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  • Airman overcomes years of abuse, uses trauma to help others

    The moment is surreal – a nightmare manifested. The weary mother and daughter step through the door into a modest apartment. A cloud of dust particles moves sleepily at their entry. The hot desert air trespasses further with each hollow step, disrupting the stagnant air in the small space. This is

  • A survivor’s story: colon cancer

    The taste of metal filled his mouth as an icy current numbed his fingers and toes. The chemotherapy machine hummed sharply beside the bed, draining the medicine into his blood stream to attack the sickness manifesting in his body. It was March 10, 2018, when Christopher Hicks was diagnosed with

  • First sergeant overcomes pain for Justice

    She opened the door to her office with a broad grin from ear to ear. The braids in her bright blonde hair caught the light, the diamond stamped beneath her rooftop stripes stood prominent on each arm, completing her sharp sage appearance. Framed certificates line the wall and a wooden rack filled

  • An Airman’s Pearl Harbor survival story

    Sitting at the Hickam Field, Hawaii, switchboard while covering a work shift for a friend, he heard machine gun fire from outside. His first thought was  of his mother telling him not to join the service. It was too late now.Covering this shift for his fellow Airman would alter Private Mike