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Chief Master Sgt Joseph Davis retires from Air Force

Over the August 2023 UTA (drill) weekend, Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Davis, the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 459th Mission Support Group, retired after completing nearly 30 years of military service. Chief Davis began his career in 1994 as an active-duty security policeman at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and he joined the Air Force Reserve here in the 459th Security Forces Squadron in 2007. Now, Chief Davis leaves the 459th with a legacy of award-winning service. His retirement ceremony was officiated by 459th SFS Commander Maj. Thomas Lowe at The Courses at Andrews (Golf Course & Club) on Aug. 12, 2023.

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Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Leavitt

Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Leavitt biography photo

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Chief Master Sgt. Jose A. Velez

Velez

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Chief Master Sgt. Patti Hickman

Chief Master Sgt. Patti Hickman

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Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires

Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires from the Air Force after serving nearly 30 years of total military service. Chief Gambill, who began her military career as a Marine, retired as the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 459th Mission Support Group at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Gambill held her retirement ceremony at the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Aug. 2, 2025. Maj. Melissa Greenwood, 46th Aerial Port Squadron Commander, Dover AFB, Del., officiated the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Timothy Smith)

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Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires

Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires from the Air Force after serving nearly 30 years of total military service. Chief Gambill, who began her military career as a Marine, retired as the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 459th Mission Support Group at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Gambill held her retirement ceremony at the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Aug. 2, 2025. Maj. Melissa Greenwood, 46th Aerial Port Squadron Commander, Dover AFB, Del., officiated the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Timothy Smith)

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Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires

Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires from the Air Force after serving nearly 30 years of total military service. Chief Gambill, who began her military career as a Marine, retired as the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 459th Mission Support Group at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Gambill held her retirement ceremony at the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Aug. 2, 2025. Maj. Melissa Greenwood, 46th Aerial Port Squadron Commander, Dover AFB, Del., officiated the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Timothy Smith)

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Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires

Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires from the Air Force after serving nearly 30 years of total military service. Chief Gambill, who began her military career as a Marine, retired as the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 459th Mission Support Group at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Gambill held her retirement ceremony at the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Aug. 2, 2025. Maj. Melissa Greenwood, 46th Aerial Port Squadron Commander, Dover AFB, Del., officiated the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Timothy Smith)

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Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires

Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Gambill retires from the Air Force after serving nearly 30 years of total military service. Chief Gambill, who began her military career as a Marine, retired as the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 459th Mission Support Group at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Gambill held her retirement ceremony at the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Aug. 2, 2025. Maj. Melissa Greenwood, 46th Aerial Port Squadron Commander, Dover AFB, Del., officiated the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Timothy Smith)

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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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Child's play

FAIRFORD, United Kingdom -- Col. William McKinley, a Reservist augmenting the U.S. Air Force Reserve Pipe Band, marches a group of school children from the Kempford School here back to class following one of seven school performances the band did during their two-week trip to the United Kingdom as part of the Air Force 60th Anniversary Celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Frank)

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Chop chop

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Bernice Sullivan, 1st Cook at the Liberty Hall Dining Facility chops green peppers, in preperation for lunch. The dining facility is scheduled for closure May 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Sharman)

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Chopping peppers

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Bernice Sullivan, 1st Cook at the Liberty Hall Dining Facility here, chops green peppers in preparation for lunch service May 4. The dining facility is scheduled for closure May 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Sharman)

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Citizen Airman critical to NSS guest arrival

Technical Sgt. Malachi Woodlee, 459th Maintenance Squadron repair/reclamation craftsman and Nuclear Security Summit volunteer, escorts members of civilian media during the arrival of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan on the Joint Base Andrews, Md., flight line March 30. More than 20 international heads of state arrived here for the 2016 NSS held in Washington, D.C. The summit provides a forum for leaders to reinforce commitments to securing nuclear materials. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kat Justen)

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Citizen Airmen critical to NSS guest arrival

Technical Sgt. Malachi Woodlee, 459th Maintenance Squadron repair/reclamation craftsman and Nuclear Security Summit volunteer, takes pictures of the arrival of Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea, on the Joint Base Andrews, Md., flight line March 30. More than 20 international heads of state arrived here for the 2016 NSS held in Washington, D.C. The summit provides a forum for leaders to reinforce commitments to securing nuclear materials. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kat Justen)

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Citizen Airmen critical to NSS guest arrival

Technical Sgt. Erica Knight, 756th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator and Nuclear Security Summit volunteer, captures imagery during the arrival of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Joint Base Andrews, Md., flight line March 30. More than 20 international heads of state arrived here for the 2016 NSS held in Washington, D.C. The summit provides a forum for leaders to reinforce commitments to securing nuclear materials. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kat Justen)

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Civic Leader Tour 459th ARW

The 459th Air Refueling Wing and 316th WIng partnered for a Civic Leader Tour to Lackland AFB March 24-25. Civic leaders from the greater Northeast witnessed the missions of the 459th ARW, 433rd Airlift Wing, and 37th Training Wing first hand during this program designed to put civic leaders in touch with the importance of community and family support in the lives of Airmen. Civic leaders atteneded the coin ceremony, the culmination of eight-weeks of hard training where "trainees" become Airmen (U.S. Air Force photo/ Capt. Rbeecca A. Garcia).

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Civic Leader Tour 459th ARW

The 459th Air Refueling Wing and 316th WIng partnered for a Civic Leader Tour to Lackland AFB March 24-25. Civic leaders from the greater Northeast witnessed the missions of the 459th ARW, 433rd Airlift Wing, and 37th Training Wing first hand during this program designed to put civic leaders in touch with the importance of community and family support in the lives of Airmen. Here civic leaders are watching a military working dog demonstration (U.S. Air Force photo/ Capt. Rebecca A. Garcia).

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Civic Leader Tour 459th ARW

The 459th Air Refueling Wing and 316th WIng partnered for a Civic Leader Tour to Lackland AFB March 24-25. Civic leaders from the greater Northeast witnessed the missions of the 459th ARW, 433rd Airlift Wing, and 37th Training Wing first hand during this program designed to put civic leaders in touch with the importance of community and family support in the lives of Airmen. Here civic leaders tour a C-5 Galaxy (U.S. Air Force photo/ Capt. Rebecca A. Garcia).

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Civic Leaders learn about Total Force mission during tour

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Honorary commanders and civic leaders from Joint Base Andrews, Md., received a first-hand glimpse into the Total Force mission while on a Civic Leader Tour here Sept. 20--21. The CLT participants arrived on a KC-135 Stratotanker from the Reserve 459th Air Refueling Wing and were accompanied by Col. Russell A. Muncy, 459th ARW commander, and Col. Kenneth R. Rizer, 11th Wing and Joint Base Andrews commander. The honorary commanders had the opportunity to tour areas like the active-duty 437th Aerial Port Squadron and a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 300th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Steve Lewis)

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