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  • Pursuit of the American Dream: Airman Rayamajhi’s Story

    Airman 1st Class Benja Rayamajhi, 97th Force Support Squadron career development technician, was raised in a modest household. She cherished the hustle and bustle of life with her family. Yet, beneath the surface of contentment, Rayamajhi nurtured dreams that seemed harder to obtain in her homeland.

  • One Force, Many Origins: A1C Delos Santos develops AF connections

    Nationwide recruitment is the lifeblood of the United States military; it allows members from across the nation to be trained for and assigned to military missions around the world. For some service members, this process is reversed, where they come from countries outside the U.S. and then join the

  • Program helps trainees become citizens

    The wind was picking up and the temperature was colder than expected for a San Antonio morning as the basic military training retreat ceremony began Dec. 8, 2016, at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas. Amid the brush of jackets and the murmurs of the crowd, a lone trainee stood at attention,