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Tech. Sgt. Gilbert Martinez, left, and Senior Airman Christopher Martinez, right. (U.S.Air Force photo illustration/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released) Airman follows dad’s lead, applies lesson to life and career
Not every son gets a chance to live his father’s legacy. For Senior Airman Christopher Martinez, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron crew chief, each day served in the U.S. Air Force is an opportunity to honor his father’s, Tech. Sgt. Gilbert Martinez, memory. Martinez, along with his two brothers, didn’t find out about their father’s death
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2016
Tech. Sgt. Kelly Badger, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal craftsman, uses a compact metal detector to interrogate an improvised explosive device he detected during a training exercise May 19, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Badger said he chose to join the U.S. Air Force and EOD flight to save lives, even if it meant putting his own at risk. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released) Serving family and country: EOD craftsman balances family, mission
A young five-year-old boy stood in front of his kneeling father in a hotel room, the boy weighed down with 50 pounds of tactical body armor. The gear weighed more than the boy. Tech. Sgt. Kelly Badger, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal craftsman, placed his hand on his encumbered son’s shoulder and looked him
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2016
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