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Operation Home Cooking

Basic Military Trainees greet a local San Antonio resident at the Pfingston Reception Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 23. Approximately 330 families hosted Air Force Basic Military Training trainees in their homes on Thanksgiving Day. The annual Operation Home Cooking tradition, now in its 48th year, allows volunteer families residing in the San Antonio Metropolitan area the opportunity to share the holiday with trainees who are in their sixth or seventh week of basic training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christa D'Andrea)
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Operation Home Cooking

Trainees Nolan Hall (left), from North Carolina, and Keisei Velez Yamaoka (right), from Mississippi, get ready to depart the Pfingston Reception Center Nov. 23, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The trainees, in their sixth week of training, spent Thanksgiving Day with Teresa Grady and her family as part of Operation Home Cooking. (U.S. Air force photo by Christa D'Andrea)
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Operation Home Cooking

Basic Military Trainees depart the Pfingston Reception Center with their host family at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 23. Approximately 330 families hosted Air Force BMT trainees in their homes on Thanksgiving Day. The annual Operation Home Cooking tradition, now in its 48th year, allows volunteer families residing in the San Antonio Metropolitan area the opportunity to share the holiday with trainees who are in their sixth or seventh week of basic training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christa D'Andrea)
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Operation Home Cooking

Two Basic Military Trainees in their sixth week of training conduct an interview Nov. 23, with Univision TV 41 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. They were interviewed about their participation in Operation Home Cooking and having the opportunity to spend the day with a host family. This was the 37th Training Wing's 48th year conducting the event in which 330 local residents hosted trainees in their homes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christa D'Andrea)
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Operation Home Cooking

Georgia Schreiber poses with six Air Force Basic Military Trainees on Thanksgiving, Nov. 23. Schreiber, and her extended family, have hosted service members in their home for more than 28 of the 48 years Operation Home Cooking has been in existence. The annual event allows volunteer families residing in the San Antonio Metropolitan area the opportunity to share the holiday with trainees who are in their sixth or seventh week of basic training. (Courtesy photo)
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Operation Home Cooking

Air Force trainees Hayden Schulze (left) and Jack Canter (right) help themselves to Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 23. Veterans Leslie and Daniel Brown have hosted trainees since 2006 as a part of Operation Home Cooking. Now in its 48th year, the program allows volunteer families residing in the San Antonio Metropolitan area the opportunity to share the holiday with trainees who are in their sixth or seventh week of basic training. (Courtesy photo)
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Thanksgiving Day 2023

Chief Master Sgt. Carlos Damian serves trainees from the 326th Training Squadron at Basic Military Training on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23. In keeping with tradition, wing and 737th Training Squadron leadership served trainees in the dining facilities. Damian is the 37th Training Wing command chief at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. photo by Gregory Walker)
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Ask an MTI

Tech. Sgt. Sarah Bento, “Ask an MTI” program manager, conducts a Zoom call with Military Training Instructors just prior to the start of the weekly calls with Delayed Entry Program recruits Mar. 7, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Ask an MTI program gives recruits an opportunity to ask MTIs questions about Basic Military Training prior to their arrival and set expectations and better prepares recruits for the rigors of BMT. Additionally, it's a forum for recruiters and MTIs to crosstalk weekly. The program has been on-going since 2021 but has since been adopted across all three Air Force Recruiting Service groups. Bento is an MTI and currently the 737th Training Group Chief of Protocol. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christa D'Andrea)
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Ask an MTI

Tech. Sgt. Sarah Bento, “Ask an MTI” program manager, conducts a Zoom call with Military Training Instructors just prior to the start of the weekly calls with Delayed Entry Program recruits Mar. 7, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Ask an MTI program gives recruits an opportunity to ask MTIs questions about Basic Military Training prior to their arrival and set expectations and better prepares recruits for the rigors of BMT. Additionally, it's a forum for recruiters and MTIs to crosstalk weekly. The program has been on-going since 2021 but has since been adopted across all three Air Force Recruiting Service groups. Bento is an MTI and currently the 737th Training Group Chief of Protocol. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christa D'Andrea)
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221012-F-HX153-1501

More than 700 Airmen assigned to the 331st Training Squadron graduated from Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 12-13, 2022. Over the past year, 37th Training Wing leadership have been implementing progressive changes to include returning to the pre-COVID multi-week squadrons and implementing a Zero Week Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by C Arce)
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BMT Modernization: Optimizing for Great Power Competition

U.S. Air Force basic military trainees, 321st Training Squadron, flights 638, 639, 640, and 641, form up and size their flights with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Himes, 321 TRS, Military Training Instructor, center, prior to receiving instructions on the proper techniques to safely handle the M4 carbine rifle during their second week of basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 23, 2022. Trainees were taught safety and muzzle discipline, as well as, proper positioning and handling of the weapon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Boisvert)
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BMT Modernization: Optimizing for Great Power Competition

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tavis Bell, 321st Training Squadron military training instructor, provides a correction to a group of new Air Force trainees from flight 248 on proper drill movements at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Mar. 7, 2023. The flight is in their third week of training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Boisvert)
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Col. Billy Wilson Jr.

Col. Billy Wilson Jr.
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Col. Billy Wilson Jr

Col. Billy Wilson Jr, 737th TRG commander
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Guardian makes history as Top BMT Graduate

U.S. Space Force Specialist 3 Dakota Desrosiers, all-source intelligence analyst, center right, stands with members of his family after graduating from Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, on June 22, 2023. Desrosiers is the first USSF-trained Guardian to receive both the USSF Top Performer Award and Top BMT Graduate award. (Courtesy photo)
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Guardian makes history as Top BMT Graduate

U.S. Space Force Guardians graduating from Basic Military Training (BMT) march in formation during a graduation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, on June 22, 2023. Specialist 3 Dakota Desrosiers, all-source intelligence analyst, right, is the first USSF-trained Guardian to receive both the USSF Top Performer Award and Top BMT Graduate award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Cruz)
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Guardian makes history as Top BMT Graduate

U.S. Space Force Specialist 3 Dakota Desrosiers, all-source intelligence analyst, center, receives the Top Graduate award during a Basic Military Training (BMT) coining ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, on June 21, 2023. Desrosiers is the first USSF-trained Guardian to receive both the USSF Top Performer Award and Top BMT Graduate award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Cruz)
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Guardian makes history as Top BMT Graduate

U.S. Space Force Specialist 3 Dakota Desrosiers, all-source intelligence analyst, leads Basic Military Training graduates in reciting the Airman’s Creed during a coining ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, on June 21, 2023. Desrosiers is the first USSF-trained Guardian to receive both the USSF Top Performer Award and Top BMT Graduate award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Cruz)
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Guardian makes history as Top BMT Graduate

U.S. Space Force Specialist 3 Dakota Desrosiers, all-source intelligence analyst, receives the USSF Basic Military Training (BMT) Top Performer award during a private patching ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, on June 20, 2023. Desrosiers is the first USSF-trained Guardian to receive both the USSF Top Performer Award and Top BMT Graduate award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Cruz)
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