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Air Force Print News|by Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Mentors touch our lives and help shape us into the people we are today. We value mentorship in the Air Force and both develop it in our subordinates while seeking it from our supervisors.

I like to think that one cannot have enough mentors, nor can one mentor enough. I’ve had many through the years, but one sticks out above the rest. This particular mentor touched my life in two important ways, separated by nearly 40 years.

While a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy, I struggled to keep my grades up. I was on the dean’s “other list” six of eight semesters. Now, in the end, I managed to defeat my academic demons and graduate with a commission in 1973, but I certainly didn’t do it alone. I owe my success in large part to my academic adviser and mentor, Col. Joe Henjum.

Colonel Henjum wasn’t what I expected when I met him for the first time in 1971. To be honest, I don’t think I knew what to expect. He had been awarded the Silver Star for heroism while flying helicopters in Vietnam. I quickly learned that Colonel Henjum was the kind of person who was easy to look up to and even easier to follow.

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When he took me and my academic worries under his wing, I was proud to be there. I knew that his guidance, combined with persistence and determination on my part, would lead me through the challenge. In the end, it most certainly did.

When I walked across the stage with the rest of the Class of 1973, I strode with the confidence that Colonel Henjum had helped build within me. He had been a crucial part of my Academy experience and, in many ways, part of who I am today. I kept in touch with Colonel Henjum over the years, often thanking him for making a difference in my life. I never imagined that his influence would impact me all over again, especially at this point in my career.

The second time Colonel Henjum touched my life began with tragic news. On Jan. 1 of this year, Colonel Henjum passed away after battling a long illness. His son, Mark, asked if I would speak at his father’s memorial service. I was touched by his request and spent hours trying to find the right words to convey how great a person had just left our earth. I wanted to make sure everyone understood the lasting difference he made in the lives of others.

When it was my turn to speak, it came from my heart. I told the crowd about a man who dedicated his life to serving and helping others. When I finished, his son rose to speak. While listening to Mark’s story, I found Colonel Henjum leading me on another journey. I was touched and want to share the story with you.

A few months ago, Mark accompanied his father to the hospital and they both knew what was about to happen. The doctor was going to tell Colonel Henjum that he only had three months left to live. It was an appointment they were both dreading. While riding up to the doctor’s floor, Colonel Henjum greeted the building janitor who shared the elevator with them. He complimented the janitor for keeping the building so clean. The janitor was shocked; no one had ever thanked him before. Colonel Henjum noticed the building and took the time to notice the janitor. His actions resonated with me. That janitor would never forget Colonel Henjum.

When getting off the elevator, Colonel Henjum introduced Mark to the receptionist. He told Mark about the receptionist’s son who was a Marine and currently flying combat missions in Afghanistan. He reassured the receptionist that her son would come home safely; Marines are excellent pilots. Not only had Colonel Henjum met and talked with the receptionist before, but also he remembered her and took precious time to introduce his son. He even thought to reassure her fears with a son deployed to combat operations.

Now, think about it. Colonel Henjum was riding the elevator to find out he didn’t have much time left. Instead of lamenting his fate, he was concerned about others. That day, he made a difference in their lives. Almost 37 years after graduating from the Academy, Colonel Henjum was once again making a difference in my life.

I always like to tell people that they should strive for two things in life: make a difference in people’s lives and leave the campground better than you found it. Colonel Henjum certainly did that throughout his 75 years. He mentored me as a cadet at the Air Force Academy and once again just this last month. I couldn’t ask for a better mentor and friend.

Go and thank those who have guided you through the years and take time to make a difference in the lives of those you mentor. Our Air Force is only as good as those of us who serve. Let’s all work hard to make each of us a little better each and every day. Just as Colonel Henjum did for me and many others.

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Air Force Print News|by LCpl. Jovane M. Holland

PATTAYA, Thailand – More than 30 U.S. Airmen and Soldiers along with South Korean marines and sailors visited an emergency shelter for small children during Exercise Cobra Gold 2010.

The military members landscaped the area and then played and ate lunch with the children of the Mercy Center, who are orphans or at risk of direct abuse or severe neglect.

“I had a blast with these kids,” said Staff Sgt. Wesley Sutton, a chaplain’s assistant assigned to the 15th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii. “The fact that they can play and show so much life despite their situation is just amazing.”

Fred and Dianne Doell established the Mercy Center in 2000 with the support of the Victory Family Church in Pattaya.

Members of all the branches of the U.S. military have volunteered at the center while participating in Cobra Gold for more than five years, Ms. Doell said. “When the Republic of Korean military asked to join them this year, we were thrilled. We love what we do, but it can be hard, and all the volunteers give us such encouragement with their service.”

