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Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator

Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator

Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, and is the last surviving member of the three crews that flew the atomic bomb mission over Hiroshima, Japan on A... More

Senior Master Sgt. Jon Davis, 212th Rescue Squadron

Senior Master Sgt. Jon Davis, 212th Rescue Squadron

Senior Master Sgt. Jon Davis, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, shows Army Sgt. Joshua Etheridge, Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), a moulage leg for someone in his squad to att... More

Senior Master Sgt. Jon Davis, 212th Rescue Squadron

Senior Master Sgt. Jon Davis, 212th Rescue Squadron

Senior Master Sgt. Jon Davis, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, shows Army Sgt. Joshua Etheridge, Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), a moulage leg for someone in his squad to att... More

Emanuel Zamai, a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police

Emanuel Zamai, a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police

Emanuel Zamai, a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police in the city of Gardez, gets a fire started for U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Fo... More

Lt. Col. Kevin Romano, Battalion Commander 509th Signal

Lt. Col. Kevin Romano, Battalion Commander 509th Signal

Lt. Col. Kevin Romano, Battalion Commander 509th Signal Battalion, Vicenza February 1 speaks to his unit during the promotion ceremony. (Photo by Paolo Bovo released by Grant Sattler)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Tanaka, opposition force

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Tanaka, opposition force

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Tanaka, opposition force infantryman from the 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, “Geronimo” leans in to issue commands as another soldier fires a rocket propelled grenade simulat... More

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri watch the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber fly over Kauffman Stadium during the opening game for the Kansas City Royals on March 28, 2019, Kansas Cit... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th Maintenance Squadron, poses for a photo May 07, 2019, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The non-destructive inspection team ... More

A B-2 Spirit is prepped for launch in a flight line

A B-2 Spirit is prepped for launch in a flight line

A B-2 Spirit is prepped for launch in a flight line dock on July 17, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Whiteman AFB is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the inaugural flight of the B-2 in 1989. (U.S... More

Airmen assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing and the 131st

Airmen assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing and the 131st

Airmen assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing and the 131st Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, stand with actor Paul Rudd before the AFC Championship game on Jan. 19, 2020, at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas Ci... More

Riley Fulton, a 509th Medical Group medical logistics

Riley Fulton, a 509th Medical Group medical logistics

Riley Fulton, a 509th Medical Group medical logistics acquisitions technician, enters a T-38 Talon Jan. 30, 2020 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Fulton received an incentive flight in the T-38 for earning... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jacob Wygant, 509th Force Support

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jacob Wygant, 509th Force Support

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jacob Wygant, 509th Force Support Squadron commander, gives the opening comments during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Touch & Go In-Flight Kitchen on Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri... More

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Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29,

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29,

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29, Necessary Evil, holds a photo he took during the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Gackenbach, who with photos from U.S. Army Air F... More

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter prepares to land during

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter prepares to land during

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter prepares to land during joint training of the 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen and members of Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), on Joint Base Elmen... More

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter prepares to land during

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter prepares to land during

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter prepares to land during joint training of the 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen and members of Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), on Joint Base Elmen... More

Two Afghan boys check out soldiers from the Scout Platoon,

Two Afghan boys check out soldiers from the Scout Platoon,

Two Afghan boys check out soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, as they walk into the city of Gardez, Feb. 16. The s... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Guy Cooper, from Fort Richardson,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Guy Cooper, from Fort Richardson,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Guy Cooper, from Fort Richardson, Alaska, a scout with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, passes two local women during a pre... More

First Lt. Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion

First Lt. Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion

First Lt. Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion receives his promotion from Captain from LTC Kevin Romano, Battalion Commander 509th Signal Battalion, Vicenza February 1. (Photo by Paolo Bovo released by G... More

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

Tech. Sgt. Spencer Thrasher and Tech. Sgt. Robert Hawkins

Tech. Sgt. Spencer Thrasher and Tech. Sgt. Robert Hawkins

Tech. Sgt. Spencer Thrasher and Tech. Sgt. Robert Hawkins with the 509th and 131st Maintenance Squadrons respectively from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri pose for a photo on March 28, 2019, at Kauffman Field... More

Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank (left), commanding general,

Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank (left), commanding general,

Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank (left), commanding general, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk,along with Command Sgt. Maj. David W. Bass (right), JRTC and Fort Polk command sergeant major, awarded coins... More

Airmen from the 509th Maintenance Squadron non-destructive

Airmen from the 509th Maintenance Squadron non-destructive

Airmen from the 509th Maintenance Squadron non-destructive inspection team, review aircraft parts through several different non-destructive test methods to assure part serviceability. One of these methods, Fluo... More

Staff Sgt. Kayla White, a photojournalist assigned

Staff Sgt. Kayla White, a photojournalist assigned

Staff Sgt. Kayla White, a photojournalist assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing prepares to take a photo of a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber on July 17, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Whiteman AFB is celebrat... More

Senior Airman Juan Maese, a 509th Logistics Readiness

Senior Airman Juan Maese, a 509th Logistics Readiness

Senior Airman Juan Maese, a 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities technician, enters a T-38 Talon Jan. 30, 2020, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Maese received an incentive flight in the T-3... More

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, holds a photo he took during the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Gackenbach is the last surviving c... More

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jeremy

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jeremy

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Maddamma (right), 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen, remove a patient from a truck during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sept. 21. The traini... More

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jeremy

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jeremy

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Maddamma (right), 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen, remove a patient from a truck during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sept. 21, 2011. The... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton, from Clinton, Conn.,

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton, from Clinton, Conn.,

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton, from Clinton, Conn., Team B leader for 2nd Squad, Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, pulls security... More

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, who walked through the night in minus 4-degree temperatures on streets that we... More

Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion receives

Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion receives

Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion receives his promotion from captain to Lieutenant Colonel. Kevin Romano, Battalion Commander 509th Signal Battalion, Vicenza Feb. 1. (Photo by Paolo Bovo released by ... More

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri unfurl the American Flag during the national anthem on March 28, 2019, at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri. The flag ceremony was accom... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th maintenance squadron, reviews an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, 2019, Whiteman Air Forc... More

A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb

A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb

A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb at Whiteman Air Force, Missouri, flies over Arrowhead Stadium during the AFC Championship game on Jan 19, 2020, Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Chief... More

Senior Airman Juan Maese, a 509th Logistics Readiness

Senior Airman Juan Maese, a 509th Logistics Readiness

Senior Airman Juan Maese, a 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities technician, stands in front of a T-38 Talon, Jan. 30, 2020, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Maese received an incentive flig... More

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Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, holds a photo he took during the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Gackenbach is the last surviving c... More

First Lt. Aaron Hunter (left), 212th Rescue Squadron

First Lt. Aaron Hunter (left), 212th Rescue Squadron

First Lt. Aaron Hunter (left), 212th Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer, and Tech. Sgt. Brandon Stuemke, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, assess the scene upon arrival during training at Joint Base Elmen... More

First Lt. Aaron Hunter (left), 212th Rescue Squadron

First Lt. Aaron Hunter (left), 212th Rescue Squadron

First Lt. Aaron Hunter (left), 212th Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer, and Tech. Sgt. Brandon Stuemke, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, assess the scene upon arrival during training at Joint Base Elmen... More

An Afghan boy stands amid U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters

An Afghan boy stands amid U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters

An Afghan boy stands amid U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan as they pull security in his neighborhood in the city of Gardez,... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton (left), from Clinton,

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton (left), from Clinton,

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton (left), from Clinton, Conn., who is the Team B leader for 2nd Squad, Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spart... More

Lt. Col. Kevin Romano, Battalion Commander 509th Signal

Lt. Col. Kevin Romano, Battalion Commander 509th Signal

Lt. Col. Kevin Romano, Battalion Commander 509th Signal Battalion Vicenza, congratulates Capt. Neville Rose during a promotion ceremony at Caserma Ederle Base, Vicenza province, Italy, Feb 1, 2013. Photo by Pa... More

