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BRIEFS, from 3 Sgt. Curtis Pilcher on the Education & Training Sharpoint site. A current degree
412th OG — Staff Sgt. Randall Rayborn or Senior Airman SODQDQGXQRI¿FLDOWUDQVFULSWPXVWEHVXEPLWWHGDORQJZLWK
Annual Reindeer Run Jacob Siler your application. Incomplete application packages will not
772nd Test Squadron — Master Sgt. Scott Flory be accepted for consideration. Submit your application and
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SP'HF7KHUXQLVKRVWHGE\WKH(GZDUGV2I¿FHUV¶6SRXV- All Others: Master Sgt. Christopher Roach or Tech. Sgt. SHUVRQWRWKH(GXFDWLRQDQG7UDLQLQJ2I¿FH0HWKXVD
HV&OXEDQGZLOOEHQH¿WXQIXQGHGVSRUWVWHDPVRI'HVHUW+LJK Michael Grooms Ave. Bldg. 2453, Room 109.
School. Beginning Nov. 2O, the cost is $25 for adults and $5 For more information, call Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Wag-
for children under 12. Registration forms can be downloaded at ner, 661-277-7936. INVEST, from 2
www.edwardsOSC.com. Forms are also available at the Thrift
Store and select lunch hour times at the Exchange. Race will $FDGHPLFGHJUHHFHUWL¿FDWLRQWUDLQLQJ Mentorship to me really just boils down to helping oth-
begin and end in the Main Exchange parking lot. Sign in begins ers navigate their path and ensure they know and have the
at 3 p.m. The annual tree lighting will be held after the run at The 412th Force Support Squadron Education and Train- necessary resources for both their professional and personal
5:30 p.m. LQJ2I¿FHDQQRXQFHVWKH$FDGHPLF'HJUHHDQG&HUWL¿FDWLRQ lives. We all have a responsibility to develop those we lead
Training-Part Time program. The Air Force Test Center and and supervise in becoming our replacements for tomor-
Combat Dining Out 412th Test Wing Civilian Advisory Board for Career De- row’s Air Force.
velopment has approved the program for implementation.
The 2015 412th Test Wing Combat Dining-Out, sponsored ADCT-PT is a locally-developed, competitive academic de- You always hear people say that they want their children
by the Edwards Top 3, is Nov. 21 in Hanger 1870. Obstacle JUHHSURJUDPWKDWSURYLGHV$)7&WK7:DSSURSULDWHG to be better off than they were. Well, as leaders and su-
course entry will be at 5 p.m. with the social beginning at 5:30 fund civilian employees an opportunity to receive tuition pervisors, we should be saying the same about the Airmen
p.m. Dress for military and civilian is combat-related uniform; support for approved bachelors or masters degrees. The dif- who we are entrusted with mentoring. We have to take the
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ABUs and not in AFI standards, name tape and stripes must be civilian employees may receive Air Force support for col- can be by having simple conversations, joining them in a
removed. Cost is $10 for E-6 and below, NH-I to NH-2, GS-5 lege classes. The ADCT-PT students will receive tuition task, or just simply explaining to them how a particular
and below, WG-8 and below, WS-7 and below, and contrac- VXSSRUWIRUDOORUDVLJQL¿FDQWSDUWRIDQDFFUHGLWHGGHJUHH process is performed.
tors. All other ranks or grades are $15. Cash only. Guest prices program. ADCT-PT funding will cover the full cost of tuition
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13 and older. Menu includes hamburgers and hotdogs with guarantees of future funding for this program can be given, dinates on a task, about professional development, things
assorted side dishes. All ticket holders will receive a free mug. available funds will be distributed among selectees each year happening in their personal lives or changes taking place in
Attendees are asked to pay in advance to their unit POCs by XQWLOGHJUHHFRPSOHWLRQ3HUPDQHQW$)7&WK7:DSSUR- the Air Force. Be that role model that you had when you
Nov. 18 for an accurate food count, but payment will be taken priated fund civilian employees who have at least one year ¿UVWMRLQHGWKHVHUYLFHRUZKHQ\RXJRWWRWKHEDVH
at the door. The POCs are: of service at Edwards AFB can apply. Bachelor’s applicants
must have already completed at least 60 credits towards their Don’t sit back, watch and think that someone else will take
AFOTEC Det. 1 and 5 — Senior Master Sgt. Adam Pawelek degree program as of date of application. Master’s applicants care of it. Be that positive force in someone’s life. If each and
AFRL — Master Sgt. Timothy Dillen or Master Sgt. Billy must be eligible to enroll in a master’s program as of the everyone one of us took the time to mentor someone and help
Nolan date of application. This program does not cover doctoral them succeed in the duty section, squadron and wing, you will
412th CE — Master Sgt. Michael Spradley degrees. All applications must be submitted by Nov. 30. All XSKROGDQGUHÀHFW³H[FHOOHQFHLQDOOZHGR´
412th MDG — Staff Sgt. Carlos Aguiniga attachments needed to prepare packages for the program are
412th MXG — Staff Sgt. Joshua Campbell or Senior Air-
man Jordan Wild
412th MSG — Master Sgt. Elizabeth Ramos, Tech. Sgt.
Ryan Delaney or Staff

Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale | Antelope Valley College Concert Choir

David Newby, Artistic Director

Classical Christmas Stars of Tomorrow Ode to Joy

December 12, 2015 | 8 pm March 26, 2016 | 8 pm May 21, 2016 | 8 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 147, “Herz und Bach Competition Winners Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra
Mund und Tat und Leben” Recital | 7 pm Antelope Valley Master Chorale
Francis Poulenc, Gloria Concerto Competition Winners, TBA Antelope Valley College Concert Choir
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 123
With its timeless chorus “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Winners of the AVSOMC’s 2016 Gail Newby Concerto
Bach’s Advent cantata offers a beautiful start to the Competition join the orchestra. Beethoven’s inclusion of choir in his final symphony
holiday season. helped establish it as a unique masterwork. Based
Poulenc’s masterwork for chorus and orchestra, Bach Competition winners perform a prelude recital on Friederich Schiller’s An die Freude, the symphony
Gloria, is a masterwork of sonority and color. at 7 pm. is a universal acclimation of brotherhood.

Tickets for each performance:
$20 | Senior, Military, AVC Staff $18 | Youth (Under 18), AVC Students $10

Antelope Valley College Performing Arts Theatre | 3041 West Ave. K, Lancaster, CA 93536 | (661) 722-6580 | tickets.avc.edu