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Warrior of the Week: SrA. Joshua Coonich

Senior Airman Joshua Coonich, 348th Reconnaissance Squadron aerospace medical technician, opens his mishap bag Dec. 24, 2014, at medical treatment facility on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The mishap bag serves as a medical kit, and is used to treat people who may have been injured in incidents such a plane crash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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Warrior of the Week: SrA. Joshua Coonich

Senior Airman Joshua Coonich, 348th Reconnaissance Squadron aerospace medical technician, checks the expiration date and packaging of suringes in his mishap bag Dec. 24, 2014, at medical treatment facility on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The native from Schaumburg,Ill was named Grand Forks AFB's Warrior of the Week for the second week of January 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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Warrior of the Week: Airman 1st Class Daniel Elmore

Airman 1st Class Daniel Elmore, a ceremonial guardsman with Grand Forks Air Force Base Honor Guard, organizes a group of U.S. flags onto a shelf inside a storage closet at the Honor Guard Building on Grand Forks AFB, N.D., Dec. 24, 2014. The Base Honor Guard uses several U.S. flags to train and prepare themselves for live ceremonies such as military funerals or a presentation of the colors at public events. , Although the practice flags are used primary for training purposes, the Honor Guard always ensures they never touch the ground or displayed in an undignified manner. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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Warrior of the Week: Airman 1st Class Daniel Elmore

Airman 1st Class Daniel Elmore, a ceremonial guardsman with Grand Forks Air Force Base Honor Guard, ensures a U.S. flag is properly placed back into its plastic case at the Honor Guard Building on Grand Forks AFB, N.D., Dec. 24, 2014. Honor Guard members ensure both the Air Force and U.S. flags are each stored in a water proof case after every flag detail or ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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Warrior of the Week: Airman 1st Class Daniel Elmore

Airman 1st Class Daniel Elmore, a ceremonial guardsman with Grand Forks Air Force Base Honor Guard, cleans a practice rifle prior to placing it into a gun case Dec. 24, 2014, at the Honor Guard Building on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. The 25-year-old native from Lewisville, N.C., was named the Grand Forks AFB Warrior of the Week for the first week of January 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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File photo of Mike Mansfield circa 198

File photo of Mike Mansfield circa 1985. The Mansfield Fellowship Program is named after Mike Mansfield, who is regarded by some as perhaps one of the most notable statesmen/public service figures in the U.S. political sphere of the last 60 years, having served as a U.S. congressman from Montana, U.S. Senate majority leader and U.S. ambassador to Japan. President Jimmy Carter appointed Mansfield Ambassador to Japan in 1977, where he served longer than any other ambassador in history. A respected envoy, he successfully handled bilateral trade and defense issues at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo in the later stages of his career. (Photo courtesy of Great Falls Tribune)
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Grand Forks AFB officer selected for Mansfield Fellowship Program

Capt. John Wright from the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron, poses for a photo Dec. 23, 2014, at Heritage Hall at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The nine-year Air Force Veteran from St. Louis was recently selected to be part of the Mansfield Fellowship Program. The Mansfield Fellowship Program was established by the U.S. Congress in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. federal government employees with proficiency in the Japanese language and practical, firsthand knowledge about Japan and its government. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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From the Land of the Sunflake to Land of the Rising Sun

Capt. John Wright from the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., was recently selected to be part of the Mansfield Fellowship Program. The Mansfield Fellowship Program was established by the U.S. Congress in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. federal government employees with proficiency in the Japanese language and practical, firsthand knowledge about Japan and its government. Through their placements, Fellows develop networks of contacts in Japan and an understanding of the political, economic and strategic dimensions of the U.S.-Japan relationship. Each year up to 10 Fellowships in various countries around the world are awarded and Wright was selected from a pool of highly competitive applicants. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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319th LRS practices readiness during deployment exercise

(Form left to right) Senior Airman Adam Kramer, Senior Airman Arturo Perez, Master Sgt. Tiffany Kuczkowski, Tech. Sgt. Alejandro Lopez and Senior Airman Mike Chiu, work as a team to prepare a cargo palette prior to being weighed and then loaded onto a pseudo cargo jet during a military deployment exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. The team ensured the cargo of more than 80 passengers was properly organized during the exercise as quickly and as safely as possible.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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319th LRS practices readiness during deployment exercise

Senior Airman Arturo Perez a material management specialist from the 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron double checks the locking mechanism and the tension of a strap during a military deployment exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. The 319th LRS emphasized practicing thorough safety measures for both people and cargo in order to accomplish their role successfully. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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319th LRS practices readiness during deployment exercise

