JET LETTER

North Dakota Air National Guard May-June 2007

Happy Hooligans

return from Iraq
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Hooligan teaches life savers for 20 years

119th Maintenance in Iraq

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Take your child to work day at the North Dakota Air National

Guard

Afterburner

Lessons learned in anti-terrorism

Commander's comments 3

Bulletins

Fargo AirSho 2007, Fargo Air Museum, Free, anonymous mental

health self-assessment available

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Feature

CONTENTS

May-June 2007

Photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp,

119th Communication Flight

JET LETTER sTaff

Retirements, Promotions, New Members, 2007 UTA Schedule

Hooligan News 11

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119th Wing Hooligan member

gently holds his son's head in his

hand as he searches through a pile

of luggage at the North Dakota Air

National Guard upon his return

from Iraq April 21.

North Dakota Air National Guard state employee David E. Belcher

works with the Minn-Kota Chapter of the Red Cross teaching CPR.

17 members of the 119th Maintenance Squadron deployed to

Balad Air Base, Iraq.

Hooligans returning to cheers of joy 6-7 Picture story of recent Happy Hooligan troop returns.

A celebration of courage and heart 8-9 20 years ago then-1st Lt. Robert J. Becklund made a life saving

flight in an F-4. A reunion was held at the Fargo Air Museum for all

those involved.
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 Contrary to popular belief,

terrorists are very specific about

their targets. Terrorists have

always done surveillance prior to

attack. Timothy McVeigh

scouted out the Alfred P. Murrah

Building in Oklahoma City several

times before his attack.

Meticulous planning, to include

preoperational surveillance, is a

hallmark of Al-Qaeda terrorist

attacks. They assess two

elements: Ease of Surveillance

and Ease of Access. Our Random

Anti-Terrorism Measures

(RAMs) and base-wide alertness

will deter the terrorists. This help

in deterrence does not lie

completely in the Security Forces

arena. With all of us alert to suspicious behavior, we become a forcemultiplier for Security Forces. Although there is no way to stop all

terrorism, we want to appear as a hard target. Knowing that surveillance is

a large percentage of why a terrorist picks a target can help us. We also

know that terrorists will chose “softer” targets over difficult ones. The

North Dakota Attorney General, Wayne Stenjhem, stated that if North

Dakota appears too difficult to attack, the enemy may pass us by, and

move on to the next “softer” target.

I attended a vulnerability assessment course at the Grand Forks Air

Force Base. One instructor told the story about how he was assigned to

teach anti-terrorism at the Pentagon immediately after Sep. 11, 2001. It was

three weeks after the attacks and a government employee at the Pentagon

approached the instructor after class. The employee stated that on Sep. 9,

a cab driver asked him where the Pentagon employees congregate in case

of evacuation and asked if he should report that to anyone. At that point,

three weeks after Sep. 11, it was a little late to report the suspicious

question.

The arrest of individuals planning to attack Fort Dix, New Jersey is an

excellent example of someone reporting suspicious activity. This group

had video taped themselves shooting weapons and chanting. They took

the video to a store to have it put on CD and the store employee reported

them to the authorities.

If you see something that “just doesn’t feel right”, report it to Security

Forces at extension 911. It may be the tip that convinces the terrorists we

are not worth targeting. We know that there will always be terrorism, but

remember, “Every Airman is a Sensor”. Together we can make a difference

in deterring Terrorism.

"We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people

who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the

fight against...terrorism." Madeline Albright

Bulletin briefs

Lessons learned in anti-terrorism

119th Security Forces Squadron Commander

Commander's comments

Fargo AirSho 2007

The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels are returning to

the Fargo AirSho. The Blue Angels team,

which serves as the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, also performed in Fargo in

2005, 2002 and 1997. The dates for the show

are June 16 and 17 at Hector International

Airport in Fargo. For more information and

ticket info, go to the Fargo AirSho website:

www.fargoairsho.com.

Fargo Air Museum

See the Happy Hooligan Heritage 'Impact on

the World' exhibit at the Fargo Air Museum

(FAM). The exhibit runs until December 31,

2007. Please visit the FAM’s website:

www.fargoairmuseum.org for more information

Free, anonymous mental health

self-assessment available

Have you been feeling consistently moody or

sad? Can’t relax or concentrate? Been

alternating between highs and lows? Have

you been troubled by unexplained aches and

pains? Are you unable to eat or sleep? If so,

you may be suffering from a mental health

disorder.

