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Davis-Monthan reMeMbers Chaplain’s thoughts ...

306th RQS Davis-Monthan has Coming home whole trouble reconciling this sort of thing just means that
you’re human, and the part of you that understands
honors Doolittle Raid — a look back fighter squadron with By Chaplain (Capt.) purpose and meaning in the world might be hurting
a little bit. That’s the part that Air Force doctrine
MOH PJ’s PHiliP StEwArt defines as the spiritual part of you, and that’s why the
Chapel team is raising awareness. Dealing with trou-
sacrifice its own tank 355th Wing Chapel bles in deployment transition is normal, human, and
In the Air Force, we deploy. That means going and something we can all carry together. It’s something
getting the mission done, away from our families, that can happen to family members as well as those
friends, and loved ones, but serving our country and who deploy, and we can all look out for each other and
making sure that the people we love are safe. It can carry each other’s burdens in our community.
be tough to be away, and sometimes, it can be tough The other new thing is that we want to recognize
Members of the 306th coming home. is that when Airmen deploy, we make a difference.
Rescue Squadron at Davis- The Air Force, as a whole, has realized that some- It’s not just something we have to do in the mili-
Monthan Air Force Base times people struggle, and not all of the things we tary, it’s something that changes people’s lives, both
pull a skedco rescue litter, carry home with us are things you can see. Dealing downrange and at home. That’s something worth
as part of a Monster Mash with coming back from deployment and situations recognizing, and celebrating, because the fact that
memorial workout for Air- downrange can mean dealing with the invisible things someone goes downrange means that they helped
man 1st Class William H. we carry — the wounds we have to our sense of how make a better future.
Pitsenbarger. Pitsenbarger the world works — and how to make these experiences We have started giving out a Chapel coin to each
is the career field’s only a part of our story. member who goes through reintegration in recogni-
Medal of Honor recipient. Sometimes coming back from deployment is hard, tion of the difference they have made. In part, it’s
The 306th Rescue Squad- Courtesy photo and sometimes it’s hard on your Wingmen. We can to remind each person they have done something
ron’s mission is to rescue Airmen of the U.S. Army Air Forces, led by Lt. Col. James get shaken up, and even months after coming home, worthwhile. When they look at that coin on their
isolated personnel or equip- H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried the Battle of the Pacific to Courtesy photo struggles with what we’ve been through on deploy- desk, we want them to remember it. Also, that same
ment ... anytime, anywhere. the heart of the Japanese empire on April 18, 1942, with a If you’ve been around the Air Force, in ment can rear their heads. The DMAFB Chapel team coin has the phone number for every helping agency Airman William T. Turnbull
surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yo- and out of different flying squadrons, has started a new way of talking about these things at the 355th Wing — so if they look at that coin when A 355th Wing Chaplain coin sits on a desk at Davis-
RIGHT: Members of the 306th kohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, and Kobe. This heroic attack you’ve seen a variety of war trophies and in post-deployment reintegration briefings — and the they’re struggling with something, they have the Monthan Air Force Base, Nov. 25, 2020. The 355th
Rescue Squadron throw against these major cities was the result of coordination hardware as part of a squadron’s history way we talk about deployments. resources right there. Wing chaplains present these coins to all redeployers
20-pound slam balls against between the Army Air Forces and the U.S. Navy, which car- and décor. But how many times have you The first thing we’re doing differently is talking Airmen make a difference in what they do — and at Davis-Monthan in recognition of their contributions
the ground and swing sledge ried the 16 North American B-25 medium bombers aboard seen a T-72 Main Battle Tank parked out- about this sense of “how things should work in the we all, as Airmen, want to make sure we make a dif- to the mission and community and so Airmen contact
hammers into large tires, as the carrier USS Hornet to within take-off distance of the side? The Bull Dogs at Davis-Monthan, world,” and how that can get shaken up when you’re on ference in each other’s lives. When we come home, we information for helping agencies is close at hand if
part of a Monster Mash me- Japanese Islands. Here, a pair of alert escorts follow the the 354th Fighter Squadron, fly A-10s, and a deployment or coming home from one. Having some welcome each other, and help each other to be whole. the need arises.
morial workout. Photos by Andre Trinidad USS Hornet to protect her lethal cargo of B-25 bombers. they have just such a prize.

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