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Westover Airmen represent Air Force at once-in-a-lifetime re-enlistment ceremony

Two Westover Airmen took part in a Fourth of July joint re-enlistment ceremony held at Bagram Air Force Base. Staff Sgt. Gregory Paczkowski and Senior Airman Anthony Tassinari both re-enlisted as part of the ceremony that was officiated by Major General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, United States Army, Commander of the 82nd Airborne. The ceremony took place in the Clamshell at Bagram AFB. The Combined Joint Task Force-82 Band performed the Army, Marine, Navy and Air Force songs in recognition of each branch. Each re-enlistee was presented the Major General?s coin.
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Westover Airmen represent Air Force at once-in-a-lifetime re-enlistment ceremony

Two Westover Airmen took part in a Fourth of July joint re-enlistment ceremony held at Bagram Air Force Base. Staff Sgt. Gregory Paczkowski and Senior Airman Anthony Tassinari both re-enlisted as part of the ceremony that was officiated by Major General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, United States Army, Commander of the 82nd Airborne. The ceremony took place in the Clamshell at Bagram AFB. The Combined Joint Task Force-82 Band performed the Army, Marine, Navy and Air Force songs in recognition of each branch. Each re-enlistee was presented the Major General?s coin.
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Westover Airmen represent Air Force at once-in-a-lifetime re-enlistment ceremony

Two Westover Airmen took part in a Fourth of July joint re-enlistment ceremony held at Bagram Air Force Base. Staff Sgt. Gregory Paczkowski and Senior Airman Anthony Tassinari both re-enlisted as part of the ceremony that was officiated by Major General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, United States Army, Commander of the 82nd Airborne. The ceremony took place in the Clamshell at Bagram AFB. The Combined Joint Task Force-82 Band performed the Army, Marine, Navy and Air Force songs in recognition of each branch. Each re-enlistee was presented the Major General?s coin.
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Saluting our families

The family members of Westover's reservists enjoy a day of fun in the sun at the 2009 family day during the August UTA. The event gives families the chance to see what their military spouses and parents do when they come to work at Westover.
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Saluting our families

The family members of Westover's reservists enjoy a day of fun in the sun at the 2009 family day during the August UTA. The event gives families the chance to see what their military spouses and parents do when they come to work at Westover.
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Saluting our families

The family members of Westover's reservists enjoy a day of fun in the sun at the 2009 family day during the August UTA. The event gives families the chance to see what their military spouses and parents do when they come to work at Westover.
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Saluting our families

The family members of Westover's reservists enjoy a day of fun in the sun at the 2009 family day during the August UTA. The event gives families the chance to see what their military spouses and parents do when they come to work at Westover.
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Westover Reservist earns LULAC award for military excellence

Master Sgt. Luisa Cabana receives her League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) award during the LULAC National Conference. The award honors the sergeant's leadership as the project officer for the second annual Hispanic Leadership Symposium held at Westover in April. Pictured with the sergeant are, from left, Clarence Johnson, Department of Defense Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity; Rosa Rosales, LULAC President; and Brig. Gen. Stayce Harris, individual mobilization augmentee, Air Force Reserve Command. (US Air Force photo by Maj. Wilson Camelo)
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Reservists at Westover ARB participate in a run on the flight line to raise funds for the Combined Federal Campaign.

Reservists at Westover ARB participate in a run on the flight line to raise funds for the Combined Federal Campaign.
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General Stenner visits Westover

Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, answers a question from an Airman at Commander's Call at Westover June 7. General Stenner also met with several Patriot Wing Airmen for lunch to field additional career and current events questions during his visit. (photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)
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Afghan goodwill

Senior Master Sgt. Rick Michaud, deployed from the 439th Civil Engineering Squadron, takes a break from his work to pose for a photo with local Afghans. (Courtesy photo)
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'Chopper popper'

Col. Robert Swain Jr., 439th Airlift Wing commander, explains to civic leaders how he shot down an Iraqi helciopter with the A-10 Thunderbolt II he flew during the first Golf War. The aircraft pictured is on display at the Air Force Academy, and nickamed the “chopper popper.” Twenty-three leaders from western Massachusetts toured the academy and Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (US Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Sandi Michon)
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Honoring a Marine

