Members of the Dierlam family, each a colonel, pose for a photo after the youngest sibling, Todd, pinned on the rank of colonel. Each of the Dierlam children attended the Air Force Academy outside Colorado Springs, Colo., and was commissioned by their father. Featured in the photo from left to right are Col. Todd Dierlam, deployed to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan; Col. Tish Norman, stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; retired Col. Mark Dierlam and Col. Scott Dierlam, stationed at the Air Force Academy office in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy photo)