Honorary commanders visit support group Published June 10, 2008 By Staff Sgt. Brian Stives 366th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- The group gasped as they watched the military working dog leap up and bite down on the arm of Barb Fogleman. The dog's handler, Staff Sgt. Rojen Richards, called off his dog as Mrs. Fogleman removed the protective glove encasing her arm and walked out of the training area without a scratch. Today was just a demonstration of the military working dog's capabilities. "They're like a bullet you can call back," Sergeant Richards told the group of visitors outside the K-9 compound. Mrs. Fogleman volunteered to serve as an attack subject to showcase the security forces mission to nearly 20 civic leaders from local cities. "I am terrified of dogs, so this was kind of hard for me to do," said Mrs. Fogleman. "I would have never tried this with a bigger dog." This demonstration was just one part of the 366th Mission Support Group's honorary commander's tour June 6. The wing-level program pairs together civic leaders with squadron group leaders and wing leaders to enhances relationships between local communities and the base. It also provides a rare glimpse of life on a military installation to members of neighboring communities -- many of whom have no connection to the Air Force or prior knowledge of the military. During previous events, these honoraries received up-close looks at the 366th Operations Group, 366th Maintenance Group and the 366th Medical Group. "I never realized how much everyone on base does," said Mrs. Fogleman. "It was incredible to be able to see how everything works." During the afternoon the tour took the honorary commanders to the Wagon Wheel Dining Facility for lunch followed by a communications display at the Theater Deployed Communications and Fixed Communications area. "We wanted to show a cross section of what the MSG does," said Col. Jeffrey Maxwell, 366th MSG commander. Afterward, the group moved to the services squadron's outdoor recreation and youth center followed by briefings from the fire department, civil engineering readiness, Red Horse and explosive ordnance disposal agencies. The honorary commanders then processed through a mobility processing line before proceeding to security forces for a display of vehicles and weapons used by Airmen in the line of duty. The focus of the tour was the deployable sections of MSG and their missions both at home and overseas, said Colonel Maxwell. "This program is a great opportunity for me to learn what happens on base and be able to tell the people I know in the community what great things the men and women are doing on Mountain Home Air Force Base," said Mrs. Fogleman.