Tech. Sgt. Jonathan McClure, Mobile Command and Control Environmental Control Unit Course director in the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's Mobility Operations School, gets his newly promoted stripes tacked on by his 8-year-old son, Ryan McClure, and father, Gary McClure, during a U.S Air Force Expeditionary Center promotion ceremony at Fort Dix, NJ, Jan. 8, 2009. Sergeant McClure's effective date of promotion was Jan. 1. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bevier)
Major Gen. Kip Self, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, presents Tech. Sgt. Jonathan McClure, Expeditionary Center mobile C2 environmental control unit course director, with a certificate of promotion during a U.S Air Force Expeditionary Center promotion ceremony at Fort Dix, NJ, January 8, 2009. Also pictured are Sgt. McClure's father, Gary McClure, and 8 year old son, Ryan McClure, who helped tack on his stripes. Sgt. McClure's effective date of promotion is January 1, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bevier)
Senior Master Sgt. Scott Pepper, 421st Combat Training Squadron superintendent, gets his newly promoted senior stripes tacked on by Lt. Col. Mitchell Monroe, 421st CTS commander, and Lt. Col. Matthew Lacy, 421st CTS director of operations, during the U.S Air Force Expeditionary Center promotion ceremony Jan. 8, 2009, on Fort Dix, N.J. Sergeant Pepper's effective date of promotion was Jan. 1. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bevier)
Maj. Gen. Kip Self, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, presents Senior Master Sgt. Scott Pepper, 421st Combat Training Squadron superintendent, with a certificate of promotion during the Expeditionary Center's promotion ceremony Jan. 8, 2009, on Fort Dix, N.J. Also pictured are Lt. Col. Mitchell Monroe, 421st CTS commander, and Lt. Col. Matthew Lacy, 421st CTS director of operations, who helped tack on Seergeant Pepper's stripes. Sergeant Pepper's effective date of promotion was Jan. 1. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bevier)