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Propped and Rea

Issue 6 - VolumApril 11-17

gers from Flight 3-12 and 3-10 pose around the Prop and Wings statue on April 4, 2011. Te lower class tigers

eived their Prop and Wings insignia from their upperclassmen and were promoted to 3rd Class.

age 1 igers Lead the Way! Volume 1 Is

by OT Logan Ziegler

his past Monday morning,

April 4, 2011, Flight 3-12 starte

the day like it normally does, a

0455. We hit the wall or morn

accountability and were told we

had ive minutes to get dressed

We hustled outside into the coo

darkness and got ormed up ormorning run. It was immediat

obvious that things were diere

this day, and that we werent do

our normal P.

First, we were led to the

bleachers at Welch Field where

we met up with members o

Commissioned Oicer rainin

Wed never Pd with them beoso I knew something was up. W

partook in some stretches and

began to run around base. hi

run was unusual because we m

stops at dierent spots where

aircrat were on display. We

stopped at many historical plac

on base which many o us didn

even know existed. At each locwe were taught about the histor

value o each landmark.

At these stops we also peror

dierent exercises. At the B-52

did 52 pushups. At the -38 w

lunges around the entire plane

the Wright Flyer we did a sprin

Continued on

O Focus: yler Branyan

I am 28 years old, and have been happily

married or ve years. I graduated rom

he University o Wyoming with a B.S. in

Mathematics. Prior to joining the Air Force,

I worked as an Inormation echnology

Specialist or the Wyoming Legislature

Service Oce. I was selected as a pilot

trainee and look orward to learning where I

will be attending ight training.

For Flight 3-12 I act as the Computer

Leader. I enjoy this duty as it allows me

to use my work experience to help theight. Recently I learned that I would be

the Assistant Lower Flight Commander

or our only lower class ight o igers.

raining our lower class to be good

Os is a challenge that I am happy to

accept. I believe that I will succeed in this

responsibility and that it will push me to be

a better leader in the Air Force.


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Flight 3-12 Receives its Pennant

iger of the Week: O Joshua Swartz

Propped, Cont.

age 2 igers Lead the Way

that was 120 eet long, represen

the distance o the irst light.

the sun rose we continued our

run and made a ew more stops

eventually arriving at a tunnelo people waiting or us. o my

pleasant surprise the entire upp

class was there, cheering us on,

we sprinted towards the inish.

the end o the sprint we ran up

the prop and wings monument

touched it. We were then hustle

the ront o the tunnel to cheer

the other lights.Ater the rush was over we

ormed into a giant horseshoe a

listened to a speech rom Briga

General Watkins about how ar

have come in the BO program

Ater he inished his speech he

us the command about ace.

turned around to ind O Lt. C

Singleton, a ormer light instruo mine rom Missouri, reach u

and pin the prop and wings on

my shirt. his pinning ceremo

signiied our accession to the

rank o 3rd class, the next step

our progress towards upper-cla

Classing up meant new privileg

like not having to brace on the

wall or commissioned sta orupper class and getting to explo

Maxwell AFB. Furthermore, w

to wear our blues, a uniorm w

host o new requirements we n

to maintain. Overall it was a gr

day and I look orward to the n

step in our progress toward 2nd

Lieutenant.

light 3-12 nally received their pennant on April 5, 2011, aer the third try. Te winningttempt was made by O Drew Browne who acted as the Flight Leader during the test.

O Joshua Swartz received the iger o the Week award during the igers weeklyCommanders Call on April 8, 2011.

Volume 1 Is


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Monday -

Spouses OrientationOS Open House

Wing Awards

South Asia PresentationDining Out Support

uesday -

Commissioning Ceremony SupportGraduation Parade

Counseling PracticumFlickerball Ops Planning I

WednesdayEast Asia Presentation

Advocacy Brie PrepAdvocacy Brie Standards

Tursday

Flickerball Operations IOS Finance Help Desk

Eval ConceptsRussia Presentations

24RS/CC Midcourse

Friday

actical Road MarchB Assault Course

Lanes II

Pril 11-17 Te iger Strike - Flight 3-12

Mon - B: 0639, L: 1119, D: 1724ue - B: 0621, L: 1122, D: 1727Wed - B: 0642, L: 1122, D: 1727Tu - B: 0642, L: 1122, D: 1727Fri - B: BOX, L: MRE, D: 1727

Sat - B: 0642, L: 1122, D: 1727Sun - B: 0642, L: 1122, D: 1727

Events this Week

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learnmore, do more and become more,

you are a leader.- John Quincy Adams, 6th American President

BirthdaysO Ziegler - 26 AprilO Gritt - 29 April

O Gritts Wie - 8 MayO Erwins Wie - 24 May

Upcoming BirthsO Cheneys Daughter - 21 April

Personal Events

Te Intel Brief: Parks open, services continubut more wrangling ahead this year

by Niki Cook, CNN

Washington (CNN) -- Never mindthat the skies were overcast and

dropped a little rain in Washington,D.C., on Saturday.

