Page 16 - Desert Lightning News So. AZ Edition, Oct 5 2018

16
October 2018 www.aerotechnews.com/davis-monthanafb Facebook.com/DesertLightningNews
Desert Lightning News
ReFUGee (from Page 14) was living to begin working and evaluate where she wanted to
go in life. In 2008, Esho watched former President Obama speak about public service on TV, which embedded the idea in her head. “I wanted to give back in some way, and at first I thought pursuing medicine would be how I would give back,” Esho said. “When I was watching the political campaigns at the time, then- Senator Obama talked about serving your country as a way to pay for college, and I took that idea and it turned into something that matched the foundations that my father instilled in us, the
honesty, the integrity, the hard work, all of those values.”
Esho enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 2009, about a year and a half after her brother did. Her father was initially apprehensive about their decision, reasoning that he had worked so hard to take his kids out of Iraq, only for them to join the military in the middle of a war that might take them back. He quickly changed his mind when he watched his son graduate from basic training. “When we went to my brother’s basic training graduation and we saw the amazing changes in him, [my father] was like, ‘Ok, this is good!’” Esho said. “We talked to his military training instruc- tor, and his section chief, and my dad was just so proud. He even got himself the ‘Proud Air Force Dad’ T-shirt, which he still has.” Esho says that she herself was ultimately swayed by what she
saw at that graduation as well.
“I just felt this patriotic thing, and I wanted that, I wanted
that feeling, I wanted that pride,” Esho said. “I wanted to make something of myself and do something worthwhile. I thought, this is how I’m going to say, ‘thank you.’ This is how I’m going to show that, as a refugee, I fought hard enough to be here.”
Esho, who in addition to her work is pursuing a master’s degree in technology management from Georgetown University, intends to complete a career in the Air Force with the full support of her father, who wore the same ‘Proud Air Force Dad’ T-shirt at her basic training graduation.
ANTARCTICA
ation teams,” said Tech. Sgt. Seth Lewis, 7th Airlift Squad- ron loadmaster. “The increased coordination helped us perform the medevac safely. It was so cold that we weren’t able to open up the back of the aircraft, so the patients were loaded through the crew door, which is located on the front left side of the aircraft.”
With a wind-chill of minus 94 degrees F, the crew minimized time on the ground due to the extreme cold and returned the patients to Christchurch within 24 hours from the time they were notified of the evacuation request, Dotson said.
“This mission was outside normal operations since it was an emergency situation,” Cohn said. “The rapidness of how we changed gear to respond really showed the teamwork of all who were involved.”
The rapid, life-saving response demonstrated the flexibility and capabilities of the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica to respond quickly to emergency situations in the Antarctic. The patients were treated in New Zealand medical facilities.
“This was a completely dif- ferent mission from what we
(from Page 5)
typically do,” Lewis said. “It was really special to be part of some- thing that you weren’t expecting. I was expecting to go home, but then I got to participate in a medical evacuation to help two people.”
The last dedicated medevac mission the 304th EAS sup- ported was in 2013. The 304th is comprised of blended aircrews from the active-duty 62nd Airlift Wing and the Reserve 446th Airlift Wing.
The NSF manages the U.S. Antarctic Program. Operation Deep Freeze is the logistical support provided by the Defense Department to the U. S. Ant- arctic Program. This includes the coordination of strategic inter-theater airlift, tactical intra-theater airlift and airdrop, aeromedical evacuation support, search-and-rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling, and transportation requirements supporting the NSF.
This is a unique mission that demonstrates U.S. commitment to stability in the Pacific and research programs conducted for the betterment of all mankind.
AODn TimSe,Done Right! Computer Diagnostics • Maintenance
One Stop Complete Auto Repair
• Foreign & Domestic • Driveline Repair
• Electrical Systems Diagnostics
Air Force Gallery
Staff Sgt. Ned T. Johnston
The Thunderbirds Delta formation performs a Pass in Review while flying past the Freedom Tower in New York Sept. 17. The Thunder- birds were returning home to Nel- lis Air Force Base, Nevada, from New Windsor, N.Y., where they per- formed two air shows the weekend before the flyover of the city.
Hello
FALL
Desert Fox Paintball
Thank You for your service
Two for 1 Gun Rental Rent one, get one free Good for Military members only Must present coupon
Open Games Sat. & Sun. – 9:00 - 13:00 Mon. – Fri. By Appointment
9651 S Houghton Rd., Tucson, AZ
520-574-9232 • www.desertfoxpaintball.com
•M
aintenance
Services Services
• Air Conditioning • Fluid Exchanges • Shuttle Service
Haircuts $1000 $2.00 off haircut when you present this ad
George’s
BARBER SHOP
1941 S. 6th Ave • 520-740-1314 No appointment • Tue-Sat 8-5
• Loaner Cars
• and More!
Golf Links Automotive | 7970 East Golf Links Rd
(520) 979-3150 Borst Automotive | 1255 S. Swan Rd
(520) 748-8861
7010 E. Golf Links (near Fry’s) Tucson, AZ 85730
(520) 790-4871
ROLLING HILLS
PET CLINIC
Senior & MilitaryDiscounts
rollinghillspetclinic.com
M- F: 8–6:30 • Sat: 8–12
Internal Medicine • Surgery • Orthopedics • Dentistry • Vaccines SeniorPetCare•DiagnosticServices•PreventativeCare