From homeless to Airman, a story of resilience

Senior Airman Brittany Davis shares her story at a local storytellers event, May 10, 2013, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Davis spoke about her transition from being homeless to becoming an Airman and the hardships she encountered along the way. Davis is a fitness specialist with the 786th Force Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes)

A LEAP for international friendship

Capt. Lia Radulovic smiles for a photo with Indonesian service members during a recent assignment to Jarkata, Indonesia. Radulovic is a member of the Language Enabled Airman Program. During her visit, she supported U.S. embassy officials in the Indonesian capital with a variety of translation duties. As an Indonesian-born woman, she also shares her story of success in the U.S., with Indonesian youth and women. (Courtesy photo/Capt. Lia Radulovic)

Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc

Stanley Gorenc, father, Frances, mother, Stanley, brother, left and Frank (right) pose for a family portrait.

Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc

Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, Air Force assistant vice chief of staff and director of the Air Staff, conducts a staff meeting with Maj. William Mamourieh and Lt. Col. Brian Stuart in the Pentagon, Washington DC, Dec. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc

Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, Air Force assistant vice chief of staff and director of the Air Staff, congratulates AB Preston R. Leblanc on graduating from Air Force basic military training, at Joint Base San Antonio, TX, Nov. 2. Gen. Gorenc performed the duties of presiding officer at the Airman’s graduation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong)

Like grandfather, like father ... like son

Anthony Brooks, shown here in an official photo, was a crew chief with the 27th Air Maintenance Unit at Langley Air Force Base, Va., in 1982. A little more than thirty years later, Brooks’ son, Airman 1st Class Gabriel Brooks, is an avionics specialist with the 27th AMU. (U.S. Air Force photo/courtesy of Airman 1st Class Anthony Brooks)

Wedding photo smiles

Senior Airman Erin Carpenter, left, smiles for a wedding photo with her husband. Both were married in ??? (Couresy photo)

Airman Blogger reminds students of core values

"Integrity, Service, Excellence," remind students of what their teacher, Senior Airman Erin Carpenter, expects of them every day. Carpenter is a Reservist at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (Courtesy photo/AimHighErin.com)

Through her lense

Master Sgt. Rebecca Corey holds her most important tool, the camera, at the flightline on Altus Air Force Base, Okla., Dec. 6, 20120. After her 2009 deployment to Ghazni province, Afghanistan, as a combat photographer, Corey struggled with life-altering post-traumatic stress disorder. Today, she is the NCO in charge at the 97th Air Mobility Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/)

Airman creates important database

Airman 1st Class Chris Sharlow, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment journeyman, performs an inspection on a parachute at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Nov. 30, 2012. He is the creator of a new computer program used to easily track thousands of accountable aircrew equipment items. Sharlow's program is known as the Flight Equipment Automated Records Systems (FEARS) and is being used to ensure tracking and on-time inspections of items critical to safe, efficient mission accomplishment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Greg L. Davis)

Tracking hits the easy button

Airman 1st Class Chris Sharlow, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment journeyman, takes an inventory of aircrew flight equipment at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Nov. 30, 2012. He is the creator of a new computer program used to easily track thousands of accountable aircrew equipment items. Sharlow's program is known as the Flight Equipment Automated Records Systems and is being used to ensure tracking and on-time inspections of items critical to safe, efficient mission accomplishment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)

Pilot Exchange Program

Maj. Dan McGuire, an F-16 exchange pilot who was assigned to the 312th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands, and his wife, Jen, reunite on May 25, 2012, following McGuire's four-month deployment to Afghanistan. McGuire deployed to Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, with the Dutch Air Task Force, a detachment of the Royal Netherlands Defense. McGuire participated in the Air Force Personnel Exchange Program and the couple lived in the Netherlands for two years. Prior to moving, both became fluent in Dutch through a six-month course offered by the Defense Language Institute in Alexandria, Va. In November, the McGuire's relocated to the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson, Ariz. (courtesy photo)

Pose for the win

Master Sgt. LaJuan Fuller, 366th Civil Engineer Squadron first sergeant, performs his routine during the evening portion of a body building competition April 28, 2012, in Boise, Idaho. Fuller’s wife, two sons and friends came out to watch the evening performance where the competitors chose a song and showed off different poses throughout the performance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Heather Hayward)

Curling for the pump

Master Sgt. LaJuan Fuller, 366th Civil Engineer Squadron first sergeant, lifts some small weights to warm up his muscles before his body building competition April 28, 2012, in Boise, Idaho. Fuller has participated in more than 18 competitions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Heather Hayward)

Explosive ordnances leave trace

Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Truex, explosive ordnance displosal operations NCO in charge, left, and a Polish combat engineer, both assigned to Forward Operating Base, Ghazni, open containers containing faulty rockets at an undisclosed location in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. EOD control detonated over 400lbs of munitions from various sources, such as, the small rewards program, turned in munitions from locals, parts of improvised explosive devices that could not be blown up in place, or faulty rockets that did not fire properly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Rebecca F. Corey)

Cultural difference

An Afghan butcher waits for customers at his storefront in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rebecca Corey)

Little joys along the way

Then-Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Corey smiles as she holds a child while visitng a woman's vocational school in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, during her deployment in 2009. The child was about the same age as Corey's son at the time and the women at the school were surprised that she had a child back at home but was in Afghanistan deployed. (U.S. Air Force photo)

IED danger

An improvised explosive device explodes near a U.S. convoy. Then-Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Corey photographed events like this during her deployment to Afghanistan as a member of the provincial reconstruction teams working in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Taking care of locals

HM2 Biza Strickland, from the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va., NCOIC of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni Clinic, hands out cough syrup and de-worming medication to a child inside the orphanage clinic in Ghazni City, Afghanistan on Dec. 16, 2009. (U.S. Air Force/Tech Sgt. Rebecca F. Corey, PRT Ghazni)

Evacuation of a casualty

Members of the Polish Special Forces carry a "casualty" up the side of a mountain during 9-line training in Ghazni, Afghanistan on Dec. 7, 2009. The Polish medics and Special Forces along with U.S. Army personnel trained on 9-line medevac rescue on the side of a mountain inside the Ghazni Province. (U.S. Air Force/Tech Sgt. Rebecca F. Corey, PRT Ghazni)

Proud Heritage

Tech. Sgt. April Cooper, 23d Wing command section superintendent, poses wearing her traditional Navajo dress at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Nov. 27, 2012. November is Native American Heritage Month, which honors and celebrates the many contributions Native Americans have made and continue to make to the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Douglas Ellis/Released)

Airmen returns to Vietnam

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Serving together

Four brothers serve alongside each other in the Air Force Reserve’s 419th Fighter Wing. They say that wearing the uniform together gives them a greater sense of pride than if they were wearing it alone. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Crystal Charriere)

His brother's keeper

Airman 1st Class Timothy Potter, left, stands next to his three brothers Senior Airman David Potter, Staff Sgt. Andrew Potter, and Senior Airman Samuel Potter, all with the wing’s 67th Aerial Port Squadron. Timothy serves alongside his four brothers in the 419th Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Crystal Charriere)