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Team March makes push to Gulfport for ORI

Wing members are treated to some snacks after completing their deployment processing for the Operational Readiness Inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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Team March makes push to Gulfport for ORI

Team March members endure the long, tedious lines for deployment processing. Personnelists verify blood type, religious preference, next of kin contact information and other vital records prior to the member’s deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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Team March makes push to Gulfport for ORI

Deploying 452d AMW members receive instructions from deployment processing center personnel prior to moving through the line. Wing members trained for more than a year in preparation for the Operational Readiness Inspection, where they will be inspected along with the 445th Air Mobility Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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Team March makes push to Gulfport for ORI

452d Logistical Readiness Squadron members, Staff Sgt. John Crump and Airman 1st Class Monique Partee, secure webbing to the bottom of a baggage pallet to prepare it for transportation to Gulfport in support of the ORI. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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Team March makes push to Gulfport for ORI

Ms. Valerie Fioretta, 452d Air Mobility Wing Airman & Family Readiness Center director, briefs personnel on services available to them and their families. The group received briefings from A&FRC, medical, legal, personnel and the chaplain to begin deployment processing for the ORI. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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Team March makes push to Gulfport for ORI

Master Sgt. John Hale, 452d AMW historian, prepares to load bags on a truck as he awaits bus transportation to the deployment processing area. Gloves are required to be worn when loading bags. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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Team March makes push to Gulfport for ORI

Master Sgt. Kelley Lundrigan (left) 452d Air Mobility Wing unit deployment manager, explains inspection-specific requirements to Tech. Sgt. Megan Crusher, 452d AMW public affairs, during deployment processing, in preparation for the Operational Readiness Inspection, held at Gulfport, Miss., from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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An extra set of eyes watches over Super Bowl, homeland 24/7

The Air and Marine Operations Center is poised to provide an extra set of eyes for the North American Aerospace Defense Command during high-profile events, to ensure the skies and seas remain threat-free. (AMOC courtesy photo)

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163d RW Air National Guard of the Year Winners

California Air National Guard - Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO) of the Year Master Sgt. Jennifer Oberg, 163rd Reconnaissance Wing, 163rd Maintenance Group (Left to right) Brigadier General Jon K. Kelk, Commander, California Air National Guard; Major General Lawrence A. Haskins, Commander, California Army National Guard; Major General David S. Baldwin, The Adjutant General, California Military Department; Master Sgt. Jennifer Oberg, 163rd Reconnaissance Wing, 163rd Maintenance Group, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO) of the Year; Sergeant Major Bryan B. Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Command Sergeant Major William Clark Jr., State Senior Enlisted Advisor, California National Guard. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Buttner)

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163d RW Air National Guard of the Year Winners

Command Sergeant Major William Clark Jr., State Senior Enlisted Advisor for the California National Guard, presents a token of appreciation to Sergeant Major Bryan B. Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for his time spent with the California Air and Army National Guard members while on tour of the California National Guard units. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Buttner)

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163d RW Air National Guard of the Year Winners

California Air National Guard - Honor Guardsman of the Year Staff Sgt. Daniel Stephens, 163rd Reconnaissance Wing (Left to right) Brigadier General Jon K. Kelk, Commander, California Air National Guard; Major General Lawrence A. Haskins, Commander, California Army National Guard; Major General David S. Baldwin, The Adjutant General, California Military Department; Staff Sgt. Daniel Stephens, 163rd Reconnaissance Wing, California Air National Guard Honor Guardsman of the Year; Sergeant Major Bryan B. Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Command Sergeant Major William Clark Jr., State Senior Enlisted Advisor, California National Guard. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Buttner)

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DOD's Senior Enlisted Advisor speaks with March members

The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine Sergeant Major Bryan Battalia, greets Airmen stationed at March Air Reserve Base, Jan. 11. The U.S. Armed Forces’ top enlisted member engaged with audience members on subjects pertaining to the CJCS’s doctrine entitled, “Vision 2020,” detailing his vision of the total military family, renewing commitment and better understanding the way forward if drastic cuts are made to the military budget. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mykel Anderson)

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Triple Nickel heads to war

The U.S. Army Reserve’s 555th Transportation Coordination Detachment deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Jan. 13. The unit will be responsible for scheduling intra-theatre convoys and other traveling assets. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Tracy Ellingsen)

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Triple Nickel heads to war

Army Staff Sgt. Cristian Arreaza, 555 Transportation Coordination Detachment, says goodbye to Halia, 4, daughter of Arreaza’s partner, during a sendoff ceremony held in El Monte, Calif., Jan. 13. The unit will be deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Tracy Ellingsen)

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Wing members make a difference in the local community

Members of the 452d Air Mobility Wing Top Three and March Air Reserve Base chapter of the Air Force Sergeant’s Association, routinely partner with local organizations, in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity, to provide low-cost housing for those in need. Over the years, the military community has donated many personnel-hours to building and rebuilding homes for qualifying individuals. (Courtesy photo by Jim Almgren)

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Car care because we care

Tech. Sgt. Crystal Goff, March Airman & Family Readiness Center, hands Airman 1st Class Andrew Beardsley, 912th Air Refueling Squadron, a voucher under the Car Care Because We Care program, Jan. 14. The program is designed to ease the financial impact of deployments on Air Force families by providing a cash-equivalent voucher for basic maintenance service on the member’s primary vehicle. (U.S. Air Force photo by Darnell Gardner)

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163rd RW delivers toys to Loma Linda Hospital

Technical Sgt. Christopher Bromm, 163d Maintenance Group, delivers toys to children who are patients at the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Dec. 14, 2012. The Airmen from the California Air National Guard wanted to visit and brighten the children's day with gifts as the children receive care at the out-patient center where they often have to go a few times a week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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U. S. Coast Guard launches from March Air Reserve Base

March Air Reserve Base Air Terminal Operations Center personnel and Reserve loadmasters from Dover Air Force Base, Del., assist U.S. Coast Guard members from Port Security Unit 311, based in Long Beach, Calif., with the upload of two Generation IV Transportable Port Security Boats, onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Jan. 11. It is the first-ever operational deployment for the newest generation of port security boats. They are being deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to provide security for the waters surrounding the base. They will be replacing Generation III boats that have been in operation for 20 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Crusher)

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After 43 years, Norma Castillo retires

Mrs. Norma T. Castillo, center, retired after more than 43 years of Federal service, Thursday, Jan. 10. She proudly served her country with dedication, skill and leadership. Her career began July 22, 1969, where she met and overcame serious challenges and obstacles to successfully execute her assigned duties — many of those activities were accomplished as the year-end closeout monitor. During her career, she led the Budget Office at March Air Reserve Base, closing out fiscal years with an impressive record. (U.S. Air Force photo by Darnell Gardner)

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TRX Suspension Training System in Place

Staff Sgt. Brandon Lopez, 452d Force Support Squadron, participates in the gym’s new TRX Suspension Training System certification course at the March Gym, Jan. 4. The 20-foot suspension system allows the user to work upper and lower body as well as core muscles using his or her own body weight by hooking TRX straps to the suspension frame and performing various strength workouts. (U. S. Air Force photo)

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