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  • Discipline in defense: Patrol Airmen drill response measures

    U.S. Air Force patrolmen with the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron breach the threshold of an active shooter training facility at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 30, 2017. Active shooter incident response training is conducted often for 379th ESFS Airmen due to the unpredictable nature

  • Security forces Airmen kick-off host nation relations

    U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron play soccer with Qatar Emiri Air Force Security Forces members at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 23, 2017. The Airmen participated in a friendly game of soccer held to give members a chance to interact with their host

  • First responders, medical Airmen exercise lifesaving abilities

    U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group and firefighters with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron lift a role player acting as a trauma patient at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 21, 2017. Scenarios like these are enacted to help first responders train and

  • Al Udeid ‘caddy land’ flush with improvements, replacements

    AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar— Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron play a major role in the upkeep of living and operating conditions at Al Udeid. Since 2015, one initiative that has kept Airmen with the squadron working hard is the replacement of 50 old “cadillacs,” outdoor

  • Vehicle management flight keeps wheels rolling

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Daniel, the material handling equipment NCO in charge with the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Vehicle Management Flight, repairs a hydraulic cylinder on a 25K loader at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 13, 2017. Hydraulic equipment uses hydraulic

  • GEOBASE Airmen put Al Udeid on the map

    Engineer assistants with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron GEOBASE section pose for a photo at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 15, 2017. Airmen with the GEOBASE section survey, map, draft and maintain common installation picture maps and have the ability to produce unit specific maps

  • Apheresis Airmen: Fangs of the AOR

    AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar— After more than two years of planning and execution, the apheresis element of the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group at Al Udeid AB became fully operational March 6. This team of four Airmen is dedicated to providing platelet product, tiny blood cells that help form clots to

  • Aerospace medical technicians 'middlemen' to recovery

    AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar—The movement of patients from a war zone to a hospital doesn’t happen instantaneously; there are many stages between the departure and arrival of those individuals to their final destination.  To assist with that journey, aerospace medical technicians with the 379th

  • US, Qatar Emiri Air Forces build relations, fix aircraft

    The C-17 Globemaster III aircraft is crucial to Air Mobility Command’s airlift mission at Al Udeid, enabling the movement and supply of warfighters throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. When two C-17’s were grounded here due to the need for extensive maintenance, Airmen with

  • Uniform disposal: Keeping one step ahead

    U.S. Airmen unload a van full of uniform items at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 10, 2017. The uniform items were gathered by volunteers from the uniform disposal bins located around the base, and then were sorted and shredded. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)