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  • Staff Sgt. Shawn M. Good

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    Staff Sgt. Shawn M. Good Staff Sgt. Shawn M. Good 386 Expeditionary Mission Support Group/PERSCO 3S051/Manper-B OperatorHome unit/base: 88 MSS, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio How do you support the mission here? My primary responsibility is personnel accountability for seven different locations within the AOR. We are tasked to account for all assigned
  • Staff Sgt. Renita L. Gardner

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    Staff Sgt. Renita L. Gardner Staff Sgt. Renita L. Gardner386 Expeditionary Maintenance Group3A051, Information Manager Home unit/base: 116 MXG, Robins AFB, Ga. How do you support the mission here? I support the mission, providing staff support/customer service and aiding in client support administrative duties for the maintenance group command
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Chief Master Sgt. Richard Small, CENTAF Command Chief, and Lt. Gen. Gary North, CENTAF Commander, address members of the 586th Expeditionary Mission Support Group at Camp Arifjan. The 586th is one of the many units in the CENTCOM AOR where Airmen are doing non-traditional jobs. (AF photo/Staff Sgt. Ian Carrier)

    CENTAF leaders visit Airmen at non-traditional places

    The Commander and Command Chief for U.S. Central Command Air Forces made a round-robin tour of locations in Southwest Asia where Air Force personnel are performing duties that Airmen have never done before. Lt. Gen. Gary L. North and Command Master Sgt. Richard T. Small began on April 20 by visiting the 586th Expeditionary Mission Support Group,
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- One of two aircraft fire and rescue trucks donated by the City of Baltimore and bound for Mazar-i-Sharif Airport in Northern Afghanistan sits on a runway at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia awaiting to be loaded into a C-17 transport on April 19, 2007. (AF photo/ Staff Sgt. Ian Carrier)

    American city donates fire trucks, Navy and Air Force delivers

    The first of two aircraft fire and rescue trucks bound for Kabul International Airport in Northern Afghanistan was loaded into the cargo hold of a C-17 by members of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Expeditionary Logistics Squadron on April 19, 2007. The vehicles are 1988 Oshkosh trucks which once belonged to Baltimore-Washington International
  • Staff Sgt. Todd E. Pappas

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    Staff Sgt. Todd E. Pappas Staff Sgt. Todd E. Pappas386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron Home unit: 20th Contracting Squadron Shaw AFB, SC How do you support the mission here? ECONS supports the mission in a couple of different ways. First ECONS provides quality customer service in all phases of the acquisition process. ECONS also procures
  • Senior Airman Moses Foster

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     Senior Airman  Moses Foster Senior AirmanMoses Foster586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Security Forces Member/.50 cal Gunner Home unit/base: Wright Patterson AFB Ohio How do you support the mission here? I complete the duties as a .50 cal gunner. I'm also an operator for the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) M2 platform.
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Lawrence Beamon, 586th Expeditionary Mission Support Group Civil Engineeering Flight, uses a multimeter to check power voltage in a transformer box at Camp Patriot. Senior Airman Jerico Witz assists. Sgt. Beamon is the only Air Force electrician on Camp Patriot. Camp Patriot is a camp run for the Army by the Air Force. Members of all branches of the service, to include the Coast Guard, work and reside at the camp. (AF photo/Staff Sgt. Ian Carrier)

    Airmen exemplify combined operations at Camp Patriot

    In the constantly changing environment of modern warfare, Airmen are constantly being tasked to do things and go places out of the ordinary. Long gone are the days when the Air Force was built around strategic bombing, isolated to the rear of the lines on comfortable bases. Today's Airmen often work in joint-force environments in jobs traditionally
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Col. Lindsey Graham, a Senior Senator from North Carolina, poses with members of the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group in the Contingency Air Medical Staging Facility here on the Rock on April 9, 2007. Col. Graham, a Reserve Judge Advocate, recently spent 2 days in Iraq with Senator John McCain, then another 7 days as a JA with the Multinational Force, Iraq. Col. Graham is holding a copy of the Desert Voice open to an article that was written on the CASF.(AF photo/Staff Sgt. Ian Carrier)

    Air Force Colonel has day job… as U.S. Senator

    Air Force Reserve Col. Lindsey Graham paid a visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing on April 9 2007. A Colonel on the Rock is not an unusual sight, to be sure, unless they happen to also be a member of the Senate. Senior Republican Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham flew into the CENTAF Area of Responsibility with fellow Senator John
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Maj. Steven King, 386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron, rounds third base and heads for home during the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing softball championship game April 8, 2007. The Wing Staff team defeated Security Forces by a score of 13-10. (AF photo/ Tech. Sgt. Edward Holzapfel)

    Wing Staff wins championship

    The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Staff pulled off a sports coup on the Rock recently, defying expectations and grabbing victory in the face of adversity. The Wing Staff defeated Security Forces in the 386th AEW softball championship on April 8, 2007. The final score was 13-10. The Wing team was coached by Master Sgt. Christopher Moore, 386th AEW/
  • Staff Sgt. Tia Thomas

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    Staff Sgt. Tia S. Thomas Staff Sgt. Tia S. Thomas386th Expeditionary Services SquadronSpecial Events Coordinator Home unit/base: 20 SVS, Shaw AFB, S.C.How do you support the mission here? My primary responsibilities include the scheduling and coordination of all events that take place at the Flex, the Pavilion and the Auditorium. To include, but
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