Volunteer Airmen support CFD Published Aug. 1, 2013 By Airman 1st Class Jason Wiese Airman 1st Class Jason Wiese F.E. WARREN AFB, Wyo. -- Each year, Airmen of the 90th Missile Wing volunteer in Cheyenne's biggest event all year, Cheyenne Frontier Days, an outdoor rodeo that attracts visitors from all over the world and who increase Cheyenne's population significantly for 10 days. One Airman in particular, Senior Airman Anthony Eschete, 90th Maintenance Operations Squadron Mechanical and Pneudraulic Shop, used his skills as a scheduler volunteered approximately 120 hours of his time to coordinate volunteer efforts from the 90th Maintenance Group. Eschete, the 90th MXG Booster Club president, scheduled Airmen to approximately 1,000 volunteer slots during the course of CFD. Airmen from the 90th MXG worked three shifts each day from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m., Eschete said. Maintenance group volunteers performed three different tasks, cleaning up after the rodeo, selling beverages during the night concerts and cleaning up after concerts, he said. During CFD, Eschete volunteered every day for 12 hours. "One of the things I enjoy about volunteering is getting out there and seeing my fellow Airmen in a different environment than what we see day-to-day, having a little more fun and not being serious all the time," he said. "Yes, the clean-up was dirty work, but I never saw anyone complain, never saw anyone gripe and they stayed until the end and did a good job." What CFD brings to the base and what the base brings to CFD benefit both, Eschete said. Airmen are able to raise money for their respective units, and CFD gets volunteers they need to run the event. In fact, about half of all CFD volunteers are Airmen. However, it was not only the 90th MXG Airmen who volunteered. Airmen from across the base donated their time and energy to CFD. Eschete said he saw volunteers from the First Sergeants Group, the Lead 5/6, the 90th Force Support Squadron, the 90th Security Forces Group, the base softball team and more -- basically from everywhere on base, Eschete said. Money raised while volunteering for CFD goes toward funding morale events, he said. Staff Sgt. Joel Moses, 90th MOS missile maintenance technician trainer, also volunteered during CFD. "It's always a fun time; Frontier Days is always one of those things you dread but look forward to," he said. "You get to meet new people from all over the word. You get to make money for your unit. It's a lot of hard work, but it's a trade-off -- it pays us back in the end."