445th SFS brothers share career as reservists

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  • By Stacy Vaughn
  • 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  Two brothers assigned to the 445th Security Forces Squadron have a unique experience to share that most siblings do not have--they shared a deployment together.

Senior Airmen Kevin and Brian Horn were both assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, in 2009, overlapping each other during the six-month deployment.

"This was our very first deployment and it was nice that we could share it, even for the short time we were together over there. I was in Iraq January to August (2009) and Brian came in July. We overlapped by a month with Brian staying until January of this year," Kevin said.

The short time the two were in Iraq, they were able to spend some time together.

"I was happy to see my brother when he got there. During the month we were together we coordinated a way to have the same days off. I was working nights and he was working days," Kevin said.

Both brothers agreed that they learned a lot about their career field from this deployment.

"I feel it was a good deployment. It gave me an idea of what we do over there because I honestly didn't know what we did over there until I deployed. When I first came into the military and went through training, I was trained on law enforcement and security as far as on a base but when you're at a deployed location, it's different," Brian said.

Although Brian is the older brother, Kevin is the one who joined the military first. He's been in the military three years and Brian two years.

"I went to see Kevin graduate from basic training and it made me want to join, especially after seeing him in formation -it seemed cool," Brian said.

In their spare time, both brothers enjoy riding motorcycles on the open road. Brian is currently enrolled at The Ohio State University, majoring in aeronautical engineering. Kevin was recently on orders with the 18th Security Forces Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, and currently working on getting orders to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Security Forces is the career field both brothers wanted to make a living in. Being near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, the 445th Airlift Wing is where the brothers decided to call home and begin their new career.

"Being assigned to the 445th Security Forces Squadron has been a great experience so far. We're both happy here right now. Who knows what's in store for us in the near future," Kevin said.