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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH No. 16 • APRIL 26, 2013

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By Senior Airman Kelly Galloway 439th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

“Hey sexy ... you single?”I turned to see a fellow Airman in

training; standing about 5 foot 8 inches tall, dark hair and eyes. Over the next four months, I heard this fellow class-mate repeat the same line more than a couple dozen times.

It wasn’t just me he had an eye for; it was a handful of my new girlfriends as well. We laughed it off. All of us had just completed basic training and were beginning another chapter in our brand-new military careers at technical school. Why make enemies at the start?

About a month in, I grew tired of the cheesy pick-up lines and over-used sexual innuendos. I asked one of our ropes (student leader) to step in to have a chat with the guy regarding how un-comfortable he made me.

Unfortunately, that chat didn’t have much of an effect on the Airman and as “luck” would have it, I sat next to him during class.

Lucky me, right?I was pretty good at letting his sug-

gestive comments fl ow in one ear and out the other, careful not to show it bothered me (as that only added fuel to his fi re).

Up to this point, his words were the only offensive thing he had been do-ing. But then I dropped my pencil. As I stooped over to pick it up I heard a loud voice boom throughout the classroom.

“Are you serious, Airman?”Startled, I nearly smacked my head

off the table trying to sit back up. With our entire class now looking back to-ward us, our two class leaders, Marines, shrugged them away and stated “We’ll talk about this at break – carry on.”

Unbeknownst to me, this guy had just executed one of the foulest and most sexually suggestive hand gestures behind my head. The class leaders luckily sat behind us and saw what he had just done.

That was the fi nal straw. The class leaders already knew how annoyed I was by his behavior and asked if I wanted to take this latest development

“up the chain.” I had no intention of getting anyone

in trouble since we were all brand new to the military. I’d hoped that the class leaders had scared him enough by this point and decided against it – ask-ing only to move seats to get away from him.

With my new location in the class-room, I felt a bit more at ease. Although the Airman now had one of his male friends start to jeer me because I had gotten him in trouble. I felt beaten and angry. I had no control over the situation. It wasn’t “my” fault he did what he did.

He was lucky I didn’t take it up the chain of command.

About a week after the hand gesture incident, I’d had it with the remarks from him and his friend. That’s when I asked one of our former ropes in our dormitory to have a talk with these two guys.

This former rope commanded the respect of all the guys in the Airman dormitory; certainly he would be able to have an impact on this guy. Shortly after the discussion this time, the jokes and rude remarks stopped altogether. The Airman and his friend now completely avoided me. Victory at last!

Three months later, two weeks before our class graduation date, a female in-structor came up to me as I was on my way back from a class assignment.

“Airman Galloway, follow me please,” she said.

I proceeded down the hallway and into a small room with a handful of computers and two girls from my class already in place.

Confusion and a spark of panic overcame me when the door was shut behind me and I realized something serious was going on. One of the female Airmen had been crying and her eyes were still puffy and red.

“Galloway, as I understand, you had a harassment issue with a particular Air-man?” my instructor asked.

I acknowledged her question and explained my experience with the group and asked why this was just coming to light as the incident happened nearly

three months prior.Her response shook me to the core

as she explained that the two female Airmen, fellow classmates, had just had the same type of harassment, only it had gone above what this man had done to me.

The Airman allegedly grabbed one of the girls and cornered her in an area where we kept our equipment. He put his hand over her mouth and pushed her back against the lockers – pressing his body against hers and proceeded to kiss his hand in a suggestive way.

This was why I was being called into the room. The other girl was witness to what happened and they both wanted to open an investigation after speaking with the sexual assault response coordi-nator on base.

They knew I had been in a situation and wanted to know if I also wanted to open an investigation.

I realized that what was thought to be simple, but annoying, joking was turning into something much more serious.

How much more would his behavior deteriorate? What if I had reported this incident when it happened to me? Would this still have happened to this girl?

The thoughts in my mind raced. I agreed to speak to the sexual assault response coordinator.

The concept of an entire offi ce com-mitted to sexual assault boggled me.

