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  • Why I serve – Capt Mark Erwin

    In an interview with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs, U.S. Air Force Capt. Mark Erwin opens up about his decision to join the U.S. Air Force, what drove him to serve, and how he's helping Airmen at the 380th AEW, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

  • I wanted to serve -- U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Richard Allen McChesney

    My name is Richard Allen McChesney, I was born in 1973 to Allan and Mary McChesney who raised me in a small town in northwest Indiana.  As their only son and youngest of four children, I was ornery and always out getting into whatever mischief I could find.  Growing up, my friends and I would