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Cobra Gold 10 represents the first year of the South Korean military’s participation. Volunteering at the Mercy Center is one of several humanitarian civic assistance projects that are scheduled while the troops are in Thailand for Cobra Gold.

South Korean Sgt. Suhwan Lee, a scout leader with 6th Company, 22nd Battalion, said volunteering was one of the most important responsibilities of the military while participating in Cobra Gold.

“This day was good for us as well as the children,” Sergeant Lee said. “This is a great program. I think all of us felt excited and happy with how it went.”

Throughout the day, the 24 children of the center were all smiles as they played soccer and basketball, swung on swings, and had a water balloon fight with the servicemembers.

Although the children started out shy, by the end of the day both groups forged friendships.

“Despite the obvious language barrier between the children and the troops, they understood each other perfectly,” Ms. Doell said. “Love has its own language. You don’t have to talk to, tickle or play basketball. These children felt every volunteer open their heart to give love, and they gave it right back. They were clearly on the same page.”

Sponsored by U.S. Pacific Command and the Royal Thai Supreme Command, Cobra Gold is a three-week exercise that includes a command post exercise, a series of medical and engineering civic action projects, and joint and combined field training.

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Air Force Print News |  by Maj. Karen J. Ashley

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE,  Neb. – Forty-five years ago this month, an event took place that determined the path of my life.

This article is a tribute to that event, and I would like to recognize the efforts of American Heart Association officials in battling heart disease, the brilliant medical professionals who have made remarkable advances in cardiac surgery, the amazing Navy nurses, who bent the rules to teach a curious young girl and my mother, who had absolute faith.

Most of us think of February as a month of hearts, candy and flowers that help us celebrate Valentine’s Day. I suspect that few people know that since 1963 Congress has required the president to proclaim February as “American Heart Month.” The AHA works directly with the administration to draft and sign this annual proclamation.

The AHA staff also educates and provides community health programs to millions every year. These programs are designed to help people identify heart health risk, including stroke, heart attack and other cardiovascular conditions. Numerous support groups and intervention programs are available to assist in identifying and reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

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Kicking off the 2010 American Heart Month campaign is the newest AHA program called, “Go Red For Women,” which is observed Feb. 5. Millions across America will wear red on this day, supporting efforts to educate women about heart disease and stroke.

AHA officials note that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women ages 20 years and older, killing approximately one woman every minute.

More women die of cardiovascular diseases than the next five causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer. The good news is that 80 percent of cardiac events in women may be prevented if women make the right choices for their hearts. I encourage you to participate in this observance by wearing red Feb. 5.

I’ll be wearing red on that day to remember my mother and her battle with heart problems.

In 1936 at the age of 9, my mother, Joy Colbert, developed a streptococcal infection, which resulted in rheumatic fever. This event permanently damaged two valves in her heart. She was told that if she lived to be 30, she would be very lucky. Fortunately for my mother, cardiac surgery was evolving, and at the age of 38, she underwent her first open heart surgery to fix her tricuspid valve. It was the third procedure of its kind and was performed in February 1965 at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego.

In preparation for her surgery, Navy nurses brought out a model of the human heart and showed our family what was wrong and how they were going to fix it. I couldn’t stop asking questions; it was the most fascinating thing I had ever seen. These blessed nurses nurtured my curiosity and allowed me in to see my mom after surgery, even though the age limit for visitors was 14 and I was only 8.5. They got me a foot stool and put it on the other side of the bed and told me to stand tall and that nobody would say anything. They were wonderful and I fell in love with the idea of becoming a nurse.

During my first year of nursing school, my mother had her second open heart surgery to replace her mitral valve. Again, the nurses at Balboa were fantastic. I knew I had found my calling.

Fifteen years later, I accepted a commission in the Air Force nurse corps. The circle was complete. I had joined the ranks of those early nurse mentors. Three years later, my mother had her third and final surgery at Balboa. Again, there was tremendous compassion shown to our family by the nurses. This time though, she went home to be with her Lord and not us. My mother always believed that every day she had on this earth was a gift from God and not to be wasted. I try to honor that belief by continuing the mentoring process to nurses in my circle of influence.

I’m blessed every day to do the one thing I love most, work with children to help make them better. I will often share tidbits about the amazing human body, particularly the heart, with my young patients. My hope is that they too may be fascinated and find their calling in nursing or medicine. I have no idea who I have influenced throughout the 32 years of my nursing career, but I do know that when that spark is ignited, it is a tribute to those who went before me and a special gift from my mother.

The human heart is an amazing organ that begins to beat 21 days after conception. It will beat 2.5 billion times in an average lifespan of 66 years. It is the size of a clenched fist, yet pumps gallons of blood every day. As strong as the heart is, it’s also fragile. It is susceptible to congenital defects, valve disease from infections and complications of ischemic heart disease that, until a century ago, were poorly understood. A handful of surgeons from the late 1890s through the early 1940s attempted surgery on the heart, but most were unsuccessful.

