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Air National Guard leadership school original staff at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee in 1970, from left, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ed Morrisey, Chief Master Sgt. Richard “Dick” Vincent, S More

Sgt. Lucis A. Cherry, Airman 1st Class P. Linberg and Airman 1st Class A. Kraft, wait for inspection during leadership school. The Airmen were among 22 Women in the Air Force, or WAFs, in 1970 at the I.G. Brown More

Faded gold-painted bars and purple letters were sidewalk markers that the Air National Guard’s Academy of Military Science officer candidates once used for daily formations at the I.G. Brown Training and Educat More

Descendants of Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau (1963-1971), stand outside Wilson Hall, Nov 9, 2001, during the building’s dedication at the I.G. Brown Training and Education More

Students in Air National Guard Leadership School 81-AL in 1981 at the Professional Military Education Center on McGhee Tyson Air Guard Base in East Tennessee. (U.S. Air National Guard file photo)

MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – Students, administrators, and instructors are pictured in an early class photo here of the Air National Guard’s Noncommissioned Officer Academy at the I.G. Brown Tr More

An electronic sign welcomes drivers to McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee. The base's and airport's McGhee Tyson name honor Navy Lt. j.g. Charles McGhee Tyson who was assigned in the U.S. Na More

The initial verse to The U.S. Air Force song was written by Robert Crawford in 1939. (U.S. Air National Guard illustration/Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

Senior Master Sgt. Frank Erine Joseph instructs World Affairs in the Air National Guard’s NCO academy in 1969 to students on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee. Sergeant Joseph was among the More

Chief Master Sgt. Lynn E. Alexander, retired, former senior enlisted adviser to the director of the Air National Guard, speaks to more than 400 airmen here, Oct. 31, 2008, who honored Lt. Gen. Craig R. McKinley More

Air National Guard members Senior Master Sgt. Timothy J. Kumes, Master Sgt. Paul G. Rayman, and Tech. Sgt. Jeela S. Matthews perform a guidon exchange ceremony at The I. G. Brown Air National Guard Training and More

I.G. Brown Training and Education Center Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter, July-September 2013, Master Sgt. Melissa DiQuinzo. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Kurt Skoglund/Released)

The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial stands in Washington. (National Park Service/Released)

Air National Guard members from McGhee Tyson ANGB march in the city’s Veterans Day parade, Nov. 11, 2011.

Spirit of Qatar qualifies at the 2012 Lucas Oil 62nd Annual Madison Regatta Indiana Governor’s Cup, July 6, 2012. Dave Vilwock, driver, is the all-time winningest Unlimited driver with 65 victories. H1 Unlimite More

Senior enlisted service members from six nations attend training exercises during the 8th annual International Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Seminar held at the I.G. Brown Training and Educatio More

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy addresses base airmen at Spruance Hall on the campus of the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here, July 17, 2012. During his visit, Chief Roy toured facil More

Airman Leadership School, graduating Class 12-6 performs a retreat ceremony at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, July 18, 2012.

Airman Leadership School graduating Class 12-6, A-Flight, gathers at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, July 18, 2012.

Master Sgt. Marcy Broadway takes a turn at a motorcycle track in West Virginia September 2012 with her Buell 998cc Lightning streetfighter. (U.S. Air National Gaurd photo by Senior Master sgt. Shaun Withers/Released)

Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, is honored at the Order of the Sword ceremony at the Hyatt Regency in Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 28, 2012. The Order of the Sword ceremony is conducted More

Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, is honored at the Order of the Sword ceremony at the Hyatt Regency in Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 28, 2012. The Order of the Sword ceremony is conducted More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Anthony Colon, Senior NCO of the year, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sequoya Joseph Holmes, NCO of the year, were recognized by the Air National Guard Readiness Center for their outst More

From left, Tech. Sgt. Timothy Fry, NCO of the quarter, and Senior Master Sgt. William Britt, senior NCO of the quarter, are recognized for their outstanding service at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Cent More

Master Sgt. Jose Santiago, Senior NCO of the quarter, Tech. Sgt. Chalanda Roberts, NCO of the quarter, were recognized for their outstanding service from October to December 2016 at the I.G. Brown Training and More

Master Sgt. Shane Hurd, Senior NCO of the quarter, Tech. Sgt. Angelo Gomez, NCO of the quarter, and Tammie Smeltzer, civillian of the quarter, were recognized for their outstanding service from July to Septembe More

