UCM Veterans Services
Christie Eckfeld (second from left), wife of 442nd Fighter Wing vice commander, Col. Gregory Eckfeld, along with Dr. Charles Ambrose (center), University of Central Missouri president, participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the UCM Veterans Services Center, Dec. 6, 2011. The center is designed to help servicemembers and dependents more easily pursue a college degree. Also pictured: Col. Alan Teauseau (left), 442nd Mission Support Group commander, and Delilah Nichols, UCM Veterans Services. The 442nd Fighter Wing is an A-10 Thunderbolt II Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lauren Padden)