The military is offering free online mental

health and alcohol self-assessments for a

range of common emotional situations that

often go undiagnosed and misunderstood. If

you’ve been feeling disconnected and unlike

your usual self lately, this program can help

you put the pieces back together. The selfassessment program offers self-tests for

depression, bipolar disorder, generalized

anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress

disorder. It is available at

www.MilitaryMentalHealth.org.

Once the self-assessment is completed, you

will be given information on where to turn for

a full evaluation. The Mental Health SelfAssessment Program is a voluntary,

anonymous mental health and alcohol selfassessment and referral program offered to

military families and service members affected

by deployment. It is offered online 24/7, as

well as through local in-person events. This

program is offered without charge through the

Department of Defense Office of Health

Affairs. More information contact Maj. Tamie

Gerntholz, RN, 119th Wing health promotion

manager at Ext 628.
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Photo and story by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp

119th Communications Flight

One and two and three and four, wait now, is that 5

compressions for one breath, or is it 15 compressions for two

breaths? I think it is now 30 compressions with two breaths. If

you’re not sure how many chest compressions per rescue

breath it takes to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

in an emergency it might be time for you to pay a visit to David

E. Belcher because Belcher is a North Dakota Air National

Guard state employee firefighter and volunteer CPR trainer for

the American Red Cross.

Belcher first began teaching CPR for the Red Cross in 1983

because “I was looking for something to do during my off-time

on swing shifts with the North Dakota Air National Guard fire

department and I already had the training, so I thought I might

as well get certified to train others” and more than 20 years later

he is still training people to save lives. He estimates that he has

taught at least one class per month over that time span and is

entering his busy time of the year for CPR training. It is in the

spring that he might teach as many as four or five CPR classes

per month as camp councelors and life guards need to renew

their training for their summer jobs, and thanks to David

Belcher the kids can enter the water knowing full well that the

life guards have the proper training to handle emergencies.

The Minn-Kota chapter of the American Red Cross

executive director Sheri Thomsen estimates that Belcher has

trained over 3,000 individuals to perform CPR through the Red

Cross over more than 20 years and the Minn-Kota chapter

trained 25,000 people last year alone.

At the North Dakota Air National Guard he teaches the

emergency responder version of the class to his fellow fire

fighters to meet their requirements and go over the newest

techniques. He also teaches adult CPR to other members of the

organization who are likely to need the training.

David Belcher first performed CPR on a person in an

emergency when he was only 19 years old while working as a

volunteer for the East Grand Forks, Minn. fire department and

estimates that he has had the opportunity to take the life saving

measures eight to ten times since then, mostly while working as

an emergency medical technician for Casselton Ambulance

Service, Casselton, N.D.

Everyone knows that CPR training is important training for

emergency responders but Belcher stresses that beginning CPR

measures quickly are critical in an emergency, as “the sooner

you can begin CPR compressions the better the chances are for

the victim to recover, which is why it is so important for people

in the community to receive the training.” The American Heart

Association says “about 75 to 80 percent of all out-of-hospital

cardiac arrests happen at home, so being trained to perform

CPR can mean the difference between life and death for a loved

one,” and goes on to stress “effective bystander CPR, provided

immediately after cardiac arrest, can double a victim’s chance of

survival.”

If you are interested in stacking the life saving deck in your

favor contact your local Red Cross office to register for classes.

In Fargo, N.D. the Red Cross director of education and training

is Cindy Christensen. She can be reached at (701)364-1800 and

the web address is www.fargoredcross.org.

Hooligan teaches life savers for 20 years

119th Wing member,

far right, demonstrates

the proper technique for

administering infant

CPR to 119th Civil

Engineer Squadron fire

fighters. The CPR

training is required

annually for fire

fighters in the Air

National Guard.

Photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, 119th Communications Flight
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119th Maintenance in Iraq

A Wing member of the 119th

Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

changes a nose tire on an F-16

during his deployment to Balad,

Iraq Mar. 28.

