TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- From the left: Staff Sgts. Mary Kathleen Olaes and Josephine (Olaes) Tunnell re-enlist in the 349th Air Mobility Wing for another six years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Ellen L. Hatfield)

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Sisters and both staff sergeants, Josephine Tunnell, left, and Mary Kathleen Olaes, right, pose in front of the "Golden Bear" with their father, Chief Master Sgt. Rogelio Olaes, after their re-enlistment ceremony June 6, 2010. Josephine is assigned to the 349th Memorial Affairs Squadron and Mary Kathleen is assigned to the 45th Aerial Port Squadron. The Chief is a career maintainer, and assigned to the 570th Contingency Response Group. Josephine and her husband, Peter, a former Airman, are expecting their first child, a boy, Aug. 1. The chief departed June 7 for a one-year remote tour of duty to Kunsan Air Base, Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Ellen L. Hatfield)

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Olaes family, three in Air Force blue, pose in front of the "Golden Bear" after the re-enlistment ceremony for the two staff sergeants, sisters Mary Kathleen Olaes and Josephine Tunnell. From the left: sibling Cristine, mother Jojina, Josephine, Dad, CMSgt. Rogelio Olaes, Mary Kathleen, and sibling Moca. Moca is seeking to enter active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps rather than crossing into the blue. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Ellen L. Hatfield)

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Travis Team really is all about family

Published June 11, 2010
By Senior Master Sgt. Ellen Hatfield
349th Public Affairs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Olaes family makes the Air Force, and re-enlistment, a family affair.

From the left: Staff Sgts. Mary Kathleen Olaes and Josephine (Olaes) Tunnell re-enlist in the 349th Air Mobility Wing for another six years.

Holding the flag in blue is their dad, Chief Master Sgt. Rogelio Olaes, a career maintainer assigned to the 570th Contingency Response Group, 615th Contingency Response Wing.

Administering the oath of enlistment is Capt. George Carter, known as "Uncle George" to the sisters. The captain is assigned to the 15th AMOS.

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