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455th AEW Photos

Iraq brings father, son together for career milestone

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Markeven Swenson accepts his promotion from Brig. Gen. Brian Bishop at a 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing promotion ceremony here July 31. Sergeant Swenson’s father, Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Swenson, flew in from Forward Operating Base Marez during his four-day rest-and-relaxation period to tack on his son’s stripes. Sergeant Markeven Swenson, a firefighter with the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron here, is deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. His father, a ground radio communications maintenance technician, is deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan. General Bishop is the 332nd AEW commander. Also pictured is 332nd AEW Command Chief Master Sgt. David Williamson. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Richard Lisum)

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