Story by TSgt Samantha J. Clarke

119th Services Flight

Seventeen members of the 119th Aircraft Maintenance

Group returned to Fargo, N.D. from Balad Air Base, Iraq April

21.

The Hooligan group that deployed to Iraq from midFebruary to late April was made up of crew chiefs, avionics

technicians, troops from the AIS pod shop and aviation

resource management.

The experience was like no other; however, the work

wasn’t much different from what they had been training for

back home. A 119th Wing Hooligan worked as the specialists

expediter, the Red Ball crew superintendent, assisted his

avionics specialists and also as the avionics flightline element

superintendent. He said “FOCUS training and Self-aid and

Buddy Care training played a big role when you throw in

events like incoming mortars and other situations that you

cannot be complaisant about.” He went on to say “The work

was like an ORI 24/7 with real incoming mortars.”

For the crew chiefs the mission was to keep the aircraft in

flying condition. The other Hooligans were maintaining the

aircraft, radars and compiling training data for pilots. All of

them worked 12-hour shifts.

There was a bit of a learning curve going from A-model

F-16s to C-models, especially working with targeting pods and

camera pods that are rarely used back in the U.S. Seeing the

change in roles of fighter jets was a great experience for many.

An an avionics journeyman, said, “You really see the larger

picture over there. One huge thing I noticed was the

interaction with the Army and the Air Force. They were our

fighters on the ground, going outside the wire. When they

needed us, we were there to protect them from the skies.”

Story by Tech. Sgt. ThomasR. Lawrence

119th Maintenance Squadron

Many of the deployed 119th Maintenance personnel at

Balad Air Force Base, Iraq volunteered at the hospital during

their spare time.

 My first day as a volunteer at the hospital in Balad was

almost short-lived. I hadn’t made it over to the pad to do the

training required to transport patients, and I don’t really have a

medical background so finding a place to fit in was kind of

hard. After wandering around for about an hour looking for

someplace to work I came across a Lt. Col. who was also

volunteering in ICU 3. ICU 3 is a ward used for Iraqi military,

police, and civilians. It is actually one of the busiest places in

the hospital. The wards for American and coalition personnel

were fairly vacant in comparison, which is a good thing.

I hung around there for a while and helped with things like

folding laundry and restocking supplies. I also helped with the

hourly vital checks, running to and from the lab, and getting

prescriptions.

My next time back at the hospital went a little smoother

than the first day; I went straight to ICU 3. Most of the same

people that were there the first day were on shift again, so I

started to shadow one of the ‘med techs’ I met the first time. I

helped with tasks that required an extra set of hands when

there weren't enough med techs available to help, which is

where I felt the most useful. From then on I went straight to

ICU 3 when I would get over to the hospital.

I saw some gruesome stuff while I was there; things like

gunshot wounds to the head and IED blast wounds that had

taken off limbs. One thing that really got to me was the

children that came through the hospital. Another thing that

sticks out in my mind was an Iraqi civilian that had a leg blown

off by an IED. Here was a guy that had the right to be mad

about what happened to him,

instead he was very appreciative for

everything we were doing for him.

A couple of the things that I will take

away from this experience are the

friendships that I made and a new

appreciation for the awesome things

that medical personnel can do.

Hooligans Volunteer while deployed

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua A. Vonbank,

119th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
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Hooligans returnin

Photos and story by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp

119th Communications Flight

Happy Hooligans returning to the joyous applause of

family and friends has been a common sight lately in various

locations around Fargo, N.D. Recent deployments to the

middle east have culminated in happy homecomings.

North Dakota Air National Guard members have been

coming and going regularly on deployments around the

world in support of the global war on terror in numbers

Right, a mother proudly watches her son drink a cold glass of

milk upon his return from Iraq to Hector International Airport

May 15. He told his family that cold milk was something he

missed from home while he was deployed, so they had a cold glass

waiting for him when he returned.

Above, a !ing member from the 119th Maintenance Group, shakes

hands with unit members from the N.D. Air National Guard H.Q.,

as he arrives at the NDANG by bus upon his return from

deployment to Iraq April 21.

