b'Master Sgt. Jason Karras, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron superintendent, briefs Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass and Chief Master Sgt. Mike Perry, Air Force First Sergeant special duty manager, on a sprocket design, which solved a maintenance issue affecting refueling trucks at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 8, 2021. During their tour of the Bedrock innovation lab, Bass and Perry listened to and learned from Team Dover Airmen, who are solving strategic problems in innovative ways. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail.Bedrock continued from page 19 Bedrock:is better ways to do it, but there is not really any wayDover AFBs innovation foundationfor them to make a change, said Cannizzaro.By Roland Balik,436th Airlift Wing Public AffairsSo, they now have a spotwhere they Published April 02, 2019can come over here and tell us what theirproblems are.www.dover.af.mil/News/Article/1801580/bedrock-dover-afbs-innovation-foundation/We will then help them find a solutionAndDover is one of about 40 bases in the Air Force we have the resources and muscle behind us that have Phoenix Spark labs where Airmen can to get things done. meet to discuss processes, propose ideas and find Bedrock boasts a plethora of projects, but asolutions to resolve problems.recent highly visible one is the implementationThe terms Phoenix Spark lab and innovation of lights at the base gates. lab are interchangeable, sharing the same goal: Hill said the gate light project was an idea empowering Airmen to develop ideas to support Team Dover had been chasing for two to threethe warfighter at home station or downrange. years: They thought it would cost about Dover AFBs innovation lab was officially char-$30,000And the contractor came back andtered in January 2019.said it would cost more like $125,000. When We chose the name Bedrock because, at we found out how much money they were the core of it (the lab), its the foundation of all trying to spend, we said we can do it for the different avenues. Whether its Continuous about $2,000. Process Improvement, Spark innovation or Airman Powered by Innovation (now known as We saved a lot of moneyand accomplishedIdeaScale) or any of the other programs that that task, saving taxpayers dollars. fix problems for Airmen, we just want to be the Currently, Bedrock meets every Friday at foundation for all of that, said Capt. Patterson Dover AFB. Interested Airmen can also submitHill, 436th Airlift Wing chief of innovation.problems they observe or propose ideas and Bedrock is comprised entirely of volunteers solutions to https://www.doverspark.org/. from every group on base. These driven change Come on by, said Hill, Our door will always agents thrive on improving processes and solving be open. problemswhether their own or those of others.20 Military Appreciation Resource Magazine Thank You For Your Service'