Airman 1st Class Hal Chambliss from the 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron verifies that the information on the cargo slip matches the quantities and types of equipment documented on his cargo list during a military deployment exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. Chambliss role in the exercise was in-checker. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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319th LRS practices readiness during deployment exercise

Using hand signals, Staff Sgt. Joshua Popejoy provides and Airman 1st Class Carter Lancaster, with directions necessary for staging cargo prior to weighing during a military deployment exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. The two cargo specialists from the base Travel Management Office were one of several teams that used hand signals to communicate with one another in very noisy environments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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319th LRS practices readiness during deployment exercise

Airmen 1st Class Tyler Jones, Airmen 1st Class Randall Logan and Senior Airman Cory Churchill perform a series of safety checks on a 25K loader being prepared to serve as the platform of a psuedo cargo jet during a military deployment exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. The trio from the 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron was part of a five-member load team that prepared the heavy-duty cargo vehicle for the pretend deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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319th LRS practices readiness during deployment exercise

(Left) Senior Airman Sean Wininger, carefully manuevers a forklift as fellow 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle operator, Senior Airman Paul Dell uses hand signals, while they attempting to pickup another palette with military equipment during a military deployment exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. The 319th LRS was one of several units to participate during the exercise, which was designed to test Airmen’s response and skills in the case of a real world event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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319th LRS practices readiness during deployment exercise

Members of the 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron gather for a safety briefing and final instructions before the official start of a military exercise Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. Approximately 40 members from the 319th LRS participated as role players during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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319th LRS practices readiness during deployment exercise

In cold, foggy weather, and hours before sunrise, vehicle operators from the 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Senior Airmen Paul Dell and Sean Wininger team up to get cargo palettes in place for the start of a deployment exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. The 319th LRS was one of several units to participate during the exercise, which was designed to test Airmen’s response and skills in the case of a real world event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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Medics from Grand Forks AFB & local hospital test readiness for Ebola threat during exercise

Altru Health Systems paramedics Brittany Gierszewski, Val McDonald and Chuck Baskerville prepare to transport, Master Sgt. Brian Fair, pseudo Ebola patient via ambulance from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., to Altru Hospital Dec. 19, 2014. Medical personnel from both the 319th Medical Group and Altru Health Systems worked together during an Ebola Preparedness Exercise. As an outpatient facility, the base medical clinic would not hospitalize and test a suspected Ebola patient. Their job would be to identify a suspected patient, quickly place them in isolation for further assessment, and then coordinate with the North Dakota Department of Health and Altru for transport and further evaluation if it was deemed necessary. Furthermore, Altru’s ambulance service was designated by the North Dakota Department of Health as an approved crew for the transport of suspected Ebola patients the Northeastern region of the state. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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Medics from Grand Forks AFB & local hospital test readiness for Ebola threat during exercise

Altru paramedics Brittany Gierszewski and Val McDonald place psuedo Ebola-stricken, Master Sgt. Brian Fair, into a plastic protective covering in order to limit further exposure to the public and to safely transport him from an isolation treatment room to an ambulance waiting outside the Medical Treatment Facility on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. Medical personnel from both the 319th Medical Group and Altru Health Systems worked together during an Ebola Preparedness Exercise. Altru has the capability to isolate and care for suspected Ebola patients until test results were available. The base medical clinic is an outpatient facility, and does not have this capability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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Medics from Grand Forks AFB & local hospital test readiness for Ebola threat during exercise

Using a wheelchair, Dr. (Capt). Dongchul Paek, 319th Medical Operations Squadron flight surgeon, pushes Master Sgt. Brian Fair, into an isolation treatment room inside the Medical Treatment Facility on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 19, 2014. The isolated treatment room was used to quarantine Fair who played the role of a patient sick with Ebola. The two Airmen from the 319th MDOS participated in an Ebola Preparedness Exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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Medics from Grand Forks AFB & local hospital test readiness for Ebola threat during exercise

Master Sgt. Derick Harris, 319th Medical Operations Squadron Flight Chief of Aerospace Medicine, helps, Dr. (Capt). Dongchul Paek, 319th MDOS flight surgeon, put on an In-Place Patient Decontamination Suit or biohazard suit during an Ebola Preparedness Exercise Dec. 19, 2014, at the Medical Treatment Facility on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The exercise was a collaborative effort between members of the 319th Medical Group and Altru Health Systems in Grand Forks, N.D., designed to test their readiness level to an Ebola threat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)
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