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  • Deployed daddy watches his son's birth via webcam

    Imagine finding out that you are not only about to be deployed, but you also have a baby on the way. This is the situation Staff Sgt. Nicholas Todd, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Operations Squadron, found himself in when, four months into his wife's pregnancy, he was informed of his upcoming

  • Memorial marathon commemorates the Bataan Death March

    More than 250 deployed service members participated in the Bataan Death March Memorial Marathon in Southwest Asia March 29, to commemorate servicemembers who suffered the trek more than 60 years ago during World War II. The memorial march was held in conjunction with the 19th Annual Bataan Memorial

  • 379th EMDG ensures servicemembers are fit to bite

    Trained to numb pains and extract dental problems, a pair of specialists here help keep servicemembers' teeth healthy and strong. The 379th Expeditionary Medical Group dental clinic helps to soothe the pain and provide servicemembers temporary dental support. Averaging five to seven patients a day,

  • RED HORSE group paves the way

    No project is too heavy to handle for the 1st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineer Group, a group that specializes in making something out of nothing. While building bare bases is one of the primary missions of the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group, they also assess,

  • RAF Tornados keep operations whirling

    There's a two-seater aircraft that sits on the flightline here that, although small, packs a 16,000-pound thrust and a mean attack capability. The Tornado GR4A, equipped with long-range, high-speed precision strike capability, is able to fly supersonic at low levels and in all weather. "It also has

  • MOC coordinates, facilitates aircraft movement in AOR

    As a crew chief tightens down the fuel line with the last turn of his wrench, his supervisor calls in the stop time. Within seconds--a mile from the flightline--the jet's status is upgraded to fully mission capable. The 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Operations Squadron maintenance operations

  • SARC helps deployed servicemembers respond to crisis

    Many people may think that because they're deployed, with a three-drink-a-night limit on alcohol and General Order-1 applying to their interactions with members of the opposite sex, assault is not a possibility. Not so, says the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, who