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Hurlburt Field – As a teenager, he grew up like most, listening and learning from his grandfather, an Air Force maintenance officer of 25 years.
Maj. Gabriel Brown, left, director of operations with the Special Tactics Training Squadron, presents Chief Master Sgt. Michael West, a special tactics combat controller with the 24th Special Operations Wing, a certificate of retirement during a retirement ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 19, 2018. For 30 years, West was part of a highly-trained special operations force who integrates air power into the special operations’ ground scheme of maneuver. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)
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