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  • Grand Slam Wing commemorates Memorial Day

    Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing gather for a Memorial Day ceremony May 30, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United State of America. The day originated in the years

  • Maintainers fuel the fight

    Staff Sgt. Ryan Feeney, 340th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, communicates with a KC-135 Stratotanker air crew prior to a mission June 1, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The KC-135 delivers fuel to aircraft flying combat air patrols and other missions across the theater, which

  • Updates to uniform guidance across AFCENT

    The U.S. Air Forces Central Command Instruction 36-2903, a supplemental publication outlining dress and appearance standards for personnel assigned to USAFCENT, has been revised and is effective June 1, 2016.  The following highlights are some of the changes. However, personnel here are encouraged

  • Serving family and country: EOD craftsman balances family, mission

    A young five-year-old boy stood in front of his kneeling father in a hotel room, the boy weighed down with 50 pounds of tactical body armor. The gear weighed more than the boy. Tech. Sgt. Kelly Badger, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal craftsman, placed his hand

  • Base bosses build bombs with Airmen

    Airman First Class Tyler Anderson, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight conventional maintenance crew member, teaches Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Good, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief, about the fuze unit-63 initiator for a guided bomb unit May 10, 2016, at Al Udeid Air

  • Force protection Airmen halt flaming steam roller

    The night shift was almost over when Senior Airman Jacob Holtje and Senior Airman Israel Moore, both 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron force protection escorts, noticed  orange smoke in the sky coming from an area where contractors were working while conducting their last zone security of

  • Defenders stand guard in honor of fallen during Police Week

    The names of eight fallen Airmen can be found amongst 123newly-etched names on the marble walls of the National Law Enforcement OfficersMemorial, which were formally dedicated during a candlelight vigil inWashington, D.C., Friday evening. Two security forces defenders and four agents from the

  • The unexpected mission

    The 879th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, a unit comprised of 24 different U.S. Air Force specialty codes, recently provided security support during a visit by President Barack Obama to Saudi Arabia during a mission that is now the highlight of some of the Airmen’s careers. Not only did the

  • Days of Remembrance

    Tech. Sgt. Ashunta Taylor, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing staff, emcees the retreat ceremony to open the “Days of Remembrance” observance May 1, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The event honors the memory of Holocaust victims during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sgt. Carlos J.

  • Will you “get” overlap?

    The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Air Force,  Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. Leadership is sometimesabout guiding peers, even the person who replaces us in our job.  I’d like to think the