Wright-Patterson staff sergeant, Williamsburg native, spearheads command post support in Southwest Asia

Staff Sgt. Tiffany Hipple, command post craftsman with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Command Post, talks over the radio in her operations area of the command post Feb. 3, 2010, at a non-disclosed location in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Hipple is deployed from Air Force Material Command's command center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and her hometown is Williamsburg, Va. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Medics earn Air Force-level recognition

Staff Sgt. Carmen Williams uses a blood sample to test a patient's liver functions Feb. 15, 2010 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Williams, deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was part of the her home unit's Air Force Medical Service Award winning Category I Laboratory Team of the Year. She is with the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley/Released)

Simulator provides realistic training for medics

Operating in the dim red glow simulating the back of a C-130 in flight, Capt. Derek Brumley checks equipment monitoring a critical care “patient.” Capt. Brumley, a native of Barstow, Calif., is a critical care nurse and an instructor for the Air Force’s Centers for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CSTARS) at University Hospital Cincinnati, which trains Air Force critical care air transport team members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

CSTARS flight watch

Master Sgt. Angelique Boshonek, Sharon Walsh-Hart and Dan Donegan operate the human patient simulator from a control room at University Hospital Cincinnati. The facility provides highly realistic training for critical care air transport teams and simulates an Air Force airlifter in flight. Master Sgt. Boshonek is a cardiopulmonary technician, Ms. Hart is a emergency room nurse and contract C-STARS simulation coordinator, and Mr. Donegan, director of simulation education. All are part of the Air Force’s Centers for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CSTARS) training cadre at University Hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

Standing ovation

Fans at Military Appreciation night at U.D. basketball game on February 10, 2010, give Air Force members from Wright-Patterson AFB a standing ovation for their dedicated service to their country as they chant USA. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

Staff Sgt. Shauna Wilson

Chief Master Sgt. John Hoffman greets Staff Sgt. Shauna Wilson and her guest Stephanie Shaw, at mid-court during half time at the U.D. basketball game on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

Chief Master Sgt. John Hoffman

Chief Master Sgt. John Hoffman, 88th Air Base Wing command chief, pose with U.D. mascot Rudy at Military Appreciation night at U.D. basketball game on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

Staff Sgt. Terra Mason

Air Force Band of Flight singer Staff Sgt. Terra Mason sings the National Anthem as the base Honor Guard presents the Colors at the at Military Appreciation night at U.D. basketball game on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

Lt. Col. Michael Knipper

Lieutenant Col. Michael Knipper (left) introduces his family to U.D. Basketball Coach Brian Gregory (center) at the pre-game social before the basketball game against Charlotte on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

U.D. baketball coach

University of Dayton Basketball Coach Brian Gregory (center) talks to Col. Brad Spacy (right) 88th Air Base Wing commander and Army Lt. Col. Charles Schretzman, professor of military science at U.D. before the basketball game against Charlotte on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

ASC commander meets Brooks City-Base team

Lt. Gen. Thomas Owen (center), is briefed on the latest use of the Brooks City-Base hyperbaric chamber to study traumatic brain injuries, by Col. James Weissmann, chief of the Aerospace Medicine Education Division with the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, and Col. Charles Fisher, USAFSAM commander. General Owen is Aeronautical System Center commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe N. Wiggins)

ASC commander meets Brooks team

Lt. Gen. Thomas Owen is briefed by Wayne Isdahl from the 711th Human Performance Wing at Brooks City-Base, Texas, on capabilities of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine centrifuge, as the general sits in the centrifuge's gondola. The centrifuge is used to train pilots and aircrew members of the effects of high g-forces on the human body and how to handle those forces. General Owen is Aeronautical System Center commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe N. Wiggins)