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WPAFB hosts chief master sergeant recognition
Senior Master Sgt. Chad Goff and his spouse pause after passing the saber cordon May 14, 2022, as they enter the Wright-Patterson Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The event honored the Wright-Patt Airmen recently selected for promotion to the Air Force’s highest enlisted rank. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
WPAFB hosts chief master sergeant recognition
Chief Master Sgt. Derek Maiava and his wife, Chief Master Sgt. Selena Maiava, pause after passing the saber cordon May 14, 2022, as they enter the Wright-Patterson Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Derek Maiava was honored as one of the Wright-Patterson Airmen recently selected for promotion to the Air Force’s highest enlisted rank. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
WPAFB hosts chief master sergeant recognition
Retired Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey delivers remarks at the Wright-Patterson Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony on May 14, 2022, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Frey is a former command chief for both the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
WPAFB hosts chief master sergeant recognition
Retired Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey delivers remarks at the Wright-Patterson Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony on May 14, 2022, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Frey is a former command chief for both the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
WPAFB hosts chief master sergeant recognition
Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Malyemezian presents retired Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey with a plaque thanking her for being the guest speaker at the Wright-Patterson Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony on May 14, 2022, in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Frey is a former command chief for both the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
New Wright-Patterson Honor Guard members participate in graduation ceremony
New members of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard demonstrate a six-man flag-fold during their graduation ceremony, April 25, 2022. Guardsmen demonstrated the full funeral service, including gun salute and taps, prior to receiving their honor guard badges. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
New Wright-Patterson Honor Guard members participate in graduation ceremony
New members of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard demonstrate the role a firing party plays in a military funeral during their graduation ceremony, April 25, 2022. Guardsmen demonstrated the full funeral service, including a six-man flag fold and taps, prior to receiving their honor guard badges. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
New Wright-Patterson Honor Guard members participate in graduation ceremony
Staff Sgt. George Merusi, a new member of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard, demonstrates the playing of “Taps” as part of a military funeral during the honor guard’s graduation ceremony, April 25, 2022. The bugle holds a hidden speaker that plays the music so that Airmen on six-month temporary duty do not need to learn how to play a musical instrument. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
New Wright-Patterson Honor Guard members participate in graduation ceremony
Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, speaks during the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard graduation ceremony, April 25, 2022. Thirty-nine Airmen from units across the base underwent more than 50 hours of training to become proficient in the customs and courtesies they will need during their six-month tour with the guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
New Wright-Patterson Honor Guard members participate in graduation ceremony
The class of new Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard members recite the “Honor Guard Charge” at the end of their graduation ceremony, April 25, 2022. Thirty-nine Airmen from units across the base underwent more than 50 hours of training to become proficient in the customs and courtesies they will need during their six-month tour with the guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
New Wright-Patterson Honor Guard members participate in graduation ceremony
A new class of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guardsmen pose with Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander (rear left), and their trainers following their graduation ceremony, April 25, 2022. Thirty-nine Airmen from units across the base underwent more than 50 hours of training to become proficient in the customs and courtesies they will need during their six-month tour with the guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
75 years and counting
A cake commemorates the 75th anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 162 in Fairborn, Ohio, Dec. 13, 2021. The troop started out as the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base troop in 1946. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
75 years and counting
Boy Scout Troop 162 members salute the flag during the opening ceremony of a monthly court of honor Dec. 13, 2021, in Fairborn, Ohio. In addition to the usual awarding of merit badges and advancement in scout ranks, the gathering marked the 75th anniversary of the troop, which began as the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base troop. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
75 years and counting
Wills Oberg (right) leads Boy Scout Troop 162 in the Scout Oath at the start of an event Dec. 13, 2021, in Fairborn, Ohio, marking the troop’s 75th anniversary. For the first 60 years of its existence, the troop was chartered by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and still has a strong connection. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
75 years and counting
Boy Scout Troop 162 Scoutmaster Erik Oberg (left) talks to his scouts, their parents and friends about the troop’s history during its 75th anniversary celebration Dec. 13, 2021 at Abiding Christ Lutheran Church in Fairborn, Ohio. At right is Matthew Greiner, 13, the troop’s senior patrol leader and son of an active duty member of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
75 years and counting
Alexander D’Agostino (left), 11, and Isaiah Hunter, 11, cut a cake commemorating the 75th anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 162 in Fairborn, Ohio, Dec. 13, 2021. Both boys and most others in the troop have a parent attached to, or working at, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Joe Althaus (foreground), the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program manager, and engineer Matthew Sunday build the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype at their lab Dec. 1, 2021, in Riverside, Ohio. The institute worked with the Air Force Research Laboratory on making the concept a reality. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Hoses and a diagram of the new liquid-cooled plate carrier lie on a table Dec. 1, 2021, at the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Lab in Riverside, Ohio. The institute worked with the Air Force Research Laboratory to build a system prototype designed to help cool Airmen wearing body armor in hot weather. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Joe Althaus (left), the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program manager, and engineer Matthew Sunday build the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype at their lab Dec. 1, 2021, in Riverside, Ohio. The institute worked with the Air Force Research Laboratory on making the concept a reality. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Matthew Sunday, an engineer with the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program, works on placing the battery compartment in the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype Dec. 1, 2021, at his lab in Riverside, Ohio. The system uses a small pump to circulate drinking water and cool service members wearing body armor. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)