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Leaving the Base a Better Place

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Technical Sgt. Christopher Hofman (front), and Staff Sgt. Michael Alvarez (back) and their 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron coworkers unload a truck full of outdated manuals to eliminate the waste inside their office space July 2. (U.S. AIr Force photo/Senior Airman Domonique Simmons)

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Leaving the base a better place

Published July 5, 2008