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  • Senior Airman Daniel Ibarra, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Lazaro Ibarra pose in front of a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter Aug. 27, 2014, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The Ibarra’s are a father and son deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Daniel is a loadmaster with the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Chief Ibarra is a flight engineer with the 303rd ERQS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Leslie Keopka)

    Deployed together: Family supports rescue missions in Africa

    “It is strange to hear him on the radio talking to us back and forth while on the planes,” Chief Ibarra said. “A lot of the guys make jokes saying, ‘Is that you, Laz, or your son?’ since we kind of sound alike.”

  • President pledges support to veterans

    The administration is moving ahead with changes to the VA. Obama signed the Veterans Access Choice and Accountability Act, which provides money to hire staff and allows veterans who live more than 40 miles from VA care to see doctors outside the VA.
  • Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers speaks with other members of the Fairchild Military Family Summit panel during the opening discussion with audience members Aug. 14, 2014, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. This Congressional Military Family Caucus afforded military family members the opportunity to discuss various issues in an open forum, then later broke off into sessions discussing specific topics such as education, healthcare and transitioning from military life. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mary O'Dell)

    CMSAF, Congressional representatives discuss military family life

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody participated in a Congressional Military Family Caucus at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Aug. 14, affording more than one hundred military family members the opportunity to discuss various issues with congressional representatives and Air Force leadership.

  • Sesame Street friends help military children move

    Children in military families move six to nine times between kindergarten and high school. A mobile app launched in December aims to help them cope with leaving a familiar place for the unknown.

  • Big brother hands over mission to little brother

    The Rippy brothers are C-17 Globemaster III hydraulic systems specialists - and both are assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in Qatar.
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