Licking their wounds: Trained dogs assist, comfort wounded Airmen
Air Force photograph by Sean KimmonsStaff Sgt. Ryan Garrison embraces his service dog Luke at their home in Glen Burnie, Md., March 29,...
From one Airman to another, ask for help and never give...
The old saying goes, "A picture is worth a thousand words. Since 2004, Tech. Sgt. Courtney Richardson has been telling the Air Force story...
Retired Airman’s resilience sets leading example
Air Force photograph by Senior Airman Alyssa D. Van HookRetired Senior Airman Karah Behrend, a member of the Air Force Wounded Warriors Program,...
A commander’s story of survival
Air Force photograph by Senior Airman Lane T. PlummerCol. John Boudreaux suffered a critical sudden cardiac arrest in 2016. He was dead for...
Airman seeks to rejoin pararescue team despite loss of leg
In July 2011, Staff Sgt. August O’Neill, a pararescueman, was sent to rescue a group of Marines pinned down in Afghanistan when enemy insurgents...
Life with Lizzy
How a service dog is helping one combat veteran reconnect
The saying goes “all dogs go to heaven,” but for many service dogs, their time...
Deployed wounded warrior completes back-to-back tours
Air Force photograph by Staff Sgt. Katherine SpessaTech. Sgt. Jason Caswell, the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-130 Hercules debrief NCO in charge,...
Perseverance in face adversity
On a cold March night in 1995, a newborn baby girl was left swaddled on a dark and desolate bridge in Huai’an, China.
Now, that...
Resiliency in the midst of the reaper
Born into a military family, U.S. Air Force Capt. Cole Holloway was destined to follow both his mother and father’s footsteps into the U.S....
A first sergeant’s 20-year journey from hardship to success
Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Warren WrightFirst Sgt. Gina Aceves, the senior enlisted leader of Headquarters Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team,...
