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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

  • Fear of the unknown

    “I found him with another girl and that’s when he started to strangle me.” “He was bigger than me, so I couldn’t do anything,” said McKinley Katz, 24, 49th Wing Medical Group outpatient records technician, as she recalls the dreadful details of her past abusive relationship. “I woke up in an

  • Green Dot to roll out across the Air Force

    Airmen will take the first step of a five-year strategy to decrease interpersonal violence across the service in January when 1,500 Airman implementers attend one of 22 Green Dot prep sessions worldwide.