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980005. Officials back up Brown crash findings
980006. Air Force promotes 42 colonels to brigadier general
980007. Americans' remains returned to families
980008. 'Dangerous Skies' portrays life in Air Force
980009. New AFI establishes teams to deal with traumatic events
980010. Christmas Eve services with Air Force trainees
980011. Wilford Hall Psychiatry Department offers new insights to
managers
980012. Air Force physician appointed to National Research Board
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980005. Officials back up Brown crash findings

WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force officials have joined the White House to
denounce reports of foul play in the death of Secretary of Commerce Ron
Brown. The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology stands by its findings
that Brown died as a result of injuries suffered in the crash of an Air
Force CT-43 aircraft April 3, 1996 in Croatia.

"Based on my personal examination and the forensic evidence, I am
convinced that he died of injuries sustained during the mishap," said
Col. (Dr.) William T. Gormley, assistant armed forces medical examiner.
"Due to the initial appearance of Brown's injuries, we carefully
considered the possibility of a gun shot wound. However, scientific
data, including X-rays, ruled out that possibility,"

"The alleged 'bullet fragments' were actually caused by a defect in the
reusable X-ray film cassette," Gormley explained. Medical examiners
took multiple X-rays using multiple cassettes and confirmed this
finding.

Presidential spokesman Mike McCurry has also refused to give any
credence to allegations that Brown might have been shot, as reported in
some news reports.

"The Pentagon, I think, has very thoroughly and in very gruesome detail,
and no doubt in ways painful to the Brown family, addressed this issue.
And it's time to knock this stuff off," McCurry said at a press
briefing. "I'm not going to talk about this further or take any further
questions on the subject."
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980006. Air Force promotes 42 colonels to brigadier general

WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The following 42 colonels have been nominated by
the president to the Senate for appointment to the grade of brigadier
general:

Russell J. Anarde, commander, 91st Missile Wing, Minot Air Force Base,
N.D.

Anthony W. Bell Jr., director of systems, Air Force Communications and
Information Center, Pentagon.

Robert Damon Bishop Jr., deputy director of operations, U. S.
Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill.

Marion E. Callender Jr., chief of staff, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt
AFB, Neb.

Kevin P. Chilton, deputy manager of operations, International Space
Station Program, Air Force Space Command, Houston.

Trudy H. Clark, commandant, Squadron Officer School, Air University,
Maxwell AFB, Ala.

Richard L. Comer, commander, 16th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt
Field, Fla.

Craig R. Cooning, director of contracting, Air Force Materiel Command,
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

John D. W. Corley, commander, 355th Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.

David A. Deptula, senior Air Force representative, National Defense
Panel, Air Force Headquarters, Arlington, Va.

Gary R. Dylewski, commander, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va.

Edward R. Ellis, commandant, Air Force Officer Accession and Training
Schools, Air University, Maxwell AFB.

Norman R. Flemens, commander, 19th Air Refueling Group, Robins AFB, Ga.

Leonard D. Fox, command civil engineer, Headquarters, U.S. Air Forces in
Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Terry L. Gabreski, C-5 system program director, San Antonio Air
Logistics Center, Kelly AFB, Texas.

Jonathan S. Gration, commander, 39th Wing, Incirlik AB, Turkey.

Michael A. Hamel, military advisor to the vice president, Office of the
Vice President, Washington.

William F. Hodgkins, director of operations, U.S. Forces Japan, Yokota
Air Base, Japan.

John L. Hudson, deputy for aeronautical systems, Office of
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, Washington.

David L. Johnson, commander, 43rd Airlift Wing, Pope AFB, N.C.

Walter I. Jones, director of communications and information, Air
Mobility Command, Scott AFB.

Daniel P. Leaf, commander, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C.

Paul J. Lebras, director of intelligence, Air Combat Command, Langley
AFB.

Richard B. H. Lewis, deputy director for operations, National Military
Command Center, Washington.

Stephen P. Luebbert, chief, Command and Control Division, U.S. European
Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany.

Dale W. Meyerrose, director of communications and information, Air
Combat Command, Langley AFB.

David L. Moody, director, Inspections Office of the Inspector General,
Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington.

Quentin L. Peterson, deputy director of Air Force operations and
training, Washington.

Donald P. Pettit, deputy director of plans and programs, Air Force Space
Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.

Douglas J. Richardson, commander, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath,
England.

