The Seagull

Welcome to the May 2025 edition of the Seagull – THE place to stay up to date on everything you need to know about the 102nd Intelligence Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base – right here from beautiful Cape Cod Massachusetts. In this week's episode, we’ll take a quick look at a few of the notable stories that hit the wing’s social media over the past month. We welcome back our ‘Five Questions’ segment with a quick interview with the Inspector General’s Office. We get a little history for the month of May, and of course, the monthly Command Message.

In this month's Seagull we hear from wing Command Chief, CMSgt Christopher Hirl, about focusing on personal and professional development, caring for others and reflecting on a 38 year career. We learn a little bit about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., get a few of the latest stories from the wing and even a clip from our most recent Chevrons podcast!

In this episode of the Seagull we hear from Col Brian McCaffrey about combat wings, we learn about innovation efforts in our wing, we get the latest on the new Warrant Officer program and we get a clip from the latest episode of Chevrons regarding holiday resilience.

In this episode of the Seagull, we get a summary of the CSAF's brief on re-optimization for the Great Power Competition and we get a preview of our last two Chevrons episodes!

In this month's Seagull, 102 IW Commander, Colonel Wendy Armijo presents the wing's monthly command message, we hear from personnel from the 102nd Medical Group as they prepare to compete at the USAF's annual Medic Rodeo. We hear from the 101st Intelligence Squadron as they take on an open ranks inspection in honor of the 100th anniversary of their legendary unit emblem, the seagull. All that and more on this episode!