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Reserve Honor Guard

The 433rd Airlift Wing Honor Guard presented the colors at the 2007 Ride for the Brand Rodeo in Helotes, Texas. The rodeo lasted one more day this year with the addition of Thursday's Bull Riding Challenge, an event that saw 40 cowboys and 40 bulls come through the chutes at the Cornyval Grounds. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Alan Boedeker)

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Do the Watusi

Madison Green sits atop Oliver, a South African Watusi, part of the family area at the Ride for the Brand Rodeo. The annual Columbus Day weekend event is sponsored by the Ride for the Brand Rodeo Committee, consisting of members of the 433rd AirLift Wing, other San Antonio area military members and veterans. Madison, 4, is the daughter of Tonia and Lt. Col. Andy Green, Commander, 93rd Intelligence Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Alan Boedeker)

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Watusi rodeo style

Madison Green sits atop Oliver, a South African Watusi, part of the family area at the Ride for the Brand Rodeo. The annual Columbus Day weekend event is sponsored by the Ride for the Brand Rodeo Committee, consisting of members of the 433rd AirLift Wing, other San Antonio area military members and veterans. Madison, 4, is the daughter of Tonia and Lt. Col. Andy Green, Commander, 93rd Intelligence Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Alan Boedeker)

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Master Sgt. Robert Kusterer

Master Sgt. Robert Kusterer, a 68th Airlift Squadron C-5 flight engineer, was awarded the Air Force Association 2007 Reservist of the Year award. (U.S. Air Force Courtesy Photo)

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Single file boarding

Reservists with the Alamo Wing board the C-130 to take them home after the Operational Readiness Excercise was called to a halt due to severe weather. The team managed to evacuate the area within 12 hours of the weather evacuation order. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

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Ability to adapt and operate

Members of the Alamo Wing filled about 1,700 sand bags during the time they were deployed for the Operational Readiness Excercise. A traffic cone with the top opening widened proved to be a valuable tool to speed the filing process. The excercise was cut short as a result of weather warnings that could have placed both aircraft and personnel at risk. Luckily, the storm did not build into hurricane force winds and all members of the wing, and the equipment they took with them were safely returned to Lackland within 12 hours. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

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Bag Drag, with power tools

This pallet of baggage was being transfered onto the flight line when a recent Operational Readiness Excercise quickly turned into a real life evacuation due to tropical depression ten forming in the Atlantic. Tropical depressions can accelerate into tropical storms and then hurricanes. This storm threatened to send severe weather from the Florida panhandle westward through the Gulf Coast region. Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing and several reservists from the 403rd Airlift Wing were able to evacuate the excercise area within 12 hours. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

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Processing line

Reservists from the Alamo Wing recently went through a deployment processing line as part of an excercise. The 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve members will again go through this line in December while being inspected by the Air Mobility Command Inspector General Team on thier ability to deploy, operate under possible hostile conditions and then redeploy to home station. Alamo Wing members are no stranger to deployments in support of current operations and will send about 100 volunteer Airmen into the u.S. Central Commans Area of Responsability in support of GWOT operations in January.

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Tech. Sgt. Hugo Gamarra

Tech. Sgt. Hugo Gamarra, a military training instructor with the Air Force Reserve's 433rd Airlift Wing at Lackland AFB, Texas, was chosen as the Military Training Instructor of the Year, Reservist category, for 2007. (U.S. Air Force Courtesy Photo)

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We Remember You

Reservists Remember. Members of the Alamo Wing gathered at 9 A.M. to observe a shared moment of remembrance and silence for the men and women who lost their lives during the worst terror attack on U.S. soil since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Reservists like those in the 433rd Airlift Wing play a vital part in the Global War on Terror. Many missions are Reserve dominated such as, port mortuary affairs, aeromedical evacuation and cargo handling. Alamo Wing Reservists are currently serving in volunteer positions throughout the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility and nearly 100 wing members are currently scheduled to deploy in January of 2008. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