I had no idea what was in store as the three of us walked into the SARC of-fi ce to again explain what happened. To my relief, the offi cer was approachable and sincere; she made every effort to ease our minds and explained what was going to happen.

All three of us had to give her our written statements separately and with-out prejudice.

After reviewing our statements, she concluded that there was a defi nite issue and asked us individually if we wanted to proceed with a restricted or unrestricted report.

A restricted report requires the member to be in status and can only report the incident to medical

Joint Base San Antonio-RandolphEditorial Staff

Brig. Gen. Theresa C. CarterJBSA/502nd Air Base Wing Commander

Todd G. WhiteJBSA/502nd ABW Public Affairs Director

Marilyn C. HollidayJBSA-Randolph Public Affairs ChiefAirman 1st Class Lincoln Korver

EditorRobert GoetzAlex SalinasStaff Writers

Maggie ArmstrongGraphic Designer

COMMENTARYAir Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Phillips, 902nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and Becky, 902nd SFS MWD, demonstrate the capabilities of the K-9 unit during Air Force at the Alamo, one of many San Antonio-wide Fiesta events April 22. Other Air Force units featured were from JBSA-Lackland's MWD team, Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit and the Lackland Drum and Bugle Corps.Photo by Joshua Rodriguez

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ACTING ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT

If it isn't you, it's the person next to you

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By Maj. Daniel KatkaJoint Base San Antonio Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Community Relations Program director

Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Community Relations Program Director

Many people believe that the hardest part for a sexual assault victim, rather than the actual assault, is the medi-cal exam, investigation and/or prosecution that follows.

However, the impact of sexual assault can last a lifetime and the effects are undoubtedly felt when a victim attempts to transition back to their nor-mal functioning, including returning to work, seeing friends and other daily activities.

Both publicly and privately, sexual assault vic-tims struggle daily to adjust to their life after a sexual assault.

Publicly, victims of sexual assault have to interact with others, many of them who may know or fi nd out about the assault. The person may notice oth-ers treating them differently. He or she may notice that at work, whispers or chatter stop mid-stream as they move around the working area.

There’s a justifi able paranoia victims experience that others are always talking about the assault. Sometimes victims feel isolated because people avoid them. Some-

times people just don’t know what to say, what to think or what to believe.

Frequently, victims see these behaviors as a constant judgement from others, and they will frequently isolate themselves. Unfortunately, isolation does not heal the pain as it follows victims everywhere they go.

Privately, victims of sexual assault struggle with the dif-ferent emotions and thoughts associated with this pain.

A victim may not see the same person in the mir-ror as they did prior to the assault. Feelings such as hopelessness, emptiness and anxiety are common among sexual assault victims.

Many survivors of sexual assault describe their recovery as fi nding a “new normal” because post-assault life is forever changed.

Many sexual assault victims suffer with trust and relationship insecurities.

In a relationship, they have problems with inti-

macy, whether sexual or non-sexual. Many victims start to second guess their decisions on friendships and establishing relationships.

The military recognizes the torment that vic-tims of sexual assault experience. The Joint Base San Antonio community encourages those who are struggling to adjust and heal to reach out to local programs that work with victims and assist them on their road to healing.

The reality is recovering from sexual assault is easier with support from loved ones and profession-als who understand the impact sexual violence has on an individual.

Joint Base San Antonio Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program can connect you to local ad-vocates affi liated with your service branch who are there solely to support.

They can act as a voice with fi rst responders and chain of command, as well as connect victims to professional services such as counseling.

Victims can also request that their information remain confi dential.

If you are victim of sexual assault who has been strug-gling, call the Joint Base San Antonio SAPR Hotline at 808-SARC (7272).

You don’t have to be alone. We are here to help.

Sexual assault support: Prevention, response team here to helpNEWS

personnel, SARC or a victim ad-vocate, but an unrestricted report means the member can report the incident to investigative agencies such as the Air Force Offi ce of Spe-cial Investigation or security forces, as well as to members in their chain of command such as the fi rst ser-geant, supervisor or commander.

All three of us wanted the unre-stricted report.

