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Air Force Reserve Command

Formation of 7 aircraft with flag on the left — AFRC News

Helping servicemembers

Kim McIntyre-Bott, 512th Airlift Wing Spouses Group member and wife of Maj. Roger Bott of the 326th Airlift Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, was one of eight women who altered 40 shorts as part of the project Sew Much Comfort May 15.

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Sewing for servicemembers

Elizabeth Jones, left, spouse of Lt. Col Kurt Jones, 709th Airlift Squadron, and Tanya Rutland, founder of the 512th Airlift Wing Spouses Group and wife of 512th Airlift Wing Commander Col. Ronald A. Rutland, spent May 15 ripping the seams out of shorts and sewing in Velcro and snaps to make it easier for injured servicemembers to slip on the shorts over medical devices such as braces and fixators. The project is part of Sew Much Comfort, a non-profit organization that provides adapted clothing to seriously injured servicemembers who have fought in the war on terror.

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Serving by sewing

Wendy Schilling, 512th Airlift Wing Spouses Group member and wife of Retired Chief Master Sgt. Jim Schilling, formerly with the 512th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, was one of eight women who altered 40 shorts May 15 as part of the project Sew Much Comfort. The 512th Airlift Wing is a unit of the Air Force Reserve Command.

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USAF — USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

Reserve spouses serve by sewing for injured servicemembers

Published May 17, 2006

USAF — USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)