TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
15TH CADET WING
JANUARY 2013 NEWSLETTER
INTRODUCTION
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THE 15TH CADET WING
FIRST NEWSLETTER OF THE SPRING 2013 SEMESTER! IN THIS
NEWSLETTER WE WILL GO OVER UPCOMING EVENTS, THE VISIT
FROM BRIGADIER GENERAL STAYCE D. HARRIS, A FEW WORDS
FROM THE CADETS, SKYLAB, PHYSICAL TRAINING TIPS, AIR FORCE
CAREER OF THE MONTH, AIR FORCE NEWS A WORD FIND THE
MILITARY OFFICER PAY SCALE CHART, AND A FINAL QUOTE. ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
UPCOMING EVENTS
16 Feb 13 – Basketball: Tuskegee v. Miles College
18 Feb 13 – Basketball: Tuskegee v. LeMoyne-Owen
20 Feb 13 – AFROTC CAREER DAY
21 Feb 13 – GMC PFA
28 Feb 13 – Chief’s Panel
28 Feb 13 – 1 Mar – Mid-term Examinations
28 Feb 13 – Black History Month Luncheon
2-10 Mar 13 – Spring Break
BRIGADIER GENERAL STAYCE D. HARRIS COMES TO TUSKEGEE
A FEW WORDS…
POC: CADET MICHAEL SMITH
Q: How was the transition from an FTP to a POC?
A: I had a great transition. I had to learn to be more of a leader than
a follower and to implement plans of my own to help the FTP’s.
Q: What are the major differences between being an enlisted airman
to being a cadet in AFROTC?
A: Although I may know the rules and regulations, I had to come in
with the mindset that I’m starting over and learning something new
while not forgetting everything I experienced and learned.
Q: What was you most memorable experience being an enlisted
airman?
A: Helping Iraqi locals by providing them with physical security.
Q: What is your favorite quote?
A: “Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee.” –Muhammad Ali
Q: Any last words?
A: Once you become successful work on becoming great! 
FTP CORNER: CADET TRE’NAE KYLES
Earlier this month, Brigadier General Stayce D. Harris visited
Tuskegee University. Brig. Gen. Stayce D. Harris is the Mobilization
Assistant to the Commander, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
As Air Mobility Command's sole warfighting numbered air force,
18th Air Force is responsible for the command's worldwide
operational mission of providing rapid, global mobility and
sustainment for America's armed forces through airlift, aerial
refueling, aeromedical evacuation, and contingency response. With
more than 39,000 active-duty Airmen, reservists and civilians and
approximately 1,300 aircraft, the 18th Air Force manages the global
air mobility enterprise through the 618th Air and Space Operations
Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), 11 wings and two stand-alone
groups. Every cadet was completely motivated and inspired by the
generous words of Brigadier General Harris. She gave a compelling
speech and took the time to talk to all interested cadets on an
individual basis that peaked interest even more. One of the final
statements she left with our cadets was the importance of grades
even at the higher levels of leadership so study study study!
Q: What made you decide to join AFROTC during your sophomore
year in college?
A: I felt like I needed to make an adult decision about what I really
wanted to do with my career.
Q: What is one word to best describe your FTP year?
A: Hectic
Q: What characteristics have you developed during this year?
A: Followership, I always saw myself as a leader so I had to learn
how to become a better follower and not take charge as much.
Q: What extracurricular activities are you involved with outside of
ROTC?
A: Events committee, elections committee and mentoring and
tutoring at the local Tuskegee Public School
Q: How do you manage so many activities?
A: Through effective time-management and not procrastinating
Q: What was your favorite AFRTOC event so far?
A: The Combat Dining In
Q: What is one fun fact about yourself?
A: I’m honestly funny
THE FRESHMAN EXPERIENCE: CADET GRAY
PHYSICAL TRAINING TIPS
1. Try a training regimen! Go to military.com/militaryfitness. Physical
training on Mondays and Thursdays won’t get you ready for the PFA.
2. Attend Insanity workouts with Cadet Bush
3. Find a wingman and run around campus
4. Go to the gym in Logan Hall! The hours are Monday – Friday 06001000, 1400-2000 and Saturday 0800-1300.
5. Attend the extra physical training session on Friday’s at 0600.
Q: What is your major and where are you from?
A: Nursing and I’m from Maryland
Q: How has being a cadet at in AFROTC helped you personally?
A: I avoided the freshman 15, I learned the wingman concept and I
have a lot of resources available to me.
Q: Are you looking forward to the PFA?
A: I am but I need to get in my room and workout.
Q: What was your favorite ROTC event?
A: Adopt a mile because it gave me a chance to get off the campus
of Tuskegee University and give back to the community.
Q: What character traits has AFROTC helps you establish
A: I learned to adopt the Core Values of Integrity First, Service
Before Self, and Excellence in All We do as well as develop a more
dominant personality.
Q: What career would you like to pursue in the Air Force?
A: I would like to be an orthopedic surgeon.
Q: Do you have any last words?
A: I AM the next General Chappie James!!
SKYLAB
Forty years ago three missions of three men each were sent into
space to test out how well could people live and coexist in space.
