Etchberger Hall

ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, MINOT AIR FORCE BASE HELD THE NAMING CEREMONY FOR ONE OF ITS NEW DORMITORIES. FORMERLY KNOWN SIMPLY AS DORM 221, IT’S NOW ETCHBERGER HALL, AFTER CHIEF RICHARD ETCHBERGER, WHO DIED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, BUT WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS.
SOUNDBITE: CORY ETCHBERGER
IT’S AN ENDURING LEGACY ON MY FATHER THAT WILL HELP THE AIRMEN LIVING HERE IN THE FUTURE HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN HIS SOTRY OF HOW HE HELPED OTHERS. NOT JUST AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, BUT THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. IT MEANS THAT AIRMEN OF TODAY AND THE FUTURE CAN SEE WHAT INTEGRITY FIRST, SERVICE BEFORE SELF, AND EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO REALLY MEANS.”
THE CEREMONY WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT OF THE AIR FORCE, JAMES A. CODY. WHO ALSO SPOKE T CHIEF ETCHBERGER’S LEGACY
SOUNDBITE: CMSAF JAMES A. CODY
WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE CHIEF ETCHBERGER’S SACRIFICES AND SERVICE; WITH EVERY SENIOR NCO ACADEMY AND CLASS GRADUATION WE END UP LISTING AWARDS, AND WHAT A GREAT, INSPIRING MONUMENT TO HIS LEGACY AND TO THESE GREAT AIRMEN.
AN IMAGE OF CHIEF ETCHBERGER ALONG WITH HIS MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION, AND PLAQUE ARE DISPLAYED AD TH MAIN ENTRANCE FROM MINOT AIR FORCE BASE I’M A1C IZABELLA WORKMAN.