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Life behind the lens: The story of Victoria Taylor At EaseVictoria Taylor traveled the world as a Combat Camera photographer and videographer attached to elite Marine Corps units. She found camaraderie among battle-bonded platoon mates. She felt deeply the hard-won trust from fellow Marines, whose friendships are forged not just over a deployment, but a lifetime.
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NAVAIR engineers win Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers awards From left: Thomas Dowd, director, Range Department, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division; Brig. Gen. Gregory Masiello, Program Executive Officer for Air Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault & Special Mission Programs, PEO(A); and Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) award winners Mini Anirudhan, deputy assistant program manager for systems engineering, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, and Dr. Michael Yu, PMA-261 advanced technology manager, at the SASE national conference in Chicago Oct. 4.
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11 SFS crowns top defenders 11th Security Forces Squadron elite gate guards Staff Sgt. Reddzl Tuano, left, and Senior Airman Timothy Hosfelt, right, conduct an area sweep during the 11th SFS Defender’s Challenge on Joint Base Andrews on Oct. 3. The challenge is a competition to display technical proficiency and build camaraderie.
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11 SFS crowns top defenders 11th Security Forces Squadron elite gate guards Senior Airman Timothy Hosfelt, left, and Staff Sgt. Reddzl Tuano practice clearing rooms during the 11th SFS Defender’s Challenge on Joint Base Andrews on Oct. 3. Urban tactics are part of the skill set that defenders are taught and expected to maintain.
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11 SFS crowns top defenders Senior Airman Timothy Hosfelt carries Staff Sgt. Reddzl Tuano, both 11th Security Forces Squadron elite gate guards, during the 11th SFS Defender’s Challenge on Joint Base Andrews on Oct. 3. The challenge tested defenders physically and mentally in weapon knowledge, urban tactics, land navigation, self-aid buddy care and response to attack.
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11 SFS crowns top defenders 11th Security Forces Squadron response force members Senior Airmen Aaron Legardye, left, and Anthony Poindexter participate in a land navigation exercise during the 11th SFS Defender’s Challenge on Joint Base Andrews on Oct. 3. The challenge tested defender’s physically, as well as mentally, in weapons knowledge, urban tactics, land navigation, self-aid buddy care and response to attack.
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11 SFS crowns top defenders Lt. Col. Jonathan Bell, 11th Security Forces Squadron commander, presents a trophy to the squadron’s winning team, Senior Airman Scott Gibson, center left, and Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gilmore, after completion of the 11th SFS Defender’s Challenge on Joint Base Andrews on Oct. 3. The challenge tested defender’s physically and mentally in weapons knowledge, urban tactics, land navigation, self-aid buddy care and response to attack.
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11 SFS crowns top defenders Senior Airman Aaron Legardye, 11th Security Forces Squadron response force member, lifts a weighted ammunition crate during the 11th SFS Defender’s Challenge on Joint Base Andrews on Oct. 3. The challenge included a fitness combat course used by Marines to test physical fitness and ability to process and execute commands under stress.
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JBA to build wetlands bank at Mattawoman Creek NewsCol. Andrew Purath, 11th Wing and Joint Base Andrews commander, speaks during a ceremonial commemoration for the first wetlands mitigation banking instrument for the Department of Defense in Maryland on JBA Sept. 6. The banking instrument will be used on Mattawoman Creek in Pomfret for wetlands credits for future JBA construction projects requiring wetland areas to be filled on base.
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JBA to build wetlands bank at Mattawoman Creek NewsA map of the first wetlands mitigation banking instrument project for the Department of Defense in Maryland is shown during a ceremonial commemoration event on Joint Base Andrews Sept. 6. The entire project yields nearly 38 wetland credits and almost 1,600 stream credits to provide potential mitigation for planned construction efforts on JBA, such as runway construction or expansion.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael S. Murphy