Media Release: Task Force Warrior Public Affairs Office
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (October 31, 2008)–\”We stand shoulder to shoulder lining Disney Drive all hours of the morning and evening, and this is yet another way for us to honor all our fallen comrades and continue to remember Jonathan,\” said Kapisa and Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Commander, Lt. Col. William D. Andersen, speaking of the 5.7K SrA Yelner Memorial Run held this morning on Disney Drive.
More than 500 runners and walkers, consisting of military service members and civilian personnel at Bagram Air Field, competed as the PRT element assembled for a formation run honoring the life and service of Senior Airman Jonathan \”Jake\” Antonio Vega Yelner, 24, of Lafayette, Calif. Yelner was assigned to the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., serving with the 755th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Air Field. Trained as a weapons loading specialist for B-1 bombers, he had volunteered for the in-lieu-of tasking as a Humvee driver for the Kapisa and Parwan PRT.
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