WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news:

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First US Airman graduates from Jungle Operations Training Course - Panama

CRISTOBAL COLON, Panama (AFNS) - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Duchaine Paul, assigned to the 824th Base Defense Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, earned the jungle tab from the Jungle Operations Training Course - Panama class 26-5, May 15, and has become the first Airman to graduate from the JOTC-P.