Lt. Gen. Raymond visits Patrick

Lt. Gen. John Raymond, U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) commander, coins, right, Staff Sgt. Jessica Brock, Air Force Space Command Base Honor Guard Member of the Year, while Brig. Gen. Nina Armagno, 45th Space Wing commander, left, and Master Sgt. Jason Charlemagne, AFSPC Base Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year, look on. During Raymond’s one-day visit to Patrick, he visited several units and interacted with Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens) (Released)

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Lt. Gen. Raymond visits Patrick

Lt. Gen. John Raymond, U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) commander, listens as Jay Summers, 45th Operations Group Detachment 3 communications specialist, gives him a tour of the Department of Defense Human Space Flight Support Operations Center, June 24, 2015, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The SOC is where Detachment 3 conducts command, control, and communications during DOD support to U.S. Human Space Flight Missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens) (Released)

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Lt. Gen. Raymond visits Patrick

Tech. Sgt. Tamara Acfalle, 45th Force Support Squadron Airman Leadership School instructor, explains what makes the Patrick AFB ALS different from others across the Air Force to Lt. Gen. John Raymond, U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) commander, while Staff Sgt. Kevin Green, also a 45th FSS ALS instructor, right, holds one of the iPads used for the class. Patrick ALS innovated idea to use iPads exclusively for class content and communication and are the only ones to use them Air Force wide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens)(Released)

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Lt. Gen. Raymond visits Patrick

Lt. Gen. John Raymond, U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) commander, speaks to a crowd at the Patrick Air Force Base Honor Guard Demonstration at Patrick AFB, Fla., June 24, 2015. During Raymond’s one-day visit here, he visited several units, learned more about the 45th Space Wing’s Year of Connection, and interacted with Airmen from the wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens) (Released)

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Lt. Gen. John Raymond, U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) commander, congratulates and coins Tech. Sgt. Tamara Acfalle, 45th Force Support Squadron Airman Leadership School instructor, on being selected at the Non-commissioned Officer of the Year, June 24, 2015, at the Professional Development Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. During Raymond’s one-day visit here, he visited several units, learned more about the 45th Space Wing’s Year of Connection, and interacted with Airmen from the wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens) (Released)

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Lt. Gen. Raymond visits Patrick

Published June 26, 2015
By 45th Space Wing
Public Affairs

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Lt. Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) commander, visited Patrick AFB June 24, 2015.

While at Patrick, Raymond visited several units across the wing and met with several Airmen. Additionally, he coined a few Air Force Space Command Airmen for their accomplishments at the 45th Space Wing.

Raymond toured the Department of Defense Human Space Flight Support Operations Center, the Base Honor Guard facility, and the Professional Development Center.