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B-roll package showcasing the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's (DPAA) 24-1GB recovery operations from July to September 2024 in England. DPAA personnel worked together with short term individual augmentees from U.S. Army and Air Force units; 1st and 10th Cavalry Regiment, 91st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 786th Civil Engineering Squadron, 86th Dental Squadron, 606th Air Control Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs, 52nd Medical Group. All mission personnel combined their knowledge and skills to advance progress in achieving the fullest possible accounting of missing personnel during the more than 60-day recovery mission. There are approximately 72,000 missing personnel from World War II in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland and the surrounding European and Mediterranean area. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Morgan L. R. Burgess)
This edition features stories about the official Air Force website receiving a visual and functional overhaul, senior leaders meeting at the third annual Senior Leaders Conference, the Air Force Personnel Accountability & Assessment System (AFPAAS), firefighters from the 30th Civil Engineering Squadron and the Vandenberg “Hot Shots” battling blazing wildfires in Santa Barbara, Calif., and the annual Armed Forces Day parade in Torrance, Calif., that has been a long standing tradition there. Hosted by Senior Airman Robbie Arp.
The 35th Civil Engineering Squadron trained by conducting Rapid Airfield Damage Repair(RADR).
Mr. Richardson serves as Program Manager for Senior Leadership Development Training at DEOMI and wears several hats for the institute. He is also the Air National Guard Service Liaison Office, Active Duty Air Force Liaison Officer, and the Assistant Program Manager for the Equal Opportunity Advisor Reserve Component Course. Major Richardson designs, develops and implements curriculum for External Training on Human Relations and Diversity. He travels the world delivering training to senior leaders and executives of the DOD and all branches of the armed forces. Mr. Gary Richardson served in the Air Force for four and a half years before leaving active duty and joining the Air National Guard in 1993. He was stationed at Griffiss AFB, NY and was assigned to the Civil Engineering Squadron as a welder. Mr. Richardson has a combined 27 years of military experience and has been an adjunct instructor at DEOMI since 2005. He is a retired New York State Trooper where he was the Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance Officer and held the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. Richardson is a member of the National Diversity Council, Former Diversity Chair Member for CNY SHRM, and is the Founder and CEO of his own Diversity Consulting Firm. Since 1999, he has trained over 10,000 participants and has just completed his first book on diversity titled: Beyond Demographics, the Truth about Diversity.
Dave Biller discusses the environmental contamination at Andersen AFB,Guam and its impact on him as an airman in a Civil Engineering Squadron in the mid-1980s. Host Jim Fausone interviews Mr. Biller about VA's handling of his claim and the groundwater contaminations impact on the new Marine base being built on Guam.
The Four Support Squadron faced off against the Civil Engineering Squadron to see who would be crowned the basketball champion on Kunsan Airbase.
This edition features a story about Airmen of the 51st Civil Engineering Squadron being evaluated on their response to a simulated fire.
B-roll of Civil Engineering Squadron providing water to Potter Fitness Center for people to use showers and facilities. Misawa Air Base, Japan. Sound bite includes Staff Sgt. Johnathan Epperson, H-VAC Crafstman. Produced by Senior Airman Barbara Patton.