Military & Family Spotlight
For further insight on the real faces behind our troops and their families, below are profiles on selected Service members, as well as military spouses and children.
Military & Family Spotlight: 1st LT Leslee O’Bryan
Growing up, 1st Lt. Leslee O’Bryan never imagined herself as a leader in the military. But these days she marvels at where her education and Army training have taken her. Since receiving her commission through the Reserve Officer Training Command program, O’Bryan has not only served as a company commander stateside, but she’s also been deployed to Iraq and Kuwait. [Read more]
Military & Family Spotlight: Master Sgt. Rudy Gamez & Tech Sgt. Christina Gamez
Air Force Master Sgt. Rudy Gamez and his wife, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christina Gamez, are blogging about their separate deployments in Afghanistan in hopes of helping other service members facing their own deployments. [Read more]
Military & Family Spotlight: Military Child Nicole Goetz
Operation Homefront today announced the five recipients of the 2011 Military Child of the Year® Award. This year, for the first time, the award was given to an outstanding military child from each Service – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. The winner for Air Force was 17 year old Nicole Goetz, a 12th grader from the Tyndall Air Force Base community. [Read more]
Military & Family Spotlight: Army Staff Sgt. Marc Dibernardo
People run grueling 26-mile marathons for all kinds of reasons — for a personal challenge, because they’re competitive, or maybe because it’s just a great way to stay physically fit. However, Army Staff Sgt. Marc Dibernardo pounds pavement because he wants to honor the service of his fallen comrades and to support the nation’s wounded warriors. [Read more]
Military & Family Spotlight: Air Force Maj Jaime Nordin
When Air Force Maj. Jaime Nordin saw her first airshow as a child, she knew she wanted to fly fighter jets. “I was mesmerized by fighters — the idea of going fast and flying upside-down,” said the F-16 pilot with the 79th Fighter Squadron here, one of 58 women among the Air Force’s 2,689 fighter pilots. The role of Air Force fighter pilots is to maintain superiority in the air and support the ground fight. But Nordin’s mission goes beyond that. She also is the mother of a 2-year-old daughter named Caleigh. [Read more]
