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Master Sgt. Amanda Armstrong receives help tacking on her master sergeant stripes from her son Esteban, and from Chief Master Sgt. Karen Thomas, during her promotion ceremony Mar. 31. Master Sgt. Armstrong’s husband, who is deployed, watched via Video Teleconference. Chief Thomas is the U.S. Air Forces Europe command services functional manager and Master Sgt. Armstrong is the 17th Air Force NCO in charge of services readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stefanie Torres)