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Double care

Major Janet Wickline, a Reservist with the 433rd Medical Squadron and Lilliana Castro, an R.N. at Southwest General Hospital check on the status of Ramon Ochoa, a patient in the hospital. Major Wickline is one of several Alamo Wing medical professionals serving on annual tour at Southwest General Hospital. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Amn. Viola Hernandez)

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Medical Reservists at work

Maj. Janet Wickline, a nurse with the 433rd Medical Squadron speaks with Carmen Uriegas, a patient at Southwest General Hospital. Major Wickline is one of several Alamo Wing medical professionals serving on annual tour at Southwest General Hospital. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Amn. Viola Hernandez)

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433rd Airlift Wing crew chief aides in mission success

Tech. Sgt. Luis Jaramillo, a Reserve C-5A crew chief from Lackland's 433rd Airlift Wing, checks systems prior to takeoff. Jaramillo repaired a hydraulic leak on a training mission from Lackland AFB, TX. to Hickam AFB, Hawaii, in which pieces of equipment were hauled and eventually transfered into the hands of the Washoe Tribe, Reno, Nev. His work contributed to the overall success of the mission, part of project TransAm, a transportation project involved in delivering supplies and equipment to Indian Health Service facilities. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Carlos Trevino)

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All Clear to load

Staff Sgt. Shawna Warren, a Reserve loadmaster with the 433rd Airlift Wing, gives a thumbs up to Senior Master Sgt. Gary Hochenberger as he drives a backhoe onto an Alamo Wing C-5A. Senior Airman Ionatana Cipili and Sergeant Warren loaded eight various construction vehicles into the cargo hold of the C-5. The equipment, stored in Hawaii, is being transferred to the Washoe Tribe in Nevada as part of a Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office program to provide much needed equipment to organizations like the Washoe Tribe. Equipment is used for wildfire prevention, infastructure repair and construction and transporting the valuable machinery gives practical, realistic training to military members while they meet the needs of organizations around the country. (US Air Force Photo/ Staff Sgt. Carlos Trevino)

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Communications helps Boss Lift program run smoothly

Master Sgt. Jose Basaldua, a loadmaster with the 68th Airlift Squadron stays in communication with the aircraft commander during a recent Boss Lift supporting the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Committee. ESGR.org has resources and information for employers and Reservists to help keep the balance and the working relationship smooth. (US Air Force photo/ Capt. Carla Gleason)

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Quality Time

Staff Sgt. Joseph Peche, from the 433rd Security Forces Squadron, and his 6-month-old son, spend a little extra time together during a squadron farewell barbeque. Sergeant Peche is one of about 40 SFS members who deployed to Iraq in early July. Members of the 433rd SFS volunteered to provide security at a forward operating location.

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Personal fitness

Capt. Amber Marcella, 733rd Training Squadron executive officer and marathon runner. (US Air Force photo/ Stephen Knight)

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Meet the media

Brigadier General John Fobian, 433rd Airlift Wing Commander, was interviewed by Ms. Lara Solt from the Dallas Morning News and Mr. Marc Schanz from Air Force Magazine about his deployed role as the Director of Mobility Forces. Ms. Solt and Mr. Schanz met with General Fobian at his deployed location in Southwest Asia, about one week before the general returned from his 4-month deployment. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

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Three come home

Brigadier General John Fobian (left), 433rd Airlift Wing Commander, is welcomed home by his wife, Kim, and members of the Alamo Wing on May 2, 2007. Tech. Sgt. Raffael Dickerson (right) and Maj. Mike Nelson, also from the 433rd AW, are also greeted by family on thier arrival. General Fobian served as the Director of Mobility Forces, Major Nelson served as General Fobian's executive officer and Sergeant Dickerson as his administrative assistant during thier deployment to the Combined Air Operations Center in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

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Lend an ear

Maj. Lisa Willis, a flight nurse with the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, is currently serving at Scott AFB, Ill. She is one of several Alamo Wing members who fly wounded troops from Scott AFB to Texas. "Sometimes they need to talk," said Major Willis during a crew briefing on April 30. She puts that to practice during a flight from Scott AFB to Lackland's Kelly Field the same day. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

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