Following World War II, cardiac surgery changed significantly. These early advances were wonderfully shown in the 2004 film, “Something the Lord Made,” which depicted the pioneering efforts of Dr. Alfred Blalock, Dr. Helen Taussig and technician Vivien Thomas in correcting “blue baby” defects. Surgery soon expanded from closed-heart procedures to the use of the heart-lung machine for open-heart surgery. This rapid scientific evolution culminated 20 years later with the first human heart transplant in 1967, performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in South Africa.

Heart surgery continues to evolve and today includes “off-pump bypass surgery,” robotic “minimally invasive” surgery and laser ablation procedures. None of these innovations would have been possible without the passion and commitment of researchers and surgeons around the world, or the support of the AHA.

I hope that each of you is motivated to find out more about your heart health, and I encourage you to visit the AHA Web site at www.americanheart.org for more information.

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Let’s read  something about Air Force life: Alpha Industries loves Air Force, and sells Air Force jackets and clothings…   serving America.

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – Approximately 50 Airmen from the 432nd Wing here, along with RQ-1 Predator assets, deployed to assist 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern officials with providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in Haiti.

“The Hunters of the 432nd were called upon to provide a vital ISR capability to assist the people of Haiti,” said Col. Pete Gersten, 432nd Wing and 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander. “We always stand ready at a moment’s notice to carry out the mission at hand. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Haitian people and all those affected by this devastating earthquake.”

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The RQ-1 Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft.

In addition to providing support to relief operations in Haiti, Airmen in the 432nd Wg and 432nd AEW continue to support overseas contingency operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“We save lives each and every day,” Colonel Gersten said. “Our no-fail 24/7 combat operations downrange will still continue as we must support the joint warfighter. However, we remain committed to providing assistance to Haiti.”

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Alpha Industries is the manufacturer that provides American official clothing military flight jackets to the Navy, the Air Force, Army and Marines to the United States of America. The same jackets with the brand of the three bars Alpha Industries are also produced for the civilian market. Its headquarter is in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Alpha Industries is not like other manufacturers of military jackets or clothing, which, when placing clothing in military civilian market use materials of poorer quality and lower quality, using the finest fabric, thinner insulation, buttons and zippers less durable, and unlike Alpha Industries, using exactly the same labels. But the legendary Alpha Industries, at least in its production Made in USA (and this is what we’re talking about) made identical jackets for both the military and for the civilian market, and then they diversified with a distinctive label , containing three bars (one bar is the hallmark of life jackets available directly to the military departments, and three bars are the symbol of production for the civilian market (but still the same quality). If you find a jacket with Alpha Industries‘ label that contains three black bars that separates the label description from the specifications, this is a jacket Made in USA of high quality. Do not you let him get away.

On the site www.alphaindustriesoriginal.com there are all these jackets Original U.S., and all other items of Alpha Industries, obviously of U.S. production, and you can buy them directly through the Online Store. You can find there a discount of 10%, that you cannot miss, unrepeatable, on all the items available. But the offer will have a limited duration, it will be valid only in the week from Monday, January 25th  to Sunday 31st January.

To take advantage of this special discount Alpha Industries, after you put in the cart the items you wish to purchase, you must enter discount code BNo9S7Z2 in the cart box

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Who still thinks that companies today continue to produce “in house” as in the past,  was mistaken and is out of step with the times. All major industries now do not give food to workers in their country.

I remember a case a few years ago, when the company whe I was working was about to buy a computer system of IBM. Also a representative of Olivetti (which at the time marketed computers),came and said candidly: “Buy Olivetti, so you will buy a “Made in Italy” and do good to our country.” Then I showed him the label of an Olivetti typewriter, which was written “Made in Japan”, while I knew (and told him so quickly) that some components of the IBM systems were made in Segrate, in Milan neighborhood, and Santa Palomba (There were produced all types of hard drives IBM). So think about how globalization has created chaos, a chaos that upsets all our beliefs, and what is worse, even our principles. As I said, all big companies do not produce anymore at home with costs that are much higher, but was directed at developing countries, with a strongly growing economy, and at the same time, production costs are much lower, mainly because of less restrictive rules, that do not force companies to adopt effective systems of occupational safety, electrical, air conditioning etc.

