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Sept. 4, 2015 FEATURE Thunderbolt
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Honor guardsman, family man makes good Airman
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has worked hard to succeed profession- “Getting through the loss of my brother had four assignments including Alaska, and being able to see young Airmen grow
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town in the Philippines. He and his family from my family and newborn son during a ments. PHQZKHQWLPHSHUPLWV+HVWD\VLQYROYHG
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with no electricity, and we had to fetch Earnest Huston, 56th Logistics Readiness
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in me to know I’ll get things done. He’s a
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some way to make sure that kind of thing “Not just professionally but personally.
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