Long before he was a Master Sergeant, Laron Collins’ first trip to San Antonio was 18 years ago. After enlisting in the Air Force, his career began the same way as every other Airman, with basic military training at San Antonio’s Lackland Air Force Base.
Every enlisted personnel in the active Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve has gone through the same drills and stayed in the same bunks in San Antonio.
Collins’ time at Lackland in 1999 included a visit from a Spurs Sports & Entertainment representative to show the airmen just how thankful the organization was for their service.