Photo by Master Sgt. Jason Vaught | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2012
Col. Shirlene Ostrov meets with students from Niznechuiskiy School 1 to help celebrate the “First Bell” ceremony, Niznechuiskiy Village, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 1, 2012. Ostrov who is the 376th Expeditionary Mission Support Group commander and a native of Honolulu was in attendance as a guest speaker for the ceremony. First Bell is a Russian tradition and takes place each year on Sept. 1 to......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jason Vaught | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2012
Seniors in their last year of school escort first-year students to class during the “First Bell” ceremony, Niznechuiskiy Village, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 1, 2012. First Bell is deeply rooted in Russian tradition and takes place each year on Sept. 1 to signal the first day of school. First Bell marks a rite of passage where seniors escort the first-year students in a ceremony symbolizing the......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jason Vaught | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2012
A first-year student rings the "First Bell" from the shoulders of a senior student during a First Bell ceremony, Niznechuiskiy Village, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 1, 2012. Col. Shirlene Ostrov, 376th Expeditionary Mission Support Group commander and a native of Honolulu was in attendance as a guest speaker for the ceremony. First Bell is a Russian tradition that takes place each year on Sept. 1 where......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jason Vaught | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Alex Cadavid listens to first-year students reciting a poem at Niznechuiskiy School 1 during the "First Bell" ceremony, Niznechuiskiy Village, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 1, 2012. Cadavid is a 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron assistant chief of fire prevention at the Transit Center at Manas was in attendance to help deliver new sports equipment and uniforms to help the......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jason Vaught | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2012
First-year students from Niznechuiskiy School 1 recite versus from a poem during the "First Bell" ceremony, Niznechuiskiy Village, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 1, 2012. Airmen from the Transit Center at Manas were in attendance for the ceremony and also to deliver new sports equipment and uniforms for the new school year....
Photo by Master Sgt. Jason Vaught | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2012
Seniors in their last year of school escort first-year students to class during the "First Bell" ceremony, Niznechuiskiy Village, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 1, 2012. First Bell is a Russian tradition that takes place each year on Sept. 1 to signal the first day of school. First Bell marks a rite of passage where seniors, in their last year of studies, escort first-year students in a ceremony......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jason Vaught | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2012
Col. Shirlene Ostrov meets with students from Niznechuiskiy School 1 to help celebrate the "First Bell" ceremony, Niznechuiskiy Village, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 1, 2012. Ostrov who is the 376th Expeditionary Mission Support Group commander and a native of Honolulu was in attendance as a guest speaker for the ceremony. First Bell is a Russian tradition and takes place each year on Sept. 1 to signal......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jason Vaught | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2012
Master Sgt. Tammy Bean (center) poses with students from Niznechuiskiy School 1 prior to the "First Bell" ceremony, Niznechuiskiy Village, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 1, 2012. Bean is the 376th Expeditionary Mission Support Group administrative assistant at the Transit Center at Manas and was in attendance to help deliver new sports equipment and uniforms to celebrate the students first day of school.......
