For Women's History month Pamela Dorsey, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response coordinator, shares a story of the hardships she faced in the military. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Madeline Baisey)
Until the age of 11, Airman 1st Class Salat Ali awoke each day believing he wouldn’t live to be 18.
His family had fled the civil war in Somalia in the 1990s, and he was born and raised in a Kenyan refugee camp, along with another 250,000 people–all clinging to the hope that they would be resettled into another country soon.
Master Sgt. Keith Green, 375th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal unit flight chief, comes from a long line of service members. His great-uncle, Marlon Dewitt Green, is most famously known for breaking the airline industry color barrier—and his journey started in the Air Force.
“He faced a lot of discrimination,” Green noted. “He wanted to be on the front line of everything, but he wasn’t really allowed to.”
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- The Air Force Sergeant’s Association and members of Team Scott partnered for the 13th annual POW/MIA Day wreath laying ceremony and vigil run, Sept. 15-16.
