Tiger Strike - 2011-03-28-04-03_WEEK_4

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Issue 4 - VolumMarch 28 - April 3

n March 24, 2011, Flight 3-12 member, OT Canaan Barger, middle, and Flight 3-10 member OT Matthew

paskey, ar lef, earned the interim Wing positions o OCC Chie and Wing Commander, respectively.

age 1 igers Lead the Way! Volume 1 Is

by OT Travis Griftt

Tis week at Ocer rainingSchool, interim Wing and Squadrolevel boards were held in preparator Class 11-04s departure to theAerospace Expeditionary Force (Aexercise next week. Te Squadronnumber one and two positions welled along with the Wings top vpositions; Wing Commander, VicWing Commander, Mission SuppGroup Commander, Operations GCommander, and Operations ConCenter Chie. Applicants to the bowere selected by the Lower FlightCommanders and the Assistant Lo

Flight Commanders. Te chosenunderclassmen submited a packagto the Squadron board rst and wthrough an interview process. Athe Squadron one and two positiowere lled, the remaining individusubmitted packages to the wingboard or review and went througanother round o interviews. Aedeliberation, the Wing board gathall o Class 11-05 together to anno

the selected Os on March 24, 201Te interim iger One is ight

3-12s very own O Joseph Camp.Te interim iger wo is O AmaBlashko rom ight 3-10. Represethe igers on the Wing level are OCanaan Barger, the interim OCCChie, and O Matthew Rapaskeyinterim Wing Commander. Te O

Continued on

O Focus: Canaan Barger

I was born in Fayetteville, N.C., but Igrew up right here outside o Montgomery.My ather was an Air Force pilot; and while

was in college. I decided that I wantedo do the same. Aer nearly two years

o lling out paperwork, taking tests and

physicals, ying airplanes, and interviewing,I nally nd mysel here at Ocer rainingSchool working to become a world classocer. Aer commissioning, I willproceed to Undergraduate Pilot raining inColumbus, Miss.

I have been married or a little over twoyears to my wie, Jillian Barger. OS is oneo the most challenging programs that Ihave ever been through, and having that

amily support motivates me each day tocontinue pursuing excellence in all that Ido here. Just a ew months beore I le orOS, we ound out that we were expectinga child. Tis past week we were excited tond out that we are going to be having aboy, and his name is Connor Scott Barger.Knowing that I am going to be a atherhelps motivate me even more to do mybest at OS. Not only will I have to lead byexample or Airmen, I will have to do the

very same or my own son.


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Spirit Run! Flight 3-12 MakeAcedemic Flight oWeek, Squadron

Makes SquadronWeek

age 2 igers Lead the Way

by OT Joseph Camp

OT Jacob Erwin

Flight 3-12 was awarded the honoo being named Academic Flight o Week or week our on March 26, 20It was a proud moment or the Flighwell as the whole iger Squadron. Ao our hard work over the past coupweeks will show itsel through a strewhich Flight 3-12 will proudly garn

their guidon. As interim iger One Academics Leader, I am especially po the efort put in by all the membe3-12 and look orward to adding mamore streamers over the weeks to co

Id like to take this opportunity tochallenge the members o 3-12 to usthis accomplishment as motivation continue to excel academically so thwe may represent the igers well. WCW #1 and SP #1 out o the way,both with Flight averages above 90%have an even larger week ahead o uCW #2 is just days away, as well asbriengs, the PFD, and Combativesyour time wisely, and keep pushing another to be the best. I know we cait...Lead the Way, igers!

On March 24th, 2011, Flight 3-12avelled out to the ring range or

ur Air Force Qualication CourseAFQC) on the M9. Beore beingble to re the M9, we were providedassroomstruction. We

uickly ranrough handlinge weapon saely,e diferent parts

the weapon,nd proper ringchnique. Even

ough this was ary quick lecture,was still long

nough or one Ocatch a minute or two o shuteye;GH I! Aer the classroomstruction we proceeded to the ringnge or some practice rounds.At the newly constructed ringnge, we donned ear protection andarted loading six magazines with 15

rounds each. Te rst three magazineswere used or a practice AFQC. wo

chalk circles were placed on thetarget denoting where we needed toshoot to score the corret hit. We were

instructed toshoot two roundsin the body andone round in thehead. Te targetstarted out atseven meters, wasthen pushed backto 15 meters and

nally 25 meters.Aer the practiceround a new targetwas attached,

but this time the circles were drawnin pen making them harder to see.Many Os were hoping or expertqualication; in order to achieve thatdistinction, they needed to place 43shots on paper with 25 to the body,and six to the head. Flight 3-12 ended

4th Training Squadron Commander, Lt. Col. Ted E. Welch, joined the upper-class and lower-

lass Tigers in an early morning spirit run on March 26, 2011.

