Story by Delanie Stafford | 55th Wing | 05.15.2017
If the 55th Wing is ever called upon to deploy to a ‘bare base’ location, the 55th Contracting Squadron will be ready to answer the call. More than 22 enlisted contracting specialists participated in an exercise May 8 – 12 designed to improve contingency contracting capabilities for the buildup of an overseas base....
Story by Lt. Col. Martin O'Donnell | U.S. Strategic Command | 02.28.2017
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Heidi V. Brown, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) director of global operations, retired from active duty military service during a ceremony at the 557th Weather Wing auditorium, Feb. 24. Brown is the first female combatant command operations director, and the first soldier to serve in the position at U.S. Strategic Command....
Story by Joshua Plueger | 55th Wing | 02.21.2017
It wasn’t the chill of the evening but dissipating adrenaline that animated the fighter pilot’s hand in subtle rhythms – a gesture the pilot lessened by gripping a foam-topped pint glass. The 55th Fighter Group pilots were venturing further into enemy territory on their almost-daily flying missions over Nazi Germany. In just over a month’s time, the pilots have gone from training......
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Gordon | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB-25) | 10.28.2014
On a desolate stretch of road in northeastern Afghanistan, Chief Steelworker (SCW) Kevin Cassidy and Builder 1st Class (SCW) Craig Lawrence contemplate a problem: how do you get a village full of civilians across a flooded ravine? A few hundred yards away, Chief Utilitiesman (SCW) Samuel Beauchamp is assessing where a brigade of engineers and refugees are going to stay once the area is evacuated....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Gordon | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB-25) | 10.28.2014
“Shipmates helping shipmates” is a common saying in the Navy. It describes the sense of obligation one has to their fellow Sailor and their future success. It’s a phrase that holds as much power on land as it does at sea, and in some cases, bridges nations....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Gordon | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB-25) | 10.28.2014
At Camp Ghazi, Afghanistan, history is being made. A new force within the Afghan National Army has been formed and is being trained by some of the best engineers the U.S. military has to offer: Navy Seabees....
Story by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.25.2014
U.S. Air Force Air Terminal Operations Center Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron Detachment 1 work with C-17 Globemaster III loadmasters to load two Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks on the flight line of Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan Sept. 24, 2014. As part of the retrograde mission, EAPS Det 1 is responsible for inspecting and loading cargo and vehicles......
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Gordon | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB-25) | 04.15.2014
Senior officers of the International Security Assistance Force met with officers of the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Engineer Brigade for a key leader engagement at Camp Ghazi April 15....
