Bastion Airmen have small paw print, large mission
December 31st, 2009
The 'Port Dawgs,' as they liked to be called, proudly proclaim that they move as much cargo here as their unit does back home.
But they have approximately 15 people instead of 200 handling the thousands of passengers and tons of cargo arriving monthly at the air field.
The team is comprised of aerial porters, vehicle maintainers and leadership primarily deployed from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. They work loading and unloading cargo coming to the U.S. Marine and British Army run base in the Helmand Province, the site of recent fighting.
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