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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Senior Airman Mitchell Jamison, a 120th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, salutes his father, Lt. Col. James Reeman, 120th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, April 16, 2015, at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Reeman and Jamison, both from Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Wing, are temporarily assigned to Kunsan as part of a rotational theater security package for approximately three months. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katrina Heikkinen)Family ties
                        
                        
                        Senior Airman Mitchell Jamison, a 120th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, salutes his father, Lt. Col. James Reeman, 120th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, April 16, 2015, at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Reeman and Jamison, both from Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Wing, are temporarily assigned to Kunsan as part of a rotational theater security package for approximately three months. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katrina Heikkinen)
                
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        Senior Airman Mitchell Jamison, a 120th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, secures his father, Lt. Col. James Reeman, a 120th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, into his jet April 16, 2015, at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Reeman, Jamison and more than 200 Colorado guardsmen are temporarily assigned to Kunsan to support and train with active-duty Airmen as part of a rotational theater security package. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katrina Heikkinen)Family ties
                        
                        
                        Senior Airman Mitchell Jamison, a 120th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, secures his father, Lt. Col. James Reeman, a 120th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, into his jet April 16, 2015, at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Reeman, Jamison and more than 200 Colorado guardsmen are temporarily assigned to Kunsan to support and train with active-duty Airmen as part of a rotational theater security package. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katrina Heikkinen)
                
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From Colorado to South Korea, 3 generations serving on the peninsulaPublished April 21, 2015
                    
                    By Senior Airman Katrina Heikkinen
                    
                    
                    8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
            **KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AFNS) --**Most Airmen arrive at Kunsan Air Base with the expectation of seeing new faces and forming new relationships at the start of their yearlong unaccompanied tour. But for a father and son of the Colorado Air National Guard, when they stepped onto the Korean Peninsula, they continued a family legacy spanning three generations.
Lt. Col. James Reeman, a 120th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, and his son, Senior Airman Mitchell Jamison, a 120th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, are assigned to Kunsan as part of a rotational theater security package (TSP) for approximately three months.
"For this TSP, we are here to support and train with active-duty Airmen, as part of (Kunsan's) mission to accept follow-on forces," Reeman said. "Our integration with them and with Republic of Korea Air Force airmen provides us unique training opportunities while solidifying relationships with our allies. Deploying to the Asia-Pacific region not only gives us the opportunity to train in a different environment, but also enhances our military combat capabilities."
Following in the steps of Reeman's father, who served 18 months in South Korea as an enlisted Marine in the 1950s, this is not only Reeman and Jamison's first time being deployed together, but it is also the first time both Airmen have been to South Korea.
"Although my father rarely talked about his experience in Korea, I know he saw a lot of combat," Reeman said. "His sense of service played a large role in both of us wanting to serve our country. Since being in Korea, Mitchell and I had a special opportunity to visit the Korean War Memorial in Seoul and to learn about the history my father was a part of."
Just as Reeman admired his father's sense of service, Jamison too was inspired to join the Air Force after spending his childhood around fighter jets.
"My father was a huge influence when I decided to join the Air Force," Jamison said. "Growing up in the unit as a kid, it was a thrill watching him take off and even hearing the jets start and seeing them fly. It really drove the gears and inspired me to join."
With over 22 years of experience flying fighter jets in the Colorado ANG, when Reeman isn't deployed or conducting sorties on drill weekend, he wears a different uniform. 
"Many of the guardsmen in my unit, including myself, have been commercial airline pilots for almost 20 years," Reeman said. "Deploying is always a little bit of a juggling act - with an employer and our families - because they're not used to us being away from home. But I have a commitment to the Air Force and working alongside Airmen at Kunsan has been a reminder of why I continue to serve."
Jamison, a full-time college student, was more than eager to deploy to Kunsan to further his training and to work alongside his father. As a crew chief, Jamison is the first and last person to inspect an F-16 before takeoff.
"I'm learning more and improving in just two months of being here - from both my leadership and from active-duty Airmen," Jamison said. "Plus, a few times a week I've had the chance to be assigned to my father's jet and send him off before a sortie."
For the next few months, the Colorado ANG will continue to integrate operations and missions with the 8th Fighter Wing, as well as South Korea’s 38th Fighter Group.
"Kunsan is a base in the F-16 world that many fighter pilots come to," Reeman said. "As an older guardsman, to get a taste of Kunsan is a huge privilege, but to be here with my son - on the flightline, at the gym, at church - has been a very special experience."PACAF 



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