Story by Senior Airman Kurstyn Canida | 81st Training Wing | 11.20.2025
As National Marrow Awareness Month comes to a close, Keesler Airmen are highlighting the Department of Defense’s Salute to Life program, a donor registry that connects service members with patients in need of lifesaving bone marrow and stem cell transplants....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Frank | 142nd Wing | 03.21.2025
Lt. Col. Kari Armstrong, a former F-15E Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) and current commander of the 142nd Maintenance Squadron, never expected that a casual conversation over 10 years ago would lead her to save a life....
Story by Sharon Holland | Uniformed Services University | 07.11.2024
Army 2nd Lt. Jillian Walsh, a medical student at the Uniformed Services University's School of Medicine, recently donated bone marrow through the DoD's Salute to Life program to help save the life of a woman with myelodysplastic syndrome....
Story by Airman 1st Class Natalie Doan | 374th Airlift Wing | 08.03.2023
Being identified as a biological match for a bone marrow donation is rare, and I'm immensely grateful that I could be that rare match to save someone's life....
Story by Glenn Robertson | 90th Missile Wing | 03.14.2022
Staff Sgt. James Steven Bryant recently went through a number of significant life events, including saving a veteran's life and being chosen for a prestigious medical program....
Story by Senior Airman Cassidy Woody | 33rd Fighter Wing | 07.18.2019
Many Americans choose to donate blood, platelets, and more all around the country every day. One Nomad decided to go above and beyond to help a total stranger. Maj. Matt Tucker, 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A pilot, recently received a call that changed his life and the life of a man he had never met. Tucker had shown up as a 9/10 bone marrow match through a registry he had tested for many years ago....
Story by Senior Airman Cassandra Johnson | 2nd Bomb Wing | 05.01.2019
The chance to save a life isn’t an everyday occurrence, but through a program called Salute to Life, Department of Defense members and dependents can volunteer to potentially be a part of that opportunity. Using the program, an Airman from Barksdale matched with a patient diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and donated stem cells in an effort to save her life....
Story by Airman 1st Class Alexa Culbert | Air University Public Affairs | 03.29.2017
With an upcoming permanent change of station, Maj. Mathew Carter, a Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development instructor at Air University, had hundreds of reasons to say no when he was asked to travel to Washington, D.C., to donate bone marrow to a complete stranger. Instead, he decided this opportunity was too important to loose....
