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0017. New assistant secretary for acquisition sworn in WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Dr. Marvin R. Sambur was sworn in Jan. 4 as the new assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, making him responsible for all Air Force research, development and acquisition activities. In his new position he provides direction, guidance and supervision on all matters in the formulation, review, approval and execution of acquisition plans, policies and programs for the Air Force. Before his appointment, Sambur was president and chief executive officer of ITT Defense in McLean, Va., and has more than 33 years of experience in high-technology program acquisition and management and engineering, focusing on advanced wireless communications systems, sophisticated satellite payloads, air traffic control systems and electronic warfare. Sambur has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from City College of New York as well as a master's and doctorate of philosophy degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a recipient of the IEEE Centennial Award for excellence in engineering management. 0022. Hodja Village 'Clamshell' offers fun for deployed people by Staff Sgt. Dale Yates Operation Northern Watch Public Affairs INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AFPN) -- Calling a tent home means barely having room to sleep. But Air Force services troops here maintain one of the largest "living rooms" in a sprawling tent city that houses airmen deployed for Operation Northern Watch. Nicknamed "The Clamshell", the Hodja Village Pub is solely for residents of Hodja Village - as the tent city is known - to socialize and unwind from daily duties of ONW, which enforces a no-fly zone in northern Iraq. "The pub in many respects is like your living room," said Air Force Capt. Shawn Campbell, chief of Hodja Village Services. "This is your social place; this is where you can come and spend time with your friends and coworkers and get you out of the tent." What makes this living room unique, other than its size, is that it is changing for the better, Cambell said. Free food nights, one of the pub's most popular programs, used to have the same three items every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. "If you have egg rolls every Tuesday night, it's nice, it's free, but it's still egg rolls every Tuesday night," Campbell said. "It would be nice that this Tuesday it's egg rolls, next Tuesday it's potato bar and the following Tuesday it's the taco bar." Services expanded the menu, and now pub goers have a rotating list of five items: egg rolls, pizza, hot dog bar, taco bar and a potato bar. On the free food nights at 8 p.m., the Incirlik Consolidated Club will cater the next item on the list. But the services staff has not stopped there; they've also ordered two popcorn machines to continuously provide free, fresh popcorn, and one arrived this week. Campbell said his staff cannot identify every need; they rely heavily on customer feedback. Such feedback led to the purchase of a second ping-pong table and a second foosball table, both of which join three pool tables and four dart boards already on hand. The changes keep coming. Campbell said the base services squadron is actively seeking new live entertainment. The cast from the movie "Ocean's 11" visited the pub in December for an extended visit and autograph session, and rock singer Joan Jett played live here recently. In February, the services staff is working on bringing in a rock band to play exclusively at the pub. Even when it comes to the evening's music, the pub's staff will change it to meet the requests of the patrons. Tech. Sgt. Krista Lindsey, pub staff, said she just hopes to provide "good customer service, a place to go where (tent city residents) can relax and be treated kindly and have good time." Patrons agree that the pub is the place to have a good time. "It's just a great place to hang out and relax with quality bar snacks and cold beverages," said Staff Sgt. Theron Kammerer, an aircrew life support technician. Senior Airman Joseph Baszynski, a crew chief, said the pub is about "being able to kick back and relax and not have to sit in your room and worry about home." Two deployed Marines have made it a point to enjoy the pub's activities, especially the free pool, every day since they arrived here in November. "We come from the Marine Corps where they don't have these facilities where you can actually enjoy this," said Cpl. Jason Cross. "This is outstanding, and I'm taking advantage of it." "What we've got here is Shangri-La compared to anything we've deployed to," said Marine Staff Sgt. Russell Ramos. "It's a great thing to get over here after a hard day's work and just relax." Getting out and relaxing is what the pub's staff wants tent residents to do. "They can come and just talk with people, play pool for free, play ping-pong for free," said Staff Sgt. Jaime Garcia-Cruz, pub staff. "You can't beat that." 0020. Simulator provides hands-on training for nursing students by Sue Campbell 59th Medical Wing Public Affairs LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- "The mother is hemorrhaging and the baby is blue!" These observations are definitely cause for alarm when a woman has just given birth, but they are commonly heard at Wilford Hall Medical Center here during the six-week Air Force Perinatal Nursing Course. Nursing students here learn how to handle a variety of different childbirthing situations. Now they get hands-on instruction using a new training aid, the Noelle simulator. Wilford Hall Medical Center recently received two Noelle simulator systems. They are state-of-the-art tools that will allow instructors to expose students to high-risk procedures and pressures they can expect as labor and delivery or postpartum nurses. The training aides include an adult female manikin, a birthing fetus and a newly born infant, called a neonate. They create on-demand crisis situations to which obstetrics nurses may not normally be exposed, allowing the students to be totally immersed in the clinical environment where they can practice their skills. "The mom, fetus and neonate can all be very healthy or they could all have problems," said Maj. Nancy Breton, chief of the Perinatal Nursing Course here. "The students have to learn how to take care of the mom and baby during birth and then after the birth, to care for the mom and the