Seekins family legacy Published July 15, 2010 By Amn Leah Young 62d Airlift Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Tech. Sgt. Douglas Seekins, 446th Civil Engineering Squadron, re-enlisted with the help of his father, retired Lt. Col. Robert Seekins, in a ceremony on Heritage Hill July 8. The ceremony took place in front of an aircraft that Sergeant Seekins' grandfather, Maj. Robert Seekins, flew during World War II. Sergeant Seekins was sworn into the Air Force by his late grandfather.