U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Casy Boomershine, 17th Training Wing command chief’s cat, Circe sits in a box. (Courtesy photo)

Goodfellow welcomes new command chief
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Casy Boomershine, 17th Training Wing command chief with her husband “Boomer” and her son, Magnus, watching a Cardinals baseball game at Busch Stadium. (Courtesy photo)

Goodfellow welcomes new command chief
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Casy Boomershine, 17th Training Wing command chief, poses next to her favorite awards at Norma Brown building on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2020. One of her most prized awards is a bullwhip she earned for “whipping” a B-1 Isochronal Inspection shop into shape. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ethan Sherwood)

Goodfellow welcomes new command chief
Photos from U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Casy Boomershine, 17th Training Wing command chief’s past are mounted to the wall in the Norma Brown building on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2020. Boomershine’s walls are full of her achievements, hobbies, and relics of her life and career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ethan Sherwood)

Goodfellow welcomes new command chief
U.S. Space Force 2nd Lt. Samuel Pisney, 315th Training Squadron student, stands in the 17th Training Wing Public Affairs video studio on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 13, 2020. Pisney was a part of the first Air Force Academy class to directly commission into the USSF on April 18, became the 63rd USSF member and will learn the global intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions through hands-on technical training from the 315th TRS. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman 1st Class Ethan Sherwood Airman 1st Class Michael Bowan)

First Space Force intelligence officer to train at GAFB
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Casy Boomershine, 17th Training Wing command chief, presents a coin to Airman 1st Class Benjamin Medina-Loera, 17th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron aerospace medical technician, for his outstanding performance in his field at Norma Brown on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 18, 2020. Medina-Loera assisted the active duty population of Goodfellow and kept them mission ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ethan Sherwood)

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School is back, safety tips
U.S. Air Force Col. Andres Nazario, 17th Training Wing commander, and 17th Force Support Squadron marketing specialist Julie Manuel, discuss base affairs while waiting for families to pick up backpacks during Operation Back to School on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 12, 2020. Nazario assisted Operation Back to School by handing out backpacks to military families at the drive-through. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ethan Sherwood)

Operation Back to School Brigade
A backpack is open on the table displaying the contents bought for Operation Back to School on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 12, 2020. The supplies are intended to assist families with preparing their children for school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ethan Sherwood)

Operation Back to School Brigade
U.S. Air Force Col. James Finlayson, 17th Training Wing vice commander, gives a backpack to a military member during Operation Back to School on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 12, 2020. Finlayson and other members of Goodfellow assisted in handing out backpacks filled with supplies to families to assist with preparing children for school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ethan Sherwood)

Operation Back to School Brigade
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Luis Soto, 17th Communications Squadron first sergeant, and Col. Andres Nazario, 17th Training Wing commander, hand a bag full of school supplies to a military member at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 14, 2020. Soto led the charge to gather supplies for the bags and traveled to four locations to get all of the supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ethan Sherwood)

Operation Back to School Brigade
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Facing unconscious bias head on, key to healing
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Hunt, 312th Training Squadron Special Instruments Training course instructor, answers questions from SPINSTRA students, while wearing a mask, inside the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2020. The SPINSTRA students followed COVID-19 safety precautions throughout their Air Force training, all-the-while learning mathematics, electronic principles, applied sciences, computer and network fundamentals, phenomenology, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance fundamentals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Abbey Rieves)

Mission-focused SPINSTRA vigilant through pandemic
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Hunt, 312th Training Squadron Special Instruments Training course instructor, discusses the SPINSTRA’s Nova Lab, short for Innovation Laboratory, containing four 3D printers as well as 3D modeling software for students to hone-in technical skills and gain mentorship, inside the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2020. Hunter and additional SPINSTRA instructors volunteered their time in the Nova Lab for students after classroom hours and during the weekends, and offered additional mentorship and educational opportunities for the students, while COVID-19 induced travel restrictions were active during the pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Abbey Rieves)

Mission-focused SPINSTRA vigilant through pandemic
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kevin Page, 312th Training Squadron Special Instruments Training course student, learns about sound wave mechanics by using a coil-like prop for hands-on educational advances, inside the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2020. Props were used in the SPINSTRA learning environment to demonstrate larger-than-life concepts, which aided the students who learned visually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Abbey Rieves)

Mission-focused SPINSTRA vigilant through pandemic
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Hunter Ramsey, 312th Training Squadron Special Instruments Training course student, wears personal protective equipment during the plasma chamber’s vacuum demonstration, inside the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2020. The SPINSTRA course was 85 training days and taught electronic principles, applied sciences, computer and network fundamentals, phenomenology, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance fundamentals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Abbey Rieves)

Mission-focused SPINSTRA vigilant through pandemic
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Hunt, 312th Training Squadron Special Instruments Training course instructor, fires up the plasma chamber, a visual teaching aid, for the SPINSTA students at the Louis F Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2020. The plasma chamber was designed to demonstrate a variety of scientific, electronic and safety principles in a 10:1 student to instructor classroom ratio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Abbey Rieves)

Mission-focused SPINSTRA vigilant through pandemic
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Hunt, 312th Training Squadron Special Instruments Training course instructor, explains different scientific concepts with a student-built plasma chamber, at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 5, 2020. Hunter demonstrated to the SPINSTRA students how volumetric pressure may affect electrons’ flow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Abbey Rieves)

Mission-focused SPINSTRA vigilant through pandemic
U.S. Air Force Airman from the 312th Training Squadron special instruments training course are learning to repair and reinstall a Geotech KS54000 Broadband Seismometer on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, July 31, 2020. The Airman will soon be responsible for maintaining similar equipment across the globe in support of the United States Atomic Energy Detection System (USAEDS). (Courtesy photo)

Mission-focused SPINSTRA vigilant through pandemic
U.S. Air Force Col. Angelina Maguinness, 17th Training Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Charmane Tatum, 17th TRG superintendent, stand with the Student of the Month winners outside of Brandenburg Hall at Goodfellow, Texas, Aug. 7, 2020. The Student and Rope of the Month awards are given to those students who have distinguished themselves in courses and by leading others. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Seraiah Wolf)

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GAFB, community solidifies shared educational enhancement
U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Coakley, 17th Training Group commander, discusses with virtually present Col. Andres Nazario, 17th Training Wing commander, and local community members the talking points to the Memorandum of Understanding in the Brandenburg Hall on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, June 11, 2020. The MOU established a shared center for faculty development and enhancement of student engagement between the city of San Angelo and GAFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Chapman)
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