Master Sgt. Cindy Dickson, Senior NCO of the quarter, Tech. Sgt. Charles Pugh, NCO of the quarter, and Ron Waite, civillian of the quarter, were recognized for their outstanding service from January to March 20 More

Senior Master Sgt. Paul A. Mann, superintendent of public affairs at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, and Tech. Sgt. Tim M. Fry, an enlisted professional military education instructor for the Paul More

Tech. Sgt. Joseph Hunter, NCO of the quarter, and Master Sgt. Jerry Harlan, senior NCO of the quarter, are recognized for their outstanding service from January to March 2016, at the I.G. Brown Training and Edu More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah McIntosh Oldaker, Senior NCO of the quarter, and Tech. Sgt. Naieema Colon, NCO of the quarter, were recognized for their outstanding service from July to September 2019, at the More

Tech. Sgt. Joseph Hunter, NCO of the year, Master Sgt. Jason Miller, senior NCO of the year, and David Barlow, civillian of the year, were recognized for their outstanding service in 2016 at the I.G. Brown Trai More

From left: Category II Civilian of the Year, David Barlow; Category III Civilian of the Year, Tammie Smeltzer; Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, Tech. Sgt. John McClean; and Senior Noncommissioned Officer of More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Anthony Colon, Senior NCO of the year, Tech. Sgt. Sequoya Joseph Holmes, NCO of the year, and Dustin Russell, Civillian of the Year, were recognized for their outstanding service in 2 More

United States Air Force's Larry McCoy, Civilian of the year, Tech. Sgt. Megan Burnett, NCO of the year, and Master Sgt. Sara Eldred, senior NCO of the year, were recognized for their outstanding service in 2018 More

Senior Master Sgt. Ann Ramey Stokes, senior NCO of the quarter, Tech. Sgt. Megan Burnett, NCO of the quarter, were recognized for their outstanding service from July to September 2018, at the I.G. Brown Trainin More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chalanda Roberts, Senior NCO of the quarter, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Isaac Dobson, NCO of the quarter, were recognized for their outstanding service from January to March 2019 a More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brian Smith, NCO of the quarter, and Master Sgt. Anthony Colon, senior NCO of the quarter, were recognized for their outstanding service from October to December 2018, at the I.G. Brow More

Master Sgt. Kelly Collett, SNCO of the quarter, Tech. Sgt. Grace Mayor, NCO of the quarter as well as ANGRC NCO of the Quarter, and Dustin Russell, Civillian of the quarter, were recognized for their outstandin More

From left, David Barlow, civilian of the quarter, Senior Master Sgt. Christine Shawhan, senior NCO of the quarter and Tech. Sgt. Johnathan Kelley, NCO of the quarter, are recognized for their outstanding servic More

David Barlow, graphics manager for the Media and Engagement Division, TEC TV (civilian of the quarter), Master Sgt. Jason Miller, Distance Learning superintendent, senior EPME instructor for the Chief Master Se More

Chief Master Sgt. Jim Hotaling, command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, visits the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, Feb. 13. The visit to TEC is the chief's first visit to the field si More

Tech. Sgt. Justin Gholston, right, receives the John L. Levitow honor award for NCO Academy Class 13.3 at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here from TEC Commander Col. Timothy J. Cathcart, Feb. 14, More

Chief Master Sgt. Paul H. Lankford was a survivor of the Bataan Death March in the Philippine Islands and in a Japanese prison camp for three years who went on to help stand up the Air National Guard’s premiere More

Members of the Media and Engagement Division, I.G. Brown Training and Education Center test a new two-way, high-definition video delivery system from their studios Feb. 28. The terrestrial delivery connection More

Airmen attending the NCO Academy Class 13-4 participate in group physical training at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here, March 4, 2013. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Kurt Skoglund)

Chief Master Sgt. Michael Kennedy, the first sergeant functional manager for the Air National Guard at Joint Base Andrews, Md., speaks candidly with EPME instructors at the I. G. Brown Training and Education Ce More

Chief Master Sgt. Michael Kennedy, the first sergeant functional manager for the Air National Guard speaks interactively with more than 800 First Sergeants from the I. G. Brown Training and Education Center her More

Chief Master Sgt. Jim Hotaling, command chief of the Air National Guard, is live on the set at TEC/TV talking to more than 800 first sergeants in the field from the I. G. Brown Training and Education Center her More

At least 25 Airmen with the Air National Guard’s I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here brought hammers and carpentry skills to bear to help Knoxville, Tenn., residents Saturday, March 9 by finishing the More

