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315th Airlift Wing

Staff Sgt. Charles Shipman, 315th Security Forces Squadron, is currently assigned to 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Sergeant Shipman positions razor wire on a dirt berm outside the base gate. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)

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315th Security Forces at work

Published June 23, 2009
By Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens
92 Air Reserve Wing Public Affairs

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Charles Shipman, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron physical security, re-positions razor wire on a dirt berm outside the entry control point (ECP) near a base gate June 12. The security measures along the approach to the ECP were redesigned to enhance base security and further facilitate safe access control of vehicles and pedestrians. The higher berm will enhance the defense-in-depth, better protecting Coalition Forces that use the ECP. Sergeant Shipman, a Savannah, Ga., native, is deployed from the 315th Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)