Ben T. Robinson, deputy director of command and control, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Washington.

John W. Rosa Jr., inspector general, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB,
Hawaii.

Ronald F. Sams, military assistant to the director of defense technology
security administration, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Arlington,
Va.

Stanley A. Sieg, director of logistics, Air Force Materiel Command,
Wright-Patterson AFB.

James B. Smith, vice director of operations, North American Aerospace
Defense Command, Peterson AFB.

Joseph B. Sovey, program director, MILSATCOM Joint Program Office, El
Segundo, Calif.

Lawrence H. Stevenson, commander, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell
AFB, Kan.

Robert P. Summers, deputy director of operations, Air Force Space
Command, Peterson AFB.

Peter U. Sutton, commander, 11th Wing, Office of the Air Force Vice
Chief of Staff, Bolling AFB, D.C.

Donald J. Wetekam, director of aircraft, Oklahoma City Air Logistics
Center, Tinker AFB, Okla.

William M. Wilson Jr. associate director of logistics resources, Office
of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, Pentagon.

Gary A. Winterberger, commander, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin
AFB, Texas.

James G. Roudebush, command surgeon, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB,
Hawaii.
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980007. Americans' remains returned to families

WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The remains of three American servicemen previously
unaccounted for from Southeast Asia have been identified and were
returned to their families for burial in the United States.

They are identified as Maj. Glenn A Belcher, of Fessendon, N.D.; Maj.
Ronald N. Sittner, of South Euclid, Ohio, both Air Force; and 1st Lt.
Brent E. Davis, Marine Corps, of Santa Clara, Calif.

On Dec. 31, 1967, Belcher was leading an armed reconnaissance mission
over Laos when others in his flight observed the A-1E Skyraider roll
several times before striking the ground near an enemy gun position. A
search of the area revealed no evidence to demonstrate that Belcher had
survived the crash.

In 1994 and 1995, joint U.S.-Lao teams investigated a suspected crash
site believed to be that of Belcher. The teams recovered several bone
fragments, some personal effects, pilot related artifacts, and aircraft
wreckage. The remains were subsequently identified as Belcher's.

On Aug. 23, 1967, Sittner and the aircraft commander were flying an F-4D
Phantom on a strike mission over North Vietnam. Their aircraft was hit
by air-to-air missiles and crashed over Thai Nguyen Province. The
aircraft commander was captured by the Vietnamese and later released
during Operation Homecoming in 1973.

Joint U.S.-Vietnamese teams investigated this incident three times
between 1990 and 1992. Local villagers were able to accurately recall
the shoot down and described finding the remains of a pilot hanging in a
tree. They reportedly buried the body nearby. A team excavated a
suspected burial site and found remains and crew-related items. The
remains were determined to be those of Sittner.

On March 18, 1966, Davis and a crewmember were providing electronic
countermeasures for an air strike over Nghe An Province, North Vietnam
when his EF-10B Skynight exploded in midair. No contact with either man
after the explosion was ever established. The cause of the explosion
remains unknown, however, it is probable that the aircraft was struck by
an enemy surface-to-air missile.

In 1993, a joint U.S.-Vietnamese team traveled to Nghe An Province and
interviewed local villagers who provided information on this incident.
They reported that one American had ejected from the burning aircraft
but his parachute failed to open. The other pilot was found dead at the
crash site. A villager turned over to U.S. authorities remains he
claimed to have recovered from the crash site.

In 1995 and 1997, U.S.-Vietnamese joint teams excavated the crash area
and recovered suspected bone fragments and wreckage material. The
suspected human remains are currently undergoing forensic analysis at
the U.S. Army's Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii.
Mitochondria DNA testing performed on the bone fragment turned over in
1993 confirmed the identification as that of Davis. His crewmate is
still unaccounted for.

With the identification of these three servicemen, 2,099 Americans
remain unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War.
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980008. 'Dangerous Skies' portrays life in Air Force

WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Airmen on duty in the United States and around the
world are the stars in "Dangerous Skies: Inside the U.S. Air Force."
The two-hour special presentation debuts at 8 p.m. EST, Jan. 11, on the
Arts and Entertainment Network.

Filmed from February through June 1997, the program looks at the Air
Force from the inside, trying to get a sense of what it feels like to be
in Air Force squadrons, especially when airmen are separated from
families. A&E also interviewed family members.