We were sent back to the dormitory after meeting with the SARC to speak with our military training leaders.

Upon arrival, the captain was al-ready waiting for us. As we entered her offi ce, coming to attention and visibly shaken, she asked us to sit down.

Up until this point, we had not

had any personal interaction with this busy offi cer and had grown to fear having to report to her.

“Ladies, fi rst of all I want you to know that you are not alone,” she said. “Secondly, I want to assure you that this Airman will be dealt with and I will do everything to ensure your safety and confi dentiality of this situation, but you need to ensure the confi dentiality on your end as well.”

“Yes, Ma’am,” we simultaneously squeaked out.

We had already signed confi-dentiality agreements and were ordered not to talk about the situ-ation to any of our classmates.

After an hour of conversing with the captain, she released us to go back to

our rooms to deal with what had just occurred in our own manner. What had started as a normal day had taken such a dramatic turn of events. Our minds were warped. We were mentally exhausted.

A team of OSI agents came to our dormitory as well as military police, who went through the Airman’s room seeking incriminating evidence.

They pulled him from class and brought him back to the dorms so that he could pack his belongings.

He was being isolated from the rest of the dorm, moving onto the fi rst fl oor near our MTL’s offi ces.

We were only two weeks from graduating. Because of this inci-dent, the Airman jeopardized his

marriage, his security clearance and his military career.

Beginning in basic training, all of the advice from my military training instructor had prepared me for some-thing like this, though I never thought I would be involved in a “SARC” case. It was something we had joked and laughed about training.

Yet my MTI knew better. Before we left his watchful eye, he warned us that an alarming number of technical school SARC cases do hap-pen and will happen and that we should prepare ourselves. His words still rang in my ear like reveille in the morning.

“If it isn’t you, it’s the person next to you.”

COMMENTARY from P2

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By Robert GoetzJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs

Students at Randolph Elementary School will soon have an opportunity to experience one of their active-duty parents’ most important missions.

Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Airman and Family Readiness Center staff members, with the help of other Randolph organizations, will introduce third-, fourth- and fi fth-grade students to the deploy-ment process as part of Operation FLAGS May 3 on the elementary school campus.

Operation FLAGS, which stands for Families Learning About Global Support, has become some-what of a tradition at Air Force bases, a means of educating families about what their loved ones go through when they deploy.

“This event will be geared to our youth and will show them what it’s like to go through a deployment,” Criselda Smith, 902nd Force Support Squadron community readi-ness consultant, said. “It’s a mock trial for them to make their parents’ experience relatable.”

More than 300 students assigned to three 45-min-ute time slots during their physical education classes will go through a four-step process that seeks to repli-cate an active-duty member’s deployment experience. Starting in the school gym, each group of some 100 students will go through in-processing, where they will be provided with dog tags and their mission state-

ment, then receive their gear, including helmets, gas masks and ABU tops. A Combat Arms Training and Maintenance weapons display is also planned.

After receiving their gear, students will go outside and pursue their mission – locating the adversary and enlist-

ing the help of a military working dog.“Once they accomplish that mission, there’ll be

a reintegration where they’ll turn in their gear and be welcomed back,” Master Sgt. Joe Ugarte, Airman and Family Readiness NCO in charge, said. “They’ll go through all the stages of what their mom or dad goes through on deployment.”

Smith said the “welcome home” will be espe-cially stirring.

“What’s really exciting is that when they come back from deployment, there’ll be music playing and people waving fl ags,” she said. “Volunteers will wave them on as they return to their classrooms.”

Volunteers will play an important role in Operation FLAGS, Ugarte said. They will include 902nd Logistics Readiness Squadron and 902nd Security Forces Squad-ron members as well as other active-duty members and civilians from Randolph.

However, he said more volunteers are needed for the event.

This year’s event offers a new approach, Smith said.“The children will get more of a feeling for deployment

and have more empathy for their parents,” she said. “It’s an opportunity to experience all aspects of deployment.

“You want families to be ready for deployment, too, so now we’re trying to educate children,” Smith added. “It’s a family effort.”

