Mobility Airman profile: Joint Base Lewis-McChord aeromedical NCO supports Global Medic 2011

Staff Sgt. Martin Duran, an aeromedical technician from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., checks the status of a simulated casualty during an aeromedical evacuation mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Schoonover Field, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., on May 21, 2011, in support of Global Medic 2011 and Warrior 91 11-01. Global Medic is a joint field training exercise for theater aeromedical evacuation system and ground medical components designed to replicate all aspects of combat medical service support. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Donald R. Allen)

Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr.

Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr. is Commander, Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Airmen provide engineering support, map future for Iraq

Senior Airman Yevgeniy Shatrovskiy, a Facilities Engineer Team engineering assistant, uses site surveying equipment, April 13, 2011, at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq. The Marez team produces statements of work, plans and specifications for projects as well as surveying and mapping for several bases across northern Iraq. Airman Shatrovskiy is a Congers, N.Y., native and is deployed from Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Andrew Lee)

Operation Unified Protector

110414-F-UA979-003 -- WESTERN EUROPE (April 14, 2011) ? Tech. Sgt. Brett McVay, fuels cell technician, investigates a potential fuel leak in the aft boost pump in the wing of a KC-10 Extender. Sergeant McVay is deployed with the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing from the 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., in support of Operation Unified Protector. Operation Unified Protector is a NATO-led mission in Libya, to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack. The 313th AEW provides aerial refueling to U.S. and coalition aircraft with KC-135 Stratotankers and KC-10s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)

U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander

Brig. Gen. William Bender is the commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. As the commander, he oversees the Air Force's center of excellence for advanced expeditionary combat support training and education. The center houses the Mobility Operations School, Expeditionary Operations School and Expeditionary Center Support Directorate. The USAF EC partners with Air Staff, Air Education and Training Command and the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center to provide a disciplined training process that assures the right skills are taught at the right time across the expeditionary enterprise. The USAF EC has 396 personnel assigned and offers 92 in-residence courses and 19 web-based training courses graduating more than 24,000 students annually.

Fix the boom

WESTERN EUROPE (April 12, 2011) -- Airmen deployed from the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, check the ruddervator panels of a replacement boom for a KC-135 Stratotanker after attaching it to the plane in support of Operation Unified Protector. Assigned to the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing, the Airmen are supporting Operation Unified Protector, a NATO-led mission in Libya, to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack. The 313th AEW provides aerial refueling to U.S. and coalition aircraft with KC-135 Stratotankers and KC-10 Extenders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)

Fairchild first sergeant among AMC's top Airmen for 2010

Master Sgt. Michael Moore Jr. (left), first sergeant for the 92nd Security Forces Squadron, meets with a military working dog handler and dog during operations at his squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., in 2010. On April 1, 2011, Sergeant Moore was named the 2010 Air Mobility Command First Sergeant of the Year. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Travis senior NCO among AMC's top Airmen for 2010

Master Sgt. Tanya Hubbard, flight chief for the emergency department of the 60th Medical Operations Squadron, works with a patient at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., in 2010. On April 1, 2011, Sergeant Hubbard was named the 2010 Air Mobility Command NCO of the Year. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Travis senior NCO among AMC's top Airmen for 2010

Master Sgt. Tanya Hubbard, from the 60th Medical Operations Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., was named the 2010 Air Mobility Command NCO of the Year. Sergeant Hubbard is the flight chief for the emergency department in the 60th MOS at Travis AFB. According to her award information, she “provided superior leadership in managing six-thousand patient visits.” In addition, while deployed to Haiti in support of Operation Unified Response, she led the “first-ever” Air Force water patient transfer operation, cared for more than 3,000 earthquake victims and relocated 250 critically-injured patients. Additionally, the award information shows, “she developed training scenarios to facilitate integration of the 60th Air Mobility Wing and California disaster response teams.” (U.S. Air Force Photo)

