Master Sgt. Dan Oien on "Who wants to be a Millionaire"

Master Sgt. Dan Oien correctly answers one of the early questions on "Who wants to be a Millionaire." He eventually walked away $8,000 richer. (Photo Courtesy of Valleycrest Productions Ltd.)

Master Sgt. Dan Oien on "Who wants to be a Millionaire."

Master Sgt. Dan Oien talks with "Who wants to be a Millionaire" host Meredith Vieira during the show's filming in August 2007. He eventually walked away $8,000 richer. (Photo Courtesy of Valleycrest Productions Ltd.)

Giving back to the local community

Staff Sgt. Brandon Jacobson, NCO in charge of network infrastructure for AFWA's 2nd Systems Operations Squadron, checks out some of the new school supplies with 8-year-old Lorenso Carey. An AFWA team collected some 200 pounds of assorted school supplies and delivered them Aug. 23 to Indian Hill Elementary School in Omaha. (Photo by G. A. Volb)

American Forces Network Weather Center Upgrades

Staff Sgt. Annette Prato, a broadcast weather technician at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., uses their new WSI system to create visuals for their Pacific weather forecast. According to the Rancho Cordova, Calif., native the final product will include detailed graphics, precipitation and an audio voice over.

Hurricane Hunter

Second Lt. Doug Gautrau, 26th Operational Weather Squadron, stands in front of an infared satellite image of Hurricane Katrina in the briefing room of the 26th OWS.

15th OWS Performers

Mr. Norman Watts, a 15th Operational Weather Squadron network/system administrator, checks the squadron’s server performance. The squadron uploads more than 120,000 files (10 Gbytes) daily. Photo by Mr. Marv Lynchard.

Convoy Operations

Lt Ryan Rickert and MSgt James Myer shoot an azimuth during LANDNAV

Convoy Operations

Second from the left, Army Sgt. First Class David Gavit and left, Staff Sgt. Derek Dinger review lessons learned from a convoy scenario.

Santa visits the Philippines

Will Rioseco, a gunner’s mate with SEAL Team 5, Coronado, CA, and SGT Brian Bochat, an administrative NCO with the 1/19th Special Forces Group, Army National Guard, based in Camp Williams, Utah, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Fred Grant, a special operations weather NCO with the 181st Weather Flight, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas, distribute gifts to children of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. All three service members are deployed to Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines (JSOTF-P). (Photo by SGT Tim Meyer, JSOTF-P Public Affairs)

Staff Sgt. Jay Sablan,

Staff Sgt. Jay Sablan, Air Force Weather Agency Communications Directorate, Network Systems Administrator, replaces a failed hard drive on the Air Force Weather Agency server.

Got Special Ops?

Lt. Avi Jacobson, 16th Operations Support Squadron, uses a compass for land navigation training during Special Operations Weather team orientation Tuesday at Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force Photograph by Senior Airman Ali Flisek)

Weather watcher

Master Sgt. Troy Rames, NCOIC of the Combat Weather Team, checks the radar screen for developing weather in the local area.