Downrange: Our Airmen's perspective --- part 1 of series Published Jan. 6, 2009 436th AW Public Affairs DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- Rank/Name: Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace Unit: 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Deployed Unit/Location: Combined Joint Task Force-101, Afghanistan Describe your job at your deployed location: I was more of less responsible for all written content and photographs within Regional Command-East of Afghanistan. I was also responsible for taking photos and covering Coalition missions, responding to national and international media queries, escorting embedded media in theater, and served as a coalition spokesman. I filled an Army billet and lived, worked and fought continually in a joint environment. What was one of the most memorable experiences? Every day was a challenge. Perhaps one of the most memorable experiences was pulling security for a convoy and having to stop a potential threat by using deadly force. Also, the experience of being an Airmen working solely around Soldiers and Marines expanded all aspects of my professional life and gave me the opportunity to be an ambassador for the world's finest Air and Space Expeditionary Force - I'd do it again in a heartbeat! How did your job at Dover prepare you or relate to your deployed duties? First, let me say that servicemembers encounter things down range that they can never be fully prepared for. However, I can genuinely say that the operations tempo we have at the 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office is a fast one. We are always on our toes and are unwaveringly committed to the family we call Team Dover. That mentality stayed with me and prepared me for Afghanistan. The 101st Airborne Soldiers of Fort Campbell, Ky., and the Marines of Camp Lejeune, N.C., became my new family during the deployment and I supported them with every inch of my being. A professional Airman should do no less. How did Dover's airlift mission affect your deployed mission and/or quality of life there? That's an easy one! Though I did not spend any significant time with the Air Force in Afghanistan, I saw Dover tail flashes coming in and out of the major forward operating bases all the time. Every time I stepped foot inside a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle I wondered if Dover delivered it. Knowing supplies would never stop coming gave me security. The same could be said of all the Air Force. I know first hand that despite what shade of uniform we wear or what country we hail from, every Coalition member on the ground thanks their respective God daily for the United States Air Force!