To sign up as a volunteer, call Ugarte or Smith at 652-5321.

Students experience deployment process during Operation FLAGS

Miguel Rendon observes an Air Force member in full Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear during Operation Families Learning About Global Support in June 2011.

Photo by Don Lindsey


From the Department of Veterans Affairs

The Veterans Affairs Depart-ment has launched a new hotline at 855-VA-WOMEN to receive and respond to questions from veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women veterans.

The service began accepting calls March 27.

“Some women veterans may not know about high-quality VA care and services available to them,” said VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki. “The hotline will allow us to fi eld their questions and provide critical in-formation about the latest enhance-ments in VA services.”

The hotline is staffed by VA em-ployees who can provide informa-tion about benefits, including health care services for women, officials said. Callers can be linked to in-formation on claims, education or

health care appointments, as well as information about VA cemeteries and memorial benefits.

Staff members can answer urgent questions and provide referrals to mental health and homeless services and Vet Center information.

Women make up nearly 15 per-cent of today’s active duty military and 18 percent of National Guard and Reserve forces. The number of women using VA health care was nearly 160,000 in 2000, and that number more than doubled to 354,000 in 2012.

Based on the upward trend of women in all branches of military

service, VA offi cials said, the number of women veterans using VA services will keep climbing.

As part of its commitment to mak-ing improvements for the growing population of women veterans, of-ficials noted, VA established an out-bound call center in 2010 to con-tact women veterans and encourage them to enroll in VA health care.

“In VA health care alone, women constitute only 6 percent of VA pa-tients, but those veterans have a high perception of the quality care they are receiving,” said Irene Trowell-Harris, director of VA’s Center for Women Veterans.

“Many women who served don’t self-identify as veterans, and therefore don’t think they qualify for VA benefi ts. We need to correct existing misinfor-mation and misperceptions so we can serve more women veterans with the benefi ts they’ve earned.”

Women veterans are entitled to apply for the same benefits as their male counterparts, which include health care and pharmacy benefits as well as education benefits, dis-ability compensation, home loans, employment assistance and more.

The 855-VA-WOMEN hotline joins numerous other VA hotlines that provide critical information and as-sistance to veterans, such as those for veterans in crisis and in danger of becoming homeless.

Veterans also can receive infor-mation and apply for benefi ts online at http://www.eBenefi ts.va.gov and manage their health care at http://MyHealtheVet.va.gov.

VA launches hotline for health care, women veteran questions

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By Robert GoetzJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs

Deployments can mean long days and nights for the families who are left behind, but there are ways to ease the pain of separation and maintain a normal routine.

The wife of an Air Force brigadier general, who knows the stressors of deployment well, has used her family’s experiences as the basis of a children’s book that helps families cope with the temporary absence of their fathers.

Kristin Ayyar’s “Countdown ‘Til Daddy Comes Home,” which was pub-lished this month, tells the story of a boy whose father, in his words, “is go-ing on a trip.” With the help of tools such as a countdown chart, a treasure box where he keeps things he wants to show his daddy when he returns, a “Daddy Bear,” books that feature his father’s voice and care packages his mother can send to his daddy, the boy is able to stay connected to his absent parent and live a normal life.

The self-published book also in-

cludes discussion questions that a mother can ask her children before and during the father’s absence and four ways a family can count down the days until the father returns.

“I wanted to combine a story for children with great suggestions for parents and caregivers,” Ayyar said. “To make sure I had the right dis-cussion questions, I talked to mental health professionals and a military family life consultant.”

Ayyar said she wrote the book some 10 years ago, when her teenage children were younger. However, she put it away until last year, when she dusted off the manuscript because she was unable to fi nd a suitable book that would help her 4-year-old daughter, Asha, cope with her father’s absences.

“There aren’t many that apply to the Air Force,” she said.

There also weren’t many that of-fered the quality she was seeking.

So Ayyar began the process to get the book published. She started a “kickstarter” campaign to help cover the publishing costs and searched for a publisher and illustrator.

It was an exhausting process, Ayyar said in her blog.

