- 4 May 2, 2014- The Event

A ,busy day al~JFJBCommunity day of s~rvice

By Vickie Wagstaff , seatas a BoeingO'l'Xllobemaster. It was a busy day at the Joint III landed, which is a·large mili-Forces Training Base Saturday, tary transport aircraftdeveloped'April 26. ' for the United States Air Force'" . The base was host to a, In- . from the 1980s to the early 1990s."'~:ri'ior-sore drill, c<fntp~tition, Maj. ' ,r ";CN.S-;-::ArmyReserve drills and Soto, the reservist assigned to~',J~l!inte~rs joining in a state- assist them.went over-and-above" , ':.coQlJ;rlUnityday of ser~vice. . . .. . his assigned duties when he",proxfWCiteIy 140 people. par- , " P.hotos by Vickie Wagstaff •asked the Ci7 pilot if some of the

, 'tiGrpated<in~Jhe service projects, Ret·Manne Sgt. M~rk Schaf~r .volunteers could tou,rthe plane ..wIth volunteers' joining from. of Bue~a Park.paintsK-Ralls , Ret Army Master Sgt. Woody~amtIrenaeus Catholic Church alongsld':. other volun~e~rs . Harrington and Ret Marine Sgt. iri Cypress,Western HighSchool at th~Jomt Forc~s Training Mark Schafer. both LDS volun-baseball team from' Anaheim, -ease In Los Alamitos. teers from Buena Park, said they:wnimey:~apd "Gahr-Key-Clubs, enjoyed their time serving on, from Cerritos, and local members - the base ..'- of The Church of Jesus Christ of "I'm already looking forward to" Latter-day Saints.. ' . next year" said Schafer.

Maj. Aaron Schilleci greeted •.'When asked why they volun-the volunteers and.briefed them teered, Harringtonsaid.v'Thison work assignments which in~. is a service project and it makes.eluded removing debris from the me feel good. to do something forflight line, painting K-Rails and someone else."weed clearance. 'Members of the Whitney .The First Aid Station at JFfB'The activities may not seem' High School Key Club from ,was manned' by Rich 'Olson and

'very important," said Schilleci, Cerrltos participate in a Kory Mikesell who delivered"but they provide- much-needed s~ate-wid,: day of com~u~ water to the volunteers. They alsohelp to abase that Isstaffed nlty servrce 'at the JOint participated in a practice activity,~I?ost1y'hy~ee]{end reservists.rj' F:f>i"C~S Trai~ing Base inLos with Fountain Valley, calling in"";" Teams,c(ifiy'olunteers were led AJamltos. Pictured from left .statistics the JFfB, event.,:i"by a Na'tiQ'i!af: Guard Reservi~f "~~ A;qeel, ~ti, Shelia Krish, ',There "were five Ham radio~ 'tvo'·a~'s}sf'!d them in .their a§it<E:!iza~~m~:CtJ~plogo and 'Jo,- operators, which 'amounted to .,s,igned'areas: ..~\ . seph Crlsolo99· nearly one radio per each tearn,"1bis:wasn'tt1i~dit:sttimeonthe Approximaiely 1,800 cadets that maintained contact withbase fotm~y of the volunteers. weie,;QQ.",tUeflight 'Uae:.practic- Olson, regarding their locationLasty~~olunteers did similar ing Wittt'ite:in:S,e1Tmlttg":fromas .and needs. They treated one vol-

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,'. d b""·ff'l';~":th 'fi( iit By the end of the day, 560 vol-removing . e I1~~.:,!t!l)..';:e . g. unteer hours were donated 'line were treated to' a front row .