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Oct. 11, 2024
A Legacy of Service: The Urdzik Family’s Multi-Generational Commitment to the Military

The Urdzik family is a living testament to dedication, sacrifice, and the unbreakable bonds of family—bound together by a legacy of military service. Across generations and branches of the armed forces, this family has served their country and upheld the values of duty and honor, passing them from
Oct. 3, 2024
Twin brothers serve together at Basic Military Training, share goal to inspire Airmen

One look at Master Sgt. Christopher Platt, 321st Training Squadron, and his brother Tech. Sgt. Charles Platt, 320th Training Squadron, may lead some to do a double take. The brothers are identical twins who share more than similar looks; they also both embody an indistinguishable passion – one that
Oct. 12, 2023
“Ask an MTI” informs recruiters, helps bridge the gap for recruits heading to BMT

For recruits heading to Basic Military Training here, connecting with a Military Training Instructor online prior to their departure is proving to help ease the transition from civilian to Airman. “Ask an MTI” is a BMT-led program managed by Tech. Sgt. Sarah Bento, MTI and the 737th Training Group
Jan. 19, 2022
MTI achieves success from humble beginnings

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – There are more trainees attending Air Force Basic Military Training, than residents living in the small city of Garapan, Saipan, the hometown of Tech. Sgt. Eileen Echaluse, a Master Military Training Instructor at the 331st Training Squadron.
May 6, 2021
U.S. Space Force achieves another milestone at Basic Military Training

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Another U.S. Space Force milestone was reached May 6 when the first all-Guardian flight graduated from Basic Military Training here. The 31 men in Flight 429 and four women in Flight 430 were assigned to the 324th Training Squadron, and were among the 571
Nov. 3, 2020
Blue Rope of the Year extols rewards of MTI career

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- When 20-year-old Holly Vaught walked into an Air Force recruiter’s office in the summer of 2003, she was by her own account, emotionally lost with $2 and a half tank of gas to her name. She admitted her motive to join the Air Force was selfish: “I needed
July 15, 2020
Wagner: Being an MTI is everything and nothing you ever thought

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – After more than a dozen years as a 433rd Training Squadron military training instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Reserve Citizen Airman Senior Master Sgt. Jason Wagner is moving on.Conflicted, he's excited about a new opportunity at a new
July 13, 2020
Reserve MTI embraces challenges, follows path to dream come true

Tech. Sgt. Sharon Collado is a Reserve military training instructor supervisor of the 433rd Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. She joined the Air Force in 2002 to be an information manager/knowledge operations specialist, and set off on a journey that led her to a variety
June 25, 2020
Total force basic trainees part of Air Force Reserve history

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – Several hundred Total Force Air Force enlisted basic military trainees assigned to the 433rd Training Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas are making history as the first class to enter training in the fully operational, all-Reserve military
June 17, 2020
SECDEF witnesses transformation, protection of citizens becoming Airmen at BMT during COVID-19

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper visited U.S. Air Force basic military training cadre and recruits, as well as members of the Air Force Recruiting Service, for a first-hand look at how the service transforms citizens into American Airmen here June 16, 2020. Esper, accompanied on the visit by

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