Vikki Traugot benches during a November U.S. Powerlifting Association competition. Traugot is currently a top woman powerlifter in the nation and is the spouse of Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Tr More

A student walks from class on a sunny morning, through the scent of flowering cherry trees March 20, the first day of Spring, during Airman Leadership School here at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center More

Airmen in class 13-3 of the Paul H. Lankford EPME Center’s Airman Leadership School, participate in a retreat ceremony at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, March 26, 2013. (National Guard photo by M More

Tech. Sgt. Brian Zeisel with the 168th Security Forces Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard at Eielson Air Force Base recently graduated from Noncommissioned Officer Academy here at the Paul H. Lankford Enlisted More

Chief Master Sgt. Denise M. Jelinski-Hall, Senior Enlisted Leader for the National Guard Bureau speaks to students of the NCO Academy Class 13-4 and Airmen Leadership School Class 13-3 at the I.G. Brown Trainin More

Coast Guardsman Petty Officer 1st Class Jaensen Lewis, assigned to the Puerto Rico Military Entrance Processing Station, San Juan, watches the graduation ceremony here of 57 Airman Leadership School and 266 Air More

National Guard members from the Tennessee Military Funeral Honors perform a dignified transfer of the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Ward of Oak Ridge, Tenn., April 12, 2013. Ward died April 6 while More

Class 13-6 students head to class after receiving orientation at the Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center, here. More than 260 Total Air Force airmen as well as Coast Guardsmen atten More

Tech. Sgt. Caleb Rose and Tech. Sgt. Jenny Sanchez, both enlisted professional military education instructors at the Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center here, practice on camera Apr More

Liz Matthews, director of education and outreach for the Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee, met with about a dozen airmen and civilians to raise awareness and share current statistics on sexual assault fo More

Like many other service members, Tech. Sgt. Amber Monio from the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here, April 25, 2013, studies electronically for her Air Force technical and leadership training. Educa More

Like many other service members, Tech. Sgt. Amber Monio from the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center studies electronically April 25, 2013, for her Air Force technical and leadership training. Education ex More

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matt Schwartz, broadcaster at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, here, directs Tech. Sgt. Jenny Sanchez and Tech. Sgt. Kasimu Greenidge while filming a training video on enlisted More

U.S. Air National Guard graduates and staff of the Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center, led by U. S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard A. "Andy" Kaiser, command chief for Air Mobi More

U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Sean Smedley, from Wisconsin, graduates Air Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy as a Distinguished Graduate here May 23, 2013, at the Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional More

Building 401, named Wingman Hall, at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here was constructed more than a decade ago, but it went without an official name until June 2013.

Retired Col. Edmund C. Morrisey, first commander at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, 1968 – 1983, commemorates the TEC’s 45th anniversary in front of former faculty and staff, their families and cu More

U.S. Air National Guard Col. Timothy J. Cathcart, commander, I.G. Brown Training and Education Center reflects on the organization’s accomplishments and points out its future at a commemoration in front of form More

John Hawk is the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center’s creator of Advanced Distributive Learning products for the Air National Guard. He sorts though loads of data, ideas, requirements and graphics to stru More

Master Sgt. Bill Conner, a public affairs training manager at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, speaks with Air National Guard public affairs personnel here July 12, 2013, about the Air Force Public More

Pauleen Le, a reporter with WKBT News 8, La Crosse, Wis., and camera operator Rob Born, interview Frank Devine, Task Force Leader, Wisconsin Task Force 1, Wisconsin Emergency Management, here at the Volk Field More

Major Nikki Conlin, a flight nurse assigned to the 959th Medical Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, discusses the capabilities of a Patient Isolation Unit, or PIU, with National Guard leadership, More

Tammie Smeltzer, sexual assault prevention and response coordinator from the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, speaks with members of the 134th Air Refueling Wing here and with area sexual assault progr More

Students attending the Noncommissioned Officer Academy Class 13-7 participate in group human performance physical training at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here, July 24, 2013. (U.S. Air National More

Air National Guard broadcasters from across the nation sharpen their news story skills, Aug. 9, 2013, during the Smoky Short Course at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center. The five-day course included More

Tech. Sgt. Lakisha Croley, Air Force photographer, 1st Combat Camera Squadron at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina, photographs bugler Tech. Sgt. Cheryl A. Przytula from the 139th Logistics Readiness Squa More

