Staff Sgt. Cynthia Valle, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron warehouse operations supervisor, creates quick and easy salsa during Hispanic Heritage Month at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Sept. 1, 2021. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
I joined the Air Force for the uniform but stayed for the mission. Yes, I’ll admit that I answered my nation’s call not because I fancied myself a warrior but because I thought it’d be cool. One Zeydie (Yiddish for grandfather) taught physics in the Air Force in World War II, the other served in the Navy. My Uncle Chuck served in the Air National Guard and then as a peace officer in Point Lobos National Park and my granduncle Lt. Barney...