A 119th Wing airman follows his fellow 119th Civil Engineer Squadron members into a sea of well-wishers at Hector

International Airport May 15. He was one of six North Dakota Air National Guard members returning from a four month

deployment to Iraq.
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ng to cheers of joy

ranging from one to 60 or more since 911. Often times the

deploying unit members come and go unnoticed by the public

as they slip in and out of town at all hours of the night and day,

many times because unit members want it that way for various

reasons.

NDANG family program coordinator Jody Harms says, "We

haven't always been able to notify the public about returning

NDANG members because of the sensitive nature of some of

the missions, but we try to show all of them as much

appreciation as possible. We always try to provide moral

support and education for deployed troops and their family

members."

She wants co-workers and family members to know that

they can contact the family program to let the organization

know how they think returning unit members would like to be

welcomed home, as circumstances allow.

Troop homecoming welcomes are always heartwarming,

whether it is a few special loved-ones or a mob at the airport.

The hope for the person stepping off the plane is that it is just

the way that they want it.

An airman from the 119th Aircraft Maintenace Squadron,

hugs his daughter upon return to the North Dakota Air

National Guard after his deployment to Iraq.

A 119th Wing member leads a

group of North Dakota Air

National Guard Civil Engineer

Squadron members into the Hector

International Airport terminal

upon return from Iraq to salutes

from members of the Patriot Guard

Riders and cheers from friends

and family.

Airwomen from the North Dakota Air National Guard

diHeadquarters, proudly display their Happy Hooligan welcome

home sign at Hector International Airport May 15.
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Story and photos by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp

119th Communications Flight

A special group of people gathered at the Fargo Air

Museum in Fargo, N.D. on May 15 to celebrate the 20-year

anniversary of a gift of life.

In the morning hours of Dec. 22, 1986 a four-month old boy

named Michael McCann lost his life and his parents Steve and

Karen made a courageous decision in the midst of their grieving

to give the gift of life to another infant by donating their son’s

heart.

Due to an unlikely chain of events and heroic decisions

and acts by many people over the next several hours, it was a

North Dakota Air National Guard F-4 Phantom that raced

through dark early morning skies to deliver the heart from North

Dakota to California, where 5-month old Andrew De La Pena

waited desperately for that heart.

In 1986 heart transplants were not common and infant heart

transplants were rare. Doctors at the Stanford University

Medical Center, Stanford, Cal. told Stephen and Deborah De La

Pena ‘very emphatically’ that the window of time that a heart

would be viable for transplant into their young son was four

hours. The clock started ticking when a tiny heart was

recovered from little Michael McCann at 11:45 p.m. at St. Luke’s

Hospital (now Merit Care Hospital) in Fargo, N.D.

Dramatic events began to unfold in the frigid winter

darkness as one of the engines on a Lear Jet designated to

transport the tiny heart failed to start in the early morning hours

in Fargo.

A celebration of courage and heart

Above, retired Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Macdonald, the former

North Dakota adjutant general, shakes hands with Col. Robert

J. Becklund, 119th Wing commander, as they discuss their

actions during the events that happened 20 years earlier.

Below, from left to right, heart recipient Andrew De La Pena,

his father and mother Stephen De La Pena and Deborah

McCarthy, visit for the first time with heart donor parents

Steve and Karen McCann.
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Thankfully, one of the transplant team doctors decided to

call North Dakota Governor George Sinner for a solution. ThenGovernor Sinner now calls it ‘divine intervention’ that he

thought of tasking the North Dakota Air National Guard F-4s on

24-hour alert status. He called Maj. Gen. Alexander P.

Macdonald, who was the N.D. Adjutant General at the time, and

asked for use of the alert aircraft. Retired Maj. Gen. Macdonald

says ‘it took him all of 30 seconds to agree to the special flight’

and began the process of having an F-4 released from its

NORAD alert commitment.

A few minutes later a phone rang at the alert facility and

the pilot on duty, 1st Lt. Robert J. Becklund, answered the call to

one of the most unusual missions in his now long and

distinguished career which he continues today as a colonel and

the 119th Wing commander.

