Story by Jessica Tackaberry | Department of War Education Activity Europe | 10.03.2024
Susan Harris-Boring, a sixth-grade teacher at Kaiserslautern Middle School, was celebrated as the 2025 DoDEA Teacher of the Year during an event at Kaiserslautern Middle School on Oct. 3, 2024. The event featured remarks from Principal Jason James and Assistant Principal Martina D'Angelo, who highlighted the significant impact educators have on their students. Former student Nathan Jung......
Story by Cpl. Peter Rawlins | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 01.30.2024
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, JAPAN - Every three years the bittersweet ritual of packing your bags unfolds once more, ushering you into yet another cycle of beginnings, each departure marking a fresh chapter in the ongoing saga of reinvention and adaptation. Nicole Colburn, an art teacher at Iwakuni Intermediate School and MC Perry Primary school, experienced these events first hand......
Story by Joseph Siemandel | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 01.19.2024
For most in the National Guard, part-time military service complements a full-time, civilian job. Master Sgt. Ben McNelley is doing the reverse....
Story by Senior Airman Lauren Diaz | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 08.04.2023
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Ahead of the start of the 2023-2024 school year, the 6th Air Refueling Wing hosted an immersion tour for teachers assigned to the base’s General Clarence Tinker K-8 School. The tour aimed to provide Tinker’s teachers with a firsthand understanding of the challenges military children face, and enable them create a more supportive environment for these......
Story by Crystal Farris | Idaho Army National Guard | 07.11.2023
When Staff Sgt. Sarah Pak walked the halls of Canyon Ridge High School as a student in 2013, she never imagined her future career would lead her back 10 years later as an educator of high school students at her old alma mater. “I would have laughed if someone told me I’d be a high school educator one day,” said Pak. “My brother had to convince me to take the job and I’m so glad I......
Story by Pfc. Derick Fennell | I Corps | 05.05.2023
The Seattle Recruiting Battalion hosted a tour for instructors from schools across Washington State and the Idaho panhandle seeking to engage and improve access to geographically remote schools/districts, showing them around Joint Base Lewis-McChord and providing them insight into the many opportunities the Army has to offer....
Story by Staff Sgt. Joseph Morgan | 124th Fighter Wing | 03.10.2023
For Staff Sgt. Beau Little, being a traditional munitions systems specialist with the 124th Munitions Flight is about opportunity....
Story by Staff Sgt. Brianna Passi | 114th Public Affairs Detachment | 12.04.2022
Sgt. 1st Class Crystal Boisvert, a senior facilitator with the Multi-functional Training Company, wins the Instructor of the Year for 195th Regional Training Institute, New Hampshire Army National Guard....
