Stepping up
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Brenda Kvittem, Regional Contracting Center – Balad, is notified of her stripes for exceptional performance promotion to master sergeant by Brig. Gen. Burt Field, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Commander, here, Jan. 3. Master Sgt. Leslie Westcott, also from the RCC-Balad joins the general in tacking on the new stripes. Sergeant Kvittem’s STEP promotion to Master Sgt. was effective Jan. 2. Sergeant Kvittem is deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)