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In this edition of Air Force Gradcast, hosts Naviere Walkewicz ‘99 and Vince Greco P ’17, have the latest for you on a new brand for the AOG and Foundation; progress on the new visitor’s center; a call for award nominations; how you can stay connected, new podcast releases and much more! Get Gradcast the first Friday of every month on any of your f…

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James Glancy is “of the 9/11 era. There is a big difference in the experience of Serving in the Royal Marines or the military in the 90s to the post 2001 era…I was in Afghanistan within two months of passing out…I did three Troop Commands on combat operations on the ground. It was an amazing 10 years.” When he left “I missed the intensity of operat…

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Sir Laurie Bristow was central to the military withdrawal in 2021, there’s nobody better placed to give us the inside story than the last British ambassador in Afghanistan. He takes us through the days and hours counting down, “15th August we started the day with President Ghani behind his desk broadcasting to the nation…roughly 2.30pm” He’s “left …

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Oliver Lee resigned over the Marine A controversy and epitomises moral courage. He took over command of 45 Commando in 2009 as it came back from Afghanistan. Knowing they’d return in 2011 and to fulfil his vision of “Less violence, more engagement with people and culture… It’s about Afghans before anybody else” he ensured that the entire unit “all …

Today’s Story: Hurricane Recovery Task ForceAf Unknown Author

Cayle Royce was severely injured in action. His difficult yet inspirational story is told from his mother, Bronwyn’s perspective. Cayle lost both legs above the knee and part of his hand as well as further blast injuries after stepping on an IED. “It is a very challenging story, but lots of positives to be taken…From where we were…To where we are n…

Today’s Story: Launch of Iron AthenaAf Unknown Author

Frank Ledwidge is angry. His hard-hitting, bleak and perhaps controversial perspective is born out of his work in Afghanistan and personal investigation, “I wanted to know what the human cost was…The image we had of ourselves was, we are here to help” but “We were seen as…invaders…That came as something of a shock to me.” Frank’s background was as …

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James Malone remembers leaving Lympstone, “In every fibre of being, I felt like I could do anything…You just wanna get stuck in.” His tour was “Something that definitely changed the course of my life. War does that…to everyone who experiences combat…the first major casualty…was sobering…we had fairly regular contact, gunfights, rocket attacks, IED …

Tom Corrigan wanted to be an Apache pilot... “I thought, ‘Yeah Apache, that looks pretty awesome, up for a bit of that’. It’s something I’d wanted to do since I was a pretty young lad, I just thought, ‘that looks pretty epic.’” Tom’s first tour was in 2009, “You were just chomping at the bit to get out there really…We all thought it was going to be…

Today's Story: Integrating with Allies and PartnersAf Unknown Author

Nick Denning gives us an insight into his life and responsibilities as a very new Platoon Commander in Helmand Province. “It was all a very rapid, flash-to-bang experience getting there…You want to feel worn-in and seasoned and up-to-speed as quickly as you can…You wait for your first patrol, your first contact with the enemy, your first engagement…

This edition features stories on a message to Airmen from Gen. Norton Swartz, a Japanese family receiving a Japanese flag from World War II, training exercise Cope Tiger, a dentist coming to Quinhagak, Alaska and the C-17 Globemaster III reaching a manufacturing milestone. Hosted by Senior Airman Robbie Arp.…

Liz McConaghy “amassed 10 Op Herricks”, deployed three months at a time as part of the Chinook Force... “We were there at the beginning of Op Herrick…when Camp Bastion didn’t even exist… and we were there, pretty much at the end, when we turned the lights off and walked away. Because of that, we saw the whole campaign grow and develop. Lots of mixe…

A package about the men and women from the 156th Airlift Wing from Muniz Air Base and how they partnered with volunteers from the Foundation for Puerto Rico, to distributing food and water in the municipality of Orocovis on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. The Orocovis municipality, which is in the Central Mountain Range in Puerto Rico, is an area hard to rea…

The K-9 unit on Al Dhafra Air Base recently held a demonstration of their four-legged wingmen. The hour-long demonstration included obedience, detection, and attacks. One of the unique things spectators in attendance were able to watch Brig. Gen. Derek C. France, Commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, volunteering to wear a bite suit during…

U.S. Air Force nurses, members of the 62nd Medical Brigade based out of Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington, work with their civilian counterparts on a Covid floor at Sanford Medical Hospital, Bismarck, North Dakota, on Nov. 30, 2020. They are working alongside civilian providers and other U.S. Air Force and Army medical personnel within the hospit…

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In this edition of Air Force Gradcast, host Lt. Col. (Ret.) Naviere Walkewicz ‘99 and her guest, Air Force Academy Foundation's Vince Greco, announce a long-awaited grand opening, wrap up reunion season, talk tailgating by boat, share their travel plans to meet with grads, home games at Falcon stadium, how you can make a difference, stay connected,…

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