Photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell | 7th Bomb Wing | 08.05.2021
Staff Sgt. Melissa Sekerak, 7th Munitions Squadron stockpile management supervisor, poses for a photo with her horse, Malibu, next to an inert munition at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2021. As a stockpile management supervisor, Sekerak manages and tracks the inventory of munitions, to include inbound shipments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell)...
Photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell | 7th Bomb Wing | 08.05.2021
Staff Sgt. Melissa Sekerak, 7th Munitions Squadron stockpile management supervisor, poses for a photo with her horse, Malibu, and an inert munition at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2021. At the age of 14, Sekerak discovered her passion of working with horses in her childhood hometown of Kodiak, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell)...
Photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell | 7th Bomb Wing | 07.20.2021
Staff Sgt. Melissa Sekerak, 7th Munitions Squadron stockpile management supervisor, rides her horse, Malibu, in Hawley, Texas, July 20, 2021. Sekerak has spent approximately 100 days, training Malibu as part of a competition that judges a trainer’s ability to tame a previously untouched mustang. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell)...
Photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell | 7th Bomb Wing | 07.20.2021
Staff Sgt. Melissa Sekerak, 7th Munitions Squadron stockpile management supervisor, rides her horse, Malibu, in Hawley, Texas, July 20, 2021. Sekerak spent an average of 21 hours a week training Malibu to build a relationship of trust and confidence between them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell)...
Photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell | 7th Bomb Wing | 07.20.2021
Staff Sgt. Melissa Sekerak, 7th Munitions Squadron stockpile management supervisor, leads her horse, Malibu, around a training ring in Hawley, Texas, July 20, 2021. Sekerak, who began riding horses at the age of six, has been learning how to train horses since she bought her first horse at 14-years-old. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell)...
Photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell | 7th Bomb Wing | 08.21.2018
Staff Sgt. Melissa Sekerak, 7th Munitions Squadron stockpile management supervisor, pets her horse, Malibu, in Hawley, Texas, July 27, 2021. Sekerak began training Malibu as an untouched mustang as part of a competition that judges a horse trainer’s ability to tame a mustang over a span of 100 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell)...
Photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell | 7th Bomb Wing | 08.21.2018
Malibu, a wild mustang in training, is led over a ground pole by Staff Sgt. Melissa Sekerak, 7th Munitions Squadron stockpile management supervisor, in Hawley, Texas, July 27, 2021. The ground poles are used to assist in teaching the horse to be mindful of where they are walking and to be cognizant of their surroundings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell)...
Photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell | 7th Bomb Wing | 08.21.2018
Malibu, a wild mustang in training, is led across a wooden training bridge by Staff Sgt. Melissa Sekerak, 7th Munitions Squadron stockpile management supervisor, in Hawley, Texas, July 27, 2021. Sekerak would routinely lead Malibu across the bridge to improve the horse’s confidence around obstacles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell)...
