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Master Sgt. Brian, 22nd Intelligence Squadron, holds his first and last U.S. Air Force Marathon medals, September 9, 2016 at Fort Meade, Md. Brian is the last active-duty Airman to compete in all 19 USAF Marathons to date and is competing in the 20th USAF Marathon on September 17, 2016 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. AJ Hyatt) 20th USAF Marathon; last active-duty Airman to compete in every USAF Marathon since the beginning
On September 20, 1997, the first U.S. Air Force Marathon was born. More than 1,600 competitors completed the marathon and received commemorative medallions. One of those individuals was an Airman named Brian from Fort Meade, Md. Master Sgt. Brian has completed the marathon every year since and now is about to compete in the 20th U.S. Air Force Marathon, which will be held Sept. 17, 2016. The USAF Marathon is an annual endurance event held the third Saturday of September at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. First held in 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Air Force, the marathon has grown into a 15,000-plus participant event. The marathon course is 26.2-miles that traverses historical places on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, including the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Air Force Institute of Technology, Headquarters Air Force Material Command, the Wright-Patterson AFB flight line, Huffman Prairie Flying Field, and the Wright Brothers Memorial Monument.
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2016
Confidentiality is number one for the Chaplain Corps and its team assigned to the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing to ensure Airmen receive the proper support during critical times to help prevent suicide and other stressors in the ISRW. Chaplains can meet Airmen and keep their conversation confidential, and keeping that confidentiality is a privilege that shouldn’t be passed up during tough times. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes) Saving ISR Airmen’s lives, keeping it confidential
Prevention of suicide in an Intelligence community is something that chaplains and chaplain assistants with the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing are adamant about. They don’t look to reach a few Airmen, but every single one to let Airmen know Chaplains are there whenever.
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(Ret.) Master Sgt. Scott Gearen poses for a portrait August 18, 2016 in the National Cryptologic Museum Baltimore, Md. Gearen will be the 69th Air Force Birthday Ball guest speaker for the Ft. Meade and Andrews Air Force Base, Md as an extension to the 70th ISRW family. Guest that attend the event will have a chance to meet and hear his story after 29 years of resiliency through tough times, and his inspiring journey as an American Airman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes) 29 years after injury; Pararescuemen gives back to Airmen
Attached to a SEAL team in 1987, an Airman began what’s was to be a normal parachute training out of a Marine CH-46 helicopter at 13,000 feet. Freefalling around 3,500 feet in the Airman attempted to pull his chute, upon looking up all he saw the sky. The Air Force Pararescue Staff Sgt. woke up in the hospital several days later.
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Chief Master Sgt. Julio Flores, 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group superintendent, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., poses with his bicycle in front of the Mississippi River, Muscatine, Iowa, July 28. Flores joined 140 other Airmen in completing the 2016 [Des Moines] Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, simply known as RAGBRAI. At the end of the seven day event, riders customarily dip their front tires in the river, signifying the end of the event. (courtesy photo) 544th ISRG Superintendent Completes 2016 Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa
After 1,200 miles and four months of preparation, Chief Master Sgt. Julio Flores, 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, superintendent, from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., joined 140 other Airmen in completing the 2016 [Des Moines] Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, known as RAGBRAI.
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Master Sgt. Angel McKenzie, 707th Communications Squadron operations superintendent, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis back in 2003. MS is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and the body. The cause of MS is still unknown. For the first nine years of her diagnosis, she didn’t tell anyone except her leadership. Now, she is using her illness to shape the way she leads her troops. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Staff Sgt. AJ Hyatt) USAF Master Sergeant uses illness to shape her leadership
In September 2003, Angel McKenzie was a healthy senior airman, who had a line number for staff sergeant. She was working on the flight line as an aircraft maintenance Airman at Fairchild Air Force Base, when all of sudden she was plagued with a weakness on one side of her body that could not be explained. A month later, she lost vision in one eye and was struggling to pick up a tool box. After seeing a few doctors, she received a diagnosis that would change her life forever. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
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Active Duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard members must follow Air Force Instruction 91-207 and register to the Air Force Safety Automated System/Motorcycle Unit Safety Tracking Tool to stay current on safety measures. (U.S. Air Force Illustration/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes) Managing summer time risks on and off duty
Moving trucks are being loaded, the sun is warming pools and vacations are underway and the days are long; but do we have the skills to manage summer time risk?
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2016
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- Maria Moratal, a volunteer at the Meade Attic stands in front of the Meade Attic instructions sign June ## 2016 at Fort George G. Meade, Md.. Moratal has volunteered at the Meade Attic for more than four years. The Meade Attic allows enlisted service members from each branch the rank E-5 and below to receive free items such household items, furniture, books, toys, clothing and military uniforms. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Veronica Pierce) Meade Attic: Hidden treasures
Caring for Airmen. That statement can be seen at the top of many Air Force leader’s priority list. Members of the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing continue to not only help our Airmen, but all junior enlisted members’ of each branch stationed on Fort George. G. Meade, Md., by operating the Meade Attic. Many bases across the
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2016
Katherine Althoff, 707th Force Support Squadron Executive Assistant to the Director, Joint Military Personnel, poses during the National Physique Committee Baltimore Gladiator, March 19, 2016. Althoff, in her first show, took 1st place in both the Women’s Physique Open and Women’s Physique Armed Forces Categories. (Courtesy photo) 707th FSS Airman wins at National Physique Committee Baltimore Gladiator Championship
After 20 weeks of dieting and working out, her hard work and dedication helped paved the way to first place finishes at the 2016 National Physique Committee Baltimore Gladiator Championship. Staff Sgt. Katherine Althoff, 707th Force Support Squadron executive assistant to Joint Military Personnel director, was recently deemed the overall winner in both the Women’s Physique Open and Women’s Physique Armed Forces Category at the NPC Baltimore Gladiator.
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Portrait of Patrick AFB’s 2016 Youth of the Year, Anjali Williams. (Courtesy photo) Daughter of AFTAC SNCO named Youth of the Year
Her megawatt smile is so genuinely infectious that one can’t help but smile back when she flashes it. And when she does, it gains the attention of adults and children alike.Most likely, it also played a contributing role into her recent selection as the 2016 Boys & Girls Club of America Youth of the Year for Patrick AFB. For the past four years,
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2016
Mobility Matters is a program created by Patrice Hickey, 70th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing exercise physiologist, to prevent overuse injuries in ISR Airmen through the use of specific movements, assessments and tools that can be used inside the immediate work center. (U.S. Air Force Illustration/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes) Prevent injury through mobility, creating ISR culture of movement
As the Air Force continues to ‘Do more with less,’ we rely on our Airmen to be physically ready at all times. If one airmen is unable to perform their duties or even deploy, it short falls on another causing ever greater unneeded stressors on the squadron. Physical profiles are one of these pitfalls that are inherited from little to no physical activity, Mobility Matters is a program here to help prevent this from happening.
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