Young Guns vs Old Pistols: A Base Tradition

My professional articles for the Military are challenging to find.  One of the reasons is that I no longer have direct access to the documents I created.  While I worked for the Air Force, I also wrote articles for the base newspaper, although I was not part of the newspaper staff. At the time, the newspaper was still in physical print.  There aren't any online versions of the articles I wrote.  If I grabbed a copy back then, it is now my only copy. I began writing for the base newspaper because of the Junior Force Council, and in 2010, I was a member since I was a GS-5.  The Junior Force Council is still in existence today and consists of young military and civilian personnel who seek to network and develop leadership skills. When I was in the Council, I was its Public Affairs Officer.  During this time, one of our main events was a series of games. They are still part of the on-going traditions at the base.  The Junior Force Council members are the Young Guns, and the Senior Leaders are the Old Pistols.  As the Public Affairs Officer, I was responsible for providing coverage of these events while also being a participant.  I had assistance from other Council members in getting notes and taking group photos. One such news article was titled "Young Guns take aim at Old Pistols for the fourth year."  It was in the 4/23/2010 edition of Skywrighter in the "Sports & Wellness" section.  I was listed as the author under my former last name.  In this article, I covered information about the Team Lean Challenge, which was a voluntary program to encourage base "participants to team up in an effort to lose weight."  The aforementioned games were part of the Team Lean Challenge.  The first three games were highlighted, and they included basketball, a less strenuous event of arcade games, and dodgeball.  The Old Pistols won the basketball and arcade games, but the Young Guns won its first event with dodgeball.  The article concluded with the listing of the next event of bowling that season. It has been 15 years since I last wrote for the base newspaper. Since this was voluntary, writing for the newspaper had to be accomplished after all my required duties for my regular job were finished.  There was a deadline for articles to be submitted to the newspaper if we wanted the article to appear in the next paper.  If I recall correctly, there were at least two reviews of the articles I wrote before they were printed.  The final review and editing was done by one of the newspaper staff members, usually Mr. J. Baker, who was also listed as a contributor.  The Air Force holds writing to strict standards, and the final versions of my documents were always different from the original submissions. I was glad for that, because I wanted those articles to make a positive impression on the readers, especially the Senior Leaders. Note:  My last name was Stickney in 2010.