GUARDLIFE STAFF
Editor
Lt. Col. Dennis Devery
Maj. Denise Waggoner
2nd Lt. Luz Colon
Assistant Editor-Production
Tech. Sgt. Mark C. Olsen
Photographers and Writers
Roman Martyniuk
Staff Sgt. Barbara Harbison
GUARDLIFE is a product of the NJDMAVA Public Affairs Office, the 444th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, the 177th Fighter Wing, and the 108th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Offices. GUARDLIFE is published under provisions of AR 360-81 and AFR 190-7. Opinions expressed in GUARDLIFE are not to be considered the official view of this headquarters, the Department of the Army or Air Force. This is printed via the photo offset process. Letters may be sent to: GUARDLIFE, Public Affairs Office, P.O. Box 340, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625-0340. E-mail address is: OLSENM@NJDMAVA.STATE.NJ.US
About The Cover :
On Nov. 4, the 177th Fighter Wing
deployed to Nellis Air Force Base,
Nevada to participate in Red Flag
training. Capt. William McCrink
pilots an F-16C to the end of runway
for last chance checks and
weapon system arming before take
off. Master Sgt. Emil C. Martinelli,
Jr., (back to camera) communicates
while Tech. Sgt. Alphonso
Huges is under the wing preparing
to disconnect the communications
cable from the aircraft. Photo by
Master Sgt. Don Taggart 177 FW
MultiMedia Information Center.
Photos by Staff Sgt. Mark Olsen.
Corrections no correction on last issue
GUARDLIFE won first place in the National Guard Media Contest 2000, in the funded newspapers, magazine format portion of the competition. The award was not announced until the 2002 Public Affairs Conference. The 2001 conference was cancelled because of the terrorist attacks on the United States.