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The Department of the Air Force 

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identified Ohio's one 79th Airlift wing 

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is the preferred location for the Air 

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National Guard's first ever cyberspace 

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wing . The transformation will support 

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Air Combat Command's future 

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requirements and result in operational 

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mission changes . This includes an 

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increase of approximately 175 Airmen 

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and associated infrastructure support . 

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As part of this plan , the Air Force 

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seeks to retire eight C 1 30 Hercules 

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from its inventory at the one 79th . 

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Going into fiscal budget , year 2022 . 

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The Department of Defense deadline for 

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COVID-19 vaccinations for service 

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members is quickly approaching . All 

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Air National Guard and Reserve members 

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have until December 2 to be fully 

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vaccinated . This follows an 

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announcement by Secretary of State 

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Lloyd J . Austin III in August that 

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mandated all service members receive 

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vaccinations . Military members are 

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considered fully vaccinated two weeks 

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after completing the second dose of a 

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two dose COVID-19 vaccine or two weeks 

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after receiving a single dose of a one 

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dose vaccine . The 179th Airlift Wing 

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is set to host the outstanding airman 

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of the year banquet for the state of 

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Ohio in January at the mid Ohio 

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Conference Center in Mansfield . The 

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awards ceremony seeks to honor airmen 

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who go above and beyond their daily 

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duties and the banquet will honor 

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nominees from around the Ohio National 

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Guard wings During September the 179th 

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Airlift Wing held a large scale 

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readiness exercise that aimed to put 

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the unit to the test . The goal was 

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simple to evaluate the capabilities and 

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response by unit personnel during 

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simulated attacks in degraded operating 

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conditions , A series of scenarios 

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including chemical attacks , loss of 

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power to the base and rapid flightline 

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operations tested how the unit would 

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respond and effectively complete 

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mission objectives in the real world . 

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After 42 years of service , Chief 

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Master Sergeant Patrick M . Waller's 

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retired from the 200 Red Horse Squadron . 

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A ceremony celebrating his service was 

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held at the 200 Red Horse Squadron 

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headquarters in Camp Perry Ohio . 

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During the recent training exercise 

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held by the unit , over 400 airmen from 

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the 200 Red Horse Squadron took part in 

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a field training exercise this summer . 

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The goal of this FDX was to enhance the 

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squadron's mission of providing a 

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dedicated , mobile , flexible and self 

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sufficient heavy construction 

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engineering force . At a moment's 

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notice , Red Horse squadrons 

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specialized in rapid heavy construction 

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and provide anything from runways to 

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the entire infrastructure needed on a 

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base . Congratulations to Chief Master 

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Sergeant Richard E . Hartzell for his 

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promotion to chief . He was joined by 

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family and friends during the ceremony 

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and is now part of the highest enlisted 

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grade in the Air National Guard . After 

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three years of service with the one 

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79th Airlift Wing Senior Airman Olivia 

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Merkel , a dental technician here at 

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the one 79th , was accepted into the 

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Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs 

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Colorado Merkel plans to attend the 

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Academy for five years and after 

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graduating she will be on active duty 

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for five more years . The last 

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rotations of airmen from the 179th 

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Airlift Wing returned home to Mansfield 

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and were greeted by family and friends . 

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Their mission during the deployment 

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rotations involved maintaining and 

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flying the C138 Hercules in support of 

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Operation Spartan Shield and as we 

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welcome home this group of deploys , 

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let's wish some of our members who are 

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still deployed all the best . 

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Today's airmen spotlight is on Second 

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Lieutenant Brandy Mattern . In 2012 , 

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Mattern enlisted into the Marine Corps 

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as a military police officer . After 

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completing her training , she qualified 

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to be part of HMX one , the marine 

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helicopter squadron based in quantico 

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Virginia . There she was responsible 

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for the protection during 

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transportation of the president of the 

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United States . After serving on active 

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duty in the Marine Corps for five years , 

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Maddon decided she wanted to be closer 

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to home and her family and explored 

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options of joining the Ohio National 

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Guard currently Matter is working in 

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the Inspector General's office and she 

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says her goal in the end is to get back 

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to security forces . Mattern says , 

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quote , My biggest advice is to work 

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hard to find a mentor that is going 

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down the same path as you and latch on . 

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You can learn something from every 

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leader . Are you interested in joining 

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the Base Honor Guard . The one 79th 

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Honor Guard is always looking for new 

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members and is entirely volunteer based . 

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If you have any interest in joining 

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contact , Major Joshua clegg at Joshua 

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dot clegg 10.0.5 at us dot af dot mil . 

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And now let's take a look at some of 

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our events over the past few months , 

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179 families gathered and enjoyed some 

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fall festivities outside 

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1 79 Airmen gave a helping hand to the 

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United Way of Richland County by 

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volunteering time and skills to help 

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repaint a community building . The 

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group effort was part of the United 

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Way's summer of caring program and 

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offered a great way for guard members 

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to give back to the community Members 

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of the 1 79th Airlift Wing held an 

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amazing fitness race to encourage 

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members to stay fit . Teams of two and 

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three race to stations around the base 

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named after different countries , 

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earning stamps in their fitness 

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passports . Along the way , the goal 

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was to travel the world fastest and 

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compete for the top prize chiefs . From 

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around the one 79th Airlift Wing and 

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the 2/100 Red Horse Squadron gathered 

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at Camp Perry for a Chiefs huddle 

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dinner recently , all as part of an 

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effort to share ideas and build 

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connections within the unit . Thanks 

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for watching . This month's 17 Niner . 

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I'm Staff Sergeant , Mark Wilson