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Vol. 67 No. 08
April 14, 2017
“Find Allyâ€: 99th MDG Airman saves neighbor
By Airman 1st Class Andrew Sarver rushed next door to Ally’s house. Ally heard U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew Sarver
the commotion and the pounding on his
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs door and ran downstairs to see his neighbor Staff Sgt. Jeffry Ally, 99th Medical Group surgical technician, right, Juan
holding his son, asking for help. Sanjuan, Ally’s neighbor, and his son, Chava, pose for a photo in Las
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — No Vegas, Nev., April 4. Ally saved the child’s life when Sanjuan ran to him
one can prepare to be woken up in their home “I wasn’t afraid, but I thought, ‘this father for help. His trauma and CPR experience allowed him to properly expel
at night with a child’s life in their hands. is handing me his son and trusting me to save food that was obstructing the child’s airways.
his life,’†said Ally.
For Staff Sgt. Jeffry Ally, 99th Medical
Group surgical technician, this exact sce- Ally immediately sprang into action when
nario happened to him, beginning with a he realized the child wasn’t breathing. Not
bang on his door. knowing he was choking on a piece of meat,
he began CPR protocol and laid the boy down
On March 28, he heard his neighbor bang- on his side.
ing on his front door, shouting for help.
From trauma and CPR experience, Ally
“He’s not breathing, he’s not breathing,†stated that the airway was the priority.
is all Ally heard when he ran and opened his Knowing this was vital, he hit the center
front door. part of the child’s back hard to expel any
foreign objects.
Ally’s neighbors had been eating dinner
when their son began to choke. This worked. It expelled a piece of chicken
that had been lodged in the child’s throat
The child’s father, Juan Sanjuan, thought and he immediately lurched forward gasp-
to call an ambulance, but he knew the hos- ing for air.
pital was too far away to help his son. He
instantly recalled a conversation he had with Ally’s quick response saved the child’s life.
Ally about the Airman’s medical background “I didn’t know if I would be able to re-
when they first met. spond to those moments,†said Ally. “I work
around trauma every day, but being woken
“We called the ambulance while he was up by your neighbor saying, ‘please save my
gasping for air, but you could tell he wasn’t son’s life’ is different. It makes me happy that
breathing properly,†said Sanjuan. “I don’t I was able to help and everything worked
know CPR. The first thing that popped into out.â€
my mind was: ‘Find Ally.’â€
Sanjuan took his son in his arms and
RPA support unit wins inaugural award
By Senior Airman Christian Clausen H. Harris Chapter of the Air Force Association Air
Force Gala banquet in Orlando, Florida.
432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
Lt. Col. Scott, former 432nd OSS commander,
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—The 432nd accepted the award from acting Secretary of the Air
Operations Support Squadron earned the inaugural Force Lisa Disbrow, alongside Air Force Gala Chair-
Jimmy Doolittle Educational Fellow for Outstanding See award, on page 9
Support to Armed UAVs March 2, 2017, at the Martin
Courtesy photograph Lt. Col. Scott, former 432nd Operations Support Squadron commander, accepts the inaugural Jimmy Doolittle
Educational Fellow for Outstanding Support to Armed UAVs March 2 at the Martin H. Harris Chapter of the Air Force
Association Air Force Gala banquet in Orlando, Florida. Acting Secretary of the Air Force, Lisa Disbrow, presented
the award alongside, from left, Air Force Gala Chairman Michael Liquori, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David
Goldfein, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth Wright and Martin H. Harris Chapter President Gary Lehmann.
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