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Wright Living Skywrighter Vol. Serving theWright-PattersonAir ForceBaseCommunity 12,2018 Exchange togiveaway $14,000 inprizes By Army Air Force Exchange Service Public Affairs The Army Force Ex- change Service, in partner- ship with some of its vendors, is giving away nearly $14,000 in prizes this fall with threemili- tary-exclusive sweepstakes. Authorized shoppers age 18 and older can go to ShopMyEx- change.com/sweepstakes to en- ter: Ride Sweep- stakes (throughOct. 31): Shop- pers can send a photo of their and be entered for a chance to win one of three Monster Jam prize packs. One first-prize winner will receive a remote-controlled truck; one second-prize winner will re- ceive aMonster Jam Picnic Pack including a picnic caddy and camping chair; one third-prize winner will receive aMonster JamGear family pack with as- sorted T-shirts and caps.

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Exchange is always looking for newways to reward our shoppers for being the best customers in the said Air Force ChiefMaster Sgt. Lu- is Reyes, the senior enlisted adviser. variety of sweepstakes we are running this fall offers something for ev- eryone, fromWarfighters and their families to retirees and No purchase is necessary to enter or win. Holiday travelers might win prizes The Army Force Ex- change Service is helpingmili- tary shoppers gear up for holiday travel with the Firestone Com- plete Auto Care sweepstakes. ThroughOct.

31, autho- rized Exchange shoppers can visit ShopMyExchange.com/ sweepstakes to complete the of- ficial entry form. Four grand- prize winners will each receive a $1,000 Exchange gift card; four winners will each receive a $1,000 Firestone Complete Au- to Care gift card, while 40 addi- tional winners will each receive a $100 Firestone gift card. comes with the potential for expensive au- to said Reyes. this sweepstakes, winners will have a little extramoney to ensure their journey goes smoothly so they can focus onwhatmatters most during the holiday season: spending timewith No purchase is necessary to win.Winners will be chosen via randomdrawing on or around Dec. 12.

EXCHANGESERVICE variety of sweepstakes we are running this fall offers something for everyone, from and their families to retirees and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Luis Reyes senior enlisted adviser Performancesshowcaseexacting weaponshandlingmaneuvers By Stacey Geiger 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs The United States Air Force Honor Guard Drill Teamwill show off their sharp skills and perform at the NationalMuse- um of the U.S. Air Force onOct. 20 at 1 p.m. in the East Asia Gallery.

A standard team perfor- mance features a professional- ly choreographed sequence of show-stopping weaponmaneu- vers, precise tosses, complex weapon exchanges and a walk through the gauntlet of spin- ning weapons. While in the local area, the USAFHonor Guard Drill Team will also visit and perform their drill exhibition for the Ju- nior Reserve Train- ing Corps programs at Fairborn, Wayne (Huber Heights) and Springboro high schools. After- ward, students will have the op- portunity to interact with the team to learnmore about their performances andmission. United States Air Force Honor Guard andDrill Team are committed to the young people of our saidMas- ter Sgt. Jason Evans, USAFHon- or Guard Drill Team flight chief.

travel to high schools in ev- ery socioeconomic class to re- cruit the best possible future Airmen, to show themwhat teams can accomplish when objectives align toward a com- mon purpose greater than one- Drill Teammembers are se- lected fromwithin the Hon- or Guard. Only the elite guards- man are considered to be part of the USAFDrill Team. Once selected, Airmen are put through a grueling, eight- week training andmust be able to havemental and physi- cal toughness required to spin and toss a 12-poundweapon for a 15-minute performance. A drill teammember is typical- ly after six months of training. The Drill Team trains five days a week and performsmore than 100 times a year at various venues all over the world.

