Resiliency Day, Music Fest activities set for next week Published Sept. 11, 2015 By Kimberly Woodruff Staff Writer TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Mark your calendars for Tinker's Resiliency Day and F5 Turbulence Music Fest, which will be held Sept. 18. The day's activities include: · The annual POW/MIA breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at the Tinker Club. Retired Col. Leroy Stutz is the guest speaker. Cost of the breakfast buffet is $11 for club members and $13 for non-members. R.S.V.P. by today by contacting Senior Master Sgt. Joey Thomas at 734-0925 or joey.thomas.1@us.af.mil. · The POW/MIA Motorcycle Ride from 9 to 11 a.m. It starts at the Tinker Club parking lot. Riders will exit the base through the Piazza Gate. After winding through surrounding communities, the riders will re-enter base through the Piazza Gate. For more details, email Johnny Hollis at johnny.hollis@us.af.mil. · POW/MIA Ruck March from 9 to 11 a.m. The march starts at the Tinker Club and ends at the Airman Leadership School soccer field, beside Bldg. 5702. Participants must bring their own ruck/backpack. All participants will be loading up pre-positioned food that will be given back to the Airman and Family Readiness Center Food Pantry to benefit Tinker families and personnel in need. Sign up with Senior Airman Tyler Yancy at tyler.yancy@us.af.mil. · F5 Sports from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the ALS soccer field. The events include a bracketed cornhole tournament, tug-o-war, longest football toss, a three-legged race and a lip syncing contest. There will also be a dunk tank, which will feature leadership members. The deadline to sign up for these events is Sept. 15. For information on the cornhole tournament, email Tech. Sgt. Christopher Norrell at christopher.norrell@us.af.mil. For details on the tug-o-war, email Senior Airman Christopher Davis at christopher.davis.105@us.af.mil. To sign up for the lip sync battle, email Senior Airman Mechea Randolph at mechea.randolph@us.af.mil. For more details on the other events, email Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Spencer at benjamin.spencer.1@us.af.mil, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Heck at christopher.heck@us.af.mil or Staff Sgt. Peter Silcox at peter.silcox@us.af.mil. · F5 Turbulence Music Fest from noon to 4 p.m. at the ALS soccer field. Don't forget to bring your blankets and lawn chairs to watch Hidden Agenda, Amarillo Junction and Rick Johnson perform. "For a resiliency event, F5 is a perfect title as Oklahomans are known for bouncing back from the large tornadoes that seem to frequent this area," said Master Sgt. Zachary Merkl, one of the event organizers. Free food -- compliments of the Tinker Chapel -- will be available starting at noon at the soccer field. Also, the 72nd Force Support Squadron will be selling food at food booths, snowcones and popcorn will be available and the First Sergeant Council's new grill will make its debut. Tinker's helping agencies will be on hand to provide information.