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BEACONTHE
Volume 80, Number 22
452 AMW Public Affairs
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Living the Air Force Core Values
by Lt. Col. Arthur “Tony” Blain, M.D.
452 AMDS
The Air Force Core Values of Integ-
rity First, Service Before Self and Excel-
support our country and the U.S. Air Force,
but more importantly a framework for ap-
proaching life and all of our different roles
to be better men and women and support
those we love and care about. We all have
many different jobs, roles, and responsi-
bilities, such as being a father or mother
(or brother or sister or son or daughter), Air
Force Reserve Airman, civilian job, com-
munity activities (coach, Boy Scout leader,
church member), friend or family member,
etc. We all try our best, within our limita-
tions, to do a good job in all of those dif-
ferent roles. Keeping in mind the Air Force
Core Values inside and outside our roles as
Airmen can help us do a better job in all of
those roles and ultimately can help all of
those different communities and our entire
country be stronger.
Integrity, or having the quality of be-
ing honest and having strong moral prin-
ciples, is the fabric that holds together all
vance your education or career, or follow
less of our title or position in life, we are all any dream you want – we truly live in the
mentors and leaders for everyone around
us, including those above us, those having a
similar status, and those subordinate to us.
Another way to describe integrity is having
strong character. When I was young, one
of my Boy Scout leaders described charac-
ter as “doing the right thing when nobody
From BRIEFS page 1
Guard and Air Force Reserve youth,
ages 8-13 years or 3rd – 8th grades as of
Sept 1, 2015, are eligible to apply.
Interested youth must submit a
Scholarship Application and Essay on
“The reasons why I should be selected
to attend Island Lake Camp.” The appli-
cation is due electronically not later than
June 15 to Penny Dale at penny.dale@
us.af.mil. Selections will be announced
June 19.
Island Lake Camp will provide lodg-
ing, meals and program costs while at
as the check in location for their 4th of
transportation to/from the following
designated pick-up locations: Yonkers
or Queens, N.Y.; Paramus or Livingston,
N.J.; Philadelphia, Penn. Parents unable
to meet at a designated pick-up location
are responsible for transportation to/
Parade check-in traffic will be direct-
from local airports is not provided.
Information about Island Lake Camp
everyone around you is always looking
at you, so being honest in your daily life,
trustworthy, reliable, and moral are vital to
being a good person, mentor, and leader.
As a good person, mentor and lead- from others. This value overlaps with the
er, it helps to put others needs before
your own.
Service before self is both a military ately, mentoring them, giving them chanc-
and a personal moral obligation. My role
as a military physician is my personal way
to live this core value: my father was in the teractions. As a physician and Air Force of-
Korean War, my grandfather was in World
War II, and three of my older cousins were
in the Air Force, so accepting a USAF
scholarship to pay for medical school was
very important for me to honor my family
and all those who have served, and to pay
back the country and the service that paid
all of my medical school tuition. I got out
of the Air Force briefly before September
11, 2001, and like many of us, promptly
signed back up to serve again shortly after
that infamous day in history. I remind my
four young boys that the United States is
the only country on Earth where you can
decide at any time in your life, regard-
less of age or station in life, to study, ad- follow.” I love teaching new or younger Air
Force officers, medical students, residents,
land of opportunity. Finding a way to live
service before self can take many forms,
such as serving in the military, working in
a career to serve others, community volun-
teering, or anything that puts the good of
others before your own.
Whether performing the mission or
serving others, take pride in doing the best
NEWS BRIEFS
is available at www.islandlake.com. For
more information regarding the schol-
arships or application process, contact
Penny Dale at DSN 395-7251 or penny.
dale@us.af.mil.
LOCAL TRAFFIC IMPACTED
4TH OF JULY
Please be aware of the Fourth of July
Parade activities that could have traffic
impacts on your operations and access to
your facilities or the front gate. The City
of Moreno Valley has designated the cor-
ner of Cactus Avenue and Veterans Way
Daily Fitness Schedule is:
July Parade floats/participants.
Parade check in on Saturday, July 4,
begins at 7:30 a.m. and the parade starts
at 9:30 a.m.
ed to proceed south on Interstate 215
and exit east on Cactus Ave. to Veter-
ans Way. Traffic checking in and com-
job you can do.
Excellence in all we do is a mindset of
giving it your best, striving to continually
improve yourself, and expecting the same
two other values of integrity and service.
Equally important is helping others around
you to improve by training them appropri-
es to fail and learn from their mistakes, and
being kind and empathic in your daily in-
ficer, excellence pertains to obvious skills
of accurate diagnosis and documentation,
but also excellence in providing compas-
sionate and kind care to patients as well as
colleagues. I see mentorship and teaching
as essential components to individual ex-
cellence. Teaching others the art and craft
of my role as a physician and military of-
ficer is both vital to maintaining Air Force
and healthcare excellence, but it is also a
moral and service obligation: the Hippo-
cratic Oath says, “I will respect the [knowl-
edge and experience] of those physicians in
whose steps I walk, and gladly share such
knowledge as is mine with those who are to
nurses, physician assistants, and all other
professionals with whom I have the honor
to work on a daily basis. We are ALL pro-
fessionals regardless of our job. It is a tre-
mendous honor to be a physician and also
to serve in the U.S. Air Force, and I look
forward to many more years of integrity,
service, and excellence.
ing from other routes will be directed
to travel south on Day St. to east on
Alessandro to south on Elsworth to east
on Cactus to Veterans Way; or south on
Graham to west on Cactus to Veterans
Way; or west on Cactus from points be-
yond to Veterans Way.
In addition, the widening of the east-
bound lanes on Cactus Avenue is in prog-
ress, so please plan accordingly.
FITNESS CENTER NEWS
The March Fitness Center has received
the Wellbeats Virtual Group Fitness Ki-
osk. This kiosk allows members to par-
ticipate in virtual fitness classes.
Mondays: 6 a.m.—Virtual Fusion
Yoga; 10:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.—Intro
TRX; 11 a.m.—Virtual Spin
Tuesdays: 11 a.m.—Virtual Strength
“Fit for Duty;” 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.—
See BRIEFS page 3