Cpl.l Stoyko V. Stoykov with the Bulgarian air force salutes with U.S. Air Force members and classmates here Aug. 15, 2013, during a reveille ceremony at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center. Stoykov gr More

Maj. Gen. Terry M. “Max” Haston, Adjutant General for the state of Tennessee, speaks to 336 students graduating from the Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) Class 13-7 and Airmen Leadership School (ALS) Clas More

Army Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau (above, on screen), listens to a question from Senior Master Sgt. Kimberly Bowers Sept. 3, 2013, at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center. Gr More

Federal workers and U.S. service members in the Smoky Mountain Region gather downtown here Sept. 10, 2013, to help kick off the region's Combined Federal Campaign for 2013. The CFC's greater annual efforts, nat More

Walter Barnes, TV broadcast technician for TEC TV, connects a live HD broadcast from the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here to the National Guard’s LaVern E. Weber Professional Education Center in Li More

Col. Timothy Cathcart, commander of the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center (TEC), hands the guidon to Chief Master Sgt. Thomas K. Stoudt, who takes over as the 13th commandant of the Paul H. Lankford Enli More

The 31st Annual Veterans Day Luncheon recognizes I.G. Brown Training and Education Center honorees by the East Tennessee Military Affairs Council here Nov. 11, 2013. An April 2014 report by ETMAC outlines the n More

Tech. Sgt. Drew Carson sits with C-Flight of the U.S. Air Force’s Noncommissioned Officer Academy 14-1, here, Nov. 12, 2013, at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, while he observes and evaluates anot More

Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, director of the Air National Guard, visits with members of the I. G. brown Training and Education Center here, Dec. 19, 2013, to gain a better understanding of their missions. Th More

From left, Master Sgt. Jennifer Ausmus with the 183rd Medical Group, Illinois Air National Guard, Senior Airman Dawn Decker-Sola, Tech. Sgt. Jacob Nugent and Senior Airman Meagan Chasse with the 128th Air Refue More

U.S. Air Force Col. Kenneth Lozano, TEC commander, as well as staff and faculty, welcomed the Vice Commander of the Air National Guard Readiness Center, Col. Barbra Buls, as well as Public Affairs Deputy Direct More

Guest speaker, Charlotte Hu, public web chief for the Air Force Public Affairs Agency in San Antonio, speaks with 18 airmen in the Public Affairs Managers Seminar here Feb. 10 at the I.G. Brown Training and Edu More

A Professional Continuing Education broadcast team at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center in Louisville, Tenn., hold an informal, post-broadcast discussion July 13, 2017, inside the TEC TV studios cont More

Early tree blossoms bring a promise of spring at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Centers campus here March 11, 2014. Spring's official first day is Thursday, March 20. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Ma More

This color rendering shows the projected, nearly 47,000 square foot, dormitory and classroom facility at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center. (Illustration courtesy 134th Civil Engineer Squadron/Released)

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody speaks with U.S. Air Force Airman Leadership School and Noncommissioned Officer Academy graduates here April 3, 2014, at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Ce More

Angela Simmons, interpreter, Knoxville Center for the Deaf, signs to hearing-impaired/deaf attendees while Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody speaks with U.S. Air Force Airman Leadership School an More

Senior Master Sgt. Alex McCullough, senior enlisted adviser and first sergeant, Headquarters U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command, listens as Marine Corps Col. Kathy J. Maloney, commander, USMEPCOM, welcom More

Nicole D. Wicker, center, prevention coordinator for Blount County Children's Advocacy Center, facilitates the Stewards of Children, Adult Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program here, April 30, 2014 at the I.G. More

The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center Commander, Col. Tim Cathcart, left, and incoming commander, Col. Jessica Meyeraan, render their salutes during a ceremony memorializing the TEC's Academy of Military More

Col. Jessica Meyeraan, right, accepts the guidon of the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center from the Air National Guard Readiness Center's commander, Brig. Gen. R. Scott Williams, during a change-of-comman More

The Air National Guard's foremost 572nd Air Force Band, or "Band of the South" - its 41 musicians - perform their final practice session at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center's Wilson Hall here May 28 More

Seventeen students and their two instructors take a moment for a class photo Oct. 27, 2017, outside McKinley Hall before graduation from the Instructor Certification Program at the I.G. Brown Training and Educa More

Civil Air Patrol members participate in training at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center June 3, 2014. (U.S Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Paul Mann/Released)

Air National Guard Airmen from across the nation take a water break here June 17, 2014, with the late morning heat index rising on the parade ground of the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center. The Airmen a More