Airman 1st Class Kevin Ramos, 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron, poses for a photo with 319th Air Base Wing interim commander Col. Christopher Mann, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Byrd, 319th ABW command chief representative, after receiving his Community College of the Air Force associate’s degree during a combined school graduation ceremony held April 27, 2013 in East Grand Forks, Minn. Ramos returned just in time to pick up his diploma having recently returned from a deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
Dressed in their service dress blues, Airmen from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., listen to remarks from the guest speaker during a combined school graduation ceremony held April 27, 2013, in East Grand Forks, Minn. Thirty-two Airmen received their associate’s degree from the Community College of the Air Force at the ceremony. Grand Forks AFB colleges have awarded 178 people with degrees this past year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
Former ALS commandant returns for her graduation ceremony Master Sgt. Tameka Morales-Long, former commandant of the Etchberger Airman Leadership School on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. , made the 1,200-mile trip from Barksdale AFB, La., to receive her bachelor’s degree from Park University, during an April 27, 2013, combined school graduation ceremony held in East Grand Forks, Minn (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
Carrying the U.S. flag, Senior Airman Jeffrey Lowder leads his Honor Guard colors detail through a practice run prior to a combined school graduation ceremony held April 27, 2013, in East Grand Forks, Minn. Lowder said it was an honor to present the colors at his own Community College of the Air Force graduation ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)