-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! 992093. Airman's manual now available by Capt. John N. Bryan Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The Air Force has released the 177-page Airman's Manual to bases across the service to educate the force on fundamental skills needed for deployed environments. People can get a copy of the manual through their unit orderly rooms, or electronically at http://afm10-100.randolph.af.mil/airman/. They can also e-mail the Web site's administrators at [EMAIL PROTECTED], and provide feedback about any needed changes or additions through the site. Air Force Manual 10-100 is a key tool for the Air Force's transition to the expeditionary aerospace force, according to Maj. Eric Schnaible, spokesman for the EAF Implementation Directorate at the Air Staff, during an interview with Air Force Print News. "This is a field book for people to have at their fingertips," he said. "This manual lays out the basics so all members can meet the mission in austere locales just as well as we would be able to at fixed bases." The manual covers areas such as deployment procedures, host-nation sensitivities, personal hygiene and anti-terrorism procedures. Color photos and graphics help illustrate the manual's step-by-step guidance. And, it is designed to fit into a battle dress uniform or flight suit pocket. "It's important for our people to have the best information available if we are to stay on the leading edge of readiness as an expeditionary aerospace force," said Maj. Gen. William Welser III, Air Education and Training Command director of operations. "To help achieve this, we must keep the Airman's Manual up to date and feedback from the field is critical in this effort. Our Web site offers our troops a chance to learn more about the manual as well as providing inputs to keep it a viable, living document. In its current format, the Airman's Manual is a quick reference every member can carry to the fight." (Courtesy of AETC News Service) 992093. Commentary: Don't leave home without your Airman's Manual by Lt. Col. Barry Coble Commander, 335th Training Squadron KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFPN) -- Many of you have been issued or are about to be issued AFM 10-100, The Airman's Manual. It's that colorful, spiral-bound manual that gives the basics on how to survive and thrive in an expeditionary environment. Its size is such that it fits nicely into the leg pocket of your battle dress uniform. The Air Force plans to issue one to every active-duty, Guard and Reserve member. Don't throw it away! For years, our sister services have had similar manuals to help their people when they deploy to the field. The Air Force, on the other hand, rarely deployed people to locations where they had to worry about putting up their own tents or cleaning weapons. We either learned as we went along, went to a location where it didn't matter or someone else took care of those chores for us. Those days are gone. As we enter the expeditionary aerospace force era, the Air Force is increasingly being deployed to locations where there may be only a runway and a source of water. Everything else must be carried in, and we'll be expected to begin accomplishing the mission in a very short period of time. EAF means taking just enough along to meet deployment goals. We can't meet those goals by hauling lots of extra people or amenities. Those first few planes bringing in supplies may no be carrying portable toilets. Yes, the Airman's Manual does describe how to dig a latrine. It also tells you how to identify unexploded ordnance and mark it correctly. In other words, AFM 10-100 is not only meant to make your life a little more comfortable, it may help save your life. It will become an essential item in your deployment bag should your opportunity come to deploy. As Gen. Michael Ryan, Air Force chief of staff, said recently in a message about the manual, "It is truly a survival manual for everyone on the Air Force team. Read it. Learn it. Use it." Further, the chief of staff has asked the Air Force inspector general to make this a special interest item on future inspections to "encourage the exchange of ideas on using this manual to reinforce expeditionary skills." So keep your Airman's Manual in a prominent position at your desk. Carry it in your BDU pants pocket. Get so used to the feel of it that you feel naked without it. Do these things and you're ready to better meet the challenges of our 21st century EAF. (Courtesy of Air Education and Training Command News Service) 992094. Survey team turns raw data into change by Staff Sgt. Jason Tudor Air Force Print News RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Turning raw information into change -- that will be the focus for the next few months as the Air Force Chief of Staff Survey team studies millions of bytes of data. The CSAF Survey, a poll to gain understanding of quality of life and organizational climate issues, ended Nov. 12, with better than 30 percent of the Air Force's active duty airmen and civilians responding. It is designed to provide commanders, first sergeants, command chief master sergeants and senior civilian leaders feedback necessary to improve their areas of control. The Air Force conducted a similar survey in 1997 when 39 percent of Air Force airmen and civilians responded. This time, an estimated 33 percent responded. Survey participants were asked questions about base-level community and educational programs, personnel tempo, compensation, medical care, and housing and retirement programs. In addition, participants were queried about leadership, communication, supervision, teamwork, individual training, development and recognition, participation in the work place and unit resources. Base survey representatives are returning locally collected information and technicians are harvesting the data gained from surveys completed on the Web site. Capt. Scott Hopkins, CSAF Survey team chief, said his team will assemble the data and pass it to multiple analysis teams, which will crunch numbers and look for trends. After Hopkins' team does its work, climate survey data results will be given to a team of experts at the Air Force Academy led by Maj. Julie Chesley. The quality-of-life data will be passed to experts in the Air Force Personnel Center's Directorate of Operations, Plans, Analysis and Information Delivery Division. Both teams will be responsible for their