MacDill senior airman among AMC's top Airmen for 2010

Senior Airman Kristina Zacherl, from 6th Operations Support Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., was named the 2010 Air Mobility Command Airman of the Year. According to her biography, Airman Zacherl is a native of Philadelphia and joined the Air Force in 2007. She fulfilled a year commitment as a base honor guard member and obtained her Community College of the Air Force associates degree in air traffic operations and management in June 2010. Airman Zacherl also won her squadron’s Airman of the quarter award four times and was selected as the 6th Operations Group Airman of the Year, the biography shows. She attended Airman Leadership School in November 2010 and received the John Levitow Award -- the top award -- for her scholastic success and leadership values. She is the recipient of the Air Force Achievement Medal and is recognized by her co-workers and leaders for “her hard work and dedication.” (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Travis senior NCO named among AMC's top Airmen for 2010

Master Sgt. Tanya Hubbard, from the 60th Medical Operations Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., holds her award after being named the 2010 Air Mobility Command NCO of the Year during AMC's Outstanding Airmen of the Year banquet April 1, 2011, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Divine Cox)

C-17 delivers equipment for JTF Odyssey Dawn

313th AIR EXPEDITIONARY WING, U.S. Forces in Europe (March 28, 2011) -- An Airman from the 721st Aerial Port Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, stows a cargo chain in a C-17 Globemaster III after preparing cargo to be unloaded here in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn was the U.S. Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. UNSCR 1973 authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Gadhafi regime forces. JTF Odyssey Dawn was commanded by U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)

AMC emergency responders test integrated capabilities

Staff Sgt. Linda Ochs conducts a field test on an unknown substance using the HAZMAT ID portable laboratory during a training exercise at the Center for National Response in Gallagher, W.V., on Feb. 28, 2011. It was the first time Air Mobility Command base emergency management and bioenvironmental engineering experts used the center, which provides a realistic training environment to hone responders' skills. Sergeant Ochs is a 319th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

AMC emergency responders test integrated capabilities

Mr. Joe Potaczek, a cadre member, points to a mysterious liquid seeping from a barrel as Senior Airman Emily Zaronczyk (left) uses M-8 paper to detect the nature of a liquid seeping from a drum during Integrated Base Emergency Response Capability Training at the Center for National Response in Gallagher, W.V., on Feb. 28, 2011. The exercise, held Feb. 28 to March 4, 2011, was the first time Air Mobility Command bioenvironmental engineering and emergency management came together to hone their emergency response skills in a controlled training environment. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Lt. Col. David Lester)

Mobility Airmen deliver search and rescue teams to Japan

Staff Sgt. Nick Kolesnikov, 3rd Airlift Squadron loadmaster, marshals a loader carrying rescue equipment to the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III on March 12. 2011, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Air transportation Airmen from the 89th Aerial Port Squadron at Joint Base Andrews created 14 pallets of technical search and rescue gear, to include inflatable swift-water rescue boats, generators, trench rescue and cutting equipment. The gear is being transported by C-17 to more than 80 Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue technicians, to provide assistance in the rescue effort after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Perry Aston)

Mobility Airmen deliver search and rescue teams to Japan

Airmen from the 89th Aerial Port Squadron load pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III on March 12, 2011, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Air transportation Airmen from the 89th APS created 14 pallets of technical search and rescue gear, to include inflatable swift-water rescue boats, generators, trench rescue and cutting equipment. The gear is being transported by C-17 to more than 80 Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue technicians, to provide assistance in the rescue effort after an earthquake and tsunami hit japan on March 11. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Perry Aston)

AMC wing commanders, chiefs gather for first CAF conference

Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, provides remarks during the Air Mobility Command Comprehensive Airman Fitness conference Jan. 24, 2010, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The conference was hosted by Col. Michael Hornitschek, 375th Air Mobility Wing Commander at Scott AFB, who with Col. Donald Shaffer, 319th Air Refueling Wing Commander at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., took the lead on the conference agenda and discussion. (U.S. Air Force Photo Courtesy 375th AMW Public Affairs)

Committed to caring in CAF: Retired chief says ‘it’s about a culture of caring’

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Rod Ellison, former Air Education and Training Command command chief master sergeant, gives a briefing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., in this Air Force file photo. On Jan. 24, 2011, Chief Ellison provided a briefing to wing commanders and command chiefs at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., for the command's first conference on Comprehensive Airman Fitness. In his briefing, he focused on the importance of caring. “Airmen don’t care about how much you know until they know how much you care,” the chief said. (U.S. Air Force File Photo)

