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Tech. Sgt. Cody Agee, an aerospace propulsion craftsman and quality assurance specialist in the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex’s 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group, is currently managing the group’s COVID-19 social distancing and public awareness activities, reorganizing common areas and educating the workforce on sanitization and social distancing measures. His hometown is Bauxite, Arkansas, and he has served in the Air Force for eight years. When not at work, Agee enjoys spending time outdoors, hunting, fishing, hiking and also enjoys building carpentry projects with his wife.

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Chris Johnson has been a junior cook at the Vanwey Dining Facility for 11 years. In his time off, he likes hanging out with friends and going to the gym. His main duty is to make food and some of his favorite things to make are egg sandwiches, burgers and omelets. He likes working at the Vanwey because of all the nice people he works with and meets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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Yong McComb, the lead senior cook at the Vanwey Dining Facility, checks the food on the facility's reopening April 5, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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Daniel James, a food service worker at the Vanwey Dining Facility, cleans and sanitizes all machinery and countertops in the facility. The DFAC reopened April 5 after extensive renovations. Currently, they are only open for carry-out food and beverages only. Monday through Friday, breakfast is 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., lunch is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner is 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. On the weekends, brunch is 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner is 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. At this time, the dining facility is open for active duty and activated Reserves/Guard only. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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Signage inside the Vanwey Dining Facility to promote good hygiene and social distancing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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The Vanwey Dining Facility is now reopened for carry-out only of food and beverages. Upon entry, the DFAC staff is screening customers using a COVID-19 questionnaire and doing temperature checks. The Vanwey is open seven days a week. Monday through Friday, breakfast is 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., lunch is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner is 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. On the weekends, brunch is 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner is 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. At this time, the dining facility is open for active duty and activated Reserves/Guard only. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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The Vanwey Dining Facility is now open for carry-out food and beverages only. Customers will undergo a COVID-19 screening process upon entry into the DFAC and signage is displayed to help with social distancing policies. Monday through Friday, breakfast is 6 a.m. to 8 a.m, lunch is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner is 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. On the weekends, brunch is 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner is 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Currently, the dining facility is open for active duty and activated Reserves/Guard only. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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Maj. Tikia Wright, chief of laboratory services and infection preventionist with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron, has served in the U. S. Air Force for three years. Her hometown is Shreveport, Louisiana, and she loves crafting. As the infection preventionist, she ensures that the 72nd Medical Group staff is wearing the correct personal protection equipment, that the clinic is stocked with proper PPE, hand sanitizer is distributed throughout the clinic and ensuring infection is not passed between staff members and patients. Wright loves the lab and says, "without the lab, you're only guessing." The lab is able to provide results for the doctors and PAs to be able to determine a diagnosis.

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Staff Sgt. Ernest Graydon serves as the non-commissioned officer in charge of chapel resources at the Tinker Chapel. He is from Tifton, Georgia, and has served in the U.S. Air Force for nine years. Graydon loves fishing, church and spending time with his family. During the COVID crisis, the chapel staff is manning the Latté Lounge daily and engaging with the Airmen there. Only five people are allowed inside the Lounge at one time, adhering to social distancing policies, and it is cleaned and sanitized often. Graydon says the best part of his job “is having the opportunity as a team to connect and build rapport with other Airmen”