“When I started writing my book … I had no idea what I was getting my-

self into,” she wrote. “I now am offi cially a small business owner, blogger, social media consultant, web designer, public relations consultant, book distributor and public speaker.”

Ayyar found a publisher and hired an experienced illustrator, Melissa Bailey, through a freelancers’ website. She also used the services of her son, Vasan, as her “techie.”

“I narrowed the illustrators down to two and did focus groups,” she said, which included her daughter’s pre-school class as well as parents. “They all chose this illustrator.”

Ayyar described Bailey’s style as “between art and cartoon.”

Bailey based her illustrations on pho-tos of the Ayyar family, including Vasan, now 15, as the boy in the book.

Although the book is based on her Air Force family’s experiences, Ayyar said she purposely did not identify the father as an active-duty member. The only possible reference comes when he tells his son it’s his “duty to go.”

Air Force spouse’s children’s book helps families

Kristin Ayyar

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By Alex SalinasJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs

It is vital for all service members to be trained and profi -cient in deployment medical techniques, since most will experience a combat environment.

Self-Aid Buddy Care training, which encompasses fi rst-aid techniques for emergency situations, is a class the Air Force requires Airmen to take before they deploy or permanently change duty stations, to prevent long-term disabilities or casualties to those in the heat of battle.

Tech. Sgt. Reinaldo Martinez, 902nd Comptroller Squadron unit de-ployment manager, who deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, in December 2010, quickly learned the dangers of warfare and what it meant to be prepared for the unknown.

After volunteering to be on an emergency response team, balancing budgets and managing resources quickly turned into saving wounded civilians, military members and police, especially during a specifi c at-tack, Martinez said.

“It happened outside the wall of a compound; two bombers ap-proached out of nowhere and ‘boom, boom,’” he said. “Afghani police and military were in the area when the explosives were set off. I helped apply tourniquets (to prevent bleeding), drag bodies to safety, apply bandages and let medics take care of the rest.”

SABC training prepares attendees from all career fi elds for situations just like Martinez experienced.

“SABC is geared toward providing quick, open-wound care dur-ing combat, especially from live fi re (bullets), shrapnel and debris from bombs,” Tech. Sgt. Sheila Arguelles, SABC instructor from the 902nd CPTS, said.

SABC training also includes tactical fi eld care. This section includes how to properly carry a person to safety.

“These techniques are designed to take care of people within min-utes,” Arguelles said.

During her 2011 deployment to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Ar-guelles said the area nearby where she worked was riddled with mortar attacks, sometimes on a nightly basis.

Like Martinez and others in similar deployed environments, she was under constant threat and had to frequently seek shelter.

“For training like SABC, I used to think, ‘why do I need this?’” Arguelles said. “But in deployed situations or even on the home

front, it can become very useful.” The training also teaches members how to care for themselves “in

case buddies aren’t there to help,” which grants self-reliance in worst-case scenarios, Staff Sgt. Samuel Medellin, 359th Medical Group NCO in charge of medical training programs, said.

“You never know what can happen,” Martinez said. “No matter where you are, be prepared for anything.”

Every unit is required by Air Force Instruction 36-2644 to appoint SABC instructors for hands-on training.

Randolph typically has members take the training six months before they may deploy or PCS.

Members can contact their unit commander or SABC instructor to ensure they are up to date on the training.

'Buddy care' prepares members to treat combat injuries

Photo by Joel MartinezAir Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron Geer places an emergency bandage on Senior Master Sgt. Wayne Mobley during the Self-Aid Buddy Care Training Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph March 13.


“Somebody else’s daddy or mom-my would have to go if I didn’t,” he said.

Ayyar said it’s not “military-spe-cifi c” for a reason. Many civilian families also deal with separation.

“Everybody can identify with it,” she said. “It applies to lots of dif-ferent situations.”

Ayyar also said she chose not to give the boy a name.

“He’s everybody’s boy,” she said.

