This summer will be a big one for the Air National Guard’s primary campus for training and education in East Tennessee. The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center will celebrate its 50th anniversary as an organization with a morning celebration, scheduled for July 20; notwithstanding, there’s an NCO Academy Graduate Association celebration banquet in the works the night prior, on July 19.
The Air National Guard’s I.G. Brown Training and Education Center in East Tennessee celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
In honor of a half-century of learning, this feature series highlights TEC, from its first classes in a World War II-era aircraft hangar to the present day.
Possibly no other period significantly transformed TEC than its third decade. Part Three looks back at 1988 to 1998.
MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – A video news report from the Air Guard’s TEC-TV studios here recently shared one Airman’s story about a quick decision to help a stranger at a roadside accident outside the East Tennessee Smoky Mountains.
Despite the event occurring more than a year ago, Staff Sgt. Thomas Swanson, a public affairs specialist, produced the video while training in March with TEC-TV’s Production Branch and after hearing from others about Tech. Sgt. Jesse E. Ball’s compelling story.
The Air National Guard’s I.G. Brown Training and Education Center was named a winner Friday of nine awards in the 2017 National Guard Bureau Media contest, including awards for videography, graphic design, and writing.
“TEC has talent!” said Col. Kerry Lovely, commander, in a staff-wide email congratulating the awardees.
Awardees will compete in the service-level awards. TEC has received more than two dozen broadcast and video production awards since 1998 from the Department of Defense’s media competitions, not including a significant amount of individual awards earned by former and current staff.
MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – In honor of a half-century of learning, this feature series highlights the Air National Guard’s I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, from its first classes in a World War II-era aircraft hangar to the present day.
How did the Air Guard set its education bar higher from the previous decade? Part Two looks back at 1978 to 1988.
LOUISVILLE, Tenn. – Women assigned to the Air National Guard’s I.G. Brown Training and Education Center took a moment on campus for a photograph March 19 to honor Women’s History Month on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee.
The education center celebrates its 50th anniversary in July, which includes women throughout that history.
LOUISVILLE, Tenn – The Air National Guard’s I.G. Brown Training and Education Center celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
In honor of a half-century of learning, this feature series highlights TEC, from its first classes in a World War II-era aircraft hangar to the present day.
What does it take to put an education center together? Part One looks back at 1968 to 1978.
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