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HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. –Morley Piper, a World War II veteran speaks during the Heritage of Freedom event on July 16, about his D-Day experiences as a 19 year old lieutenant in the 29th Infantry Division on June 6, 1944. Mr. Piper was a platoon leader in a rifle company assigned to the 115th Regiment where he led 30 men into battle on Omaha Beach and engaged the enemy through France and into Germany up until the end of World War II. The Heritage of Freedom event also included 1st Lt. Mike Sciortino of the 66th Medical Group who described how he earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart working as a combat controller in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)


Heritage of Freedom

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. –Morley Piper, a World War II veteran speaks during the Heritage of Freedom event on July 16, about his D-Day experiences as a 19 year old lieutenant in the 29th Infantry Division on June 6, 1944. Mr. Piper was a platoon leader in a rifle company assigned to the 115th Regiment where he led 30 men into battle on Omaha Beach and engaged the enemy through France and into Germany up until the end of World War II. The Heritage of Freedom event also included 1st Lt. Mike Sciortino of the 66th Medical Group who described how he earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart working as a combat controller in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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Air Force officials released the names of 7,501 of 33,569 eligible staff sergeants selected for promotion to technical sergeant for a selection rate of 22.35 percent. (U.S. Air Force graphic)
Staff Sgt. Marjorie Brooks, 319th Recruiting Squadron personnelist, sings the national anthem during the Team Hanscom Quarterly Awards Ceremony at the conference center Oct. 30. Nominees from the 319th Recruiting Squadron, 66th Air Base Group, Battle Management and C3I and Network Directorates, Joint Personal Property Shipping Office-Northeast and Contracting Directorate competed in several military, civilian and team categories. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
Peggy Brooks gives candy to Elena Lefebvre during a Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat event at the base chapel Oct. 28, as her mother, Laurene Lefebvre, and brother, Nathan Lefebvre, look on. The Hanscom chapel in partnership with Family Advocacy Program hosted the event for members of the community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)
Capt. Thomas Lee, Geospatial Intelligence program manager, is timed on the base track during the run phase of the physical fitness test last month. The 66th Force Support Squadron has issued guidance on how fitness assessments will be conducted during winter weather conditions at Hanscom. The guidance is in accordance with AFI 36-2905. The physical fitness assessment winter schedule begins Dec. 1. Assessments will take place Tuesday through Thursday at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11 a.m. with eight testing slots available per session. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
BOSTON -- Airmen cut vegetables at the Pine Street Inn earlier this week while volunteering to prepare meals for more than 1,600 homeless men and women at three Boston area shelters. Pictured from left to right is Staff Sgt. Jamie Ash, 319th Recruiting Squadron recruiter; Patricia O’Connor, 319th Recruiting Squadron recruiting flight office administrator; Airman 1st Class Michele Anderson, 66th Comptroller Squadron Commander's Support Staff administration specialist; and Master Sgt. Nicholas Souza, 66th Air Base Group first sergeant, who organized the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
BOSTON -- Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Walter, 66th Air Base Group education and training NCO in charge, wraps a sandwich for a bag lunch while volunteering at the Pine Street Inn Oct.26. Walter worked alongside Pine Street staff members to make sandwiches as part of the shelter’s street outreach program. Each day workers leave the Pine Street Inn’s headquarters on foot to Boston-area neighborhoods to feed those who don’t seek shelter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
BOSTON -- Staff Sgt. Kelly Portillo, 66th Forces Support Squadron force management apprentice, transfers a cutting board full of sliced sausages destined for Jambalaya while volunteering at the Pine Street Inn Oct.26. Twelve Hanscom Airmen volunteered at the Pine Street Inn to prepare meals for more than 1,600 homeless men and women at three Boston area shelters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
BOSTON -- Master Sgt. Ivan Lucero, 319th Recruiting Squadron flight chief, carries a tray of seasoned chicken breasts during a volunteer effort at the Pine Street Inn Oct.26. Lucero and others from Hanscom volunteered to prepare meals for more than 1,600 homeless men and women in Boston. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
Joseph Bisognano, Air Force Association of Massachusetts president, presents Senior Master Sgt. Joseph Barden, 66th Security Forces Squadron operations superintendent, with a plaque in recognition of his selection as one on the commonwealth's
Silly Willy the Clown gives a balloon animal to Holly Courage, and her daughter, Annabelle, at the Hanscom Family Housing Fall Festival on base Oct. 16. The free event was held for housing residents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Walter Santos)
Members of the Honor Guard present the colors prior to a U.S. Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants performance at the Frederick F. Foresteire Center for the Performing Arts, Everett High School, Everett, Mass., Oct. 17. The Concert Band and Singing Sergeants consist of more than 150 active duty Airmen musicians stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt) .
Gerard Cavallo, Foreign Military Sales Division program manager, participates in the Hanscom Fitness and Sports Center's Autumn Classic Relay Oct. 21. Cavallo, and teammate Stephen Henning, placed first in the race with a time of 24 minutes 26 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)