Then-1st Lt. Becklund raced to the waiting F-4 and prepared

for the cross-country flight in the two-seat F-4, which he would

have to fly solo in order to make room for a little red and white

cooler containing the precious cargo of a human heart. He

landed at Moffett Naval Air Station, Sunnyvale, Cal., at 6:20

a.m. Pacific time, and now says “I was just the guy on duty that

night” and the beauty about the Air National Guard is that “we

are available to be called upon by our governors for state and

local emergencies and the President for federal disasters or to

support the global war on terrorism, and to be called upon by

the governor is not an unusual thing. We are called upon quite

frequently, we have our assets at their disposal and we are

ready for them (the governors) to use them for whatever they

need.”

Andrew’s mother, Deborah, recalls being very uneasy

about the time it had taken to get the heart to Stanford. It had

been more than seven hours since the heart had been

recovered by the time it arrived in surgery with the transplant

team and she nervously asked the doctors if they had missed

their window for success. Dr. Vaughn Starnes, a member of the

transplant team, ‘looked her in the eye and said it’s going to

work,’ and it did.

If anyone had done anything less during any step in the

process that morning Andrew De La Pena may not be here

today. Andrew is 20 years old and the heart is beating

stronger than ever. He was a varsity swimmer at his high

school and senior class president as well as countless

community service activities and currently attends Loyola

University, New Orleans, La, appropriately majoring in

drama.

By any standards, he has made good use of the

second chance given to him. He says he is grateful to all of

the people involved and “there is not a pulse that goes

through my veins without appreciating the gift they gave

me.”

Former North Dakota governor George Sinner greets Andrew

De La Pena at Hector International Airport May 13. Governor

Sinner was instramental in the decision to use a North Dakota

Air National Guard F-4 to transport Andrew's new heart after

a civilian jet which was originally designated to transport the

heart had an engine failure.

From left to right Col.

Robert J. Becklund flew

the F-4 that delivered

the transplant heart,

Andrew De La Pena is

the heart recipient, and

Marguerite E. Brown,

RN, MSN, is a member

of the team that

recovered the heart.

Marguerite Brown was

the Stanford University

Medical Center nurse

who handed the little red

and white cooler with

the tiny heart in it to

Col. Becklund as he

prepared to speed off

into the night in his F-4

to California
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By Master Sgt. John W. Noone (ret.)

119th Communications Flight

Hasta la Vista

“Hasta la Vista” means “See you later”. If I was naming the

new flagship operating system my multi-billion dollar company

was producing, I wouldn’t have settled on “Vista”. Oh I get the

jist of the name. “Vista” is a word meaning “view”, “outlook”, or

“prospect”, a first definition being a “view seen through a long

narrow passage”. So Microsoft is making a twee connection

between “Windows” and “Vista”.

A surprise 'pin-on' and

swearing in of a new Col. of

the 119th Mission Support

Group commander, at his

deployed base in Iraq.

The promotion ceremony

was "Quite an honor for me

to officiate/participate;

especially knowing the

United States Air Force

garners a fantastic senior

officer who will always

remember his pin-on in the

combat area of

responsability. "

One of the problems with the name is that a lot of people

aren’t quite sure how to say it. Is it “veesta” as in “See you

later”, or “vista” as in “Hey mista! I like your sistah!”? I hear it

both ways. On the “Hi I’m a Mac. And I’m a PC” commercials, I

think they say “Vissta” like “sistah” but I enjoy the

commercials so much, I always forget to note how they say it.

I really enjoy the “Hi I’m a Mac” commercials. They are

spot on. So spot on, that I notice there has been no retaliatory

response from Microsoft yet. I mean, what are they gong to

do? Say that Vista hasn’t been a disappointment? Say that you

won’t need a new video card, more RAM, and that all of your

programs and peripherals will work just fine? Personally, I have

never used Vista and have only seen it running on the shiny

new floor models at Best Buy, which is what Vista is really

about in my opinion; selling new PCs. There’s a track record. I

have a coupon to get a free upgrade license to put it on the

new laptop I bought, but honestly, I am afraid to do it. There

are a lot of horror stories out there. Best to wait for the Service

Pack, even though Vista wasn’t supposed to have Service

Packs.

