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Food for the Holidays

Col. Scott McLaughlin, 446th Airlift Wing commander, chips in with unloading boxes of ham at the 446th AW Annex here, Dec. 17, 2015 as part of Operation Ham Grenade, which local community leaders, organizations, and individuals donate hams to Airmen for their holiday dinners. A total of 44 hams were donated to the 446th AW Care and Share program, which supports Reserve families, who endure financial stress during the holiday season.

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Food for the Holidays

More than 40 hams wait at the 446th Airlift Wing Annex here, Dec. 17, 2015 to be taken in by various Reserve family homes. The hams were donated to the wing as part of Operation Ham Grenade, which local community leaders, organizations, and individuals donate them to Airmen for their holiday dinners. The 446th AW Care and Share program, which hosts food drives, adds the hams to food baskets that are given to Reserve families who endure financial stress during the holiday season.

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Food for the Holidays

Local community and military leaders take a breather after unloading boxes of ham at the 446th Airlift Wing Annex here, Dec. 17, 2015. Operation Ham Grenade, which local community leaders, organizations, and individuals give hams to Airmen for their holiday dinners, donated 44 hams to support the 446th AW Care and Share program. Care and Share, managed by the 446th Force Support Squadron, Airman & Family Readiness Center here, helps feed Reserve families, who endure financial stress during the holiday season.

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Food for the Holidays

Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing unload food boxes at the 446th AW Annex here, Dec. 15, 2015. Food baskets for the December holidays are donated by the Central Pierce County Fire Department, Tacoma, Washington. The department donated 50 of its 450 dinner boxes to the wing Care and Share program, run by the 446th Force Support Squadron, Airman & Family Readiness Center here. Food drives are the cornerstone of Care and Share because they support Reserve families, who endure financial stress during the holiday season, said Mr. Carl Supplee, A&FRC director.

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Food for the Holidays

Reservists with the 446th Airlift Wing here, unload food boxes at the wing annex, Dec. 15, 2015. Food baskets for the December holidays are donated by the Central Pierce County Fire Department, Tacoma, Washington. The department donated 50 of its 450 dinner boxes to the wing Care and Share program, run by the 446th Force Support Squadron, Airman & Family Readiness Center here. Food drives are the cornerstone of Care and Share because they support Reserve families, who endure financial stress during the holiday season, said Mr. Carl Supplee, A&FRC director.

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Food for the Holidays

A 446th Airlift Wing Citizen Airman helps unload food boxes at the wing annex here, Dec. 15, 2015. Food baskets for the December holidays are donated by the Central Pierce County Fire Department, Tacoma, Washington. The department donated 50 of its 450 dinner boxes to the wing Care and Share program, run by the 446th Force Support Squadron, Airman & Family Readiness Center here. Food drives are the cornerstone of Care and Share because they support Reserve families, who endure financial stress during the holiday season, said Mr. Carl Supplee, A&FRC director.

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Food for the Holidays

A 446th Airlift Wing Reservist unloads a food box at the wing annex here, Dec. 15, 2015. Food baskets for the December holidays are donated by the Central Pierce County Fire Department, Tacoma, Washington. The department donated 50 of its 450 dinner boxes to the wing Care and Share program, run by the 446th Force Support Squadron, Airman & Family Readiness Center here. Food drives are the cornerstone of Care and Share because they support Reserve families, who endure financial stress during the holiday season, said Mr. Carl Supplee, A&FRC director.

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Food for the Holidays

About 450 food boxes at the Central Pierce Fire & Rescue Department, Tacoma, Washington, wait to be delivered to local military families, Dec. 15, 2015. The department donated 50 of its 450 dinner boxes to the 446th Airlift Wing Care and Share program, run by the 446th Force Support Squadron, Airman & Family Readiness Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Food drives are the cornerstone of Care and Share because they support Reserve families, who endure financial stress during the holiday season, said Mr. Carl Supplee, A&FRC director.

