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  • Bomb squad embraces pressure of no fail mission

    As he peered around the corner at what he suspected to be an improvised explosive device, a drip of sweat grazed across Simon Ward’s forehead. He knew his role was to identify, render safe, and dispose of the threat.

  • Airman earns medal for rescuing double amputee from flood

    In total darkness, with temperatures only in the high 30s and in the midst of a monstrous rainstorm, Tech. Sgt. Phillip Dyer waded into rapidly-moving, chest-deep-and-rising waters to save a trapped flood victim on the verge of hypothermia and drowning.

  • Deslauriers family gifted their 'forever home'

    The inscription said it all, “Thank you… for building our forever home.”For Master Sgt. Joe and Lisa Deslauriers, the memento they presented was only a small token of their gratitude as they were given a hero’s welcome and were gifted their ‘forever home’ Oct. 25 by Andy Pujol, president of Building