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The names of six military working dog handlers who died in combat operations between June 16, 2010 and Jan. 12, 2011 were added to the memorial wall during a solemn ceremony July 29.

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Photos by Robbin CresswellTech Sgt. Douglas Reed, heavy weapons instructor with the 343rd Training Squadron, allows Zane Oden, son of retired Navy sea-man Stanley Oden, and Nathaniel Schaffer, son of Tech. Sgt. Tiffany Schaffer, to take hold of the M240 machine gun.

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10 YEARS LATER:

EVENTS TO HONOR

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Sept. 11, 2001FPCON BRAVO

Joint installationsincrease security

Offi cials with U.S. Northern Command directed an increase in security posture at all U.S. military installations to Force Protection Condition Bravo as the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches.

All Joint Base San Antonio installations, to include Fort Sam Houston, Camp Bullis, Lackland and Randolph Air Force Bases have implement-ed measures consistent with the heightened security level.

Motorists traveling to and around these installations may encounter traffi c delays as security personnel comply with Force Protection Condi-tion Bravo procedures.

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Photo by William Belcher Senior Master Sgt. Benjamin Jones, AFISRA History Offi ce, poses in a Cold War-era, Soviet air force captain’s utility uniform next to the display of the Fialka, a Soviet cipher machine unveiled Sept. 22 in the AFISRA Heritage Center.

Soviet cipher machine displayed at AFISRA

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Museum showcases German, Soviet, American crypto devices,

Command chief calls it a careerChief Simon takes fi nal trip down Lackland’s bomb run

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NCO shoots fi rst place in Class-A Browning 20-guage, Kriegoff 28-gauge skeet events

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Photo by Robbin CresswellLt. Col. Patrick Barnett, headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Operations Direc-torate, Hurlburt Field, Fla., left, Senior Airmen Stone Hazlett, 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, N.C., right, and Senior Airman Tyler Knaub, 58th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., not shown, carry batons engraved with the names of fallen Special Tactics Airmen as they march through downtown San Antonio Sunday. The three Airmen are members of an 18-man team honoring their fallen comrades by marching from Lackland to Hurlburt Field, Fla.

18 Airmen begin812-mile journeyto honor fallen comrades

717th MI welcomes new command sergeant major

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