Base commander coins Wright-Patt Airmen for work efforts

U.S. Air Force Col. Mike Fouch, right, 88th Medical Group commander, studies a challenge coin from Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett delivered to Tech. Sgt. Jacob Grimes, left, manpower team chief, 88th MDG at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May 1, 2020. Barrett met with Wright-Patt personnel and toured several facilities at the base the previous week including the Medical Center and the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Epidemiology Laboratory, which is responsible for analyzing a majority of the COVID-19 tests in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees) (parts of this photo have been burred for security purposes)

U.S. Air Force Col. Mike Fouch, right, 88th Medical Group commander, studies a challenge coin from Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett delivered to Tech. Sgt. Jacob Grimes, left, manpower team chief, 88th MDG at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May 1, 2020. Barrett met with Wright-Patt personnel and toured several facilities at the base the previous week including the Medical Center and the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Epidemiology Laboratory, which is responsible for analyzing a majority of the COVID-19 tests in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees) (parts of this photo have been burred for security purposes)
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By Ty Greenlees
May 8, 2020
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As Wright-Patterson Air Force Base continues to work, Col. Thomas P. Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, wanted to honor the hard work various Airmen, both civilian and military, have been doing around the base to help keep things going. Sherman gave out some of his own challenge coins to various member of the 88th Civil Engineer Squadron.

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Challenge coins have a long history in the Air Force, awarded to those who go above and beyond in their work, with some being numbered since the number that can be given out are limited.

Sherman awarded several 88th ABW challenge coins to CE personnel, thanking them for their continuing work under COVID conditions.

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