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Once a "Dirt boy" always a "Dirt boy."

Lt. Col. Robert Wengerter, the commander of the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, boards a motor grader July 12, 2018, on the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron’s yard, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Wengerter was in charge of the 910th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen who spent annual training in Germany. Wengerter embodied his own rule “Work hard, play hard” by dusting off his old enlisted “Dirt boy” training and hopping in a motor grader to level off a beaten up path on the 52nd CES yard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Noah J. Tancer)

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Once a "Dirt boy" always a "Dirt boy."

Lt. Col. Robert Wengerter, the commander of the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, is given a refresher course on how to operate a motor grader July 12, 2018, on the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron’s yard, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Wengerter was in charge of the 910th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen who spent annual training in Germany. Wengerter embodied his own rule “Work hard, play hard” by dusting off his old enlisted “Dirt boy” training and hopping in a motor grader to level off a beaten up path on the 52nd CES yard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Noah J. Tancer)

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Once a "Dirt boy" always a "Dirt boy."

Lt. Col. Robert Wengerter the commander of the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, tests the controls of a motor grader July 12, 2018, on the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron’s yard, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Wengerter, was in charge of the 910th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen who spent annual training in Germany. Wengerter embodied his own rule “Work hard, play hard” by dusting off his old enlisted “Dirt boy” training and hopping in a motor grader to level off a beaten up path on the 52nd CES yard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Noah J. Tancer)

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Once a "Dirt boy" always a "Dirt boy."

Lt. Col. Robert Wengerter, the commander of the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, drags fill dirt with a motor grader July 12, 2018, on the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron’s yard, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Wengerter was in charge of the 910th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen who spent annual training in Germany. Wengerter embodied his own rule “Work hard, play hard” by dusting off his old enlisted “Dirt boy” training and hopping in a motor grader to level off a beaten up path on the 52nd CES yard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Noah J. Tancer)

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Once a "Dirt boy" always a "Dirt boy."

Lt. Col. Robert Wengerter, the commander of the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, grades dirt with a motor grader July 12, 2018, on the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron’s yard, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Wengerter was in charge of the 910th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen who spent annual training in Germany. Wengerter embodied his own rule “Work hard, play hard” by dusting off his old enlisted “Dirt boy” training and hopping in a motor grader to level off a beaten up path on the 52nd CES yard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Grossi)

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Once a "Dirt boy" always a "Dirt boy."

Lt. Col. Robert Wengerter, the commander of the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, finishes leveling a pathway with a motor grader July 12, 2018, on the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron’s yard, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Wengerter was in charge of the 910th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen who spent annual training in Germany. Wengerter embodied his own rule “Work hard, play hard” by dusting off his old enlisted “Dirt boy” training and hopping in a motor grader to level off a beaten up path on the 52nd CES yard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Noah J. Tancer)

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Once a "dirt boy" always a "dirt boy"

Published Aug. 6, 2018
By Senior Airman Noah J. Tancer
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- Lt. Col. Robert Wengerter, the commander of the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, was in charge of the 910th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen who spent annual training in Germany. Wengerter embodied his own rule “Work hard, play hard” by dusting off his old enlisted “Dirt boy” training and hopping in a motor grader to level off a beaten up path on the 52nd CES yard.