Features

Oct. 28, 2010
Joint Base Andrews NCO supports medical ops at Southwest Asia location

Staff Sgt. Benjamin Bates is an independent duty medical technician, or IDMT, deployed with the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia.Sergeant Bates is deployed from the 779th Medical Operations Squadron, 79th Medical Wing, at
Oct. 26, 2010
Joint Base MDL Airman supports material management operations at Balad

Thousands of miles from California's second largest city and his hometown of San Diego where one of the biggest shipping ports exist in the United States, Senior Airman Noah Clifton is doing work similar to what happens in his hometown -- getting supplies to those people who need them.Airman Clifton
Oct. 21, 2010
Joint Base MDL senior NCO supports Falcon Air Meet 2010 as KC-10 boom operator

Master Sgt. Lynn Thatcher is a KC-10 Extender in-flight refueling craftsman, or evaluator boom operator, deployed to support Falcon Air Meet 2010 in Jordan. Teams from four nations -- Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan and the United States -- are participating in the Falcon Meet exercise and
Oct. 20, 2010
Red Ribbon Week commemorates fallen hero

Red Ribbon Week is October 24-30. The week is not only used as a tool for drug awareness, but it also commemorates the death of Enrique Camarena Salazar. Mr. Salazar was a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was abducted and murdered in 1985 while working to uncover identities of key members
Oct. 18, 2010
Dyess captain, C-130 pilot, supports airlift operations in Southwest Asia; finishes Pakistan flood relief support

Capt. Daniel Hilferty is a C-130 Hercules pilot deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. At his deployed location, Captain Hilferty flies the C-130 with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.Captain
Oct. 18, 2010
Georgia native, deployed from Little Rock, manages deployed airlift ops as C-130 loadmaster

According to history, Staff Sgt. Thomas "T.J." Grover's hometown of Columbus, Ga., was established in 1828 as a trading post to strengthen the western border of Georgia. Additionally, as the northern-most navigable point on the Chattahoochee River from the Gulf of Mexico, Columbus became a center of
Oct. 15, 2010
Pope NCO supports air transportation ops at Afghanistan base

Staff Sgt. Octavia Swinson is an air transportation craftsman assigned to the 451st Aerial Port Flight, 451st Air Expeditionary Wing, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.Sergeant Swinson is deployed from the 3rd Aerial Port Squadron, 43rd Airlift Wing, at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. The 43rd Airlift
Oct. 14, 2010
Joint Base MDL staff sergeant supports deployed CRE for Pakistan flood relief

On his current deployment as an air transportation craftsman, Staff Sgt. Joshua Gaines is doing exactly what he was trained to do as an aerial porter -- except the impact he's having now is helping millions of Pakistani flood victims.Sergeant Gaines is deployed with an Air Force contingency response
Oct. 13, 2010
McConnell Airman shares fitness story of success

While deployed, Airmen face many challenges but one McConnell Airman transformed her mental and physical obstacles into a fitness success story.Staff Sgt. Michelle Rose, 22nd Operations Support Squadron aviation resource management NCO in charge, began her battle to improve her fitness in September
Oct. 13, 2010
C-130 loadmaster, deployed from Little Rock, supports deployed airlift, airdrop operations

She has one of the busiest jobs in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility -- supporting combat airlift operations. From her deployed location at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Airman 1st Class Rachael Orazine flies regularly on combat airlift and airdrop missions for Operation Enduring