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Goodbye Class 11-

Issue 7 - VolumApril 18-24

gers rom Class 11-04 swear in at the end o the graduation parade on April 12, 2011. Tis marked the end o

ir 13 weeks o Basic Ofcer raining at Maxwell Air Force Base.

age 1 igers Lead the Way! Volume 1 Is

by OT Capt. David Murphy

Members o the class o 11-04graduated rom the Ocer raininSchools Basic Ocer raining couon April 12, 2011. Te morning sto with the swearing-in and pinnion ceremonies or each o the dieights, and nished with a graduaparade.

Te actual graduation estivitiesbegan the day beore. On MondayApril 11, the members o Class 11were able to invite their amilies othe OS complex to take part in aseries o dierent events. Tese evincluded spouses orientation, WinAwards, Open House, and at the co the day, the Dining Out. Te WAwards ceremony eatured two iin particular, 2nd Lt. Robert LaFle

who received Distinguished HonoGraduate, and 2nd Lt. Ryan Youngwho earned honors in the categoryphysical tness.

Class 11-05 helped out in manyways to make Class 11-04s graduahappen. Wether it was working asusher, attending to children in daycare, or perorming duties in the hguard, Class 11-05 helped make C11-04s graduation happen. Membsuch as O Lt. Col. Chris Pair worin the Command Post and oversawthe entire operation. O Capt. DaMurphy worked with other igersthe POW/MIA ceremony at the DOut. O Lt. Col. Joshua Swartz wosecurity or the event.

Overall, the lower-class Os gotthe chance to not only help out in

Continued on

O Focus: Drew Browne

I was born in Houston, exas and

grew up in Sugar Land, exas which

s approximately 15 miles southwest

o Houston. Even rom an early age I

knew I always wanted to become a pilot

in the military. I enlisted in the United

States Marine Corps in 2001 to serve my

country and help pay or college. While

in the Marine Corps I deployed to Al

aqaddum and Al Asad air bases Iraq in

support o Operation Iraqi Freedom, an

experience which helped solidiy my love

or this country and the military. In 2005, I

honorably nished my active duty service

in the Marine Corps and enrolled in the

Airway Science Program at exas Southern

University, graduating Magna Cum Laude

in 2009 with a Bachelor o Science degree

in Airway Computer Science. In 2010, with

hard work and determination, I was hired

by the 78th Air Reueling Squadron USAFR

to y the KC-10. I plan to make the Air

Force a permanent career.


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On this past uesday, we saw ourpper-class graduate and become

mmissioned oicers. It was a thrillr all o us, made all the sweeter

y knowledge that we contributedmuch to such a great ceremony.

We all prepared as best we could orl the events and in the end wereanked and congratulated or theeat job Class 11-

5 did.I got the privilegebeing in the

mmand post orost o the two

ays. I got see howard everyone wasorking to do theirart and what aeat job they were

oing. I developednewound

ppreciation orcountability as I

w Os Muskalla and Pastrovichmehow manage to keep track oeryone. he computer upgrade theght beore threw us or a loop, anddid the Oicers Club delaying

pening or an hour. Fortunately Mauss was always able to comerough with the names o available

olunteers, and more importantlyery class member showed the

exibility and adaptability that willrve us well as oicers.he second day our experiences

arned rom day one showed howr we had come in such a shortme. All o 11-05 contributed toe commissioning ceremonies

oing so well, and we again rose toeet challenges. Every individual

olunteer perormed their part well,nd those who were conronted

with problems were able to think ontheir eet and ensure the ceremonies

were o the highest quality. hoseo us in the command post got towatch the ceremonies on AU V andwere blown away by how everyonemanaged to pull together.

he events culminated in theparade. his was only opportunity

or some o thecommand post stato leave that roomduring the two days.

he weather wasperect, to the relieo everyone andI know Ill neverorget the shout ojoy when the 2ndLieutenants threwtheir caps into theair. In act I know

at least one 2ndLieutenant was so

excited he had prepared his cap witha twenty dollar bill and a 341 orm.he looks on their aces aterwardswhen they shook our hands andwished us luck was inspirational,and made me think o how ar wevecome already.

I want to thank everyone whoparticipated or all o their time,work and patience (especially withthe schedules). I would like tosingle out the leads or each event,who were in on the planning romday one, and took great notes ortheir successors. Im sure they willmake our graduation on May 27th asgreat when they brie 11-06 on theirresponsibilities. Finally Id like thethank O Blaschko or everythingshe did as Oicer rainee in Chargeto make the whole thing possible.