Bill Kurtis hosts the program with close-up looks at two fighter
squadrons: the Lightning Lancers, an F-16 combat squadron in Saudi
Arabia, as it flies patrols over Southern Iraq, and the White Knights,
an A-10 combat squadron, as it practices war games inside the United
States.

"Dangerous Skies" also lives with the pilots of a stealth fighter
squadron in New Mexico and a helicopter rescue squadron who are prepared
to rescue downed pilots deep inside enemy territory. Viewers can see
the pilots at home, during training and on combat missions.

Cameras follow an F-16 Fighting Falcon to the border with Iraq and show
an A-10 Thunderbolt in a dogfight high above the Mojave Desert. The
guides on this two-hour airborne adventure are 16 flyers and fighters
who share their views, feelings and fears as they patrol dangerous skies
around the world.

The program will be repeated Jan. 17 and 24 at 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. EST
both days.
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980009. New AFI establishes teams to deal with traumatic events
by Master Sgt. Anita Bailey
Office of the Surgeon General

BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE, D.C. (AFNS) -- A new Air Force instruction has
been developed to help members and their families deal with traumatic
events.

Critical Incident Stress Management, or CISM, is now covered in AFI
44-153. The instruction becomes effective July 1. Teams are being
established at all active-duty bases to provide preventive services to
unit and community members before potentially traumatic events occur.
These teams will also offer post-event assistance to people who help
others who have experienced traumatic events.

"The Air Force always provided these services following events," said
Lt. Col. Dick Newsome, chief of behavior sciences at Air Mobility
Command and coordinator for the AFI. "Now we have a systematic,
organized plan to provide both pre-exposure and post-exposure services.

Events may include, but aren't limited to, experiences from wars, civil
disasters and daily life stresses. These could also include deployments
and operations other than war; aircraft accidents; natural disasters,
such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, and floods; acts of
terrorism; combat; acts of violence, acts of abuse; and suicides and
homicides.

The Centers for Disease Control offered the team concept as one of its
recommendations to the Air Force's suicide prevention integrated process
team, as a resource to help units cope with the effects on friends and
co-workers when a member commits suicide. The Air Force expanded the
idea to address any type of stressful event, Newsome said.

The Critical Incident Stress Teams, called CISTs, or individual team
members may also assist in humanitarian responses meeting local,
regional and national off-base needs as mission requirements permit.

"For example, a team is providing support to flood victims at Grand
Folks (Air Force Base, N.D.)" Newsome said.

The CIST will assist local individuals and units prepare for and deal
with traumatic events. The teams will use resources from both active
duty and reserve forces. As a team established by the installation
commander, activation of the CIST will be coordinated through the
command post in the event of an anticipated or experienced traumatic
event.

Also, deployable teams will be established by the wing commanders at
Andrews AFB, Md.; Travis AFB, Calif.; Scott AFB, Ill.; Keesler AFB,
Miss.; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; and Lackland AFB, Texas. These teams
will provide constant availability and assistance when the impact of a
traumatic incident exceeds the capacity of locally available resources.
These bases will be assigned regions for which they are responsible.

Deployable team for units in the Pacific will be established at
Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, and the deployable team for units in Europe will
be established at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

The multidisciplinary teams will include, as a minimum, individuals in
each of four roles:

-- Medical -- typically a primary care, family practice, or aerospace
medicine physician;

-- Mental health -- typically a psychiatrist, psychologist, social
worker, mental health nurse or 7-level mental health technician;

-- Chaplain and Chaplain Service Support staff member; and

-- Personnel representative -- an enlisted ombudsman; a noncaregiver
advocate for involved individuals who will bring the team expertise in
military benefits, rights, military affairs, casualty affairs and
personnel issues.

Additional members, depending on the type of traumatic event, could come
from disaster response agencies, such as security police, firefighters,
casualty affairs and mortuary affairs. Additionally, qualified Reserve
members may augment CISTs where possible.

CIST members are trained in being able to help people effectively
identify their stress reactions as normal under abnormal conditions,
Newsome said. The CIST is trained to help people develop courses of
action for both their own self-care and mission accomplishment under
adverse conditions.

Volunteers from base units may provide peer support CISM services.
Training for peer support volunteers includes additional skill
development in peer counseling techniques, limitations of the CISM
process, responsibilities and ethical considerations.

