Thule Air Force Base in Greenland is about as remote an assignment as one can get in the U.S. Air Force. So when a visit from distinguished visitors turns into connections to home it is a welcome occurrence.
For 1st Lt. Kathryn Stuard, 821st Support Squadron civil engineer flight commander and Maj. David Troxell, 821st Support Squadron commander, a visit from a group of senators turned into a homecoming of sorts as well as a surprise for family back home.
The story unfolds like this: A delegation of senators including Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, John Barrasso, R-WY and their spouses visited the base in late September. As part of their tour the group was briefed on runway and construction techniques used in the Arctic. Stuard conducted that brief.
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