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Making a Splash: NCO Goes Deep to Re-Enlist
Airman 1st Class Sergio A. Gamboa said. “He had an Airman re-enlist (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sergio A. Gamboa)
under water where the sunken U.S.
325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Naval Ship General Hoyt S. Van- Technical Sgt. Robert Barnes, 325th Communications Squadron quality assurance NCO in
denberg is, and then I remembered charge, holds the U.S. Flag under the ocean water June 26. Barnes had a re-enlistment ceremony
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, they sunk some F-101 Voodoo’s off 70 feet under water.
Fla. -- A Tyndall Airman re-enlist- the coast of Panama City, Fla., so I
ed in a unique way recently, diving figured why not do it.” Navy being the other, and I thought and the date was set: June 26.
approximately 70 feet under water
to swear in for another three and a Barnes needed an officer who that was an added bonus.” When the day began, things were
half years of service. was scuba certified to swear him in
so he asked a friend and co-work- After more than six months of not looking good for Barnes and
Technical Sgt. Robert Barnes, er from the U.S. Navy Sea Cadets
325th Communications Squadron Corps, a program for young people putting the pieces in motion, the everyone who was helping. The sky
quality assurance NCO in charge, ages 13 through 18 that develops an
wanted his re-enlistment to be one interest and ability in seamanship big day was just around the corner See RE-ENLIST, Page 12
he will always remember. He knew and seagoing skills, Jon Graydon,
it was time for him to re-enlist once 1st Air Force (Air Forces North-
again, but didn’t know how he was ern) civil support planner at Tyn-
going to do it. dall and an U.S. Marine Reserve
lieutenant colonel.
When he was at the Paul W.
Airey NCO Academy, Barnes de- “Since he was a retired lieutenant
cided he was going to scuba dive colonel, I decided to ask him to be
for the big event. Once he had an the officer to swear me in,” Barnes
indication of what he was going to said. “With him being the officer to
do, he set things in motion to make swear me in this time, now marks
his idea happen. the third different military branch
officer to do so; Air Force and U.S.
“I got the idea from one of my
classmates at the NCOA,” Barnes
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