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    Photo By Tech. Sgt. Lindsey Soulsby | Lt. Col Rusty Vaira, 219th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron...... read more read more

    BOZEMAN, MT, UNITED STATES

    04.24.2017

    Story by Staff Sgt. Lindsey Soulsby 

    120th Airlift Wing

    GREAT FALLS, Mont.— Two Montana Air National Guard officers visited two classes of the Montana State University Air Force Reserves Officers’ Training Corps Detachment 450 cadets April 24 at Montana State University, Bozeman campus ROTC classroom.

    Lt. Col. Rusty Vaira, 219th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer, or RED HORSE, Squadron commander, and Lt. Col. Larry Gardner, 120th Airlift Wing Operations Support Squadron commander, shared their career pathways with ROTC cadets.

    “It was a great experience to head back down to Montana State University and visit the ROTC detachment I graduated from almost 22 years ago,” Vaira said. “To reminisce with the pictures and to talk to some of the new cadets.”

    Vaira and Gardner shared their career progression with the cadets.

    “We got to talk with some people from the Montana Air National Guard and get insight into their jobs,” said Cadet Luke Wilkins.

    “I think most people in the detachment have no idea about Air National Guard,” said Wilkins. I think it’s great for us to get other opportunities besides active duty.”

    While on location, Vaira also administered the oath of enlistment to Senior Airman Kaylee V. Sarvis, a transfer from the Air Force Reserve and daughter of AFROTC Det. 450 MSU Recruiting Flight Commander, Maj. John M. Sarvis, to the MTANG.

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    Date Taken: 04.24.2017
    Date Posted: 05.08.2017 14:51
    Story ID: 233045
    Location: BOZEMAN, MT, US

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