Graduation, Con

age 2 igers Lead the Way

their upper class graduation, but alearn how their graduation shouldorganized in six short weeks. All oin Class 11-05 are looking orwardClass 11-06s arrival and are hopinthat they will be able to support ougraduation with the same gusto thsupported 11-04.

On Tursday, April 14, 2011 at 1228 a

baby girl entered this world. Her name

is Haylee Marie and she is the daughter

o O Maj. Tomas Cheney and his wi

Melissa. Te healthy Haylee was 20 inc

long and weighed 7.8 pounds at birth. O

Cheney said that this birth was much

more enjoyable, than his rst daughter

birth. During that birth his daughter,

Alexys, had to be placed in a neo natal

intensive care unit. O Cheney said his

daughter Haylee was actually pink, an

my wie was able to hold her right away

igers throw their hats in the air aerswearing in, a BO tradition.

Volume 1 Is

Meet the NewCheney Baby

Te Graduation Experience from a LowerClass Members Perspective

OT Lt. Col. Chris Pair


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A leader is not an administrator who loves to run othebut someone who carries water for his peopleso that they can get on with their jobs.- Robert ownsend, Author

Monday -

Holm Center raining ManualSexual Assault Prevention II

24RS/CC raining PhilosophyMI Expectations

Latin AmericaDD Form 214 Brieng

uesday -

Lower Class In-processing

WednesdayBlue Line Parade

Lower Class In-processing

2nd Lt ID Cards

Tursday

Advocacy Brieng PracticeOS Finance Help Desk

Developing AirmenProessional/Unproessional

Relationships

Friday

Advocacy Brie Practice Feedback

Latin America PresentationsJoint Ethics Regulations

Pril 18-24 Te iger Strike - Flight 3-12

Mon - B: 0634, L: 1114, D: 1719ue - B: 0634, L: 1114, D: 1719

Wed - B: XXXX, L: 1119, D: 1724Tu - B: 0633, L: 1119, D: 1724Fri - B: 0639, L: 1119, D: 1724

Sat - B: 0639, L: 1119, D: 1724Sun - B: 0639, L: 1119, D: 1724

Events this Week

BirthdaysO Ziegler - 26 AprilO Gritt - 29 April

O Gritts Wie - 8 MayO Erwins Wie - 24 May

Personal Events

Te Intel Brief: U.S. storms kill more than 4by CNN

Powerul storms that have rippedacross the Southeast killed more than40 people over the past three days,according to the National WeatherService and reports rom several states.

A CNN meteorologist called thestorms impact on North Carolina epic.Among the worst-hit places was Bertie

County, North Carolina, a rural areain the northeast part o the state. Teweather service reported 14 deaths in thecounty. Zee Lamb, county manager, saidthere were 11 atalities.

More than 50 people were taken tohospitals in Greenville, and between 50and 70 homes were destroyed, Lambsaid.

Reports are still incoming, Mike

Sprayberry, deputy director o theNorth Carolina Division o EmergencyManagement, said Sunday morning.

Te death toll across six states includesanother nine in other parts o NorthCarolina; our in Virginia; seven inAlabama, two in Oklahoma, seven inArkansas and one in Mississippi.

Te National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administrations StormPrediction Center said it receivedreports o at least 230 tornadoes acrossthe region during the past three days,though some o those reports were likelysightings o the same twister.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnelldeclared a state o emergency to directall possible resources towards respondingto this event.

For North Carolina, When the stormcount is nalized, this will likely be anhistoric tornado outbreak, said CNNmeteorologist Jacqui Jeras. It is quiteunusual to have this many supercelltornadoes o this intensity strike the

area.North Carolina normally gets about19 tornadoes a year, according to theNational Climatic Data Center. Tereare 90 preliminary reports o tornadoesin the state in the latest storm system.

A single tornado ofen gets multiplereports, so it is not immediately cleahow many there were, Jeras explaineBut regardless, this is an epic event.

Te deaths in North Carolina inc

three people in Raleigh who were kiin mobile homes, the weather servicsaid. In eastern North Carolina, twopeople died near Ammon, one was in the Bladenboro area and anotherin the Benson and Black Creek areaweather service said.

North Carolina state Rep. Mike Sreported two additional deaths in LeCounty.

At Camp Lejeune, according to anews release, roughly a dozen homewere destroyed and as many as 120 w

damaged ollowing a series o tornathat touched down near a housing aSaturday evening.