Vista is coming to your workplace, but there is really no

telling when. There is a Vista version of the Standard Desktop

Configuration in testing right now. But I wouldn’t be surprised

if there were restrictions on the class of machine that SDC will

be able to be loaded on, and eventually we will have to

upgrade a few machines to get everyone on Vista. But that’s

speculation on my part and it is inevitable. Just like the Arnold

in “The Terminator”. It’s an irresistible force.
JET LETTER/May-June 2007 11

119 MOF

Retirements

SMSgt Gietzen, Theodore H.

119 CF

Promotions

SSgt Brummer, Amie K.

SSgt Jennen, James R.

SrA Schiele, Kristofer L.

119 LRS

Promotions

MSgt Bakke, Arthur M.

TSgt Anderson, Nathan T.

TSgt Kent, Nathan L.

SSgt Shackelford, Kent D.

Retirements

SMSgt Clarke, Robert J.

MSgt Bollinger, Todd M.

178 FS

Promotions

SMSgt Kensmoe, Tracey R.

119 MSF

Promotions

SSgt Collins, Michael E.

Retirements

MSgt Heise, Monica J.

119 AMS

Promotions

SrA Keck, Robert S.

119 WG

Retirements

MSgt Breidenbach, Scott A.

119 STF

New Members

A1C Logan, Jamal E.

AB Foss, Erik R.

119 SVF

Promotions

TSgt Rolph, Amber M.

Retirements

TSgt. Kelly, Joseph M.

119 CES

Promotions

TSgt Rippy, Matthew H.

SSgt Tornell, Adam L. C.

Retirements

MSgt Heise, Christopher A.

119 SFS

Promotions

TSgt Augdahl, Jason E.

TSgt Seguin, Todd P.

SSgt Farder, Audrey L.

SSgt Schroeder, Jonathan H.

New Members

SrA Gaukler, Nathanael D.

SrA Llewelleyn, Matt C.

SrA Strehlow, Gemenie J.

119 MDG

Promotions

SMSgt Anders, Michael J.

119 MXG

Promotions

CMSgt Johnson, Bradley V.

Retirements

MSgt Sjoblom, Dorothy J.

119 MXS

Promotions

SMSgt Crabtree, Ronald R.

SMSgt Idso, Joseph P.

MSgt Weis, Gary W.

SSgt Czapiewski, Dustin J.

SSgt Larson, Cody L.

SSgt Lougheed, Michael L.

Saturday, June 2

Main Line Speed Line

Sweet & Sour Chicken Hamburgers

Roast Beef French fries

Egg Rolls Corn on the cob

Rice Assorted Desserts

Stir Fry Vegetables

Chicken Noodle soup

Sunday, June 3

Main line Speed Line

BBQ Pork Spare Ribs Pizza

Caribbean Jerk Chicken French Fries

Baked Potato Green Beans

Corn

Assorted Desserts

Tomato Soup, Salad Bar

Retirees' corner

By Chief Master Sgt. Jack Tietgens (ret.),

119th Fighter Wing

 Retirements, Promotions, New Members 2007 UTA Schedule

June 2-3

July 14-15

August 11-12

September 8-9

October 6-7

November 17-18

December 1-2

Family program

Military One Source can now be

found on the internet at

www.militaryonesource.com.

Military One Source is free for all

and has been created for a variety of

Department of Defense and family

issues. It is available twenty-four

hours a day, seven days per week by

telephone at 800-342-9647.

 2007 Auger Inn Events

September 14 - Pork-alo Feed

December 8 - Children's Christmas

June UTA meals

There will be a Hooligan reunion/reception at the Auger Inn following the

Fargo AirSho 2007. Colonel Becklund and the Auger Inn management

are extending quite an effort to make this an enjoyable afternoon and

evening. Refreshments and food will be available, including finger food

and Harvey Scholl’s pork for BBQ sandwiches. This event is open to all

retired and active Hooligans and their guests.

An informational e-mail is periodically sent to retirees if an e-mail

address is available. Send your e-mail address, or change, to

jctietgens@cableone.net to be included in the e-mailing.
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TO THE FAMILY OF:

JET LETTER

119th WING

North Dakota Air National Guard

1400 28th Ave N

Fargo ND 58102-1051

Bulk Rate

U.S. Postage

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