| OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, March 14, 2006 — Gustavo III and his brother Bruno grew up in Atlantic City, N.J. with thoughts of beaches, boardwalks and seaside breezes.
Now, they find themselves both in the Air Force, both stationed stateside at the same base, both in civil engineering and to top it off, both deployed together here supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
The brothers, Senior Master Sgt. Gustavo Egizi and Staff Sgt. Bruno Egizi, with the 40th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Flight attribute their similar choices in life to their upbringing and an older brother’s influence.
“I have always shared my 28-plus years of Air Force experiences with Bruno,” Gustavo said. “In hindsight, I think that had an affect on him joining the Air Force as well as coming into the CE field. Our parents raised us to be close – we are a tight knit family and they are very proud of what we do, although they worry about our safety.”
Gustavo is a Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning supervisor and Bruno is a CE Power Production technician here.
Serving as Air National Guardsmen, they volunteered for their deployments, although, Bruno just left headed back to the 177th Fighter Wing at the Atlantic City International Airport following his deployment rotation.
“We both have a strong sense of pride for our country,” Gustavo said. “On a mission so vital to the war effort, I feel that my years as a military member now have meaning. This deployment was finally my way to contribute to a meaningful mission. As a Guardsman, we do a lot of training, now I can put that training to use helping the people of Afghanistan gain freedom.” |