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri watch the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber fly over Kauffman Stadium during the opening game for the Kansas City Royals on March 28, 2019, Kansas Cit... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th Maintenance Squadron, sprays off excess penetrant on an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, ... More

The Kansas City Chiefs recognize Airmen assigned to

The Kansas City Chiefs recognize Airmen assigned to

The Kansas City Chiefs recognize Airmen assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing and the 131st Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, during the third quarter of the AFC Championship game on Jan. 19, 2020, at A... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. David Cook, the 13th Bomb Squadron

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. David Cook, the 13th Bomb Squadron

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. David Cook, the 13th Bomb Squadron director of operations, helps Senior Airman Riley Fulton, a 509th Medical Group medical logistics acquisitions technician place her helmet into a bag, ... More

Russell Gackenbach was the navigator aboard the B-29,

Russell Gackenbach was the navigator aboard the B-29,

Russell Gackenbach was the navigator aboard the B-29, Necessary Evil, one of three Superfortresses that flew the atomic bomb mission over Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Gackenbach, whose duties included docu... More

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron  and members

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members of Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne),look for the HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter during training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richar... More

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members of Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), look for the HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter during training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richar... More

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan pause during a patrol in the city of Gardez with a unit of local Afghan Uniform... More

A U.S. Army scout from Headquarters and Headquarters

A U.S. Army scout from Headquarters and Headquarters

A U.S. Army scout from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan trudges through the icy city streets of Gardez with a broken crampon, Feb. 16. The scout ... More

First Lt. Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion

First Lt. Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion

First Lt. Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion is promoted to captain on Feb. 2013. The ceremony was a mass promotion held on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bovo released by Grant Sattler)

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri unfurl the American Flag during the national anthem on March 28, 2019, at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri. During the opening game ser... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th Maintenance Squadron, poses for a photo May 7, 2019, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The non-destructive inspection team a... More

Senior Airman Riley Fulton, a 509th Medical Group medical

Senior Airman Riley Fulton, a 509th Medical Group medical

Senior Airman Riley Fulton, a 509th Medical Group medical logistics acquisitions technician, stands in front of a T-38 Talon, Jan. 30, 2020 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Fulton received an incentive fli... More

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, looks for more information on the patient he's working on during a training scenario at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sept. 21. The training scen... More

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, looks for more information on the patient he's working on during a training scenario at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sept. 21, 2011. The traini... More

Three local children hurry past U.S. Army Pfc. Ian

Three local children hurry past U.S. Army Pfc. Ian

Three local children hurry past U.S. Army Pfc. Ian McIntee, from West Palm Beach, Fla., who is a scout sniper with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spart... More

U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters

U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters

U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, pile into a small room to rest for a few hours after walking through the night, in minus ... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Javier Abad, 509th Signal Battalion,

Command Sgt. Maj. Javier Abad, 509th Signal Battalion,

Command Sgt. Maj. Javier Abad, 509th Signal Battalion, Vicenza Feb. 1 speaks at his unit during the promotion ceremony. (Photo by Paolo Bovo released by Grant Sattler)

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force

More than 100 servicemembers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri unfurl the American Flag during the national anthem on March 28, 2019, at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri. During the national anthem ... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th Maintenance Squadron, reviews an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, 2019, Whiteman Air Forc... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Bryan Hall, a 13th Bomb Squadron

U.S. Air Force Capt. Bryan Hall, a 13th Bomb Squadron

U.S. Air Force Capt. Bryan Hall, a 13th Bomb Squadron instructor pilot and Senior Airman Juan Maese, a 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities technician, stand in front of a T-38 Talon, Jan. 30, 20... More

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, prepares to move a patient on a litter while the HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter lands during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 21. The tr... More

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, prepares to move a patient on a litter while the HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter lands during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sept. 21, 2011... More

U.S. Army Pvt. Tim Walsh, from Norco, Calif., Headquarters

U.S. Army Pvt. Tim Walsh, from Norco, Calif., Headquarters

U.S. Army Pvt. Tim Walsh, from Norco, Calif., Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, shares a laugh with a battle buddy on the streets of Gardez, Feb.... More