One seriously injured child was tato a nearby hospital, according to thstatement.

CNN aliate WVD broadcastimages o damaged homes and vehiin Smitheld, North Carolina, as locresidents and emergency workerssurveyed the damage.

Gov. Bev Perdue declared a state emergency or the entire state, accorto the North Carolina Division oEmergency Management.

Weve been assured well havewhatever ederal support well need,Perdue told reporters late Saturday.

Te governor said that as o lateSaturday, the number o storm-relatpower outages had dropped rom250,000 to 143,000.

In South Carolina, a tornado cutthrough Berkeley County, destroyina church and injuring six people, th

weather service said.Meanwhile, emergency crews inGeorgia, Mississippi and Alabamaworked to assess the damage afer thstorm system moved north throughCarolinas and up into southern Virg

Dining Priority imes


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ry and photos by OT David Murphy

igers rom Flight 3-12 and 3-10ined the other members o Class 11- or two major eld events, the Blue

Tunder Assault Course and LANESTe Blue Tunder Assault Course

as an obstacle course the Os wentrough while wearing a helmet and

ak jacket while carrying a rubbere. Flight 3-12s Flight Commander,apt. Bryan Butler, participated in the

ent with his ight, playing the role

o a CIA operative.Te next event or the day included

LANE II which was an extensiono what was learned during therst LANES. Flight members weretaught advanced squad ormationtechniques, base deense and closequarters ghting. O 1st LieutenantLaushaundra Pierce was the topperormer rom Squadron 3 in the

pugil stick competition.

1st Lt. Drew Browne tackles a rope obstaclering Blue Tunder

O Maj. Canaan Barger gets suited up or hisght with the pugil sticks during LANES II.

O 1st Lt. Jacob Erwin crosses one o the obstacles during Blue Tunder.

Os practice close quarter ghting techniprior to pugil stick ghting.

s perorm the Over Under in a fak jacket and helmet.


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LANES

s watch as ghters go at each other in the pugil stick ghts.

O Maj. Canaan Barger takes on a largeduring Blue Tunder.

Os low crawl through a sand pit during Blue Tunder.s tackle one o the many obstacle during Blue Tunder.

Os take on the monkey bars during Blue Tunder.

O 1st Lt. Lashaundra Pierce sher war ace during pugil sticks


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O Focus:Jacob Erwin

I was born October 12th987 in Winchester, KS whicha very small town outside

Leavenworth, KS. I lived inopeka, KS until second grade

when my amily moved toWichita, KS or my Dads job andhave lived there ever since. Aferraduating high school I attended

Wichita State University wherecompleted my Bachelors in

Criminal Justice. Te plan was tory and get hired on with the FBIfer graduating but afer my rstear o college I decided I wantedo join the military as an ocernd decided that the Air Force washe right branch or me. Duringollege I worked at Circuit City, at

A& as a salesman, and beore If or OS I was an I intern or

Koch Industries, Inc. On March4th, 2009 I married my highchool sweetheart, the second

week o OS was our 2 yearanniversary and this October wewill have been together or 8 years.

I applied to the 10-01 AirForce Ocer Board to be either

a Combat Systems Ocer or anAir Battle Manager in August2009 and ound out I was selectedas a CSO in December 2009.Tat same month I graduatedrom Wichita State Universityand then in June o the next yearI ound out I would be in BO11-05. Afer graduating OS andreceiving my glorious butter barsI will be heading to PensacolaNAS or CSO training. I wouldlove to end up as a WeaponSystems Ocer on the B-1

airrame but I will be happy withjust about anything the Air Forcelets me sit in, except or maybei I end up back in Wichita, KSright afer CSO training.

Maj. yler Branyan uses some tricks during fickerball. O Capt. Ben Struebing attempts to catch a ball during fickerball.

O Capt. Logan Ziegler tosses a ball to team captain O 1st Lt. Jacob Erwi


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tory and photos by OT David Murphy

Te igers had a clean sweepat Flickerball during FlickerballOperations I on Tursday, April

4, 2011. Te igers from Flight3-12 ripped through their Hoya andGoldhawks competition. O 1stLieutenants Jacob Erwin and DrewBrowne each lead during the twogames Flight 3-12 played. So far theigers are undefeated and we plan tokeep it that way.

Flickerbal Capt. David Izard goes or a jump ball. O Capt. Walt Cochran goes or a catch.

O Lt. Col. Amanda Blaschko goes or apenalty shot.

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