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by 1st Lt. Katherine Arvai
Ohio National Guard JFHQ PAO
The American Cultural Awareness Team completed their first recruiting assistance outing at Xenia's Old Fashion Days, Sept. 15 – 17. The goal was to support recruiting for one of the targeted communities, create awareness of the organization and increase our community involvement in the surrounding cities.
An information booth was setup to hand out information on the Air National Guard, tuition assistance and job opportunities. The event was the first of its kind because participants of the Guard Recruiting Assistance Program manned the booth not recruiters.
"I was very pleased with the outcome of the booth," said Senior Master Sgt. Ottis LeMaster, Human Resource Advisor and organizer of the booth. "Possible recruits gave information for our GRAP folks to contact to continue the recruiting process."
The event combined the direction of the GRAP program and the initiatives of the Cultural Awareness Team. The team wanted to draw attention to Hispanic influence in the military in honor of the National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Other organizations from the base that provided support for the booth were Life Support and the Student Pilot Flight. Life Support displayed military gear with both members of Life Support and the student pilots answering questions on how the equipment worked.
Col. Rick Lohnes, Base Commander, also did his part in manning the booth and in recognizing the contributions of Hispanics in the military and the efforts of all of those who were involved.
The event started off with the 178th's participation in the Old Fashion Days Parade, which featured the 178 FW and the 269th Combat Communications Squadron. The base honor guard started the parade off, and there were appearances by SaberDog, Mrs. Jane Espirit (Family Readiness), the 269th, the Mini F-16, our fire department and the Command Chief Ron Rasor.
For many of those who were involved in the weekend long event this was their first experience with community involvement.
"This event was the first time that I was involved in a community outreach and was truly moved by the support and kind words that so many civilians shared with us over the weekend. The efforts of everyone involved plus the support of senior leadership made the event a major success," said SMSgt. LeMaster.
| Date Taken: | 09.15.2006 |
| Date Posted: | 09.26.2006 09:57 |
| Story ID: | 7821 |
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