Ayyar, whose book can be found on various websites, in-cluding Amazon’s and Barnes & Noble’s, put on her public speaker hat last weekend for the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Airman and Fam-ily Readiness Center’s Hearts Apart event, which supports the families of deployed members. She’s already presented Story Time at the JBSA-Randolph Library, been interviewed on the Army Wife Network and will be signing copies of her book at a San Antonio Barnes & Noble store in June.

She’s not doing it for the money – she said it’s not a project that will make her rich – but she’s proud of the purpose it serves in the lives of families of deployed members.

“I hope it helps families stay connected and fi nd ways to make time go more quickly,” Ayyar said. “It’s about helping families solve problems.”

BOOK from P9

“Somebody else’s daddy or mom-my would have to go if I didn’t,”

Ayyar said it’s not “military-spe-cifi c” for a reason. Many civilian families also deal with separation.

“Everybody can identify with it,” she said. “It applies to lots of dif-

Ayyar also said she chose not

Apart event, which supports the families of deployed members. She’s already presented


Starting Monday, the two inbound lanes of the Main Gate and Harmon Drive will open and the two outbound lanes will be closed until May 24 for the second phase of an upgrade to the denial barriers.Please expect traffic congestion and obey directions from security forces and traffic officials.Beginning Monday, alternate gate hours during this upgrade are:• Main gate: Open Monday - Friday to inbound traffic only 6 a.m.-6 p.m.; Main gate will be closed to outbound traffic beginning Monday through May 24.

• West gate: Open 24/7 to inbound and outbound traffic.• East gate: Open Monday-Friday 6-8:30 a.m. to inbound traffic only and then to both inbound and outbound traffic 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Outbound traffic is right turn only.• South gate: Open Monday-Friday 6-8:30 a.m. to inbound traffic only and then to both inbound and outbound traffic 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Open Saturday from 6 a.m. to noon.Harmon Drive has been closed two lanes at a time since April 15 to facilitate the denial barrier upgrades at the Main gate. The project is scheduled to be complete May 24. For more information, go to http://www.jbsa.af.mil/news/story.

Incoming lanes to open at the JBSA-Randolph main gate Monday, April 29;Outbound lanes to close Monday through May 24



As part of National Fitness Month, the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Health and Wellness Center will of-fer a fitness class 11 a.m.-noon every Friday in May using the Total Re-sistance Exercise, TRX, suspension trainer located across the street from the Rambler Fitness Center adjacent to the running track.

The user-friendly TRX is designed to exercise the lower body, upper body and core with training bands that leverage body weight as natural resistance.

“The TRX is effective for people at all levels because they can adjust the diffi culty using their own weight,” Keith Prince, HAWC Health Promo-tions Flight chief, said. “Those who aren’t comfortable moving or working out due to injury can gain their confi -dence back, and those who have been working out can engage their muscles in an entirely new way.”

A TRX user at Randolph found the equipment to be “the best” she’s handled.

“It didn’t take much be-fore I felt the burn in my muscles,” Master Sgt. Jen-nifer Sullivan, Air Force Recruiting Service super-

intendent of fi nancial management fi eld support, said. “It’s very easy to use, but it also made me keep good form or else I would fall over.”

Sullivan recommended the TRX, es-pecially to beginners who may fi nd gym machines “too intimidating.”

“The TRX allows for a variety of exercises, and variety allows work-ing out to be fun and challenging,” Prince added.

The month-long class, which is set up to bring exposure to Randolph’s TRX station and the greater health benefi ts, starts May 3.

The class is open to all Department of Defense cardholders, including children at least 10 years old with a guardian.

TRX bands are available at the HAWC and Rambler Fitness Center, building 999.

For more information, call the HAWC at 652-2300.

HAWC invites participation to month-long TRX class starting May 3

Photo by Joshua RodriguezKeith Prince, a certified Total Resistance Exercise Level II instructor, completes a TRX workout at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Rambler Fitness Center track and field April 17.



Where one Randolph High School golfer’s season ended at the Texas Region IV-AA tourna-ment April 15-16 at the Quail Creek Golf Club in San Marcos, another’s is set for a fi nal match after defeating every boy at the two-day event.

