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Mass Enlistment Ceremony

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, M.D. -- (Right) Col Tim Cahoon, 459th Air Refueling Wing commander, administers the oath of enlistment aboard a KC-135 Oct 14. Ten individuals, including prior enlisted and first term Airman, raised their right hand to take the oath. This mass enlistment ceremony, conducted by the 459 ARW recruiting office was part of a coast to coast initiative by the Air Force Reserve Command to publicly recognize those who have signed up to serve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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Sun run

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Capt. Mary Lloyd, 459th Security Forces Squadron commander, passes the sun during the fitnesst test run here Oct. 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Sharman)

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Chief on the run

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Chief Master Sgt. Patti Hickman, 459th Air Refueling Wing command chief, steps it up as she approaches the finish line during a chiefs and commanders run here Oct. 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Sharman)

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CC support

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- As a show of support, a number of commanders from units throughout the 459th Air Refueling Wing joined Airmen who were fitness testing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric M. Sharman)

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Deep breath

Capt. Tynisha Jones-Vincent, 459th ARW Public Affairs Office officer in charge, concentrates on her breathing during a fitness test here Oct. 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric M. Sharman)

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Catching a wave

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. --Lt. Col. Michael E. Laughton, 459th Air Refueling Wing executive officer, leads the charge during the fitness test run here Oct. 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Sharman)

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Accelerated promotion

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Lt. Col. Louie Woody, 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, gets his new rank pinned on by spouse (left) Col. Kathleen Woody and Lt. Col. Vanessa Mattox, 459th AES commander, here Aug. 20. Colonel Woody's new rank is the result of a very rare accelerated promotion that requires a member to be in a position commensurate with the rank to which they are promoted. The member's commander requests permission for the member to pin on the rank at a date earlier than the selection board has assigned the member. In this case, the 64-year-old prior enlisted Colonel Woody pinned on many months before he expected to. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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Top dog

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Senior Airman Jauvarie Lewis of the 316th Security Forces Squadron here, walks with bomb-sniffing canine, "Brit," Aug. 2. The two of them and others from the 316th SFS teamed up with members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing to participate in a readiness exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tim Smith)

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Tiny helpers tidy wall

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two-year-old Chloe Spangler and 4-year-old Lauren Eckert scrub a pathway that follows the nearly 247-foot Vietnam Memorial Wall here July 20. The volunteer wall washing is a way for service members to thank fallen service members and was conducted under the guidance of the National Park Service. The NPS coordinates volunteers to clean the wall each week, or 52 times per year. At dawn, more than 20 members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing, family and other volunteers stood face to face with their own reflections while washing more than 58,000 names of service members on the wall. Chloe is the daughter of Master Sgt. Camila Eckert (not shown), 459th Mission Support Flight wing career assistance advisor, and Lauren is the daughter of Master Sgt. Sally Spangler (not shown), 459th MSF family support manager. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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Little brushers

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Master Sgts. Camila Eckert and Sally Spangler share a laugh as their respective daughters, 2-year-old Chloe and 4-year-old Lauren, prepare brushes to clean the Viet Nam Memorial Wall here July 20. More than 20 members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing, family and other volunteers pose after they stood face to face with their own reflections while washing more than 58,000 names of service members on the nearly 247-foot Viet-nam Memorial Wall. Sergeant Eckert is the wing career assistance advisor with the 459th Mission Support Flight and Sergeant Spangler is the family support manager with the 459th MSF. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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A team effort

WASHINGTON -- More than 20 members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing, family and other volunteers stand before The Three Soldiers memorial statue here after they stood face to face at dawn with their own reflections while washing more than 58,000 names of service members on the nearly 247-foot Vietnam Memorial Wall July 20. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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A nurse heroine

WASHINGTON -- Vietnam Memorial Wall washing volunteer Lt. Col. Margaret Schmidt, 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, points to the etched name of 27-year-old Air Force Reservist Capt. Mary T. Kilnker, who became the last nurse and the only member of the Air Force Nurse Corps to be killed in Vietnam. The Operation Babylift volunteer's name is one of more than 58,000 fallen service members' etched into the nearly 247-foot granite wall. The wall washing is a way for service members to thank fallen service members and was conducted under the guidance of the National Park Service. The NPS coordinates volunteers to clean the wall each week, or 52 times per year. At dawn, more than 20 members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing, family and other volunteers stood face to face with their own reflections while washing the names of memorialized service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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Reflections

WASHINGTON -- Tech. Sgt. Roderick Branch, 459th Air Refueling Wing Chaplain Services Support member, scrubs fallen service members' names etched along the nearly 247-foot granite Vietnam Memorial Wall here July 20. The volunteer wall washing event is a way for service members to thank those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and is conducted under the guidance of the National Park Service. The NPS coordinates volunteers to clean the wall each week, or 52 times per year. At dawn, more than 20 members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing, family and other volunteers stood face to face with their own reflections while washing more than 58,000 names of service members on the wall. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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A clear path

WASHINGTON -- Tech. Sgt. Shawn Shipp, 459th Air Refueling Wing Command Post security officer, hoses off a pathway that follows the nearly 247-foot Vietnam Memorial Wall at a 125-degree angle here July 20. The event is a way for service members to thank fallen service members and was conducted under the guidance of the National Park Service. The NPS coordinates volunteers to clean the wall each week, or 52 times per year. At dawn, more than 20 members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing, family and other volunteers stood face to face with their own reflections while washing more than 58,000 names of service members on the wall. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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Moving salute

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Col. Stayce D. Harris, 459th Air Refueling Wing commander, smiles emotionally as wing members render a final salute to her during the wing change of command ceremony here July 13. Colonel Harris handed the guidon to current Vice Commander and incoming Commander Col. Tim Cahoon, who assumes command Aug. 1. Colonel Harris moves on to become the Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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OG salute

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Col. Russell Muncy, 459th Operations Group commander, leads his units during a final salute at the 459th Air Refueling Wing change of command ceremony here July 13. Col. Stayce D. Harris, 459th ARW commander, handed the guidon to current Vice Commander and incoming Commander Col. Tim Cahoon, who assumes command Aug. 1. Colonel Harris moves on to become the Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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Troop formation

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing stand in formation during the wing change of command ceremony here July 13. Hundreds gathered as Col. Stayce Harris, 459th ARW commander, handed the guidon to current Vice Commander Col. Tim Cahoon, who officially assumes command Aug. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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Tuskegee Airmen

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Original Tuskegee Airmen stand for applause at the 459th Air Refueling Wing change of command ceremony here July 13. Col. Stayce Harris handed the guidon to current Vice Commander and incoming Commander Col. Tim Cahoon, who officially assumes command Aug. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Shayne Sewell)

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Change of command

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. - (From top left) As the color guard stands before them, Maj. Gen. Robert Duignan, 4th Air Force commander; Col. Stayce Harris, 459th Air Refueling Wing commander, Col. Tim Cahoon, 459th ARW vice (and incoming) commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Patti Hickman, 459th ARW command chief, salute the flag during the singing of the national anthem at the 459th Air Refueling Wing change of command ceremony July 13. Col. Tim Cahoon will assume command from outgoing wing commander Col. Stayce Harris Aug. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ashley B. Crawford)

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Farewell and welcome

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Col. Arthur Nicholson, 459th Aerospace Medicine Squadron commander, leads members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing in a final salute to outgoing 459th ARW Commander Col. Stayce Harris during a change of command ceremony July 13. Incoming and current 459th ARW Vice Commander Col. Tim Cahoon assumes command Aug. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ashley B. Crawford)

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