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  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Diann Riter

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Diann RiterDiann Riter is the Installation Emergency Manager at the Emergency Operations Center and has served in this position for over seven years.Riter, originally from Scotch Plains, New Jersey, has spent 16 years in civil service and is an Air Force retiree.In her free

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Tech. Sgt. Crystal Carr

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Tech. Sgt. Crystal CarrTech. Sgt. Crystal Carr is the lead for military pay in the 72nd Comptroller Squadron.Originally from Florence, South Carolina, Carr has served in the U.S. Air Force for 12 years. Tinker is her fifth assignment, which includes one deployed to Al Udeid,

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet 1st Lt. James Dillard

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet 1st Lt. James Dillard1st Lt. James Dillard, a certified physician’s assistant with the 72nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, has served in the U.S. Air Force for one year.When the Springfield, Virginia, native isn’t working, you can find him playing guitar, working

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Ryan Floyd

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Ryan FloydRyan Floyd, an F108 jet engine mechanic in the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group, has been part of the Air Force family for two-and-a-half years.The Blanchard, Oklahoma, native enjoys hunting and fishing.Floyd is a newer mechanic who is fully certified in the F108

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Staff Sgt. Kimberly Kepple

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Staff Sgt. Kimberly KeppleStaff Sgt. Kimberly Kepple serves in the 72nd Security Forces Squadron.The Fayetteville, North Carolina, native enjoys reading and watching TV in her spare time.Providing security to the base and patrolling make up the main duties of her job, but she

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Chong Smith

    Chong Smith is a cashier at the Tinker Base Exchange and has worked here for 12 years.Originally from South Korea, Smith now lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, and enjoys listening to music.Smith says she loves working at the Tinker Base Exchange and regularly promotes the Military Star Card to her

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Senior Airman Jaiyda Hale

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Senior Airman Jaiyda HaleSenior Airman Jaiyda Hale, a lab technician with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron, is originally from Columbus, Ohio, and has served in the U.S. Air Force for two years.As the COVID-19 response ramped up at Tinker, Hale volunteered to help with

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Mike Garrett

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Mike GarrettMike Garrett is an Emergency Management specialist in Tinker’s Emergency Operations Center.He has worked in the EOC for over seven years and is retired from the Air Force.The Winnsboro, Louisiana, native enjoys playing basketball and doing yard work in his spare

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Marcel Jacques

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Marcel JacquesMarcel Jacques is the Drug Demand Reduction Program manager with the 72nd Air Base Wing. He came to Tinker in 2009 as an Air Force Reserve recruiter, before retiring in 2014 and assuming his role in the DDRP office.In his spare time, Jacques loves to hang out