neonate." Each system cost $10,000, purchased through an educational grant. Lt. Col. Leola Robinson, flight commander of the Advanced Nursing Course Schoolhouse at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, applied for the grant through the Education and Training Technology Commission. "The simulators can also be used for basic and advanced cardiac life support training and the baby can be used for neonatal resuscitation training," Breton said. The systems came with an interactive learning program on CD-ROM with instructional material on anatomy and physiology, prenatal care, antepartum care, postpartum care, maternal resuscitation, and neonatal resuscitation. The baby can be born breech, the mother can develop a cardiac condition, the neonate can be "blue" and countless other medical difficulties can be programmed to stretch the students' abilities to deal with high-risk deliveries. There is no other obstetrics-related training system this advanced in San Antonio, and the Langley Air Force Base hospital in Virginia is the only other Air Force medical facility using the equipment. "It's a wonderful tool," Breton said. "We haven't had anything like this before and I think it will be great for our teaching programs." 0021. AFRL-Rome awards $22.9 million contract for targeting research ROME, N.Y. (AFPN) -- The Air Force Research Laboratory information directorate awarded a one-year $22. 9 million contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., to develop technologies for long range precision engagement of moving surface threats. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is serving as agent for the program, designed to investigate and develop technologies to affordably engage moving surface targets such as tanks, tactical ballistic missile transporters and small boats. "(The) research will develop a new capability for the military services to strike moving surface threats with precision from long ranges and in all weather conditions," said Jon S. Jones, program manager in the directorate's information and intelligence exploitation division. "The program is primarily focusing on ground moving target indication radar, a sensor that can detect moving surface vehicles from long distances." Moving ground targets pose a significant challenge to current weapon systems because of the dynamics involved. Idle vehicles can accelerate to speeds of 60 mph in less than 10 seconds -- and stop in shorter periods of time, officials said. While typical military vehicles do not tend to accelerate or stop that fast, they still pose a significant challenge maintaining accurate tracks. Vehicles also tend to mix with other vehicles, travel within groups or convoys, start and stop often, and use terrain to block their detection. "DARPA will use technology in development over the next several years to enhance the capability of the military to strike these moving ground targets with precision accuracy," Jones said. 0018. Demographics, statistics highlight January issue of Airman Magazine SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Demographics, statistics and a wide-range of compiled numbers about the Air Force highlight the first issue of Airman Magazine in 2002, available now on the Web. "Transforming the Force" is the theme for this first issue, traditionally called "The Book." The issue focuses on the facts of the blue-suit service, offering a wealth of information and data. It includes: -- Organization of the Aerospace Forces: A complete breakdown of the service by its leadership, commands, bases and more. Each command listing describes its function, lists its commander and provides insight to its function within the Air Force; -- Fact and Figures: Maps, charts and graphs breaking down the various demographics of the service highlight the Air Force's place in national defense. The section includes maps of major installation locations, personnel strength numbers, military pay charts, a full-color awards and decorations chart, badges and more; and -- Aerospace Weapons: Aircraft are but one part of what makes our aerospace force of the 21st Century work. The "Aerospace Weapons" section highlights a majority of the weapon systems at the service's disposal, including aircraft, satellites, bombs and missiles. The issue also includes messages from key leaders, a listing of the various Air Force tail markings and much more. The Web address for Airman Magazine is http://www.af.mil/news/airman. Extra copies of "The Book" are available to Air Force units by sending the unit's mailing address and the total number of Air Force people (military and civilian employees) via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0024. Now Showing: Jan. 7 edition of Air Force Television News SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- The annual tradition of extended discussions with senior Air Force leadership about the state of the service continues with the first edition of Air Force Television News in 2002. The program, entitled "Senior Leadership Special", has become one of the most watched editions of the bi-weekly production. This year, Tech. Sgts. Chris Beckwith and Paul Firman and Staff Sgt. Michael Noel are the correspondents for the program, anchored by Technical Sergeant David Pullen. Beckwith discusses the Air Force and its future with Air Force Secretary Dr. James G. Roche in topics ranging from the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks to the need for more base closings. Firman sits down with Gen. John Jumper, Air Force chief of staff, to talk issues from the terrorist attacks to progress of the F-22 Raptor program and the increased need for the Joint Strike Fighter. Noel's conversation with Chief Master Sgt. Jim Finch, the chief master sergeant of the Air Force, deals with such topics as quality of life, the increasing role of the enlisted corps in the service's decision-making process and how hard work and an attractive career opportunity has turned around a downward trend in Air Force recruiting. Air Force Television News is a biweekly production of Air Force News Service. It is distributed on videotape to more than 3,000 military and civilian outlets worldwide, and is seen on more than 700 cable television outlets nationwide. It is also available on the Internet at www.af.mil, as well as being a featured presentation on The Pentagon Channel. The program is the only military production offered with closed captioning. 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