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A collection of
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Vol. 4, No. 39
October 9, 2008 |
751 ELSG commander: keeping promises
is key to achieving group goals
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Col. Jim Lovell,
751st Electronic Systems Group commander, prepares a briefing with Melissa Davison, 751 ELSG
Commander's Execution Group, on a recent
afternoon. Prior to commanding the 751 ELSG, Colonel
Lovell worked as director of the Defense
Transportation Coordination Initiative at United
States Transportation Command. (Photo
by Rick Berry) |
By Monica D. Morales
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
When it comes to delivering warfighter capabilities, 751st
Electronic Systems Group Commander Col. Jim Lovell said that it’s a
creed of keeping promises -- instilled in him by his former
commander-now turned Air Force chief of staff -- that he will use as
a guide in leading the group.
“Gen. [Norton] Schwartz used to always say, ‘a promise made is a
promise kept’ and that really impacted the way I thought about
delivering to the warfighter,” Colonel Lovell said. “If you make a
commitment to the warfighter that you are going to deliver on a
certain day and at a certain budget, then you meet that commitment.”
In his new post as 751 ELSG commander, Colonel Lovell is responsible
for all aspects of the development, acquisition and sustainment of
the $15 billion E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
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Hanscom sets $237,000 goal for
Combined Federal Campaign
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Lt. Gen. Ted
Bowlds, Electronic Systems Center
commander, fills out a Combined Federal Campaign
contribution form as Hanscom’s CFC representatives,
Capt. Kate Stowe and Capt. Nick Petren look on. The
base's campaign runs through Nov. 14. (Photo by
Rick Berry) |
By Rhonda
Siciliano
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
Hanscom's 2008 Combined Federal Campaign, with the theme of
"Caring for Communities," is underway, running through Nov. 14.
The CFC program gives federal employees and servicemembers the
opportunity to contribute to local, national and international
charities. The campaign is the only period of time where
solicitation of personnel in the federal workplace on behalf of
charities is authorized. The CFC program takes donations on a
strictly voluntary basis and all are welcome to contribute.
"Our goal this year is to raise at least $237,000 and, as
always, to make 100 percent contact with every military member
and government civilian assigned to Hanscom," said Capt.
Kate Stowe, Hanscom CFC representative.
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Senate confirms Donley to be next
secretary of Air Force
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Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley |
WASHINGTON --
Michael B. Donley will be the next secretary of the Air Force
based on an Oct. 2 Senate confirmation vote here.
Secretary Donley had been designated by the president to begin
serving as acting secretary on June 21, 2008.
The former director of administration and management for the
Defense Department, he was nominated for the secretary of the
Air Force position and provided testimony to the Senate Armed
Services Committee July 22. Senate confirmation now clears the
way for Secretary Donley's formal appointment by the president.
"Our way ahead includes a recommitment to upholding the high
standards that have always been the Air Force's hallmark and for
our core values -- integrity first, service before self and
excellence in all we do -- to underpin every Airmen at all
times," Secretary Donley said.
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Air Force’s new site planning tool
boosts capabilities for warfighters
By Jason Bishop
754th Electronic Systems Group
MAXWELL AIR
FORCE BASE-GUNTER ANNEX, Ala. -- The 554th Electronic Systems
Group’s Force Projection and Readiness Division activated the
Web-based Base Support and Expeditionary Planning Tool, or BaS&E,
on the Air Force Portal computer network Sept. 10. The
activation was a major milestone in a capability development
that started as a Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment
initiative.
BaS&E provides Joint Command and Air Force warfighters with
global visibility of resources at potential forward operating
locations for planning and accomplishing real-time combat
operations anywhere in the world. BaS&E consists of an
unclassified application and database used for data collection
of location capabilities. It also has a classified application
and database used for the analysis of capabilities to support
specific operational plans.
BaS&E capabilities present a more complete site bed down picture
tailored to the specific needs of the operator in four core
areas: site selection, site assessment, mission planning and
mission support.
