Photo by Joseph Eddins | Airman Magazine | 08.13.2016
Then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt., a reservist air transportation specialist with 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, lifts up Kexton Cafa during a volleyball game at the Leeward Kai Canoe Club at Kalaianaole Beach Park in Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 13, 2016. Van Gieson, an Air Force reservist, is a veteran of Operation......
Photo by Joseph Eddins | Airman Magazine | 08.13.2016
Then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt., a reservist air transportation specialist with 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, and his son, Makoa Kekaula-Van Gieson, play volleyball during a party at the Leeward Kai Canoe Club at Kalaianaole Beach Park in Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 13, 2016. Van Gieson, an Air Force reservist, is a......
Photo by Joseph Eddins | Airman Magazine | 08.13.2016
Then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt., a reservist air transportation specialist with 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, and his son, Makoa Kekaula-Van Gieson, celebrate a point in volleyball during a party at the Leeward Kai Canoe Club at Kalaianaole Beach Park in Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 13, 2016. Van Gieson, an Air Force......
Photo by Joseph Eddins | Airman Magazine | 08.13.2016
Jenny Van Gieson, right, wife of Master Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, a reservist air transportation specialist with 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, talks with Al's grandmother, Edith Van Gieson, who helped found the Leeward Kai Canoe Club in Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 13, 2016. Al is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a world champion......
Photo by Joseph Eddins | Airman Magazine | 08.13.2016
Then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt., a reservist air transportation specialist with 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, greets Kexton Cafa after arriving from work for a club party at the Leeward Kai Canoe Club at Kalaianaole Beach Park in Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 13, 2016. Van Gieson, an Air Force reservist, is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a......
Photo by Joseph Eddins | Airman Magazine | 08.13.2016
Then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt., a reservist air transportation specialist with 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, greets Cy and Nicole Kotrys after arriving from work for a club party at the Leeward Kai Canoe Club at Kalaianaole Beach Park in Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 13, 2016. Van Gieson, an Air Force reservist, is a......
Photo by Joseph Eddins | Airman Magazine | 08.13.2016
Then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt., a reservist air transportation specialist with 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, hugs his cousin, Kau'ilani Arce, after arriving from work for a club party at the Leeward Kai Canoe Club at Kalaianaole Beach Park in Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 13, 2016. Van Gieson, an Air Force reservist,......
Photo by Joseph Eddins | Airman Magazine | 08.13.2016
Upon arriving at Leeward Kai Canoe Club in Nanakuli, Oahu, then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt., takes off his uniform after a day of transferring cargo with the 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 13, 2016. Van Gieson, an Air Force reservist, is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a world champion......