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Reserve medical squadrons amp up training efforts

First Lt. Naomi Warner, 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, aids a Reservist who is simulating a distraught patient during a training flight on a C-17 Globemaster III Dec. 8. The training helps medical Reservists prepare for emergencies that may happen during real-life situations.

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Reserve medical squadrons amp up training efforts

Maj. Medori Hill, 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, gives the the thumbs up for an Aeromedical Staging Squadron team to carry a patient onto a C-17 Globemaster III on the flight line at McChord Field Dec 8. The 446th AES the 446th ASTS began training together to prepare for real-world situations.

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Reserve medical squadrons amp up training efforts

A 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron team carries a patient onto a C-17 Globemaster III as part of training when the flight from McChord stopped in Moses Lake, Wash. Dec. 8. The 446th AES began a new training program with the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron over the Nov. 2013 UTA.

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Air Force Reserve recruiter a lone ranger roaming at Fairchild AFB

Master Sgt. Charles Gillespie, a member of the 446th Airlift Wing's recruiting team, is the lone Reserve recruiter at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Gillespie is an in-service recruiter, offering Reserve opportunties to Airmen leaving the active-duty Air Force.

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Reserve physician designs award-winning, historical postage stamp

The photo of Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas created the idea for Lt. Col. (Dr.) Arunas Banionis' postage stamp design, which earned him first place in the Lithuania Post Postage Stamps Design Contest in May. Banionis, a 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron flight surgeon, grew up collecting stamps and had an interest in Darius and Girenas' transatlantic flight, which was the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean by Lithuanian-born pilots. Banionis was born and raised in the U.S., but is of Lithuanian decent and learned about Lithuanian culture as he grew up.

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Reserve physician designs award-winning, historical postage stamp

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Arunas Banionis, a flight surgeon with the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, displays a page of Lithuanian stamps, Aug. 11. Banionis created the design, which placed first in the Lithuanian Post Postage Stamps Design Contest in May. July 20 marked the 80th Anniversary of the Flight of Darius and Girenas, the first transatlantic flight flown by Lithuanian-born pilots, which was his inspiration for the design. Banionis has a Lithuanian background and grew up with admirations in stamp collecting and aviation.

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Loud and Clear

Senior Master Sgt. Michelle Anderson, 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Medical Readiness Flight superintendent, out of McChord Field, Wash., Aug. 2, 2013. When she isn’t fulfilling her Reserve duties, Anderson operates her professional soft-skills training company, Star Services NW.

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Quality Assurance

Senior Master Sgt. Michelle Anderson (center), 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Medical Readiness Flight superintendent, out of McChord Field, Wash., and Airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., inventory medical supplies, Aug. 2, 2013. When she isn’t fulfilling her Reserve duties, Anderson operates her professional soft-skills training company, Star Services NW.

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Look Out Below

An Air Force Reserve Pararescueman from the 920th Rescue Wing parachutes out of a HC-130P/N to a landing zone established in the Atlantic Ocean off Cocoa Beach, Florida.

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Capt. Kevin Deibler

Capt. Kevin Deibler, a combat rescue officer with the 306th Rescue Squadron, communicates with a incoming HH-60G helicopters during a mass casualty drill as part of Operation Shocker. The exercise tested the 943rd Rescue Group’s ability to respond to a variety of combat-search-and-rescue scenarios prior to an upcoming deployment.

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Capt. Jim Sluder

Capt. Jim Sluder, a combat rescue officer with the 308th Rescue Squadron, rides an all-terrain vehicle as in Yellowknife, Canada, as part of a search-and-rescue exercise with Canadian search-and-rescue technicians. Members of the 308th RQS, part of the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., train with Canadian SAR Techs three times per year.

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Ready to rescue

Air Force Reservist Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Canfield, pararescueman, 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland, prepares for a joint rescue training mission with Marines from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Calif., to prepare for a deployment to the Horn of Africa in June. Pararescuemen are the only members of the DoD specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission.

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