries in Europe or
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(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chris Drzazgowski)
Staff Sgt. Maeve Kaneakalau, 355th Security Forces member, fires her weapon at a tar-
get as Senior Airman Ethan Talbot, 355th SFS combat arms instructor, observes during
the practice round of a firing competition in honor of National Police Week at Davis-
Monthan Air Force Base, May 13. National Police Week pays special recognition to law
enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
The memorial and retreat ceremony impacted young Airmen who are NEWS
brand new to the Air Force such as Airman 1st Class Anthony Delarosa,
who arrived at the 355th SFS from tech school about one month ago.
“It just really hit home that it’s not safe out there, but we’re here to
make it safe,” Delarosa said. “People die in the military, but it’s important
not to forget them and what they did to help defend this country.”
2012 and 2014. sideration of all public comments.
The Air Force received more than We are pleased to release this final
document today and we thank the
1,370 comments during the public community for being part of this
comment periods. All were reviewed process.”
official record. The final EA, named “Update and
Implementation of the Total Force
“While this process has taken Training Mission for Visiting Units
time,” said Col. James P. Meger, the (Operation Snowbird, Multi-Service,
commander of the 355th Fighter and Foreign Military Sales) Davis-
Wing, “it reflects the Air Force’s Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona”,
commitment to a complete and can be viewed online at: http://www.
thorough review of the alternatives, dm.af.mil/library/tftea.asp
impacts, and our analysis and con-
the Pacific,” Woodfin said. “However, those stores are on our radar
and, tentatively, we hope to have them online by the fourth quarter
of fiscal 2016.”
Through May 13, patron Wi-Fi has been deployed to 103 stores
in Virginia, Puerto Rico, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Penn-
sylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New York, New Jer-
sey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, North
Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Arizona, Texas, Alaska,
California and Nevada.
In-store Wi-Fi allows patrons to use their smart phones and tab-
lets to access the Internet and websites such as www.commissaries.
com, where they can download digital coupons for the Commis-
sary Rewards Card, read sales information from the DeCA sales
flyer, and obtain information from the “Savings Aisle” for access to
promotional prices.