Yokota-based airmen on duty in Ecuador

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Yokota-based airmen on duty in Ecuador
By Bryce S. Dubee, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, May 23, 2008

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Ecuador is not the first country most people would name when thinking about the "Global War on Terrorism."

But two Yokota-based airmen are part of that worldwide mission on Ecuador’s tropical coastline, working with the 478th Expeditionary Operations Squadron/Security Forces Squadron in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of operations.

They are part of the more than 5,000 U.S. troops positioned throughout Central and South America who fight narco-terrorism and the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.

Yokota Master Sgt. Sean Banks and Senior Airman Brandon Abby flew to Forward Operation Location Manta in March for a six-month deployment.

Stars and Stripes interviewed both airmen via e-mail about their experiences on the deployment.


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