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Master Sgt Rudy Hernandez

TIS: 20 years (16 years PA)

Current Duty: III Marine Corps Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan

Previous Assignments: Senior Drill Instructor, Parris Island, SC; Recruiting Service, Orlando, FL 

E-mail: hernandezr@okinawa.usmc.mil

Senior Master Sgt Tina M. Sims

TIS: 20 years (7 years PA)  

Current Duty: Superintendent, Media Relations Branch, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, VA 

Previous Assignments: Shaw AFB, SC; Norton AFB, CA; Upper Heyford AB, UK 

E-mail: tina.sims@langley.af.mil

Staff Sgt John R. Borlik Jr.

TIS: 11 years (11 years PA)  

Current Duty: NCOIC U.S. Army Garrison, Ft. Meade, MD 

Previous Assignments: Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Camp Zama, Japan; 101st Airborne Division (AAslt)

E-mail: jorlik@rocketmail.com

Tech Sgt Randy Phelps

TIS: 16 years (8 years PA)  

Current Duty: Public Affairs NCO, 342nd Recruiting Squadron, Minneapolis, MN 

Previous Assignments: Osan AB, Korea; Andrews AFB, MD; Malmstrom AFB, MO 

E-mail: Renegade@yahoo.com

Staff Sgt James A. Rush

TIS: 11 years (11 years PA)  

Current Duty: NCOIC, 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, Hill AFB, UT 

Previous Assignments: March AFB, CA; Howard AFB, Panama 

E-mail: paa388fw@hillwpos.hill.af.mil

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