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Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station

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Col. Louis Patriquin, Vice Commander, 22nd Air Force, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., speaks to members of the Rising Six during his tour, February 7, 2015, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. The Rising Six is a base organization whose focus is to promote professionalism throughout the squadron and group personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer)

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Lt. Col. Patrick Campbell, 914th Deputy Operations Group Commander, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., briefs Col. Louis Patriquin, Vice Commander, 22nd Air Force, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA. on a newly attained media wall which will improve daily operations by transferring information instantaneously between groups on base. Col. Patriquin visited Niagara February 6-8, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer)

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22 AF Vice tours Niagara

Published Feb. 7, 2015
By Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer
914 AW/PA

NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. -- Col. Louis Patriquin, 22nd Air Force Vice Commander, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., visited the base February 6-8, 2015.

As part of his tour, Col. Patriquin stopped by the 914th Operations Group for a briefing on a newly installed media wall which allows operations to run more efficiently with live updates and instantaneous communications between groups on base.

He also made it a point to visit members of the Rising Six.

The Rising Six is a base organization comprised of enlisted personnel ranking from Airman Basic to Technical Sgt. The purpose of the Rising Six is to strive to promote professionalism throughout the squadron and group personnel.

Col. Patriquin talked to members of the Rising Six about growing and maintaining excellence as the future generation of the Air Force.

"It's really nice to have passionate, innovative people," said Patriquin. "That's a beautiful thing."