Story by Airman 1st Class Alyssa Day | Minot Air Force Base | 07.07.2017
A luscious green meadow sits beside a small highway in Sumter, South Carolina, April 1, 2012, broken only by a single crossroad....
Story by Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons | Air Force Personnel Center | 07.06.2017
“I remember coming home from a combat deployment to Afghanistan in 2010, and I just knew I was bringing back more baggage than I originally left with. There are things you experience that, simply put, change you forever. I have never been the man I once was after experiencing what I did overseas.”...
Story by Staff Sgt. Chip Pons | Air Education and Training Command | 07.03.2017
Since its introduction in 2010, the Warrior Games have given the nation an opportunity to glimpse into the resilient spirits of wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans from all branches of the military....
Story by Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons | Air Force Personnel Center | 07.02.2017
Many are familiar with the adage that you cannot fully understand someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes; for seriously wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans, that sentiment is amplified by tremendous struggles most Americans will never face....
Story by Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons | Air Force Personnel Center | 07.02.2017
“I was sitting at home alone one night and had taken out my pistol; I remember how cool it felt in my hands and knowing I was moments away from taking my life. In that split second, my phone went off with a text from one of my Airmen who said he needed my help getting to work the next morning, and I remember putting down my weapon to be there for him. That next morning, I planned on picking......
Story by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 06.19.2017
LANCASTER, Tenn. (June 19, 2017) – A work crew installed a 249-ton hydropower rotor today at Center Hill Dam, culminating weeks of safety preparations to lift and maneuver the heavy load into position to generate hydroelectricity....
Story by Ilka Cole | 96th Test Wing | 05.02.2017
EOD Airmen attends Air Force Wounded Warrior CARE/Games event at Eglin Air Force Base to prepare for the Department of Defense Warrior Games in June in Chicago....
Story by William Gaddie | 96th Test Wing | 05.02.2017
Tech. Sgts. Benjamin Seekell and Brian Williams’s life-changing experiences led them to become Warriors and helped forge an inseparable bond between them. The friends participated in the Warrior CARE events and team training here Apr. 24 – 28....