The Great American Clean Up

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Vargas, 27th Special Operations Communication’s Squadron, cyber security technician, cleans up litter at the annual Great American Clean Up in Clovis N.M., April 6, 2013. More than 150 volunteers from Cannon Air Force Base joined with volunteers from the community to clean up the streets of Clovis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom)

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The Great American Clean Up

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Dylan Updegrave, 27th Special Operations Communication’s Squadron, cyber security technician, picks up litter at the annual Great American Clean Up in Clovis N.M., April 6, 2013. More than 150 volunteers from Cannon Air Force Base joined with volunteers from the community to clean up the streets of Clovis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom)

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The Great American Clean Up

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christina Burklow, 27th Special Operations Communication’s Squadron, cyber security technician, picks up litter at the annual Great American Clean Up in Clovis N.M., April 6, 2013. More than 150 volunteers from Cannon Air Force Base joined with volunteers from the community to clean up the streets of Clovis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom)

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The Great American Clean Up

A U.S. Air Force Airman picks up litter at the annual Great American Clean Up in Clovis N.M., April 6, 2013. More than 150 volunteers from Cannon Air Force Base joined with volunteers from the community to clean up the streets of Clovis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom)

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The Great American Clean Up

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christina Burklow, 27th Special Operations Communication’s Squadron, cyber security technician, picks up litter at the annual Great American Clean Up in Clovis N.M., April 6, 2013. More than 150 volunteers from Cannon Air Force Base joined with volunteers from the community to clean up the streets of Clovis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom)

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The Great American Clean Up

Published April 8, 2013
By Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom
27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Flocks of volunteers wearing bright yellow t-shirts and carrying trash bags took to the streets for the annual Great American Clean Up in Clovis, N.M., April 6.

Teams spread across the city to gather as much trash as they could from eight in the morning until noon.

More than 150 Air Commandos from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., volunteered to pick up litter alongside volunteers from the community. The 27th Special Operations Wing/Staff Agencies managed to gather the most trash, collecting a total of 228 bags. This is the most that any group has ever collected.

"It's great that we see military members out here picking up trash with us," said Claire Burroughes, assistant city manager, "It shows they care just as much about the community as we do."

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