These missions, known as the Skylab missions, became the
predecessors to the current International Space station that exists in
space today. The 8 surviving astronauts of the Skylab missions were
present to celebrate the opening of the new Skylab exhibit at the
United States Space and Rocket Center located in Huntsville, AL. The
exhibit was an actual recreation of the Skylab probe that housed the
three astronauts for twenty-eight days, Skylab II, fifty-nine days,
Skylab III, and eighty-four days, Skylab IV. The banquet held on the
thirty-first of January 2013 was quite a monumental and once in a
lifetime event. Being from Huntsville and having been to Space
Camp the museum was not much different from the past, however
being in that same museum with people who knew the faces on the
pictures and could tell you stories beyond any textbook or museum
caption was something to never forget. As an aspiring cadet with a
future still uncharted this experience opened my eyes to the
possibilities that our future could contain. And who wouldn’t like to
get a chance to just rub shoulders with actual astronauts and shake
hands with them. This trip was a memory to last a lifetime
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AIR FORCE CAREER OF THE MONTH: PILOT
ground combat)
- 13DXB (Combat Rescue/Special Tactics Officer - special operations
forces / direct ground combat)
- 15WXC (Special Operations Weather Officer - special operations
forces / direct ground combat)
- 1C2XX (Enlisted Combat Controller - special operations forces
/direct ground combat)
- 1C4XX (Enlisted Tactical Air Command and Control - some special
operations forces /direct ground combat)
- 1T2XX (Enlisted Pararescue - special operations forces /direct
ground combat)
- 1W0X2 (Enlisted Special Operations Weather - special operations
forces /direct ground combat)
These career fields comprise approximately 3,235 positions.
Today, women make up approximately 15 percent, or nearly
202,400, of the U.S. military's 1.4 million active personnel. Over the
course of the past decade, more than 280,000 women have
deployed in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Today's announcement follows an extensive review by the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, who unanimously concluded that now is the time to
move forward with the full intent to integrate women into
occupational fields to the maximum extent possible.
AIR FORCE NEWS
AF to open remaining combat positions to women
1/24/2013 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Defense Secretary Leon E.
Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin
Dempsey announced today the rescission the 1994 Direct Ground
Combat Definition and Assignment Rule for women and that the
Department of Defense plans to remove gender-based barriers to
service.
"Women have shown great courage and sacrifice on and off the
battlefield, contributed in unprecedented ways to the military's
mission and proven their ability to serve in an expanding number of
roles," Panetta said. "The Department's goal in rescinding the rule is
to ensure that the mission is met with the best-qualified and most
capable people, regardless of gender."
While 99 percent of Air Force positions are currently open to
women, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III said the service will
now pursue opening the final 1 percent.
"2013 marks the twentieth anniversary of the Department of
Defense allowing women to serve as combat pilots," Welsh said. "By
rescinding the 1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and
Assignment Rule, we can pursue integrating women into the seven
remaining Air Force career fields still closed, all associated with
special operations. We're focused on ensuring America's Air Force
remains capable and ready with the best-qualified people serving
where we need them."
The Air Force will partner with U.S. Special Operations Command
and the other services to review opening these positions in a
deliberate, measured, and responsible way, officials said. Those
positions are:
Officer / Enlisted Air Force Specialty Codes closed to women:
- 13DXA (Combat Control Officer - special operations forces / direct
It builds on a February 2012 decision to open more than 14,000
additional positions to women by rescinding the co-location
restriction and allowing women to be assigned to select positions in
ground combat units at the battalion level.
"The Joint Chiefs share common cause on the need to start doing
this now and to doing this right. We are committed to a purposeful
and principled approach," said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Martin Dempsey.
The DoD is determined to successfully integrate women into the
remaining restricted occupational fields within our military, while
adhering to the following guiding principles developed by the Joint
Chiefs of Staff:
- Ensuring the success of our nation's warfighting forces by
preserving unit readiness, cohesion, and morale.
- Ensuring all service men and women are given the opportunity to
succeed and are set up for success with viable career paths.
- Retaining the trust and confidence of the American people to
defend this nation by promoting policies that maintain the best
quality and most qualified people.
- Validating occupational performance standards, both physical and
mental, for all military occupational specialties (MOS), specifically
those that remain closed to women. Eligibility for training and
development within designated occupational fields should consist of
qualitative and quantifiable standards reflecting the knowledge,
skills, and abilities necessary for each occupation. For occupational
specialties open to women, the occupational performance standards
must be gender-neutral as required by Public Law 103-160, Section
542 (1993).
- Ensuring that a sufficient cadre of midgrade/senior women enlisted
and officers are assigned to commands at the point of introduction
to ensure success in the long run. This may require an adjustment to
recruiting efforts, assignment processes, and personnel policies.
Assimilation of women into heretofore "closed units" will be
informed by continual in-stride assessments and pilot efforts.
WORD FIND
Using these guiding principles, positions will be opened to women
following service reviews and the congressional notification
procedures established by law. Panetta directed the military
departments to submit detailed plans by May 15, 2013, for the
implementation of this change, and to move ahead expeditiously to
integrate women into previously closed positions. The secretary's
direction is for this process to be complete by Jan. 1, 2016.
The Joint Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff Women in Service Review Memorandum can be viewed
at: http://www.defense.gov/news/WISRJointMemo.pdf
The Chairman's Women in Service Review Memorandum can be
viewed
at:http://www.defense.gov/news/WISRImplementationPlanMem
o.pdf
QUOTE
AIRPOWER
GMC
INTEGRITY
SERVICE
CHAPPIE
HONOR LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE HOOAH POC
“The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand,
and nobody cares about its color.”
- General Daniel Chappie James
2013 MILITARY OFFICER PAY SCALE CHART