On Feb. 6, 2021, Senior Airman Louis Shackelford’s civilian and military worlds collided.
“I recently received my first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during the February Unit Training Assembly (UTA). It was a surreal experience. I was sitting in my Air Force medical unit, in uniform, being injected with a life-saving vaccine brought to fruition by experts and scientists at my civilian job,” Shackelford said.
“It was a beautiful collision of the worlds in which I exist. I cannot remember ever feeling prouder to be both an airman and public health research professional.”
Every month, as Shackelford, an aerospace medical technician assigned to the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (AMDS) here, puts it, there is a Friday in which he is surrounded by brilliant scientists, researchers, and public health professionals with too many letters behind their names to keep track of at his civilian job as external relations project manager at the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoV
By Maj Candice Allen, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published April 15, 2021
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Hundreds of toys were available to Reserve Citizen Airmen at the Baby Bundles + Kits for Kids event hosted by the 446th Airlift Wing Women’s Council April 10 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Expecting Reserve moms and dads also received baby diapers filled with items needed to care for a newborn. Women’s Council hosted the event honoring the Month of the Military Child. (Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Carrianne Ekberg)
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Reserve Citizen Airmen select toys for their children at the Baby Bundles + Kids for Kit event April 10 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. In addition to the toys provided by 446th Airman and Family Readiness, the 446th Airlift Wing Women’s Council gave away 50 diaper bags filled with items needed to care for newborns to expecting Reserve Citizen Airmen. The Council-hosted event was
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By Senior Airman Brittany Wich, 433rd Airlift Wing / Published April 13, 2021
The 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron and Joint Base San Antonio Fire Department firefighters brush and wash the contaminates off of firefighters in hazardous material suits during a joint training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 8, 2021. The 433rd CES and JBSA Fire Department firefighters wore mission oriented protective posture gear and HAZMAT suits to protect themselves against simulated contaminates from patients and personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Wich)
The 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron reserve citizen Airmen load medical equipment on a C-130 J Hercules during a joint training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 8, 2021. The medical flight crew simulated the loading of medical equipment to assist in contaminated patient transport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Wich)
By Tech. Sgt. Jonathan McCallum, 919th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs / Published April 13, 2021
Senior Airman Chris Peterson, 919th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, tightens bolts on a new propeller mounted on a C-146A Wolfhound, using a torque wrench March 23, at Duke Field, Florida. Peterson is part of a special training program designed to create maintenance specialists to operate interchangeably in deployed locations, keeping crews smaller and saving the Air Force money and manpower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jonathan McCallum)
Senior Airman Chris Peterson, 919th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, inspects connections on a new propeller mounted on a C-146A Wolfhound, as part of a special maintenance training program March 23, at Duke Field, Florida. Staff Sgt. Andrew Roberts, 919th SOAMXS engine mechanic, looks on from below as an instructor. The program is designed to create maintenanc