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U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Melquiadez Racho, a patrol team lead with the 407th Expeditionary Security forces Squadron, uses his radio to check in with the base defense operations center May 13, 2017, in Southwest Asia. During patrols, security forces defenders perform safety and welfare checks across base and check base fencelines and perimeters for anomalies. Racho is a traditional guardsman deployed from the 254th Security Forces Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. When not on Air Force orders, Racho serves as a police instructor with the Department of Defense on Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)


Island Defenders: Guam guardsmen protect expeditionary base, coalition mission

U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Melquiadez Racho, a patrol team lead with the 407th Expeditionary Security forces Squadron, uses his radio to check in with the base defense operations center May 13, 2017, in Southwest Asia. During patrols, security forces defenders perform safety and welfare checks across base and check base fencelines and perimeters for anomalies. Racho is a traditional guardsman deployed from the 254th Security Forces Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. When not on Air Force orders, Racho serves as a police instructor with the Department of Defense on Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)

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Senior Airman Austin Stimmel, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron cable and antenna systems technician, shovels dirt from a cable storage area at Cargo City, located at Abdullah Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait, June 25, 2018. Stimmel and his fellow Airmen are installing communications lines for the new operating location, slated to open later this year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Stoltz)
Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron conduct a land survey at Cargo City, located at Abdullah Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait, November 11th, 2017. Before building the future home of the 387th Air Expeditionary Group, 5th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, and other Joint and Coalition Partners, the land needed to be filled in, graded, and compacted, as the designated site was originally 10 feet below the ramp. (Courtesy photo)
A day of back-filling comes to an end at Cargo City, on Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait, December 18, 2017. Before building the future Aerial Port of Debarkation, the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group, 387th Expeditionary Support Squadron had to make the site suitable for construction. (Courtesy photo)
Members from the 386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron speak to prospective clients at Abdullah Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait, June 25, 2018. The 386 ECONS is responsible for awarding contracts to local vendors for services rendered and product acquisition for the Air Force Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Stoltz)
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Adrian L. Spain, commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, speaks to a crowd gathered in attendance for a change of command ceremony at Al Dhafra Air Base, July 2, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nieko Carzis)
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