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Staff Sgt. Ernest Graydon serves as the non-commissioned officer in charge of chapel resources. He has served in the U.S. Air Force for nine years and is from Tifton, GA. He loves fishing, church and spending time with his family. His primary duties as NCOIC are assuring the chapel has resources, handling contracting issues and appropriated funding, maintaining facility and serves as the contracting officer representative for Chapel Tithes and Offerings. During the COVID crisis, Chapel staff is manning the Latte Lounge and engaging with the Airmen there. They are only allowing five people at a time inside, adhering to social distancing policies and cleaning and sanitizing often. The Latte Lounge is open seven days a week. Graydon says the best part of his job "is having the opportunity as a team to connect and build rapport with other Airmen." (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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Maj. Tikia Wright, chief of laboratory services and infection preventionist with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron, has served in the U. S. Air Force for three years. Her hometown is Shreveport, LA, and she loves crafting. Some of her team's main duties are bringing samples into the lab and running influenza tests on their analyzer. If it is determined to possibly be COVID, it is processed and shipped to the epidemiology lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH. As the infection preventionist, she ensures that the 72nd Medical Group staff is wearing the correct personal protection equipment, that the clinic is stocked with proper PPE, hand sanitizer is distributed throughout the clinic and ensuring infection is not passed between staff members and patients. Wright loves the lab, providing the quote, "without the lab, you're only guessing." The lab is able to provide results for the doctors and PAs to be able to determine a diagnosis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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Capt. Audrick Yee writes down information from a patient who had signs of allergies or other upper-respiratory symptoms in the 'sick tent' set up in the front entrance of the 72nd Medical Group clinic. The tent allows medical personnel to provide quicker care to patients without contaminating the inside of the clinic which is currenly being used for patients with scheduled appointments. The patients in the tent are also able to receive any medications they may need while there. Note: the tent is not being used for individuals who may be suspected for COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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Capt. Audrick Yee, 72nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, fills out a questionnaire for a service member who had just returned from deployment. Additional health protection condition measures have been implemented in the 72nd Medical Group with the COVID-19 virus. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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A sick tent has been installed at the front entrance of the 72nd Medical Group clinic. Medical personnel ask each incoming patient several questions to determine their path for medical care. If an individual is suspected for COVID-19, symptomatic or not, they are asked to stay in their vehicles while medical personnel dressed in containment gear asks them more extensive questions. If an individual is experiencing allergies or other upper-respiratory symptoms, they will enter a bay in the sick tent to be further evaluated. This will prevent them from entering the clinic and spreading any contamination, even if it's just a cold or flu. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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First Lt. Samantha Holmquist, 72nd Healthcare Operations Squadron, and Capt. Audrick Yee, 72nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, work together to determine a treatment for a patient experiencing upper-respiratory symptoms. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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First Lt. Samantha Holmquist, a registered nurse in the 72nd Healthcare Operations Squadron, wipes down all machinery and surfaces she's used and touched after helping a patient at the 72nd Medical Group clinic. A 'sick tent' has been put up in the front entrance of the clinic to be able to help all patients who have any signs of upper-respiratory symptoms. The 72nd HCOS will ask the patients pertinent questions, take their vitals and order and deliver any necessary medications without the patients having to go into the clinic. Note: the sick tent is not being used for individuals suspect for COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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The 72nd Medical Group Pharmacy at the 72nd Medical Group is currently requiring patients to utilize their drive thru for all pharmacy services. This includes picking up previously activated prescriptions, previously called-in refills, activation of electronic prescriptions, drop off of written prescriptions or if a doctor has sent a prescription to the pharmacy. After checking in at the drive-thru, patients may be directed by pharmacy personnel to the overflow area in the parking lot located directly behind the drive-thru. For more information call the pharmacy at 405-582-6315, Option 2, Option 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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Pharmacy operations have gone to a drive-thru basis only. Since the demand to get prescriptions has gone up so people can stay in their homes, and also to take care of patients safely, the inside desks and waiting rooms are currently closed to pharmacy clientele. Pharmacy representatives are working with individuals in each vehicle for prescription medication requests and pick-ups. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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Senior Airman Jaiyda Hale, a lab technician with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron, helps deliver prescriptions to customers in their vehicles in the overflow parking of the 72nd Medical Group and also helps put away medications, stock supplies, and work in the drive-thru. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

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AFSC Frontlines: 2nd Lt. Ashlyn Paulson

AFSC Spotlight: Meet 2nd Lt. Ashlyn Paulson Lieutenant Paulson, a public affairs officer in the 72nd Air Base Wing, is currently managing the base’s COVID-19 Straight Talk Center and helps with social media. The U.S. Air Force Academy graduate from Sussex, Wisconsin, has been in the Air Force for two years and is a member of the Air Force Rugby team. In her free time, she volunteers with the National Crisis Text line to assist those in times of need. She said the best part of her job is being able to learn and share all the unique and diverse missions of Tinker and the Air Force.

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