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A Day on the Job with: Munitions

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Cook, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Support Equipment shop, tightens the bolts on a lighter tow bar, replacing the current two-person lift tow bar, during a refit of an ammo trailer Dec. 19. The lighter tow-bar will make it easier for the munitions technicians to hook up the ammo trailer, speeding up operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt Brendan Kavanaugh)
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A Day on the Job with: Munitions

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Lomax Riggins, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Support Equipment shop, checks his work after drilling holes to place warning placards around the side of an ammunition trailer Dec. 19. The placards will identify hazards when munitions are loaded on the trailer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt Brendan Kavanaugh)
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A Day on the Job with: Munitions

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Members of the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Support Equipment shop, refit an ammunitions trailer Dec. 19. The refit includes a lighter tow bar, replacing the current two-person lift tow bar, and placing warning placards around the side of the trailer. The placards will identify hazards when munitions are loaded on the trailer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt Brendan Kavanaugh)
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A Day on the Job with: Munitions

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Tech. Sgt. Asha Beckrich, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Control section, discusses daily operations with members of her section Dec. 19. Munitions control is responsible for coordinating all munitions storage, movement and loading, with B-1B crew chiefs, air crews and maintainers. Munition control also works with coalition partners as well as the Navy, Army and Marine Corps to provide courtesy storage for various weapon systems. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt Brendan Kavanaugh)
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A Day on the Job with: Munitions

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Joshua Harmer, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Conventional Munitions shop, inpsects the nosecone of a GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition recently downloaded from a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Dec. 19. If the munitions aren't utilized during a mission, they are returned, inspected, software packages upgraded and stored for later use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)
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A Day on the Job with: Munitions

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Ryan Thompson, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Conventional Munitions shop, runs an equipment and softare diagnostic on a GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition recently downloaded from a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Dec. 19. If the munitions aren't utilized during a mission, they are returned, inspected, software packages upgraded and stored for later use. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt Brendan Kavanaugh)
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A Day on the Job with: Munitions

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Marcus Mack, a munitions systems technician, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Conventional Munitions shop, hooks computer and grounding cables on a GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition recently downloaded from a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Dec. 19. If the munitions aren't utilized during a mission, they are returned, inspected, software packages upgraded and stored for later use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)
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Grand Slam Wing first sergeant organizes care packages to go downrange

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Army Spc. Neilon Burton, 421st Quartermaster, Det. 4, places care packages from Spokane, Wash., on a pallet, which was later airdropped to service members at forward operating locations in Afghanistan Dec. 12. The packages were sent from a TV station located in Spokane, and were organized for transport downrange by Master Sgt. Patrick Lund, 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)
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At end of the day, we’re brothers in arms

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Army Sgt. Andrew Velasquez is featured in his Reserve unit’s magazine, The Bridge, during the spring of 2012 while deployed in the Kandahar Region of Afghanistan. Chief Master Sgt. Richard Velasquez, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, has the cover of this issue hanging on his wall. Both service members are brothers who were deployed at the same time during 2012. Army Sgt. Velasquez’s story while in Afghanistan is available for download at http://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_10320.pdf. (Courtesy of the 416th Theater Engineer Command)
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At end of the day, we’re brothers in arms

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Master Sgt. Daniel Velasquez (left), 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Operations Squadron, and Chief Master Sgt. Richard Velasquez, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, are brothers deployed in the same location at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. The two brothers along with their younger sibling Army Sgt. Andrew Velasquez, who was recently stationed in Afghanistan, were deployed at the same time in 2012. The master sergeant is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base Texas, the chief’s is deployed from Barksdale, AFB, La., and the Army sergeant is a reservist out of Austin, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)
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Rock Solid Warrior

Staff Sgt. Kenneth Holsey, 386th Expeditionary Medical Group medical technician, draws blood from a patient at a deployed location in Southwest Asia on Dec. 13, 2012. Holsey was nominated as the weeks "Rock Solid Warrior" for the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Knox)
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379th EAES shows off capabilities to CC

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Master Sgt. Eric Troutman signals spotters, Senior Master Sgt. Augustin Ortiz, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron technician, and Gen. Roger H. Watkins, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, as they run to fetch patients during a mock 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron engines running on-load mission Dec. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Angela Webb)
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379th EAES shows off capabilities to CC

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Capt. Jason Price, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, waves litter bearers, Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, and Senior Master Sgt. Augustin Ortiz, 379th EAES technician, onto a C-130 during a mock 379th EAES engines running on-load mission Dec. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Angela Webb)
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379th EAES shows off capabilities to CC

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Maj. Marion Forman, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron’s chief nurse, leads Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, Col. Michael B. Starr, 379th AEW vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Rory Wicks, 379th AEW command chief, on the flightline to gather patients during a mock 379th EAES engines running on-load mission Dec. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Angela Webb)
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379th EAES shows off capabilities to CC

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Maj. Jennifer Prosser, Critical Care Air Transport Team nurse, and Senior Airman Vinny Babauta, CCATT Respiratory Technician, straps Chief Master Sgt. Rory Wicks, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief, to a litter during a mock 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron engines running on-load mission Dec. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Angela Webb)
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379th EAES shows off capabilities to CC

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Capt. Jason Price (right), 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, signals Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, to carry his patient onto the aircraft during an engines running on-load mission Dec. 4. The 379th AEW commander, vice commander and command chief participated in the mock exercise to have a better understanding of the unit's mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)
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A Day on the Job with: Air Traffic Controllers

SOUTHWEST ASIA - From left to right, Senior Airman Nicholas Pane, Senior Airman John Stoke, Staff Sgt. Luke Hightower and William Wright are all air traffic controllers assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron. In order to be certified as a controller, the Airmen had to attend a four month technical school and then approximately another year of on-the-job training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)
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A Day on the Job with: Air Traffic Controllers

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Senior Airman William Wright, 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, updates the strip bay for an inbound aircraft Dec. 12. The strip bay helps the controllers keep track of air traffic by listing their call sign, requested altitude and other air management information. The left side of the bay keeps track of all inbound and the right all outbound aircraft. Wright is deployed from the 49th OSS at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., and is a native of Houston. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)
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A Day on the Job with: Air Traffic Controllers

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Air traffic controllers assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron keep track of all aircraft in the vicinity of the airport Dec. 12. The air traffic control tower maintains operations 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)
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A Day on the Job with: Air Traffic Controllers

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Staff Sgt. Luke Hightower, 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller watch supervisor, inputs weather information into the airfield advisory system Dec. 12. Controllers provide all in and outbound aircraft the weather conditions in the area. Hightower is deployed from the 436th OSS at Dover Air Force Base, Del., and is a native of New Orleans. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)
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