How many domestic companies do not produce here, but they are contributing to the development of Romania, China or Poland. Just think about the Fiat plant in Termini Imerese, which has already been sentenced to its final closure. Know why is closed? To transfer to Poland. So, there is nothing to wonder whether in China or in other emerging countries, the products are “our products”, that is what was done in our country until yesterday. We take as a second example the company “Alpha Industries”, the establishment of Knoxville in Tennessee, USA. This industrial giant, a supplier of the whole American Army, Air Force and Navy, since several  years produces its jackets in China, Vietnam and Egypt. What are we thinking? The only sure thing is that these countries make quality products built to American standards, built on commission, they have to meet the quality standards of the manufacturer. And then resign to Polish Fiat cars and Chinese and Vietnamese Alpha Industries jackets.

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I giorni Sabato 10 Ottobre 2009 dalle ore 10:00 alle ore 22:00 e Domenica 11 Ottobre 2009 dalle ore 10:00 alle ore 20:00 si terrà la prima Mostra-Mercato “Corte Genova” di Arte, Design e Moda Vintage a Prato.

Alla quale parteciperà Fifth Avenue con uno stand tutto dedicato ai Giubbotti di volo e Giacche Alpha Industries Made in USA Vintage.

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Partecipa all’evento, che sarà completamente GRATUITO, e, oltre ad assicurarti una buona giornata che passerai in armonia sfruttando di un mix di artigianato e arte, design e remake, vintage e arredamento, ti abbiamo riservato un piccolo omaggio che potrai ritirare presentando il nostro invito personale che riceverai riservando la tua iscrizione direttamente sul nostro blog.

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Many, many, many demands are made of MA-1 Bomber Made in the USA in black.

Unfortunately, the Made in the USA is the end I am almost sure that our store is the only one in Europe and the world to have a wide choice of flight jackets Alpha Industries products in the States, I would say his own, and I would be very happy someone can disprove that the only flight jackets products in the United States are those that we have in our warehouse and you can find in our online only. websites, one of which www.alphaindustriesoriginal.com

But, alas, the MA-1 Bomber in black is finished long ago. There are not just more, and you can not find him anywhere in the world. Many colors are available, but the black just is not no trace.

As you all know, Alpha Industries for several years has shifted production to Asian countries and Middle East, and since this has happened, unfortunately the flight jackets are no longer the same. The only advantage is that cost much less, but the disadvantages are numerous.

So for those looking for the MA-1 Bomber Alpha Industries Made in USA black, know that there anymore. Should be content with your wardrobe in an MA-1 Bomber Alpha Industries Made in USA anthracite, rather than Blue, rather than Brown or of another color, even briefly, is available on our website of Alpha Industries Made in USA. www.alphaindustriesoriginal.com

Alpha Industries inc. is the official supplier of flight jackets and clothing-military armed forces of the USA. The headquarters of this famous company in the world is located in Knoxville – Tennessee, and produces jackets for the U.S. military since 1959.

About 10 years ago, Alpha Industries has transferred the production of animals intended for the civilian market in Asia and the Middle East, ceasing production in the United States.

This meant that the flight jackets like the famous MA-1 Bomber or CWU45 Bombers and B-15 Made in USA become rare and unusual, and, most of the models, not least those in the civilian market known as the B -15 Wool, the MA-1 Fashion, or series of jackets MP-Tex fabric as the Bomber CWU45 MP-Tex and the M-65 Field MPTex, and many other beautiful and resistant vests were no longer produced, and, therefore, they disappear from the market.

A former European distributor of Alpha Industries, a few years ago, he decided to try to scrape together in Europe and USA, from old distributors and / or retailers, all that remained on the market with fantastic and inusurabili items produced in the States, managed to put together a collection of all respect, of more than 30 articles in various colors, and propose on the market through websites direct to the public all over the world at prices very affordable.

To date, this seems to be the only former distributor in Europe and the world to have such a wide range of jackets history of this great company for 50 years now produces and supplies its own military clothing to the Navy, Aeronautics, Army and Marines United States of America.

The journey was long and laborious, but for those who are passionate and knows this company and its products, this site is not only an online store where to buy these exclusive products as rare, even a treat for the eyes and the taste the world’s most famous military clothing.

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After so many years after the closure of production in the States of the jackets of the U.S. military to fly direct to the public calendar, we find in Italy a wide range of jackets Made in USA.

As everyone knows, Alpha Industries, for many years in the United States stopped producing the jackets for the civilian market, transferring all its production in Asian markets and Middle East, leading to everything a decrease in the quality of materials used and the the package.

The former distributor of Alpha Industries for Italy has put together in recent years, after long and exhausting research, a collection of flight jackets products in the States, which have become collectible products, offering the Italian market, enthusiasts and collectors This mark all respect, you can buy jackets flight of U.S. armed forces.

The classic MA-1 Bomber, historian of the Vietnam War and the Korean War, the field M-65, and flight jackets CWV45-P and B-15 are the gems of the collection military.

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