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386th NEWS

  • U.S. Airmen teach Kuwait Army firefighters life-saving techniques

    U.S. Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), 386th Expeditionary Medical Squadron and the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Generation Squadron (EFGS) held in-depth classes and hands-on training for Kuwait Army firefighters on basic lifesaving care and pilot evacuation

  • Celebrating five years of marriage in the desert

    It’s fall of 2016 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, in the middle of the dining facility. A young Senior Airman Ashley Robinson goes up to an unknowing Staff Sgt. Vashard Armand to ask him about a friend on base. Vashard, not knowing who Ashley was talking about, answered her question and

  • 386th ECES Airman wins USO Service Member of the Year

    A firefighter with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and a guard member out of the 190th Air Refueling Wing at Forbes Field Air National Guard Base, Topeka, Kansas, it’s Staff Sgt. Nicholas Tafanelli’s determination and grit that recently led him to be recognized as one of the United

  • Joint exercise showcases rapid global mobility in CENTCOM theater

    Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron recently demonstrated a textbook example of rapid global mobility during a mass movement of military personnel for an Emergency Deployment Rapid Exercise at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, August 10, 2022.At a moment’s notice, 120 U.S.

  • Gateway to the Middle East: PERSCO team is one-stop shop for deployment

    It’s 1:37 a.m., besides the occasional shrubs tussling in the breeze, or the choir of streetlights humming on empty roads, nothing is stirring. However, for the 386th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron Personnel Support for Contingency Operations team—it’s game time.In one hour, hundreds of Airmen

  • Delivering readiness: 386th ELRS supplies lifesaving equipment to Ukraine

    When it happens, it’s almost a blur. Walking into the Expeditionary Theater Distribution Center, personnel are greeted with Midwest hospitality and East Coast efficiency. Whether it's helmets, chemical suits or tactical vests—personnel are guaranteed to have what they need for their deployment and