Te bands marched on, mascotswaved to youngsters and otherperormers delighted the crowd atthe National Cherry Blossom Festivalparade.

A congressional agreement reachedlate Friday on a short-term undingextension kept National Park Servicesta on the job Saturday and allowedthe parade to go on its planned route.

Across the country, there was a sigho relie among ederal employees,military amilies and ordinaryAmericans who saw no cuto in ederalservices.

President Barack Obama, who signedthe extension, made a quick visit to theLincoln Memorial, where he made clearthe nations parks and monuments are

open or business.A deal ends shutdown worriesObama: Govt will be open or businessReid: What weve done historic HouseSpeaker: We have a deal

I just want to say real quick thatbecause Congress was able to settleits dierences -- thats why this placeis open today and everybodys able toenjoy their visit, Obama said. Tatsthe kind o uture cooperation I hope

we have going orward.Enjoy Washington, Obama called

out to the crowds afer shaking handsand running down the memorials steps.

Kasey Long o Jacksonville, NorCarolina, had worried about how h

amily would manage i politiciansunable to avert a shutdown.

Im just really elated, she said ahearing news o the agreement.

Her husband, a Marine sergeantCamp Lejeune, is deployed overseais the amilys sole breadwinner. Tamily was living paycheck to paycand concerned about making endsmeet.

It takes a lot o stress o o me,Long, with lives with their 15-year-son. My husband loves what he doand he serves his country.

Not everyone was thrilled with tcompromise.

Te ea Party Express was notvery impressed, said spokesman LRussell, who claimed the group neeto work harder or deeper cuts in thuture.

I negotiations between Democrand Republicans had ailed, about800,000 government workers woulhave been urloughed.

Democrats and Republicans agron a budget deal and a short-termunding extension a little more thaan hour beore a partial governmenshutdown would have occurred. Tshort-term deal, which cuts spendiby $2 billion, will und the governm

through April 15.Te government will be open o

business, said Obama, who signedmeasure Saturday.

Dining Priority imes


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III, IV & VStory and photos by OT David M

O Jacob Erwin and O David Izard practice one o the many diferent combative techniques.

Os warm up with some jumping jacks. Os cool down with a groin stretch in the morningComb

at

IVe

sAfer a brie respite over the weekend,

members o Flight 3-12, and the entire BO11-05 class, began the second part o theircombatives training. Te training ran romuesday through Tursday, with each daybringing new challenges and ghting maneuversor the Os to learn. During Combatives III Oslearned moves such as the baseball bat escape,the straight arm bar rom the guard, andgrappling or submission. During CombativesIV Os expanded their repertoire o moves toinclude new submissions, chokes and grapplingmaneuvers. On the nal day, Combatives V,members reviewed the previous three days drills,and learned the triangle choke, guillotinechoke, and grappling or submission.

Te combatives experience challenged an

exhausted many members o Flight 3-12, bu

many ound the experience to be educationa

and rewarding. O Drew Browne ound theexperience complicated, but intense, and

said that it pushed me to the limit. O Jaco

Erwin, who claims to never have been in a

said that it was good or me to learn some b

techniques, he also added, it kicked my bu

all week. O Logan Ziegler loved it till he

got hurt. Finally, O Camp said he enjoyed t

experience but said it would have been mor

benecial in the afernoon, and added peo

are tight in the morning, it would have given

chance to warm up more.


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bove: O Matthew Repaskey takes on an instructor and got him to submit twice.low: Os trained or two hours each day rom 0500-0700, seeing the sunrise each day.

s stretched each day beore and aer ghting.

Amanda Blaschko takes the dominatesition over O Joseph Camp.

Os got water breaks regularly.

O Nate Farrington o Flight 1-12 shows

ghting the igers does to you.

Os on prole review the ghting techniques o other Os.

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