10 May 2013

A historic validation

A team of Airmen and contractors from Air Mobility Command, the Central Command Deployment & Distribution Operation Center and the Defense Logistics Agency worked together to validate a big shredding theory. The Granutech Mobile Rotogrind Shredder assembly, Model 525 HP, is used to shred everything from paper and electronics to body armor and

6 May 2013

An eye for ailments

"I picked medical as my job and I love my job," she said.Senior Airman Shana Smith, 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, medical technician, can see more patients in a day than classmates from her graduating class. "I'm from a really small town; I graduated with 43 people in my class," said Smith. "I left for basic training in September right after I

3 May 2013

U.S. Air Force delivers food, medicine for Syrian relief

U.S. Air Force members from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing loaded pallets of non-lethal aid on to a C-17 aircraft early April 30 at an undisclosed airbase in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.The American Airmen, deployed to a U.S. ally nation, loaded the Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster III, based out of Dover Air Force Base,

1 May 2013

Airman's 60K contribution

As the United States and our coalition partners continue reducing our footprint in Afghanistan, one Airman at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing is helping to remove the logistical footprint even faster by training the contractors responsible for the Afghanistan retrograde. "This 60K training is designed to teach the students how to operate the

29 Apr 2013

Belted

From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli; they fight our country's battles in the air, on land, hand-to-hand and sea.The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program trains Marines how to execute unarmed and armed techniques, in close proximity to another individual, across a spectrum of violence within a continuum of force.The spectrum of

26 Apr 2013

Marauders shave their heads to support Noah

When the son of a family friend of over 15 years was diagnosed with cancer, one deployed airman came up with an idea to show his support. "Noah was a pretty good size 8th grader playing football when he developed some pain in his legs last fall," said Staff Sgt. Gary Godby, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron.The pain in Noah's legs was

23 Apr 2013

AFCENT 'Check Six' team promotes multinational vigilance

Airman at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing are briefed about the U.S. Air Forces Central Command 'Check Six' program from the moment they arrive on station, but the ambitious 386 AEW Check Six team branched out to our Northern Neighbors.The AFCENT Check Six program was developed to promote awareness, vigilance, and to combat complacency in light of

22 Apr 2013

Airman saves the Air Force $348K

Editor's Note: To learn more about Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer's Every Dollar Counts initiative 1 May - 1 June 2013 visit the af.mil website below: http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123344097As the Air Force institutes a culture change through its "Every Dollar Counts" campaign, one deployed Airman's determination helped save

18 Apr 2013

A Family Affair

Family separation is without a doubt one of the toughest challenges service members will face during a deployment. The aerial port flight at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, avoided this challenge by deploying with their family."We have a flight of about 85 people with an air terminal operations section, cargo section, special handling section,

15 Apr 2013

Supplying Shindand

Adm. Raymond A. Spruance said "A sound logistics plan is the foundation upon which a war operation should be based. If the necessary minimum of logistics support cannot be given to the combatant forces involved, the operation may fail, or at best be only partially successful."Tech Sgt. Ignacio Bentancour, 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness