While standing on the wing of a C-5 Galaxy, Air Force Reserve Staff Sgt. Jennifer L. Dellis of the 512th Maintenance Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., explains the isochronal inspection process Sept. 8, 2012, to Joan A. Causey and and Gene Pulket during the 512th Airlift Wing's annual Employer Appreciation Day. Causey is the deputy assistant secretary for financial operations at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller at the Pentagon. Pulket is with Delaware's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Matt Proietti)
Senior Airman Ellis Robinson, an Air Force Reserve finance technician with the 512th Airlift Wing, endures an attack by military work dog Renzo Sept. 8, 2012, as part of a demonstration during the 512th Airlift Wing's annual Employer Appreciation Day. Watching is dog handler Senior Airman Tatiana Carbocci of the 436th Security Forces Squadron. Robinson, a finance technician, welcomed his civilian supervisor, Scott Vietz, from Handy Tube in Camden, Del. to the event, which drew 23 employers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Matt Proietti)
Gene Pulket (left) of Delaware's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program talks with pilot Maj. Henry Lasher Sept. 8, 2012, during a flight on a C-17 Globemaster III as part of the 512th Airlift Wing's annual Employer Appreciation Day. Pulket and three other ESGR represenatives attended the event, as did 23 employers or supervisors of Dover Air Force Base, Del, reservists. ESGR is a Department of Defense agency with a mission to promote a culture in which employers support and value the military service of their employees by advocating relevant intitiatives, recognizing outstanding employer support, increasing awareness of the law and resolving conflicts through mediation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erika C. Brooke)
Johna-Lee Ingraham of Delaware's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program takes a picture from a flight deck window of a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 8, 2012, on a flight that was part of the 512th Airlift Wing's annual Employer Appreciation Day. Ingraham and three other ESGR represenatives attended the event, as did 23 employers or supervisors of Dover Air Force Base, Del, reservists. ESGR is a Department of Defense agency with a mission to promote a culture in which employers support and value the military service of their employees by advocating relevant intitiatives, recognizing outstanding employer support, increasing awareness of the law and resolving conflicts through mediation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erika C. Brooke)
Reservists and their civilian employers mingle in the cargo area of a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 8, 2012, during a a flight as part of the 512th Airlift Wing's annual Employer Appreciation Day at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The photo was taken through a window at the rear of the flight deck that allows crew members to view rear interior space of the airplane without having to go all of the way down to it. More than 30 people participated in the employer event, which also included a visit to a C-5 isochronal inspection hangar and a military working dog demonstration by the 436th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erika C. Brooke)
9/11/2012 - DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- The 512th Airlift Wing hosted its annual Employer Appreciation Day Saturday to recognize the support provided by those who hire Air Force reservists.
The unit welcomed 23 employers and four representatives from Delaware's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program to the base.
After hearing from Commander Col. Raymond A. Kozak about the wing mission, the guests toured Dover's C-5 Galaxy isochronal inspection hangar and visited the base's military working dog facility before taking a flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III.
ESGR is a Department of Defense agency with a mission to promote a culture in which employers support and value the military service of their employees by advocating relevant initiatives, recognizing outstanding employer support, increasing awareness of the law and resolving conflicts through mediation.
ESGR representatives will return to the base Wednesday to learn more about the mission of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operation and tour a C-17 on the flight line before having a banquet dinner at The Landings club.
