Photo by Chief Petty Officer Patrick Gordon | Naval Air Station Patuxent River | 12.11.2025
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Dec. 11, 2025) - NAS Patuxent River leadership and Environmental Department staff plant an Eastern Red Bud tree in observance of Arbor Day at Pax River. The event also marked the 36th consecutive award of the Tree City USA award for Pax River by the national Arbor Day Foundation....
Photo by Paul Mann | 117th Air Refueling Wing | 09.25.2025
Members of the 117th Civil Engineering Squadron work the line during the 117th Air Refueling Wing’s 2025 Tree Giveaway Sept. 25, 2025, Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, Ala. Base environmental managers teamed with the Alabama Forestry Commission and gave away 450 trees to installation employees and service members. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Paul Mann)...
Photo by Paul Mann | 117th Air Refueling Wing | 09.25.2025
Taylor Lentini, Federal Environmental Manager with the 117th Civil Engineering Squadron, gives Master Sgt. William Gilbert a Bald Cypress sapling during the 117th Air Refueling Wing’s 2025 Tree Giveaway Sept. 25, 2025, at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, Ala. Lentini is one of the wing’s environmental officers and was the primary representative who collaborated with the......
Photo by Paul Mann | 117th Air Refueling Wing | 09.25.2025
Chief Master Sgt. Craig Cook, Col. Mike Adams, and Col. Mike Marshall hold the plaques and sign officially designating Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base as Tree City USA, Sept. 25, 2025, Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, Ala. For the last few years 117th Civil Engineering Squadron environmental officers worked with the Alabama Forestry Commission to help the wing earn......
Photo by Paul Mann | 117th Air Refueling Wing | 09.25.2025
Adam Bradshaw, State Environmental Officer with the 117th Civil Engineering Squadron, places a 117th Air Refueling Wing nameplate onto the Tree City USA plaque awarded to the wing Sept. 25, 2025, Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, Ala. For the last few years 117th environmental officers worked with the Alabama Forestry Commission to help the unit earn Tree City USA......
Photo by Paul Mann | 117th Air Refueling Wing | 09.25.2025
Senior Airman Sarah Lyle, an imagery intelligence analyst with the 117th Intelligence Squadron, reads a fact sheets about tree saplings during the 117th Air Refueling Wing’s 2025 Tree Giveaway Sept. 25, 2025, at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, Ala. Lyle walked away with a few saplings from the 11 different varieties given away through the base’s environmental......
Photo by Paul Mann | 117th Air Refueling Wing | 09.25.2025
Adam Bradshaw, State Environmental Officer with the 117th Civil Engineering Squadron reviews fact sheets about the tree saplings that will be given away during the 117th Air Refueling Wing’s 2025 Tree Giveaway Sept. 25, 2025, at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, Ala. Bradshaw is one of the wing’s environmental officers who collaborated with the Alabama Forestry......
Photo by Paul Mann | 117th Air Refueling Wing | 09.25.2025
Adam Bradshaw, State Environmental Officer with the 117th Civil Engineering Squadron places fact sheets underneath tree saplings trays in preparation for the 117th Air Refueling Wing’s 2025 Tree Giveaway Sept. 25, 2025, at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, Ala. Bradshaw is one of the wing’s environmental officers who collaborated with the Alabama Forestry Commission to......
