Photo by Senior Airman Ross Whitley | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 06.03.2014
Col. John Millard, Director of the Transit Center at Manas, speaks at a transfer ceremony at the TCM in Kyrgyzstan, June 3, 2014. He praised the major accomplishments of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing and the center itself. He described 110 military-to-military exchanges and 180 social-cultural events just a brief of the programs that touched more than 7,000 local people. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Senior Airman Ross Whitley | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 06.03.2014
Col. Zamir Suerkulov, first deputy minister of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense speaks about the close relationship between the Kyrgyz and American militaries during a transfer ceremony at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, June 3, 2014. He praised the exchange opportunities that included pilots, medical personnel, language training, and even sports competitions. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Senior Airman Ross Whitley | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.24.2014
Graduates release pigeons as a symbol of peace during the Birdik school’s last bell ceremony in Birdik, Kygyzstan, May 24, 2014. The Transit Center has facilitated renovations at the school and the school adminstrators invited TCM Airmen to witness the school’s end-of-year ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ross Alexander Whitley)...
Photo by Senior Airman Ross Whitley | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.24.2014
Col. John Vaughn, vice commander 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, deployed from Joint base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, looks at the camera during the Birdik school’s last bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The school invited Transit Center Airmen to witness the end-of–the-year ceremony and official start of the summer break for students. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ross......
Photo by Senior Airman Ross Whitley | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.24.2014
A girl drinks a juice pack at the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. Airmen from the Transit Center have worked with the Birdik school since 2009 to renovate the school buildings. The school administrators invited Airmen from the TCM to their end-of-school-year graduation ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ross Alexander Whitley)...
Photo by Senior Airman Ross Whitley | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.24.2014
Children perform a traditional Kyrgyz dance at the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The dance demonstrates riding a horse and the song the children danced to was played on a Kyrgyz traditional instrument, a komuz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ross Alexander Whitley)...
Photo by Senior Airman Ross Whitley | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.24.2014
A girl in traditional Kyrgyz clothing listens to speeches given at the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The Birdik school has close ties with the Transit Center and invited Airmen to witness their graduation ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ross Alexander Whitley)...
Photo by Senior Airman Ross Whitley | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.24.2014
Students stand and await their graduation certificates at the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The sash says Graduate 2014 and every graduate in Kyrgyzstan wears one during the Last Bell or graduation ceremony. In Kyrgyzstan all grade schools end-of-year ceremonies are held on the same day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ross Alexander Whitley)...
