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Corporate Challenge begins

LAS VEGAS -- Team Nellis receives the torch in preparation for their run during the Las Vegas Corporate Challenge torch relay March 26. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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Country Music stars tour the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- Over 50 Airmen and country music stars rode motorcycles to the 99th Combat Ground Training facility 25 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Nellis Airmen joined the country music stars who participated in the Academy of Country Music's charity USO concert April 17, 2010 at Nellis Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo)

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Country Music stars tour the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- Singer, LeAnn Rimes, fires a Mk19, 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher as Staff Sgt. Christopher McAlleer, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron looks on. Ms. Rimes and other country music stars toured the ground combat training facility before the Academy of Country Music's USO concert at Nellis Air Force Base April 17, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo)

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Country Music stars tour the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- Singer, LeAnn Rimes, fires a M2 HB .50cal Heavy Machine Gun as Staff Sgt. Joshua Svendsen, instructor, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron looks on. Ms. Rimes and other country music stars toured the ground combat training facility before the Academy of Country Music's USO concert at Nellis Air Force Base April 17, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo)

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Country Music stars tour the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- Singer, Troy Gentry of the group "Montgomery Gentry" fires a Mk19, 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher as Staff Sgt. Christopher McAlleer, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron looks on. Mr. Gentry and other country music stars toured the ground combat training facility before the Academy of Country Music's USO concert at Nellis Air Force Base April 17, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo)

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Country Music stars tour the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- Singer, Randy Houser, fires a M240B, machine gun as Senior Airman Alvernita Payne, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron provides instruction to country music stars who toured the ground combat training facility before the Academy of Country Music's USO concert at Nellis Air Force Base, April 17, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo)

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Country Music stars tour the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- Staff Sgt. Joshua Svendsen, a combat arms instructor assigned to the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron assists country music singer LeAnn Rimes to fire 50 caliber machine gun from atop a HUMVEE at the 99th GCTS firing range April 17, 2010. The Academy of Country Music and the USO toured the 99th GCTS before performing a free concert at Nellis Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

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Country Music stars tour the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- Staff Sgt. Korey Hampton a combat arms instructor assigned to the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron shows country music singer LeAnn Rimes how to fire a M240B machine gun at the 99th GCTS firing range April 17, 2010. The Academy of Country Music and the USO toured the 99th GCTS before performing a free concert at Nellis Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

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Country Music stars tour the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- Staff Sgt. Joshua Svendsen, a combat arms instructor assigned to the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron assists country music singer Eddie Montgomery to fire a 50 caliber machine gun from atop a HUMVEE at the 99th GCTS firing range April 17, 2010. The Academy of Country Music and the USO toured the 99th GCTS before performing a free concert at Nellis Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

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Country Music stars tour the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- Staff Sgt. Bruce Thompson Jr. of the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron assists country music singer James Otto to fire an M240B machine gun from atop a HUMVEE in the 99th GCTS virtual simulator April 17, 2010. The Academy of Country Music and the USO toured the 99th GCTS before performing a free concert for Nellis Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

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Critical days of summer: steps to stay safe

Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster, 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, tests the water at the pool before going for a swim May 25, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Every day, about ten people die from accidental drowning. Of these, two are children aged 14 or younger. Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes of unintentional injury death in the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Tam)

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Crosswinds hosts free monthly deployed, remote family dinner

Families of deployed Airmen and service members on remote assignments attend a free dinner at the Crosswinds Dining Facility Dec. 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. This dinner happens monthly and is sponsored by the airman and family readiness center. These dinners are hosted monthly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

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CSAF delivers keynote speech at WEPTAC

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III delivers remarks at the Combat Air Forces Weapons and Tactics Conference at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 15, 2013. WEPTAC is an annual event that brings together hundreds of warfighters to discuss current issues, to look at future issues and to provide solutions for the joint employment of forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

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CSAF delivers keynote speech at WEPTAC

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Darkest before dawn

Then Master Sgt. Phillip Sisneros poses for a photo after waking up from a 30-day coma following a motorcycle accident in Las Vegas on Aug. 13, 2011. His wife, Master Sgt. Angela Sisneros, keeps this photo of Phillip on her desk at work in the 99th Communications Squadron, where she is the NCO in charge of plans and projects, to remind her that everything’s going to be alright. (Photo courtesy of retired Master Sgt. Phillip Sisneros)

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Darkest before dawn

Master Sgts. Angela and Phillip Sisneros pose for a photo at the 2014 Air Force Ball in Las Vegas on Sept. 27, 2014. The couple was married on Aug. 1, 2011, but Phil was in a motorcycle accident 12 days later that would lead to his eventual medical retirement in 2014. (Photo courtesy of retired Master Sgt. Phillip Sisneros)

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Darkest before dawn

Then Master Sgt. Phillip Sisneros, center, poses for a photo with his wife, Master Sgt. Angela Sisneros, right, and a friend after getting married on top of Spencer Glacier in Alaska on Aug. 1, 2011. Phillip, who at the time was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., received joint spouse orders to join Angela at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on Aug. 12, 2011, but would be in a motorcycle accident one day later that would keep him in a coma and rehab for almost one year. (Photo courtesy of retired Master Sgt. Phillip Sisneros)

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Darkest before dawn

Then Master Sgt. Phillip Sisneros takes a selfie with his wife, Master Sgt. Angela Sisneros, after waking up from a 30-day coma following a motorcycle accident in Las Vegas on Aug. 13, 2011. Angela stayed by Phillip’s side throughout the coma and the months of grueling rehab he would have ahead. (Photo courtesy of retired Master Sgt. Phillip Sisneros)

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Darkest before dawn

Then Master Sgt. Phillip Sisneros, 99th Communications Squadron comm focal point chief, lays in a coma following a motorcycle accident in Las Vegas on Aug. 13, 2011. Sisneros awoke from his coma 30 days after the accident, but suffered a traumatic brain injury that would eventually lead to his medical retirement in 2014. (Photo courtesy of retired Master Sgt. Phillip Sisneros)

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Dear Dad: A letter to my father

(Courtesy photo)

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