Latest issue of Airman magazine available

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SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) --  The latest issue of Airman, now available in print and online, highlights stories about caring for Airmen and their families.

The list of feature stories in the November/December issue include: 

An Immigrant's Tale
The journey of a Sudanese "lost boy'" whose search for stability took him from the nomadic life in Sudan to a career in logistics in the Air Force.

Defending Freedom through Religion
Air Force chaplains explain the differences between their careers and their religious calling and how the two work together.

Year of the Air Force Family
Designated as the period from July 2009 through July 2010 by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, senior leaders take a look at programs that help families cope with a mobile lifestyle.

A Promise Kept
An aeromedical evacuation team keeps the promise of transporting the wounded from the battlefield to the hospital.

Her Body is a Battlefield
Looks at the personal war Carol Mulumba fought and won against a deadly disease through the support and care of her family and medical experts from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

Defender's Edge: A new approach to combat stress
The traumatic brain injury clinic director at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, describes how the  Defender's Edge program brings the mental health professional into the group environment to coach them on how the warfighting skills they already know can prepare and protect them mentally "on or outside the wire."

Honor in the Details
Describes how Air Force mortuary affairs Airmen care for the fallen and their families with dignity, honor and respect.

No Stopping Now
Focuses on a Department of Veterans Affairs winter rehabilitation clinic that teaches disabled veterans skills in adaptive Alpine and Nordic skiing, and introduces them to a number of other winter sports.

Read the online version of Airman, the official magazine of the Air Force, or download the electronic version of the magazine at www.airmanonline.af.mil/.