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  • Commentary: Overcoming abuse

    I joined the US Air Force when I was 38 years old. My life's purpose aligned with their basic principles of honesty, quality, and service before self, which made joining the military a great professional choice. For ten years I was a stay-at-home mother; prior to that, I worked as an interpreter, an

  • How to train a communicator: Life at 336th TRS Det 2

    The Air Force students attending technical training at DINFOS on Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland, fall under Detachment 2 of the 336th Training Squadron, a geographically separated unit of Keesler’s 81st Training Group. The detachment is responsible for the development and administration of Air Force

  • Behind the lens: The whole picture

    When photography was first invented, it was used solely to document. Slowly, photographers began to use the medium for artistic purposes. They still accurately showed what was happening in a scene, but started to use lighting, angles and viewpoints to capture the whole picture.