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rapidfire Celebrating Heritage H ispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year from Sept. 15–Oct. 15. During this one-month period, ﬁve Central American countries — Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua — celebrate the anniversary of their independence. In addition, Mexico declared its independence Sept. 16, 1810, and Chile just two days later. The term Hispanic, as deﬁned by the U.S. Census Bureau, refers to Spanish-speaking people of any race in the U.S. More than 35 million people in the U.S. identiﬁed themselves as Hispanic or Latino on the 2000 Census. In 2004, 11.4 percent of active duty enlisted soldiers and 5 percent of active duty ofﬁcers who serve with the Army were Hispanic, according to a U.S. Army survey. These numbers have more than doubled from only 4.6 percent of Hispanic Army enlisted soldiers and 1.9 percent Hispanic Army ofﬁcers in 1989. For more information about Hispanic Heritage Month events and history, visit www.army.mil/his panicamericans. Making the Grade AAFES’ “You Made the Grade” program recognizes the aboveaverage academic achievement of servicemembers’ children. Qualifying students receive a coupon booklet that includes free admission to an AAFES Reel Time Theater, a complimentary slice of Anthony’s pizza with a drink, a free magazine, and other coupons. Each booklet also contains an entry form for a quarterly savings bond drawing in which three winners randomly are awarded savings bonds for $2,000, $3,000, or $5,000. To receive the booklet, students must present a valid military ID card and proof of an overall letter grade of B or better to their local PX/BX. Students can receive one booklet for each qualifying report card, but they may enter the savings bond drawing only once each calendar quarter. Here’s to 60 Years A s part of the 60th anniversary celebration of the U.S. Air Force, the Air Force Historical Foundation (AFHF) will hold a symposium, “The Evolution of Air and Space Power: Know the Past — Shape the Future,” Oct. 16-17 at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Va. Air-power historians will sit on three panels — War in the Shadows, which will look at special operations, rescue, combat search and rescue, and other low-intensity operations; Conventional War, which will consider air superiority, counter-air operations, and airlift; and Space and Cyber War, which will discuss military use of space, such as navigation and communications. Prominent guest speakers will be featured at two luncheons and a gala dinner, at which Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne will award the ﬁrst Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz Award for extraordinary achievement in Air Force history. To learn more about the AFHF and its upcoming symposium, visit the AFHF Web site at www.afhistoricalfoundation.org. 30 MILITARY OFFICER SEPTEMBER 2007 IMAGES: LEFT, MICHAEL PAULSEN/AP; RIGHT, ROSE RICHEY http://www.army.mil/hispanicamericans http://www.army.mil/hispanicamericans http://www.afhistoricalfoundation.org

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