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ESC activates 'new' wings
with historic ceremony By Chuck Paone ESC Public Affairs Today is the first day of the new Electronic Systems Center, Commander Lt. Gen. Chuck Johnson said May 11 during the activation ceremony for ESC’s four newly numbered wings. “Today, we mark the beginning of a proud new era in our center’s history,” he said. “We now have a center with five great wings.” In addition to the four numbered acquisition wings, the general also noted and praised the 66th Air Base Wing, which provides all base support at Hanscom. Without the efforts of the 66th ABW, the center wouldn’t be able to meet its war fighter support commitments, the general said. (more)
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Upcoming DCGS experimentation puts users in the driver's seat
By M. D. Morales
Modifications to the 950th Electronic Systems Group's
Distributed Common Ground System will take to the open road next
month for their first test drive at the Air Force Command and
Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center at
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Master Sgt. Rich Saldana, Superintendent of the
Cryptologic Systems Group’s Mission Support Directorate, has been
named the Electronic Systems Center’s Communications and Information
Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. |
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Workplace initiative gets green
light By Capt. Sarah Schwennesen 66 ABW Public Affairs On Monday, the Electronic Systems Center Corporate Board, chaired by Electronic Systems Center vice commander Maj. Gen. Arthur Rooney, convened to review and approve some Workplace Initiatives that have been identified across the base. These Initiatives are projects that have been identified by units as essential to improving work centers at Hanscom. The
Workplace Initiative is one of five "W's" that Lt. Gen.
Johnson has identified to allocate resources. The other
"W's" are: Warfighter, Workforce, Workload and Worktools. |
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Senior Leader moves
announced Thomas Powis, who has been serving as director of the 653rd Electronic Systems Group at Hanscom, has been named vice director of the 350th Electronic Systems Wing at Hanscom, effective May 22. Col. Bradley Ashley, who is currently serving as commander of the 66th Mission Support Group, has been named vice commander of the 72nd Air Base Wing at Tinker AFB, Okla., effective August 31. Col. Robert Boyles, presently the deputy director of the contracting division at Hill AFB, Utah, has been named commander of the 66th Mission Support Group at Hanscom AFB, effective August 23. Col. David Madden, currently serving as commander of the Enterprise Integration Systems Group, has been named deputy director of the Global Positioning Systems Wing at the Space and Missiles Center at Los Angeles AFB, California, effective August 15. Col. Leslie Blackham, presently chief of ESC’s Capabilities Integration Division, has been named commander of the Enterprise Integration Systems Group, with an effective date of August 15. Col. John Lyle, ESC director of contracting at Hanscom AFB, has announced his retirement, effective Oct. 1, 2006. Col. Russell Blaine, now serving as chief of the contracting division of the Aeronautical Systems Center's Reconnaissance Systems Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, has been named director of contracting for ESC at Hanscom AFB, effective July 20. |
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Mapping value, cutting waste Al Lavoie, (standing, left) Rapid Improvement Event team leader and chief of Automation for the ESC Contracting Directorate, gives ESC Vice Commander Maj. Gen. Arthur Rooney an overview of the Current State Value Stream Map for the Contract Closeout process, while Paul Bebchick, RIE Team Member and 653rd ELSG Contractor, participates. (Photo by Dennis Lewis) |
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CPSG wingmen reach out to local community
As part of a recent two-pronged May “Wingman Call", members of the Electronic Systems Center’s Cryptologic
Systems Group pitched in to bring positive changes to the local San
Antonio community. |
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Standard
Desktop Configuration keeps AFMC ahead of "bad guys"
By Kathleen A.K. Lopez |
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ESC Vice Commander Maj. Gen. Arthur Rooney will host the next 'Book of the Month Club’ session May 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Hanscom Club’s Tuskegee Room. The featured book, Good to Great by Jim Collins, discusses the research he and his team conducted, using strict benchmarks to identify a group of 11 elite companies that made the leap from good to great and sustained that greatness for at least 15 years. The companies that made the list, and those that did not, provide a vast supply of strategies and ideas that leaders can use within their own organizations to propel them to greatness, according to the book’s publisher. |
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Junior Force Council to host forum
with ESC senior leaders May 25
By Karen Costura |
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By Master Sgt. Mitch Gettle Air Force Print News 5/17/2006 - WASHINGTON -- Based on feedback received during visits with Airmen across the Air Force, the Air Force Uniform Board is reviewing several concepts that Airmen have suggested regarding the appearance of the service dress uniform. Some of the informal feedback about the current service dress includes Airmen wanting to revamp the service dress to look more military, like the other services. One senior airman said, “the current uniform resembles a cheesy business suit.” Another staff sergeant said, “think world’s most dominating air power, not CEO,” and another described it as a “cheap leisure suit.” Other comments have suggested that the uniform needs to reflect the Air Force’s history more. On an Internet message board an Airman recently wrote, “I want to look good and be proud of my AF heritage.” Another Airman wrote that the dress uniform pales in comparison to any of the other services. "We need something that distinguishes us as proud members of the U.S. military.” (more) |
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Lincoln's Memorial
Day Observance
Greasy-handed
heroes: Members of the 116th earn maintenance award for work on
Joint STARS
JFCom leader:
Systems should be ‘born’ joint
The Cambone effect
McCain May Push For
Hearing Into Boeing's $615 Million Settlement
Air
Force Reshapes 14 Specialties, Cuts Surplus Lieutenants |
command comments ...
Three
years ago, in March 2003, we saw the courage,
professionalism and determination of our fighting forces.
They swept toward Baghdad with lightning speed, aided not
only by our well-known ability to put bombs precisely on
target, but also by unprecedented satellite and other
real-time intelligence we wisely invested in years ago – our
Predator and Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. With the
ability to listen in to enemy plans and, in the Predator’s
case, even provide coalition forces with a TV eye in the sky
for hours at a time.
--
From the official
AF Armed Forces Day Speech
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