The year is 1950 and an airplane flies overhead. From an observation deck Mom picks up the phone and reports, “Aircraft flash. Papa-Hotel-Zero-Zero-Black. One multi-bomber. Very low. No delay. Bravo-Hotel-Three-Five-Black. West. Flying south.” A woman from an Air Defense filter center receives her report: “Check, thank you.”
It was nearly 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10. Just about the start of the duty day for Master Sgt. Kelly Long, an asset management supervisor with the 141st Logistics Readiness Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Long was on his way to work the final night shift of a weeklong exercise Team Fairchild was conducting.
Master Sgt. Amanda Bergquist, 141st Medical Group Dental Clinic, was selected from a large candidate pool to attend the United States Army Ranger Leadership Course. The 62-day course is considered one of the toughest courses offered by the U.S. Army and develops functional skills related to combat.
The year is 1950 and an airplane flies overhead. From an observation deck Mom picks up the phone and reports, “Aircraft flash. Papa-Hotel-Zero-Zero-Black. One multi-bomber. Very low. No delay. Bravo-Hotel-Three-Five-Black. West. Flying south.” A woman from an Air Defense filter center receives her report: “Check, thank you.”
It was nearly 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10. Just about the start of the duty day for Master Sgt. Kelly Long, an asset management supervisor with the 141st Logistics Readiness Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Long was on his way to work the final night shift of a weeklong exercise Team Fairchild was conducting.
Master Sgt. Amanda Bergquist, 141st Medical Group Dental Clinic, was selected from a large candidate pool to attend the United States Army Ranger Leadership Course. The 62-day course is considered one of the toughest courses offered by the U.S. Army and develops functional skills related to combat.
