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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - Three airmen painted their
interpretation of unity, respect, trust, strength and the will to
protect on a wall leaving a visual legacy for those who follow in
their footsteps to see here on Camp Cunningham Aug. 30, 2013.
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Senior Airman Brittney Snyder, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing
personnel support, Senior Airman Alyona Blizard, 455th Expeditionary
Communications Squadron communications focal point technician and
Airman 1st Class Eli Hixson, 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port
Squadron air transportation passenger service agent, painted their
interpretation of unity, respect, trust, strength and the will to
protect on a wall leaving a visual legacy for those who follow in
their footsteps to see here on Camp Cunningham Aug. 30, 2013. (U.S.
Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rob Hazelett)
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By the time the painting was done, the airmen had spent
more than 25 hours of their spare time on the mural that
took more than three days to complete.
Senior Airman
Brittney Snyder, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing personnel
support, said the painting depicted the strength between the
U.S. and Afghanistan.
“We are showing the unity of two cultures coming
together,” said Snyder, deployed from Joint Base
Langley-Eustis, Va., and a three-year Air Force veteran
proudly hailing from Ocean Springs, Miss. “Although we are
from different countries we are building relationships to
protect the innocent.”
Airman 1st Class Eli Hixson,
455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron air transportation
passenger service agent, assisted during the painting and
said painting the walls stood for something and it meant a
lot to the airmen.
“This mural was intended to
signify growing efforts to help the Afghan military and
government obtain the necessary fundamentals to begin their
process in bringing not only their own country together, but
to bring the U.S. and Afghanistan nations together,” said
Hixson, deployed from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., and is a
native of Laramie, Wyo. “It is also a symbol of what our
fallen Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines have sacrificed
and fought for in hopes that with our efforts, another
nation can learn and become one with itself.”
Senior
Airman Alyona Blizard, 455th Expeditionary Communications
Squadron communications focal point technician, who is
deployed from Joint Base Langley-Eustis AFB, Va., and a
native from Beckley, W.Va., assisted painting the mural.
By U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rob Hazelett
Provided
through DVIDS
Copyright 2013
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