"We recognize the importance of stress factors on both military
effectiveness and the well-being of our members," Newsome said. "The
goal is to encourage people to understand the normal emotional and
cognitive reactions to traumatic events and to promote effective coping
with their exposure to the event.

"These teams will help us be more proactive."
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980010. Christmas Eve services with Air Force trainees
by Staff Sgt. John Redue
Lackland Public Affairs

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Two-hundred forty airmen
huddled together in combat field conditions as the chaplain conducted
Christmas Eve services. The night was clear and cold, but brightened by
the airmen's flashlights illuminating hymnals.

This was a special Christmas service for these airmen. It was their
first in the Air Force. They are basic trainees at Lackland Air Force
Base, Texas, participating in the field training exercise on Dec. 24.

Christmas Eve is a normal training day for basic trainees, and these
airmen spent the night in the mock forward deployed training site known
as the "Scorpion's Nest." This is the first year Christmas Eve services
were held at the site.

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Thomas Olszyk, who conducted the services, arrived
in his Battle Dress Uniform and used a cardboard box for an altar.
Donning a flowing white robe, Olszyk addressed the group.

"This gathering will be something you will remember the rest of your
lives," Olszyk said. "You and those with you out here in this field
under the stars.

"Look at the stars above you, these are the same stars that were in the
sky on the night of Jesus' birth," Olszyk said. "As much as things have
changed since he was born, some things are still the same."

As the group listened and sang songs, the separation from loved ones
seemed to wane as the spirit of togetherness grew. Coughs and sniffles
became tears of emotion.

With heads bowed and everyone holding hands, airmen prayed for their
families and friends, for freedom and peace, and for the strength and
determination to complete basic training.

"This was a beautiful service," said Airman Max Sherwood of the 331st
Training Squadron. "This is my first Christmas away from home, and this
will definitely be something I will always remember.

"My family always gets together for food and gifts at Christmas, but
this service made me realize that Christmas is a lot more than just
gifts. It's about Jesus."

"I loved the service because even though I'm away from my family, I saw
so many people who are making sacrifices for me on Christmas," said
Airman Heather Hulke of the 321st TRS. "The chaplain, the instructors
and others who sacrificed time away from their families for us. I have
never seen people give so willingly, and it makes me proud to be among
them."

Airmen Christina Van Kerevelen and Garrett Simson, both of the 321st
TRS, had been away from home during Christmas before, but both said this
was a Christmas service to remember.

"The service was put together well, and it gave us a chance to come
together and support each other during the holidays, which can be a
really rough time for some," Simson said.

"I really appreciated the chaplain coming out and I saw Colonel Steele
there with us through the entire service," Van Kerevelen said. Col.
Toreaser Steele is the commander of the 737th Training Group, which is
responsible for the training of basic trainees.

"She was out in the cold, wearing BDUs just like the rest of us," Van
Kerevelen said. "It really meant a lot to me to see her out with us on
Christmas Eve."

As the night drew to a close, the chaplain passed out homemade cookies
to the airmen. The cookies had been donated for the airmen to have
Christmas Eve. Though the cookies were quickly gone, the spirit of
peace, love and giving lasted long into the night and into Christmas
Day.
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980011. Wilford Hall Psychiatry Department offers new insights to
managers
by George Kelling
Wilford Hall Public Affairs

WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER, Texas (AFNS) -- Change is in the air as the
20th Century draws to a close. The face of the military, American
society, the very world order are in a state of flux.

Formal and informal groups attempt to cope with these changes, and all
too often the groups themselves are ineffective. The psychiatry
department at Wilford Hall Medical Center has an approach it is
confident will help.

On Jan. 23, the department will sponsor a three-day conference titled
"Leadership and Authority in Group and Organizational Life." Although
sponsored by the mental health community, the conference is a far cry
from the traditional image of the kindly psychiatrist and the patient on
the couch.

"The conference is a response to the bare fact that organizations often
simply can't do what they are supposed to do," explains Maj. (Dr.) John
Bostwick, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and organizer of the
conference.

"It is designed to look at how groups themselves function, and how the
people in the groups can help or hurt the group in accomplishing its
mission."

The conference alternates between large and small group sessions over
its three days, with a consultant for each of the small groups. The
consultant observes the group's function, provides insight and draws
attention to what is happening in ways ranging from simple description
to polite verbal shocks to point out inappropriate or off-course
directions for the group.