Melissa B. Chapin and Col. Barrye Price unveil a memorial for Chapin's husband, Marine Sgt. Canaan Alicandro, May 7 at the Military Entrance Processing Station at Westover. Colonel Price, commander of the Easterm Sector, United States Military Entrance Command, joined Lt. Cdr. Johnny Bowen, MEPS commander, and Sergeant Alicandro's family, for the dedication of the MEPS ceremony room to the fallen Marine. Sergeant Alecandro took the oath of enlistment at the MEPS in 2000, when it was located in Springfield. The Marine died in a car accident while stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)
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Hispanic Symposium C-5 tour

Students from the Junior ROTC program at Dean Technical High School, Holyoke, Mass., listen to Maj. Jon Carlson, a C-5 aircraft commander, explain the airlifter's operation at Westover. The cadets were among nearly 130 junior high and high school age students who visited the base as part of the second annual Hispanic Symposium, coordinated by the Westover Human Resource Development Council. (US Air Force photo/Maj. Wilson Camelo)
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Girl Scouts tour Galaxy

Members of Girl Scouts 392, from Ware, Mass., pause for a photo inside a Westover C-5 Galaxy. The Girl Scouts recently gathered and sent 279 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to service members deployed overseas in Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Iraq. ?Members of the isochronal inspection staff of the 439th Maintenance Squadron, who assisted in coordinating the shipments through the postal service, provided the C-5 tour. (photo by Staff Sgt. Mark McAuliffe)
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Wheeling and Dealing

Tech. Sgt. Shawn Connolly, left, and Staff Sgt. Christopher Addley, work on a veteran?s wheelchair at the Soldier?s Home in Holyoke. Sergeant Connolly has led a volunteer effort at the local home to maintain about 40 wheelchairs for the more than 200 veterans that live there. Sergeant Connolly is an active guard and reserve technician in the isochronal inspection dock. Sergeant Addley is an air reserve technician assigned to the 439th Maintenance Squadron. In all, 23 Westover maintainers have been involved in the wheelchair project. (photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)
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Westover Marines are put through the paces March 7 during training. Doing step-ups on a log by the Westover Club are, from left, Staff Sgt. Timothy Travers, Lance Cpl. William Costa (the winner), Private First Class Aurlina Perez, Lance Cpl. JonathanWrigh

Westover Marines are put through the paces March 7 during training. Doing step-ups on a log by the Westover Club are, from left, Staff Sgt. Timothy Travers, Lance Cpl. William Costa (the winner), Private First Class Aurlina Perez, Lance Cpl. JonathanWright, Cpl. Yesseria Colon, and Lance Cpl. ChastityVangosen. The Marines did a two-minute drill after running 1.5 miles in boots, and flack with weapons. They afterward, they proceeded to the a 1/4 mile run/patrol in a creek, then a 1/2 mile run to the Base Ellipse where they fought with pugil sticks and batons before returning to the Marine Building for a room clearing exercise. (photo by Lance Cpl. Pauline Martinez)
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Daddy pillow

Blain Lawlor, 3, sleeps with his pillow of his father, Master Sgt. Dan Lawlor, 42nd Aerial Port Squadron. OPERATION Pillowcase is one of many initiatives of the Air men and Family Readiness Center that helped earn the staff the 2008 Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award. (US Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Hueming Mui)
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Balad bunch

BALAD BUNCH -- Deployed aerial port members pause for a recent photo at Joint Base Balad. They are, from left, Senior Airman Alan Eckert, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y,; and Staff Sgt. Kristopher Grimshaw, Master Sgt. Dan Lawlor, Staff Sgt. Anthony Racco, and Senior Airman Christopher Stanzione, all from Westover's 42nd Aerial Port Squadron. (Courtesy photo)
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Wreaths for veterans

Members of the 439th Security Forces Squadron recently traveled to Arlington National Cemetery to place wreaths at the graves of the nation's veterans. They are: Kneeling left to right: Staff Sgt. Matt Carroll, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Webster, Senior Airman Kelly Colkos, and Master Sgt. Duane Manville. Standing: Tech. Sgt. John Lupien, Master Sgt. Daniel Ernst, Senior Airman Christopher Cardella, Senior Master Sgt. Randy Bates, and Master Sgt. Charles Frey. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Nadine Bates)
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