Volume 1 Is

M-9 Qualifcations

up with six expert shooters: OsGrit, Ziegler, Camp, Raubenolt,Murphy, Barger and Swartz. Whilwould have been outstanding or t

entire ight to be experts we shoube assured in the knowledge that ware Full Mission-Capable. Also, whave one outstanding O who toothe wingman concept to the max bputting some shots on his neighbotarget. I wont give out his name, bone clue is he was not one o the Oto receive expert. Overall, the day a good break rom normal classroactivities.


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ling the interim positions will besponsible or their respective dutiesr one week while the upperclassmene away. Te Os that have beensked with the Squadron and Wing

bs are all very excited to put theiradership abilities to the test andork on their weaknesses. Whene upperclassmen return rom AEF,ey will resume their duties until the

ermanent boards are held and thecial Squadron and Wing leaderske over.

Monday -Basics o BriengWWI - WWIIMilitary Law

uesday -Setting the World Stage

Air Power Trough the Cold WarPart I and IIMiddle East

MEOSexual Harassment Awareness

WednesdayPFD#1Ceremonial Drill

U.S. Marine Corpserrorismotal Force

Intro to Air Force Combatives

TursdayAFCP ICW #2

CW ReviewMiddle East Presentations

FridayAFCP II

Airpower in the Post Cold WarMidcourse OPR Feedback

PMar 28-Apr 3 Te iger Strike - Flight 3-12

Mon - B: 0645, L: 1113, D: 1718ue - B: 0633, L: 1113, D: 1718Wed - B: 0633, L: 1113, D: 1718Tu - B: BOX, L: 1113, D: 1718

Fri - B: BOX, L: 1113, D: 171Sat - B: 0633, L: 1113, D: 171Sun - B: 0633, L: 1113, D: 171

nterim, Cont.

Events this Week

eaders must pick causes they wont abandon easily, remain committed despiteetbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over againn every encounter.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

BirthdaysO Murphy - 31 March

O Ziegler - 26 AprilO Gritt - 29 April

O Gritts Wie - 8 MayO Erwins Wie - 24 May

Upcoming BirthsO Cheneys Daughter - 21 Ap

Personal Events

Te Intel Brie: races o radiation romJapanese nuclear plant detected in Chin

by OT Ramon Underwood

races o radioactive iodinewere detected Saturday in Chinas

Heilongjiang province, a Chinesegovernment agency told state-run mediaaccording to Xinhua. Te slight rise inradiation, which authorities determinedhad emanated rom the FukushimaDaiichi nuclear plant, was a minusculeraction one hundred-thousandth, tobe exact beyond normal backgroundradiation levels, said Chinas NationalNuclear Emergency CoordinationCommittee. Because o the low level,

the government agency said there wasno harm to public health in China andthat there was no need or any extraprecautions.

Other nations, including Chinaand the United States, have alreadyrestricted certain types o produce,seaood and other items rom certainsections o Japan that could potentiallybe contaminated with radiation. Japansgovernment has banned the shipment

o raw milk, spinach, cabbage, broccoli,cauliower, turnip and various other

leay vegetables that were armed inFukushima preecture, which is hom

the stricken nuclear plant, accordinreport released Saturday night by Japnuclear and industrial saety agency

Te government has set a 100becquerels o radioactive iodineper kilogram o water threshold,recommending anything higher isnor children 1-year-old or under. Tthreshold or adults is 300 becquereOne o six water treatment acilitiesChina preecture had a 130 becquer

reading, according to results outSaturday by the preectures governm

Another rising concern has todo with alarmingly high reports oradiation in seawater directly ofshothe Fukushima Daiichi power plantChinese government agency, in anannouncement Tursday on its webprohibited the import o aquaticanimals and aquatic products, amoother items, that came rom the Jap

preectures o Fukushima, ochigi,Gunma, Ibaraki, and Chiba.

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