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Jeffrey Johnson, Air Force Security Assistance Training Squadron international student training scheduler, dances with gourd ceremony honorees Chief Master Sgt. Jason Dahlquist, 12th Flying Training Wing command chief master sergeant, Rick Jellison, AFSAT executive director, and Edward Blauvelt, AFSAT manpower operations program manager, during the sixth annual Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Gourd Dance Exhibition and Flag Ceremony Sept. 27, 2019. Paying tribute to their American Indian ancestry and to the past and present contributions of tens of thousands of American Indians to their country, the veterans performed an abbreviated version of the centuries-old gourd dance, a solemn dance that began with the Kiowa tribe and featured special rattles held by the dancers that were originally made from rawhide or a gourd.
190927-F-WG850-0208.JPG Photo By: Tech. Sgt. Ave I. Young

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Jeffrey Johnson, Air Force Security Assistance Training Squadron international student training scheduler, dances with gourd ceremony honorees Chief Master Sgt. Jason Dahlquist, 12th Flying Training Wing command chief master sergeant, Rick Jellison, AFSAT executive director, and Edward Blauvelt, AFSAT manpower operations program manager, during the sixth annual Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Gourd Dance Exhibition and Flag Ceremony Sept. 27, 2019. Paying tribute to their American Indian ancestry and to the past and present contributions of tens of thousands of American Indians to their country, the veterans performed an abbreviated version of the centuries-old gourd dance, a solemn dance that began with the Kiowa tribe and featured special rattles held by the dancers that were originally made from rawhide or a gourd. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ave I. Young)


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