Spc. Christina Piegols of the 509th Signal Battalion

Spc. Christina Piegols of the 509th Signal Battalion

Spc. Christina Piegols of the 509th Signal Battalion receives a promotion from sergeant from Master Sgt. Melissa Abrams, 509th Signal Battalion Vicenza, Feb. 1. (Photo by Paolo Bovo)

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509 maintenance squadron, dips an aircraft part into fluorescent penetrant during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 07, ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mitchell Chandler, a 509th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mitchell Chandler, a 509th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mitchell Chandler, a 509th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, helps Senior Airmen Juan Maese, a 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities techni... More

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Maddamma (left) and Staff Sgt. BIll

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Maddamma (left) and Staff Sgt. BIll

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Maddamma (left) and Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna(right), 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen, treat patients during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 21. The training focused on quic... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton, from Clinton, Conn.,

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton, from Clinton, Conn.,

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton, from Clinton, Conn., Team B leader for 2nd Squad, Scouts, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, exchanges greetings w... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Javier Abad, 509th Signal Battalion

Command Sgt. Maj. Javier Abad, 509th Signal Battalion

Command Sgt. Maj. Javier Abad, 509th Signal Battalion Vicenza, and Master Sgt. Melissa Abrams congratulate Sgt. Christina Piegols during a promotion ceremony at Caserma Ederle Base, Vicenza province, Italy, Feb... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th Maintenance Squadron, sprays off excess penetrant on an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, ... More

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Maddamma (left) and Staff Sgt. BIll

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Maddamma (left) and Staff Sgt. BIll

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Maddamma (left) and Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna(right), 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen, drag a patient while under simulated fire during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 21. T... More

U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters

U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters

U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, patrol the outskirts of the city of Gardez behind a unit of local Afghan Uniformed Police... More

Spc. Christina Piegols of the 509th Signal Battalion

Spc. Christina Piegols of the 509th Signal Battalion

Spc. Christina Piegols of the 509th Signal Battalion was promoted to sergeant Feb. 1, 2013. The ceremony was a mass promotion held on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bovo)

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th maintenance squadron, reviews an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, 2019, Whiteman Air Forc... More

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, briefs Staff Sgt. Jason Ruiz, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, on his patient's status during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 2... More

Capt. Neville Rose and Sgt. Christina Piegols during

Capt. Neville Rose and Sgt. Christina Piegols during

Capt. Neville Rose and Sgt. Christina Piegols during the promotion ceremony Feb. 1, 2013, Vicenza, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bovo)

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th maintenance squadron, reviews an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, 2019, Whiteman Air Forc... More

Spc. Michael Hillhouse, Baker Company, 3rd Platoon,

Spc. Michael Hillhouse, Baker Company, 3rd Platoon,

Spc. Michael Hillhouse, Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), radio telephone operator, provides security as an HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter lands to evacuate casualties during a trainin... More

Capt. Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion cuts

Capt. Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion cuts

Capt. Neville Rose of the 509th Signal Battalion cuts the cake Feb. 1, 2013, Vicenza, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bovo)

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th maintenance squadron, reviews an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, 2019, Whiteman Air Forc... More

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members of Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), load a casualty into an HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter during training on Joint Base Elmen... More

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th maintenance squadron, reviews an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, 2019, Whiteman Air Forc... More

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter transports the casualties

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter transports the casualties

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter transports the casualties and members of Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), and the 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen during training on Joint Base E... More

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th maintenance squadron, reviews an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, 2019, Whiteman Air Forc... More

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection

Senior Airman Aaron M. Pitts, a non-destructive inspection journeyman with the 509th maintenance squadron, reviews an aircraft part during a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) May 7, 2019, Whiteman Air Forc... More

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,

More than 80 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tried to obtain their Expert Infantry Badge Dec. 8-12, 2014, at the Rosepine Training Site, Fort Polk, La. The EIB was hosted by 1st Ba... More

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