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Curl club connects Airmen
Karen Jordan plays the position of “skip” during an “end” of curling March 29, 2023, at The Chiller in Springfield, Ohio. Like most sports, curling has its own language. A skip is the player down near the “house,” or target, who signals strategy to the person throwing the stone. An end is the curling equivalent to an inning of baseball. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Curl club connects Airmen
One team’s stone smacks their opponents’ stone out of the way during a curling match March 29, 2023, at The Chiller in Springfield, Ohio. One strategy to get a stone to be the one nearest the center of the house is to move the others out of the way. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Curl club connects Airmen
Brad Ashmore, left, and Jorge Villa, both Air Force Research Laboratory electronic engineers, lean into their brooms to help the stone down the sheet towards the target March 29, 2023, at The Chiller in Springfield, Ohio. About a fourth of the players in the curling are members of the Wright-Patterson community. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Curl club connects Airmen
Brad Ashmore, Air Force Research Laboratory electronic engineer, starts his stone down the ice March 29, 2023, in Curl Troy league play at The Chiller in Springfield, Ohio. The league draws a number of players from the Wright-Patterson community, many of whom had been unaware of the curling opportunity in the Dayton area. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Curl club connects Airmen
Brad Ashmore, standing, Air Force Research Laboratory electronic engineer, and Frack Predis, AFRL contractor, curl during a match March 29, 2023, at The Chiller in Springfield, Ohio. Both men said the strategy they saw watching the sport in the Olympics inspired them to try it. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt civilian honored for valor.
Tech. Sgt. Robert Melcher pins the Command Civilian Award for Valor on his wife, Jacqueline, director of the 88th Civil Engineer Group’s Installation Management Division, during a ceremony March 28, 2023, in the Wright-Patt Club, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Melcher was honored for her role in rendering aid at the scene of a fiery, head-on vehicle collision Oct. 16 in nearby Chester Township. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt civilian honored for valor.
Steven Vincent, 88th Civil Engineer Group director, presents Jacqueline Melcher, director of 88 CEG’s Installation Management Division, with the Command Civilian Award for Valor during a ceremony March 28, 2023, in the Wright-Patt Club, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Melcher was honored for her actions Oct. 16 when she and her husband came upon a head-on vehicle collision in nearby Chester Township. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt civilian honored for valor.
Tech. Sgt. Robert Melcher hugs his wife, Jacqueline, director of the 88th Civil Engineer Group’s Installation Management Division, after she received the Command Civilian Award for Valor during a ceremony March 28, 2023, in the Wright-Patt Club, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Jacqueline Melcher was honored for her actions in October when she risked her own life rendering assistance after the couple came upon a fiery, head-on vehicle collision in nearby Chester Township. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt civilian honored for valor.
Jacqueline Melcher, director of the 88th Civil Engineer Group’s Installation Management Division, delivers remarks after being presented with the Command Civilian Award for Valor during a ceremony March 28, 2023, in the Wright-Patt Club, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Melcher was honored for her actions Oct. 16 when she entered a burning vehicle to provide first-aid to an accident victim in nearby Chester Township. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt civilian honored for valor.
Jacqueline Melcher, director of the 88th Civil Engineer Group’s Installation Management Division, performs a smudging ceremony for Maj. Dustin Honious, 445th Security Forces Squadron commander, as her husband, Tech. Sgt. Robert Melcher, looks on during a ceremony March 28, 2023, in which she was presented the Command Civilian Award for Valor at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Jacqueline Melcher, an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, was honored for her actions in October when the Melchers and Honious came upon a fiery, head-on vehicle collision in nearby Chester Township. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt civilian honored for valor.
Jacqueline Melcher, director of the 88th Civil Engineer Group’s Installation Management Division, performs a smudging ceremony for her husband, Tech. Sgt. Robert Melcher, as Maj. Dustin Honious, 445th Security Forces Squadron commander, looks on during a ceremony March 28, 2023, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The smudging was part of a ritual in which Jacqueline Melcher, an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, received the Command Civilian Award for Valor for her actions in October when the Melchers and Honious came upon a fiery, head-on vehicle crash in nearby Chester Township. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
AFIT Graduation
Mary Collins leads the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Class of 2023 into their graduation ceremony March 23, 2023, at the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Collins, who earned a Master of Science in applied mathematics, was one of the 203 graduates present to receive their diplomas. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
AFIT Graduation
The official party of the Air Force Institute of Technology graduation ceremony renders honors as the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard presents the colors at the start of the event March 23, 2023, at the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles, center, was the guest speaker. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
AFIT Graduation
Walter Jones, Air Force Institute of Technology director and chancellor gives remarks at the school’s graduation ceremony March 23, 2023, at the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Jones introduced the guest speaker, retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles, a former Air Force Materiel Command commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
AFIT Graduation
Retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles gives the commencement address at the Air Force Institute of Technology 2023 graduation ceremony March 23, 2023, at the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.(U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
AFIT Graduation
A member of the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Class of 2023 stands with his classmates at the end of the school’s graduation ceremony March 23, 2023, at the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force, Space Force, Marine and Army members, along with two international students, were among the 203 present to receive their diplomas. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt and Air Force take part in NCAA Tournament Opener
Chief Master Sgt. Lloyd Morales (center), 88th Air Base Wing command chief, and Col. Charles Barkhurst, 88 ABW vice commander, visit with Airmen from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, preparing to carry a large American flag onto the floor at University of Dayton Arena on March 15, 2023, for the second night of the First Four. Fairleigh Dickinson beat Texas Southern to advance to the Round of 64 in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt and Air Force take part in NCAA Tournament Opener
An Airman from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, helps display a large American flag in University of Dayton Arena on March 15, 2023, for a pregame ceremony on the second night of the First Four. The base Honor Guard presented colors during the ceremony and military recruits took the oath of enlistment at halftime of the Fairleigh Dickinson-Texas Southern game. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt and Air Force take part in NCAA Tournament Opener
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Airmen display a large American flag in University of Dayton Arena on March 15, 2023, for the pregame ceremony on the second night of the annual First Four event. The base Honor Guard presented colors during the ceremony and military recruits took the oath of enlistment at halftime of the Fairleigh Dickinson-Texas Southern game. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt and Air Force take part in NCAA Tournament Opener
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Airmen display a large American flag in University of Dayton Arena on March 15, 2023, for the pregame ceremony on the second night of the annual First Four event. The base Honor Guard presented colors during the ceremony and military recruits took the oath of enlistment at halftime of the Fairleigh Dickinson-Texas Southern game. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)