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  • Promotions at Westover as of May 2010

    Senior master sergeantMark CzmyrMaster sergeantDavid StdenisEdward LepschDana TesoreroJohn MaycockJohn TinnemeyerSteven BryantGergory DavidsonTimothy ShoupTechnical sergeantDavid OwensRonald SarnellMatthew SwindlehurstJeffrey SzymanskiDarrell HarperJustin JoslinLeah OlearyRonald TysonDavid

  • New chaplain arrives at Westover to support Airmen

    Westover's mission is gaining speed--especially with the recent mobilization that's keeping the base primed and ready to fly, fight and win.People are the biggest part of that equation, and Air Force Reserve Command leadership is putting in place the right people to take care of our Airmen.Lt. Gen.

  • Westover's most wanted: Air Reserve Technicians

      As the Air Force Reserve Command ramps up for mobilizations in which thousands of reservists will be deployed in support of missions to Afghanistan, the need for full-time support command-wide has highlighted staffing shortages.  Westover Air Reserve Base is no different, with a virtual "Help

  • Westover is first in AFRC to receive JISCC system

      Communications squadron reservists notched another first for the Patriot Wing in April with the first field exercise of a new mobile communications package conducted at an Air Force Reserve Command base.  The Airmen put their new Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC) system to the

  • Patriot Wing to hold fourth annual enlisted workshop in June

    Enlisted Airmen at Westover can sign up for a three-day workshop in its fourth year at the base. The Patriot Wing's annual enlisted workshop is scheduled to begin the Sunday of the June A UTA (June 6) at the Westover Conference Center. The theme of the 2010 workshop is, "I Am An Airman, I Am A

  • Marines drop in on elementary schoolers

    A small contingent of the Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 dropped in on nearby elementary school students in Chicopee, Mass. March 18, bringing with them what can best be described as handy work.Marine Capt. Christopher Hermann and Staff Sgt. Andrew Galonzka visited students at Bowie Memorial

  • About 500 Air Force reservists to report for active duty at Westover

    Approximately 500 Air Force Reserve flight crew members, maintenance technicians and support personnel will report to active duty in support of the Afghanistan surge in April. The reservists are scheduled to be on active duty for six months as part of providing airlift support for the movement of

  • Master sergeant named Massachusetts Veteran of the Month

    State treasurer Tim Cahill named a 58th Aerial Port Squadron reservist the Massachusetts Veteran of the Month March 1. Master Sgt. Carey-ann Patterson, a civilian nurse, earned the honor after being nominated by fellow nurses at her hospital.The 17-year Air Force veteran has worked in the medical

  • Airman Takes To Air With Army Golden Knights

    When Master Sgt. Daniel Lawlor stepped out of a plane at 13,000 feet above Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., he said a strange sensation came over him."I never felt the sensation of falling," said the first-time free-faller about his Feb. 15 experience. "I had no apprehension whatsoever."Sergeant

  • Airmen and Family Readiness Center to host military child celebration

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center is hosting an annual event for children in April, which will include a tour of a C-5B Galaxy.The center's director, Andrea Bowen, said all military families are welcome to the Month of the Military Child event scheduled for April 11.The event lasts from 10 a.m.