respective analysis and verification of the information, Hopkins said. Then, both teams will prepare a briefing for Gen. Michael Ryan, Air Force chief of staff. The briefing will give an overall picture of the Air Force based on the survey results. Meanwhile, the team at the Air Force Manpower and Innovation Agency will produce thousands of unit-level reports. Commanders who had more than 10 people from their units respond will be given a basic organizational climate report. Those with 20 or more will receive a more detailed report. The narrative quality of life report includes major command differences and will be provided down to the MAJCOM level. Commanders are slated to get reports by late January, Hopkins said. In 1995, the survey data showed 88 percent of the single airmen living in dorms said private sleeping space would most improve their quality of life. As a result, the Air Force directed larger amounts of quality-of-life money toward building more dorms, and implemented the "one-plus-one" dormitory policy and eliminated all central-latrine dorms in the Air Force. Also, the 1997 survey respondents indicated the retirement system no longer had the same pull as a tool for retention. The Air Force took pay and retirement concerns to Capitol Hill in 1998 and pushed for a return to the 50 percent retirement system. Those efforts recently resulted in congressional approval for restoration of the retirement system. 992096. Top DODEA award puts teacher at head of class by Airman 1st Class Dan Bernath 469th Air Base Group Public Affairs RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) -- When Jamey Olney got the phone call from Department of Defense Education Activity headquarters recently, she assumed it had something to do with an upcoming teachers conference in Washington, D.C. Although she knew she was being considered for the 1999 DODEA Teacher of the Year, the first-grade teacher here at Halvorsen-Tunner school, was trying not to jump to any conclusions. "I didn't want to get all worked up about it, when it was probably just a routine call," she said. "When I found out I got it, I was shocked. I couldn't believe it. I'm still trying to assimilate it." It would be hard to blame her if it takes a little time to grasp the idea. After all, the award recognizes the best DOD teacher in the world -- no small accomplishment considering there are 3,800 Department of Defense Dependents Schools teachers in Europe alone. "She would be uncomfortable saying she's the best of the best," said Tim Erickson, Halvorsen-Tunner vice principal. "I think she sees herself as a representative of teachers. The focus of the award is the great teaching that goes on in the DODDS system." As teacher of the year, Olney will have the opportunity to share her ideas about education with fellow DODDS teachers and DODEA policy-makers. "Teachers can't do it alone," she said. "We need help from administration and we need help from parents. Here at Rhein-Main we get tremendous support from the community. Fifty percent of our school volunteers don't even have kids here. It can make all the difference." This ability to bring parents into their children's education impressed a parent of one of her former students so much that she nominated Olney for the DODEA award. "She gave parents so many opportunities to get involved, but it was never a guilt-thing," said Cheryl Roberts, whose son was in Olney's class last year. "You never felt pressured -- just connected." To help make this connection, Olney would prepare a newsletter for the parents each week, letting them know what the students were working on in class, and featuring one student each week. "It was always positive stuff," said Roberts. "You're not with your kids all the time, and it's neat to get an idea of what they're like when you're not around. You know -- 'Little Johnny helped his classmate tie his shoes' and that sort of thing." Nevertheless, when Roberts sent the nomination in, she couldn't have imagined how it would end up. "I never thought it would be such a big deal," she said. "I only wanted to let people know what a great job she's doing." So what's the secret? How does one get recognized as the best in DODEA? Erickson called it being "child-centered." "If you walk into Jamey's class, the first thing you notice is her enthusiasm," he said. "She's on fast-forward all the time." That's certainly not a bad quality when working with children who seem to be on fast-forward all the time. In fact, at first glance, there's almost something frenetic about Olney's classroom. Every inch of wall space is covered with colorful decorations and student projects. Children are scattered throughout the room working individually or in small groups. The room buzzes with the sound of constant, varied activity. But everybody's engrossed. "They have lots of choices in my classroom," she said. "Learning doesn't take place in a vacuum. This is busy noise -- not chaotic noise." The key, said Olney, is to connect new skills to skills the children already have. "I take what the kids already know, and use it as a foundation to build on," she said. First-graders Heather Hall, Halle Woods and Anita Dunsmore may not be aware of all the theory, but they know what they like. The three agreed working on the computer is probably the coolest, but they said they also enjoy reading stories with the help of an audiotape. It's just fun for them, but Olney knows they're learning, too. "Kids aren't necessarily pencil and paper oriented," she said. "Children learn by doing." Ironically, the DODEA teacher of the year probably wouldn't have even been at Halvorsen-Tunner if she'd had better directions. "I got lost," she said. As the wife of a soldier stationed at Friedburg Army Post, Germany, two summers ago, Olney was simply looking for the Hessen district superintendents office (located at Rhein-Main) to apply for a teaching position. "As I wandered around looking for the office, I found the school, and I figured I'd check it out." "She stuck her head in and said she was looking for a job," said Ophelia Phillips-Scott, Halvorsen-Tunner School principal. "I said 'well, we're looking for a teacher.' We had the interview right then." The principal knew right away someone special had wandered into her office. "When she starts talking about kids, you're mesmerized," she said. "The passion and the skill just flows from her. 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