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350th ELSW
announces third quarter award winners
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SNCO
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Junior
CGO Category |
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Senior CGO
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FGO
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Senior
Master Sgt.
Scott Sippel |
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1st
Lt.
Tracie Konietzko |
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Capt.
Troy Townsend |
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Lt. Col.
Jon Nelson |
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Civilian
Category II |
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Civilian
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Not pictured
NCO Category, Tech. Sgt. Jean Tolbert
Team of the
Quarter,
DIB Management
Empire Challenge, 950 ELSG |
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James Carroll |
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Kin
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Finalists named for Oct. 29 Shiely,
Wright and O’Neill awards banquet
Electronic Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen Ted F. Bowlds is
proud to announce the finalists for the 2008 Shiely, Wright, and
O’Neill Awards. The awards banquet will be held on Oct. 29 at
the Minuteman Club to recognize the finalists’ accomplishments
and the award recipients.
The guest speaker for the event will be Gen. Bruce Carlson, Air
Force Materiel Command commander. The event will include dinner,
entertainment and the award presentation.
Tickets are now available through unit representatives.
Ticket registration can also be accomplished through the ESC CenterNet
on the 551st Electronic Systems Wing page.
Maj. Gen. Albert R. Shiely
Jr. Award Finalists
Major Program
■ Mission Planning Systems, 551st Electronic Systems Wing
■ Global Combat Support System Air Force, 554th Electronic
Systems Wing
■ Theater Deployable Communications, 653rd Electronic Systems
Wing Minor Program
■ Air Force Weather Weapon System, 551st Electronic Systems Wing
■ Integrated Base Defense Security System, 554th Electronic
Systems Wing
■ Combat Survivor Evader Locator, 653rd Electronic Systems Wing
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Space Fence reinvented
-- C4ISR Journal
When the U.S. Navy started bouncing radio waves off Russian
satellites to track them, there wasn’t much for its new Space
Surveillance System to see.
Senior
leadership expected to make major C2 decisions at Corona
-- Inside the Air Force
Air Force senior leaders are expected to make major decisions during
top-level meetings this week ...
Pentagon drops plans to convert union
employees to NSPS
-- Government Executive
The Defense Department is dropping plans to convert employees
represented by labor unions to its new personnel system, at least
for now, ...
Air Force mulls establishing MAJCOM for
ISR mission
-- Inside the Pentagon
Senior Air Force officials are quietly mulling the idea of
establishing a new command dedicated to intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance missions as part of an overall transformation of
the service’s ISR enterprise, a senior service official tells Inside
the Pentagon.
Raytheon looking to use less bandwidth,
add two-way comms to GBS
-- Inside the Air Force
As industry awaits the release of the final request for proposals
for the Global Broadcasting System Defense Enterprise Computing
Center transition contract, Raytheon is looking into ways to
leverage recently launched ...
Final word: One nuclear, but no cyber
command
-- Air Force Times
The Air Force will align its nuclear missions under a new nuclear
command, and has canceled plans to stand up Cyber Command.
DISA seeks state-of-the-art security
assessment services
-- Federal Computer Week
The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking information on the
latest software available for assessing the security of Defense
Department networks ...
New focus on nukes
-- Air Force Times
The same week top Air Force generals met to decide, among other
issues, how to shore up what a Defense Department report described
as an eroding nuclear mission ... |
command comments ...
... Right now, as we
gather here in this beautiful setting, in black
tie
and gown, to enjoy a good meal and fellowship,
the sun is nearing
dawn in Baghdad and it has already cast its
morning shadows in Kandahar and Kabul and
Baghram.
Our troops are beginning another day on the
front lines, another
day of sacrifice and service, another day of
hard work on behalf of the American people.
Some of them may lose a limb doing that work.
Some of them may lose their lives.
All of them and their families will be forever
changed by it. ...
--
Admiral Mike Mullen,
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Oct. 1 USO World Gala
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