62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

U.S. Air Force Basic Military trainees participate in the Airmen’s Run while Chief Master Sgt. John Lipsey, center right, 62nd Maintenance Group command chief, and other leadership members from the 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., watch the run Oct. 17, 2019. The Airmen’s Run is one of the graduation events that all Basic Military Training flights participate in. It occurs on the main drill pad where families and friends of graduating trainees can cheer and spectate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

A military training instructor, center right, presents an Airman's coin to one of his newly graduated trainees during the coin ceremony and retreat on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2019. The coin ceremony and retreat is the first time trainees are called Airmen and the first day in eight weeks that they are able to see their families and friends. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

Col. Scovill Currin, 62nd Airlift Wing commander, second from left, and Chief Master Sgt. Rob Schultz, 62nd Airlift Wing command chief, third from left, observe a basic military training graduation parade on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 18, 2019. New basic military training graduates march in the graduation parade across the enlisted heroes walk at the end of their eight weeks of demanding training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Pappas, 62nd Aerial Port Squadron air transportation standardization evaluation program evaluator, and Col. Robert Lankford, 62nd Operations Group commander, peruse the in-processing room at the Pfingston Reception Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2019. When new U.S. Air Force basic military trainees arrive at Lackland they go through the in-processing room where they are issued backpacks containing what they need for basic military training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

A U.S. Air Force basic military training graduate embraces one of their visitors after marching in a graduation parade on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 18, 2019. After the graduation parade where new graduates march across the enlisted heroes walk, they are released to their families and visitors for the day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

United States Air Force basic military training (BMT) flights march across the enlisted heroes walk in the graduation parade on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 18, 2019. Graduates of BMT have completed eight weeks of demanding training and learned what how and what it means to be an Airman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

Leadership members from the 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., look around a tent at the 319th Training Squadron, basic expeditionary Airman skills training (BEAST) headquarters, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2019. U.S. Air Force basic trainees spend one out of the eight weeks of basic military training (BMT) at BEAST, where they fulfill about 80 percent of their BMT graduation requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

Leadership members from the 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Wash., look around a basic military training dormitory in the 321st Training Squadron (321 TRS) at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2019. U.S. Air Force basic military trainees are required to meet specific requirements in the presentation of their wall lockers and dormitory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

A wall locker in a basic military training (BMT) dormitory in the 321st Training Squadron holds all of a trainee's belongings for the time that they spend in BMT on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Air Force basic military trainees are required to meet specific requirements in the presentation of their wall lockers and dormitory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

Leadership members from the 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Wash., are given a tour of the 321st Training Squadron (321 TRS) atrium by Tech. Sgt. Kendra Bossard, right, 321 TRS military drill and ceremonies non-commissioned officer, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2019. Several group and squadron commanders, chiefs and superintendents from JBLM visited basic military training at Lackland to see what U.S. Air Force trainees go through to become Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

Tech. Sgt. Kendra Bossard, 321st Training Squadron military drill and ceremonies non-commissioned officer and military training instructor, center, shows leadership members from the 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., shows camera feeds from around the squadron on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2019. Security cameras are installed in many areas of the training squadrons at basic military training for people's safety and accountability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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A group of leadership members from the 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., pose for a photo with Tech. Sgt. Kendra Bossard and Tech. Sgt. Christina Soto, 321st Training Squadron (321 TRS) military training instructors, front row, 3rd and 2nd from right, at the 321 TRS at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2019. Military training instructors (MTI) have to be nominated for the position before submitting a two-part application, undergoing a mental health screening, and if selected, they have at least eight weeks of job training before they have their own flight of basic trainees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW leadership witness civilians turn into Airmen

Published Oct. 21, 2019
By Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck
62nd Airlift Wing

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- U.S. Air Force Basic Military trainees participate in the Airmen’s Run while Chief Master Sgt. John Lipsey, center right, 62nd Maintenance Group command chief, and other leadership members from the 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., watch the run Oct. 17, 2019. The Airmen’s Run is one of the graduation events that all Basic Military Training flights participate in. It occurs on the main drill pad where families and friends of graduating trainees can cheer and spectate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)