To learnmore about the US- AFHonor Guard Drill Team, go to honorguard.af.mil. Team toperformat AF Museum, local schools AIRFORCEHONORGUARDDRILLTEAM United States Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team performances feature a professionally choreographed sequence of show-stopping weapon maneuvers, precise tosses, complex weapon exchanges and a walk through the gauntlet of spinning weapons. The Drill Team members perform more than 100 times a year at various venues all over the world. (U.S. Air Force Airman Philip Bryant) Wright-PatthonorsownhistorywithNationalParkServicehelp By Elizabeth Clinch 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Having endured the ele- ments, limestone gravemark- ers eventually lose their inscrip- tions and crumble into dust.

is my understanding that this is the natural progression of a said Cultural Re- sourceManager PaulWoodruff. we started using gran- ite, the stones weremeant to wear Many of the gravestones in the two historic cemeteries onWright-Patterson Air Force Base have done just that. The Landis-Shank Ceme- tery holds eight graves but only four gravemarkers.The Landis- Shank plots, currently near the 10th hole of the Prairie Trace golf course, were relocated from their original place of rest to al- low for construction. The graves were originally lo- cated where Bldg. 262, Air Force Materiel CommandHeadquar- ters, now stands.

Originally named the Hebble Creek Cemetery, the Landis- Shank Cemetery was relocat- ed in 1941 and renamed to hon- or the dead buried there. Great care was taken not to damage the wood coffins. At the time, though, some of the grave- stones were already broken. Cox Family Cemetery, the larger of the two burial plots, may contain up to 80 graves but has fewer than 40 visible tomb- stones.Themost notable of these stones is onemarking the grave of HiramHonaker, a black Civil War veteran.The stone marking grave is new; it was placed in 1971 to honor Honaker after his original tomb- stone had faded into obscurity. Honaker served in Company A of the 5th United States Col- ored Calvary.

Honaker is bur- ied alongside his daughter, Lu- cy, and is thought to have been a family friend of the This cemetery was part of the 690-acre Cox farm, home to one of the wealthiest families in the historic town of Osborn.The cemetery, andmost of the farm, are now part of the flight line. The cemetery is protected by a white picket fence. Cox Family Cemetery has withstood not only the passing of time but a catastrophic event that reshaped the area around Wright-Patterson AFB. easy than 100 years later, to skim over how devastating the 1913 floodwas, but it killedmore than 350 peo- lives and completely devastated this area thatmany of us call said Ken Sloat, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center historian. it the absolute end of the Osborn Woodruff, in collaboration with the National Park Midwest Regional Archaeolo- gy Center and the Air Force Civ- il Engineering Center, is work- ing to bring back the history of these cemeteries lost to time.

work at the cemetery is part of a larger project. working at not only Cox Ceme- tery but also at the neighboring historic town of said AdamWiewel, an archeologist with theMRAC. As part of amultiyear proj- ect to reconnect with the histo- ry ofWright-Patterson Air Force Base, theMRAC is conduct- ing surveys of Cox Cemetery as well as areas of the airfield that used to comprise the town of Osborn. instruments we are us- ing are used by archeologists to look for subsurface features. These features can be anything from sidewalks to house foun- dations, or in the cemetery ob- viously burials or said Wiewel.

There is no undoing the age of the gravemarkers, but with these scans, Wiewel said, can get out there and create comprehensivemaps of that town and of the Though they are long gone, the people of Osborn leave a legacy. project is an excellent example of how our past, our long buried past in this case, can speak to our said Sloat. often, if we look, we can find examples of our core values in themen andwom- en in our past.The whole com- munity of Osborn picked them- selves up and found a newway to go on. I think it is a power- ful demonstration of resiliency, which is an important trait our Airmen still exhibit A grave marker at Cox Family Cemetery, one of few obstructions in the at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is a reminder of the historic town of Osborn. (U.S.

Air Force Velez) A limestone grave marker at Cox Family Cemetery is broken and worn. Many of the headstones are illegible, damaged or even missing. (U.S. Air Force Isa Velez) The grave of Hiram Honaker, a black Civil War veteran, is of the only veteran known to be buried on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. stone is relatively new, a replacement for his crumbling and barely legible original gravestone.

(U.S. Air Force Velez) The historic town of Osborn in the 1910s. Osborn was located on what is now Wright-Patterson Air Force line. A group of trees in the upper right corner marks Cox Family Cemetery, which today sits inside a white picket fence on the line. (Courtesy photo).