March 14-20 Issue 2 - Volume 1

Physical Fitness
Baseline
by OT David Murphy
Flight 3-12 came out swinging on
the chilly Tuesday morning of March
8, 2011, to take their Physical Fitness
Baseline (PFB). The PFB is comprised
of three physical activities that the
Officer Trainees must complete with
certain scores in a set amount of time
to pass. The three activities include one
minute of push-ups, one minutes of
sit-ups and a mile-and-a-half run.
Seven members of 3-12 received
a 90% or better, earning them a
ranking of excellent. One member,
OT Thomas Cheney maxed out every
category, earning a 100%. OT Cheney
has become the example for the rest
of the Flight, which still has room for
improvement.
Flight members will have a chance
to improve their scores during the
Physical Fitness Diagnostic on March
30.
Tigers cheer each other on during the sit-up portion of the PFB. Photo by OT David J. Murphy

OT Focus: Thomas Cheney

I was born and raised in Boston, Mass.
and joined the Air Force after I graduated
from Silver Lake Regional High School in
2002. I enlisted as Security Forces, and my
first duty assignment was Tyndall Air Force
Base in Panama City, Fla. I met my wife
while in Florida and was stationed at the Air
Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
soon after.
Even though it was a very hard choice, I
decided to get out of the Air Force in 2007
in order to pursue my Bachelors degree. I
ended up attending the University of Phoenix
Online and earned a degree in Business
Management in 2010. My wife, Melissa, and
our 17-month old baby girl named Alexys
are currently living in Panama City with
her parents while I am in training. I am also
excited to announce that my wife will be
having another girl, Haylee, on April 21.

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The Project X-Factor
by OT Canaan Barger
Photos by OT David Murphy
Project X…What thoughts does that
bring to mind? The only thing that
Flight 3-12 knew on March 11, 2011
was that it would be a challenge—the
first hands-on test of our leadership
abilities. We knew that we would be
facing various obstacles and would
have to work as a team to overcome
them, but we did not know exactly
how challenging that task would
be. After multiple leadership classes
during our first week at OTS, we
thought that Project X would be no
problem; however, we found out
through this exercise how important
those academic concepts of planning,
organizing, leading, and controlling
were when facing real tasks in a
limited amount of time. Through
this exercise, we were able to really
explore the depths of those concepts—
how our planning was not thorough, Six members of Flight 3-12 attempt to complete one of the four Project X mission on March 11,
our organizing was insufficient, and 2011. In this event the team was tasked with getting some sensitive supplies, and themselves,
our roles tended to change because across a simulated fast moving lake.
different people wanted to take
the lead and tackle the mission in
a different way. We found that in
order to be effective leaders, we must
also be effective followers. Project X
showed us a lot about where we can
stand improvement in our leadership
abilities. Our only regret was that
there was not more time dedicated to
continue confronting more obstacles!

Above: OTs work together to get ammo boxes through a tube and across two pylons. If at anytime
an OT touched red that would signal a penalty delaying their progress.
Left: OT Chris Pair works with his team during a Project X exercise.

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The Intel Report: Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet, shifted Earth’s axis
by OT Ramon Underwood
The powerful earthquake that
unleashed a devastating tsunami
Friday appears to have moved the
main island of Japan by 8 feet and
shifted the Earth on its axis. Kenneth
Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) states: “At
this point, we know that one GPS
station moved 8 feet, and we have
seen a map from GSI (Geospatial
Information Authority) in Japan
showing the pattern of shift over a
large area is consistent with about
Events this Week
Monday -
Confidence Course
Sit Leadership/Exercise
Wound Management
Problem Solving/Exercise
Tuesday -
Immunizations
Land Navigation
Optimal Mast
Base Defense Fundamentals I
Assignment Preference Brief
Wednesday
OCC Training
Leadership Authority & Responsibility
Culture Pretest
Need for Cross Cultural Competence
Airpower Thru WWI
Peer Evals I
Thursday
LANES 1
Principles of War & Tenets of Air &
Space Pov
Fairchild Library Brief
APT CWT #1
Friday
CWT #1
CWT Review
Dept of the Navy
Dept of the Army
Air & Space Functions
March 14-20
that much shift of the land mass.”
Reports from the National Institute of
Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy
estimated the 8.9-magnitude quake
shifted the planet on its axis by nearly
4 inches.
The quake, which struck Friday
afternoon near the coast of Japan,
killed hundreds of people, caused
the formation of 30-foot walls of
water that swept across the rice fields,
engulfed entire towns, dragged houses
onto highways, and tossed cars and
Study Tips for CWT
-Stay focused on the SOBs! Prioritize
your studying.
-Focus on the key words: identify,
explain, describe, etc.
-Read ALL the answers fully before
making your choice.
-Read the question first in scenario
questions.
Dining Priorities
Mon - B: Box L: 1110 D: 1715
Tue - B: 0630 L: 1110 D: 1715
Wed - B: 0630 L: TBD D: 1715
Thurs - B: Box L: 1110 D: 1715
Fri - B: 0630 L: 1110 D: 1715
Sat - B: 0630 L: 1110 D: 1715
Sun - B: 0630 L: 1110 D: 1715
““War is not merely a political act, but also a political
instrument, a continuation of political relations, a
carrying out of the same by other means.”
- Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz,
Major General, Prussian Army
The Tiger Strike - Flight 3-12
boats like toys. Some waves reached
six mile inland in Miyagi Prefecture on
Japan’s east coast. The quake was the
most powerful to hit the island nation
in recorded history and the tsunami it
unleashed traveled across the Pacific
Ocean, triggering tsunami warnings
and alerts for 50 countries and
territories as far away as the western
coasts of Canada, the U.S. and Chile.
The quake triggered more than 160
aftershocks in the first 24 hours – 141
measuring greater than 5.0-magnitude.
Personal Events
Birthdays
OT Branyan - 23 March
OT Murphy - 31 March
OT Ziegler - 26 April
OT Griffitt - 29 April
OT Griffitt’s Wife - 8 May
OT Camp’s Girlfriend - 21 May
OT Erwin’s Wife - 24 May
Upcoming Births
OT Cheney’s Daughter - 21 April
Wedding Anniversaries
OT Erwin - 14 March
Other
OT Barger will find out what the
gender of his child will be - 22 March
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