Hilltop Times Team Hill Achievements

419th Fighter Wing:

Staff Sgt. Kimberly B. Rosales

419th Civil Engineer Squadron:

Staff Sgt. Jamaal Booker, Staff Sgt. Macord Johnson

419th Security Forces Squadron:

Tech. Sgt. Robert Jensen, Airman Brandon Maughan

67th Aerial Port Squadron:

Staff Sgt. Charles Drinkwater, Senior Airman William Brown, Airman 1st Class David Fowler, Airman 1st Class Dakota Rhine

419th Logistics Readiness Squadron:

Two Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy graduates lists have been released. Due to space and time concerns the April 8 list was held until now.

April 8:

Tech. Sgt. Aaron Agner, 75th Operations Support Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Bausman 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Crawford, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Jared Empie, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Jesse Fuller, 388th Component Maintenance Squadron

On May 16, Staff Sgts. James Jandreau and German Lechuga, two K9 handlers from the 75th Security Forces Squadron's Military Working Dog section, found themselves hunting explosives -- this time not on foreign soil, but instead inside a Utah high school.

For most of the United States, Arbor Day has already come and gone. For Hill, though, Arbor Day is just around the bend on May 13.

Though Arbor Day is only recognized for 24 hours, many volunteers and base workers are already hard at work making the trail by Pond 3 cleaner and safer. By weeding and mulching, the volunteers are helping to control the spread of a weed called "puncturevine." This weed is notorious for leaving behind sharp thorns that can injure the feet of humans and pets and even puncture a bicycle tire.

The Council on Accreditation recently conducted an audit of the Youth Center at Hill Air Force Base and found all fundamental and core areas of the program to be in compliance. The COA praised the center in a news release as an outstanding provider of after school services.

While the Youth Center regularly maintains its state and federal credentials, the COA conducts audits at the international level as an independent nonprofit accreditation organization working in the behavioral health care and human services areas.