Dispatcher Christy Russell

Jun 20, 2019 | 911 Dispatcher

A 911 dispatcher in Mesquite helped save the life of a 14-year old boy suffering from heat stroke. The boy was already so sick, he couldn’t say where he was. When the boy called on Thursday, Christy Russell could not figure out where the boy was calling from....

PFC Vincent J. Speranza

Jun 19, 2019 | Army

Over 70 years since Vincent J. Speranza last jumped from an airplane, he was able to do it again. The difference is that, 70 years ago, Speranza was a paratrooper in the US Army. This time, he is a 91-year-old veteran skydiving in tandem with instructor Mike Elliott...

1LT Forrest P Ewens

Jun 18, 2019 | Army

As both an Army officer and an Army wife, First Lieutenant Megan Ewens understood the dangers her husband, Forrest, faced when he shipped out for Afghanistan in March. If anything should happen to her husband, she told a Colonel at Fort Drum, New York, she didn’t want...

Patricia Whitten-Bell

Jun 17, 2019 | Air Force, Navy

Patricia was born in Germany in 1948 to an Air Force family. She started school in the Phillipines and graduated High School in Thailand. She graduated from Sacramento State University, Sacramento CA. She worked for the Air Force as a civil servant at McClellan AFB CA...

Sara Beck-Garcia

Jun 16, 2019 | Air Force

By my senior year in high school I knew I wanted to join the Air Force, travel, and continue my education. With my parent’s agreement that I would not actually leave until after Christmas, I tested and was accepted into the Air Force in July 1964. In January 1965, I...