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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s first stop on his 14th international trip was Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Alaska. Learn more about why this Alaskan command is so crucial to our homeland defense.
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Posted in Defense Secretary Travel, DoD News, Rotator
Tagged Air Force, Alaska, Anchorage, Army, Asia-Pacific region, Base Closure and Realignment Commission, Belgium, C-12F Huron, C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III, Chuck Hagel, Defense Media Activity, Defense Secretary Hagel, Defense Secretary Travel, DoD News, E-3 Sentry, Elmendorf Air Force Base, F-22 Raptor, Facebook, Fort Richardson, France, HH-60 Pave Hawk, Jaqueline Conley-McGinnis, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, PACOM, Romania, Secretary Hagel, singapore, Twitter, UH 60 A/I Black Hawk, United States Air Force, United States Army
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During basic training in 1974, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Paul Koester fell in love with the pararescue mission and he’s still committed to its cause 39 years later.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator
Tagged 102nd Rescue Squadron, 437th Operations Support Squadron, 517th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, 71st Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron, 9/11, Afghanistan, Air Force, Air Force basic training, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Paul Koester, Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Denise Johnson, Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Steve Reathel, airman, Alaska, Annapolis, Battlefield Airmen Branch, C-17 Globemaster III, deployment, DoD News, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Exercise Kiwi Flag, Fla, Fort Benning, freefall skydiving, Ga., Gabresky Air National Guard Base, gunsmithing, Hawaii, Hurlburt Field, Joint Base Charleston, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Jump School, Kandahar Airfield, Khyber Pass, Long Island, Md., Mountain Climbing, Mt. McKinley, N.Y., Nellis Air Force Base, New York Air National Guard, New Zealand, Operations Northern Watch, Operations Southern Watch, Pacific Air Forces, Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs, Pakistan, pararecue, Pararescue, Pararescuemen, pararescuman, PJ, Royal New Zealand Air Force, s.c., static-line jumping, Taliban, twin towers, U.S Air Force, U.S. Airman, U.S. Special Operations, United States Air Force, United States Airman, Vietnam, Vietnam War
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Navy SEALs jump from a C-17 Globemaster III April 15 over Fort Picket Maneuver Training Center, Va. The jump was part of a joint training exercise with members of the 517th Airlift Squadron from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (U. …
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Posted in DoD News
Tagged 517th Airlift Squadron, C-17, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Fort Picket, jump, parachute, SEALs, U.S. Navy
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