Mike Meyers, a Randolph se-nior, won the tournament at the par 72 golf course with a score of 73 the fi rst day and 79 the second day, advancing to the state tour-nament Thursday and May 3 at Roy Kizer Golf Course in Austin.

Ro-Hawk junior, Tina Wells, shot a 103 and 100 at the region-al tournament in the individual category, since only three girls fi lled the RHS golf roster this year – not meeting the require-ment of four members needed to compete as a team.

More importantly, Meyers and Wells sustained a 15-year tradition of representing Randolph at the region level in golf, Mike Miller, RHS golf coach, said.

“They’re extremely coachable and are leaders in the class-room,” Miller, who values aca-demic achievement above golfi ng prowess, said. “They’re just really good kids who understand what it means to be student athletes, with emphasis on student.”

Practice, practice and more practice is what Miller said made the two golfers standout during the post season.

“We practice Monday through Thursday for about two hours a day,” Miller said. “I let them play on Thursday, but the main goal was to work on their shots and do a whole lot of chipping and putting.”

Chipping and putting, Mey-ers said, are usually a younger player’s weakest skills because “it’s boring and slow, but it’s

also the part that affects scor-ing the most.”

“A lot of people want to just drive the ball 300 yards,” he said. “But that won’t do them any good if they don’t have the technical aspects right.”

Meyers, who had golf clubs in his hands at age 2, said he also hones his game on Friday and Saturday, when he plays 18 holes at various courses around San Antonio.

Wells, on the other hand, splits her tee time with her swing time – tennis swing, that is.

Wells, a double-athlete, ad-vanced to a tennis region tour-nament at Texas State Univer-sity in San Marcos the day after her golf showing.

“I don’t practice as much as

Mike (Meyers) does, but I maxi-mize my time on the course,” she said. “My goal is to shoot below 90, but I want to have fun as well.”

Having fun translated into successful seasons for Mey-ers and Wells, whose averaged scores of 77 and 95 for the year, respectively, were on par to contend with other talented male and female golf programs, Miller said.

Being consistent in their sport was also as good as gold for them on the green.

“Shot routine – doing the same thing for every swing – was important,” Miller said. “It kept their nerves down and kept them focused.”

While Meyers will soon log

his last golf performance as a Ro-Hawk, Wells intends to continue golf and tennis dur-ing her senior year.

She’s also thinking about life beyond high school.

“I probably won’t play sports in college,” she said. “I want to focus on my education.”

Wells said she will apply to Johns Hopkins University in Maryland to pursue a career in the medical fi eld.

Meyers will try out for the golf team at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he plans to major in graphic design, but is open to see where his true pas-sion could take him.

“My dream is to be-come a professional golfer,” he said.

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Tina Wells and Mike Meyers, Randolph High School golf team members, sharpen their putting skills April 19 at Randolph Oaks Golf Course on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.Photo by Melissa Peterson

Ro-Hawks compete at region golf tournamentAdventure Race IXThe Laughlin Air Force Base Adventure Race IX is sched-uled for 8 a.m. May 11. Participants may compete individually or in four- or fi ve to eight-person teams. For more information, con-tact Capt. Nicholas Bozo at 830-298-5756 or [email protected] or Laughlin AFB Outdoor Recreation at 830-298-5830 or [email protected].

Boysville Golf TournamentThe Boysville Golf Tourna-ment is scheduled for May 10 at the Randolph Oaks Golf Course. Registration is at 7 a.m. and the tourna-ment begins with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to the two teams with the best score and the winner of the longest drive and closest to the pin contests. For more information, contact Master Sgt. Camille Horton at [email protected] or 565-0363.

T-ball registrationRegistration for Lil’ Ren-egades T-Ball takes place in April at Randolph Youth Programs. Children wishing to participate must be 3 years old by Wednesday. The cost is $35 per child. For more information, call 652-3298.

Month of the Military Child bowling specialYouth, ages 12 and younger, bowl for free 1-4 p.m. any Sunday in April at the Ran-dolph Bowling Center when accompanied by an adult who also bowls. Shoe rental is not included.

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