A team of 11 airmen of the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group deployed to Southwest Asia since April have put together pallets and shipped more than 2.6 million tons of cargo and equipment to 10 forward operation locations to aid RED HORSE construction projects like the one above. “In all my 22 years of Air Force experience, I have never seen anything as impressive as this team,” said MSgt. Richard Hovik, 1st ERHG superintendent, who is deployed from Malmstrom AFB, Mont. The team comprises airmen from different bases and disciplines, which SSgt. Brandon Long, an electrical craftsman deployed from Dover AFB, Del., said presented “a challenge” at first, but the team was “able to work out the kinks” and has become “twice as productive” as when they started. (SWA report by SrA. Michael Matkin)
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.