DMA Riverside Review October 2017 Riverside Review USE THIS 30 Oct | Página 3

Everything here moves fast in this
organization. I was still in-processing when
the Defense Media Activity Riverside hosted
the 75 th Anniversary Workshop. Somehow a
multitude of people and organizations synced
to pull off hosting the event in coordination with
AFRTS (now AFN) Headquarters at Ft. Meade.
AFN Radio’s Staff Sgt. Kristina Lacoste and
Senior Airman Samantha Hagan volunteered
administrative support, working early
mornings, a weekend and evenings to prepare
120 folders, badges and maps. The Defense
Media Activity Forward’s MC2 Billy Ho and
MC2 Chris Frost developed an internal map of
our building and a PowerPoint show of current
and former AFN broadcast journalists. Defense
Imagery Management Operations Center’s
(DIMOC’s) Steve McGill volunteered to design
the 75th Anniversary badges. The
Management Support Office’s (MSO) Paul
Kirchmann and Katy Griffith laminated the
badges. Others from team MSO set up exterior
and interior signs reserving parking spots and
providing directions, expedited hanging up TV
monitors for the workshop. Engineering’s
Glenn Wells and TAFT’s Wayne Murphy,
Debbie Jones, Stephen Palau tested and
ensured the audio-visual system was hooked
up and working, to include holding multiple
Google Hangouts, something never before
done in our newly renovated auditorium.
Congratulations to the Marketing and Promo-
tions Team for winnin g First Place in the
Defense Media Awards category of
“Outstanding Communication Plan.” I am truly
proud to be a part of a winning team! Last but
not least, I want to thank Ms. Sherry Reiter, Mr.
Charlie Gill, Mr. Jim Alexander, Mr. Curt
Eckstein, Mr. Ellis Davis and Mr. Cesar Hernan-
dez in recognition of their many years of
service in the government of the United States
of America. Thank you so much for serving
those who serve!
While this is AFN’s 75 th birthday year, the
“presents” are going to our audience: all TV
services in High Definition and a new decoder
that allows viewers to record two different
shows while watching, pausing and
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fast-forwarding through a third. Our
engineering team, to include Jerry Shorter,
Jim Alexander, Dave Boyer and Paul Merlino
remains heavily immersed in this project. At
this time we project most of our audience will
have HD services and the new decoder by
December.
A multitude of DMA organizational and
operational changes continue to impact us in
ways both large and small. As I write this,
there is still a hiring pause, which means
there are a number of positions that remain
vacant, requiring some of you to pick up
additional work load. During times of change
like this, it’s human nature to sometimes get
caught up in it and get worried or stressed.
I’ve been through my fair share of change in
my career, and have found the best way to get
through turbulent, frequently changing times
is to stay ultra-flexible and don’t worry about
changes happening above you that you have
no control over/don’t try to understand it!
I look forward to working with you in the
years ahead!
LTC Catina Barnes
Director, AFN Broadcast Center
Photo by MC2 Emiline Senn, USN
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