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- [Announcer] Welcome
to the March 2020 UTA

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and this edition of The Barrel.

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Secretary of Defense Mark
Esper announced the nomination

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of General Charles Q.
Brown to serve as the 22nd

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Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

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Known across the Force as CQ,
General Brown is scheduled

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to assume command this summer

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following congressional approval.

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He's currently serving as the
Pacific Air Force's commander

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with more than 2900 flying hours,

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primarily in the F-16 Fighting Falcon,

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including 130 combat flying hours.

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General Brown says he's been
guided through his career

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with these four tenets.

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Execute a high standard, be
disciplined in execution,

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pay attention to the
details, and have fun.

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ARPC introduced a virtual
tracking status bar

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for Guard and Reserve
members so they can monitor

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in real time their submitted
retirement applications.

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To view the status bar,
applicants must navigate

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to the Action Requests tab in
the Virtual Personnel Center

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and select the Retirement
Application Status link

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in the Retirement section.

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The 914th Operations Group

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and the 328th Air Refueling
Squadron took a trip

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to MacDill Air Force Base to participate

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in a multi-day trainee
exercise last month.

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Airmen loaded up four KC-135s and took off

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to support other fighter
squadrons with several hundreds

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of hours of required training.

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The Beat the Boss video game competition

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is scheduled the kick off this Saturday

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at the Heritage Room at the
Community Activity Center.

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The event starts at 1630 and ends at 1800.

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Build a team to compete
against our leadership

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in a 2v2 Call of Duty matchup.

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There's also trivia where
anyone with a smartphone

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can join in as well as a retro gaming area

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with board and card games.

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Come out and meet new friends
with similar interests

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as we build a gaming community

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for our Traditional Reserve Airmen.

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That's it for this edition of The Barrel.

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at 914ARW or download our Af Connect app

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for the latest information and news.