Bostwick points out that, although there are surface similarities to
other group training programs, the January course is unique. This
course looks at the dynamics of the group itself, rather than the
technique of solving specific problems. It is about structuring an
otherwise chaotic situation, and making any group function better."

The small groups will provide a mix of genders, ages, jobs and
ethnicity's, recognizing that groups in the workplace, whether they be
infantry squads or operating room teams, have the same diversity.
Bostwick notes that the conference staff represents the same diversity,
including, among others, a minority psychologist and a nurse who became
a lawyer.

The question may remain, "What does this session do?" According to
Bostwick, "the small groups react to a number of stimuli from the
counselor, who also notes the dynamic emerging from the group. As the
often-stressful sessions follow one another, a number of unrecognized
and unacknowledged personal agendas emerge, including fight-or-flight,
pairing and dependence. Authority, responsibility and boundaries, all
issues we in the military deal with daily, are important parts of the
agenda." The outcome, he stresses, is greater awareness of how to make
groups of all types function more effectively.

Bostwick hopes that a wide variety of people will attend the conference,
both for their own increased effectiveness and to provide maximum
diversity to the groups. "The conference is for virtually anyone who
has to work with groups; middle managers, ministers, administrators,
commanders; anyone who tries to understand why things groups are asked
to do are not getting done."

The conference is paired with an Armed Forces Update in Psychiatry,
which will be held Jan. 21 and 22. Anyone interested in the specifics
of registering, or who would like more information about either
conference, can call Bostwick's office at 210-292-7725 or 7729.

A participant in an earlier similar conference summed it up in an open
letter. "It provides an opportunity to become more aware of unconscious
group processes. When we are in groups we think and do lots of things
that seem strange - because they are strange or, at least, irrational.
At a conference we can begin to see what's really going on when people
seat themselves at the head of the table or find themselves unable to
make group decisions about even trivial things."

These kinks in the group process are all too familiar to all of us. The
Leadership and Authority in Group and Organizational Life conference is
designed to cope with at least some of them.
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980012. Air Force physician appointed to National Research Board
by George Kelling
Wilford Hall Public Affairs

WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER, Texas (AFNS) -- Medical research is one of
Wilford Hall Medical Center's basic missions. With national research
budgets in the millions, it is also big business.

The Department of Defense and the National Eye Advisory Council selected
Lt. Col. (Dr.) William J. Flynn from Wilford Hall's Opthalmology Staff
to serve as DOD representative on the council. (The National Eye
Advisory Council is a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health,
and has the duty of evaluating research grant requests.) A staff
ophthalmologist, Flynn comes to the duties well qualified.

Col. Steve Waller, chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, notes
that Flynn "is not only a board-certified ophthalmologist, but he is a
doctor of optometry with a master's degree in vision science." His
research background is equally sound; he published 10 articles in
national journals during his residency, and has completed a fellowship
in glaucoma treatment. Flynn is honored, if somewhat awed, by the
selection. He sees his appointment as a huge responsibility in forming
the direction of vision research in the nation. He points out that the
council's decisions will affect the state of vision science and research
in the United States for years to come.

According to Flynn, the committee is composed of 10 professionals and
meets three times per year to evaluate requests for new research
projects and, to some extent, to oversee protocols in progress. He
thinks that new looks at some of the causes of blindness, such as
glaucoma and diabetes, will be of great importance for vision science
research. Since Flynn is a graduate of the Wilford Hall ophthalmology
program, Waller is gratified with the appointment.

"Lieutenant Colonel Flynn is qualified as both a physician and an
optometrist, and has the scientific merit and integrity to go along with
the breadth of vision this background provides. He passed his specialty
boards with the highest score in the United States, and had a tour of
duty as a research optometrist. He comes to the committee with
excellent credentials," he explains. He sees the appointment as good
for Wilford Hall and the department as well.

"Since he allocates and supervises research funds at the highest level,
he will achieve invaluable insight into the skillful writing of research
proposals," Waller said. Flynn will attend his first session in late
January.
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Chaplain (Lt. Col. ) Thomas Olszyk performs Christmas Eve services in
flowing white robes against the backdrop of trainees in battle dress
uniform in the field. The special service was held during a field
training exercise at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 24. (Courtesy
photo)
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Airmen in basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, use their
flashlights to read from song books during Christmas Eve services held
outdoors during a field training exercise on Dec. 24. (Courtesy photo)