Antarctic airway chart -- designed by past Operation Deep Freeze commander -- presented to Saint Louis dog museum

This photo shows named waypoints on a commemorative, centenary, first-edition Antarctic airway chart that was presented to the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in Saint Louis, Mo., on Nov. 2, 2010. Col. Ronald Smith, Air National Guard advisor to the Air Mobility Command Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., designed the chart as he was commander of Operation Deep Freeze from 2005 to 2008. The chart shows “Airway 338” waypoints with each waypoint named after sled dog teams of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and the pony pack team of British explorer Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. The aeronautical chart is used in international flight navigation from New Zealand to Antarctica -- especially for Operation Deep Freeze. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Antarctic airway chart -- designed by past Operation Deep Freeze commander -- presented to Saint Louis dog museum

This photo shows one of the named waypoints on a commemorative, centenary, first-edition Antarctic airway chart that was presented to the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in Saint Louis, Mo., on Nov. 2, 2010. Col. Ronald Smith, Air National Guard advisor to the Air Mobility Command Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., designed the chart as he was commander of Operation Deep Freeze from 2005 to 2008. The chart shows “Airway 338” waypoints with each waypoint named after sled dog teams of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and the pony pack team of British explorer Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. The aeronautical chart is used in international flight navigation from New Zealand to Antarctica -- especially for Operation Deep Freeze. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Antarctic airway chart -- designed by past Operation Deep Freeze commander -- presented to Saint Louis dog museum

Col. Ronald Smith, Air National Guard advisor to the Air Mobility Command Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., greets an Alaskan Malamute after the presentation of a commemorative, centenary, first-edition Antarctic airway chart that was presented to the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in Saint Louis, Mo., on Nov. 2, 2010. The chart, created by Colonel Smith who was commander of Operation Deep Freeze from 2005 to 2008, shows “Airway 338” waypoints with each waypoint named after sled dog teams of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and the pony pack team of British explorer Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. The aeronautical chart is used in international flight navigation from New Zealand to Antarctica -- especially for Operation Deep Freeze. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Antarctic airway chart -- designed by past Operation Deep Freeze commander -- presented to Saint Louis dog museum

Included in this photo are Maj. Gen. Susan Desjardins, Air Mobility Command’s Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and Col. Ronald Smith, her Air National Guard advisor, as they stand next to a commemorative, centenary, first-edition Antarctic airway chart presented to the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in Saint Louis, Mo., on Nov. 2, 2010. The chart, created by Colonel Smith who was commander of Operation Deep Freeze from 2005 to 2008, shows “Airway 338” waypoints with each waypoint named after sled dog teams of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and the pony pack team of British explorer Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. The aeronautical chart is used in international flight navigation from New Zealand to Antarctica -- especially for Operation Deep Freeze. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Antarctic airway chart -- designed by past Operation Deep Freeze commander -- presented to Saint Louis dog museum

Maj. Gen. Susan Desjardins, Air Mobility Command's Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., provides remarks during the presentation of a commemorative, centenary, first-edition Antarctic airway chart to the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in Saint Louis, Mo., on Nov. 2, 2010. The chart, created by Col. Ronald Smith who was commander of Operation Deep Freeze from 2005 to 2008, shows “Airway 338” waypoints with each waypoint named after sled dog teams of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and the pony pack team of British explorer Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. The aeronautical chart is used in international flight navigation from New Zealand to Antarctica -- especially for Operation Deep Freeze. Colonel Smith is General Desjardins' Air National Guard advisor. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Antarctic airway chart -- designed by past Operation Deep Freeze commander -- presented to Saint Louis dog museum

Maj. Gen. Susan Desjardins, Air Mobility Command's Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., provides remarks during the presentation of a commemorative, centenary, first-edition Antarctic airway chart to the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in Saint Louis, Mo., on Nov. 2, 2010. The chart, created by Col. Ronald Smith who was commander of Operation Deep Freeze from 2005 to 2008, shows “Airway 338” waypoints with each waypoint named after sled dog teams of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and the pony pack team of British explorer Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. The aeronautical chart is used in international flight navigation from New Zealand to Antarctica -- especially for Operation Deep Freeze. Colonel Smith is General Desjardins' Air National Guard advisor. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)