March 12, 2007 Rock Solid Warrior Airman 1st Class Tava D. Blair Airman 1st Class Tava D. Blair 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron 3E931 Readiness Flight/ Logistics Section MonitorHome unit/base: 22 CES, McConnell AFB, Kan. How do you support the mission here? Readiness manages the 386 AEW Emergency Management (EM)
March 10, 2007 Rock Solid Warrior Senior Airman Jason A. Robelotto Senior Airman Jason A. Robelotto 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Force Protection/ Medical Materials Home unit/base: Stratton Air National Guard, N.Y. How do you support the mission here? We are the first line of defense and are responsible for searching
March 8, 2007 Leadership; it's all about the people People discuss leadership but few really know about it. Leadership is an art, and being a leader can take many years for one to be a seasoned and skilled one. But what do your leaders think about leadership and what guides their actions? I had the distinct pleasure to ask the top officer and
March 8, 2007 Be Vigilant About Safety The Rock is experiencing a rash of vehicle incidences according to Tech. Sgt. Jody Cummings, ground safety NCO. "Already in this 2007 fiscal year, we have experienced 27 vehicle incidents here. In AEF 3/4 we experienced 10 total." The reasons for these easily avoidable incidences, or mishaps are,
March 8, 2007 Visiting warrior spirit and Airmen pride Lt. Gen. Gary North, Commander U.S. Central Command Air Forces, paid a visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing during his tour of the CENTAF Area of Responsibility. During the evening visit, Gen. North spent some time getting to know some of the service members here, men and woman of all ranks and
March 7, 2007 Rock Solid Warrior Senior Airman Troy D. Hoskins Senior Airman Troy D. Hoskins 424th Medium Truck Detachment 2T151 Vehicle Operator/DispatcherHome unit/base: 366 LRS, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho How do you support the mission here? Here at Arifjan, we do line haul convoys throughout Iraq and local missions as well
Feb. 23, 2007 Chief of staff: Warrior Airmen new culture of Air Force Today's Airmen are in the fight.As the war on terrorism continues in the Middle East and the war on drugs continues in South and Central America, Airmen are engaged in struggles across the globe."We are warfighters," said Gen. T. Michael Moseley, the Air Force chief of staff. "From the pilots who
Feb. 23, 2007 Decorated Vietnam vet back at war It may be surprising to hear that the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing has a Vietnam era Purple Heart recipient working at the wing.It is even more surprising to hear that the combat veteran is actually a C-130 Hercules deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany.On the flight deck of aircraft 63-7865 is a
Feb. 23, 2007 Deployed wing transports its 1 millionth passenger The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing lived up to its motto of "Boots on the Ground" when it recently transported its 1millionth passenger in a little more than two years.The wing reached this historic milestone when they transported 10 Army soldiers to their final destination within the area of