‘Warrior of the Week’ awarded to deployed chaplain’s assistant
Staff Sgt. Tomeka Gordon, left, a chaplain’s assistant deployed from Keesler, has been recognized as the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing’s Warrior of the Week. As a religious support team member at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Sergeant Gordon supports the religious diversity of more than 300 hospital staff members and a monthly average of more than 600 patients. She’s supported needs outside of her career field including guarding inpatient enemy patients, aeromedical evacuation, patient care and trauma response. (Air Force photo)