Connecting airmen to locals

COLUMBUS, Miss. – Columbus-Lowndes County community members welcomed airmen and their families to the first Enlisted Partnership dinner here on Jan. 24. The Enlisted Partnership Program assists enlisted personnel with civic leaders from the community and provides newly arriving Columbus, AFB-based personnel with a home away from home. “Our goal for this program is to lay the foundation” between newly reporting personnel with the community, said Col. Samantha Weeks, commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing at CAFB. “Stronger partnerships across career fields better enable us to complete our mission and stronger partnerships with the community are crucial to the strength of our military and national defense,” she said. (Source: CAFB 02/01/19)