By Capt. Cathleen Snow, 920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs / Published February 15, 2012
Air Force Reservist Tech. Sgt. Francine Torres (left) and her visually impaired 17-year-old daughter, Jasmine Polite (right), attended a free military-sponsored mountain adventure camp for military teens with physical disabilities in New Hampshire. Along with a dozen other kids from across the U.S., The Torres duo enjoyed many winter activities and adventures they normally wouldn't do to include dog sledding, snow tubing, ice skating and downhill skiing. Torres is an knowledge operations manager with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (Courtesy photo)
Visually impaired Jasmine Polite, daughter of Air Force Reservist Tech. Sgt. Francine Torres, attended a free military-sponsored mountain adventure camp for military teens with physical disabilities along with a dozen other kids from across the U.S., She and her mom enjoyed winter activities and adventures including dog sledding and downhill skiing. Torres is an knowledge operations manager with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (Courtesy photo)
Air Force Reservist Tech. Sgt. Francine Torres (right) and her visually impaired 17-year-old daughter, Jasmine Polite, attended a free military-sponsored mountain adventure camp for military teens with physical disabilities that would change her daughter's life. Along with a dozen other kids from across the U.S., The Torres duo enjoyed many winter activities and adventures they normally wouldn't do. Torres is an knowledge operations manager with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (Courtesy photo)
Air Force Reservist Tech. Sgt. Francine Torres (left) and her 17-year-old visually impaired daughter, Jasmyn Polite (right) attended a winter camp in New Hampshire for military teens with physical disabilities. They and about a dozen other nationwide teens enjoyed winter activities in the mountains. Torres is the knowledge operations manager for the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (Courtesy photo)
Air Force Reservist Tech. Sgt. Francine Torres (back row, left) and her visually impaired 17-year-old daughter, Jasmine Polite (back row, right), attended a free military-sponsored mountain adventure camp for military teens with physical disabilities that would change her daughter's life. Dog sledding was among their favorite actvities, along with snow tubing, mountain roller coasting. Torres is the knowledge operations manager, 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (Courtesy photo)
Visually impaired 17-year-old Jasmine Polite, and her mother, Air Force Reservist Tech. Sgt. Francine Torres, attended a free military-sponsored mountain adventure camp in New Hampshire for military teens with physical disabilities. The Torres enjoyed winter activities and adventures. One of their favorites was interacting with the Huskies after a dog-sledding adventure. Torres is a knowledge operations manager with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (Courtesy photo)
Air Force Reservist Tech. Sgt. Francine Torres and her visually impaired 17-year-old daughter, Jasmyn Polite, shown here, attended a free military-sponsored mountain adventure camp for military teens with physical disabilities that would change Jasmyn's life. Along with a dozen other kids from across the U.S., The Torres duo enjoyed many winter activities and adventures they normally wouldn't do to include mountain roller coasting, dog sledding and downhill skiing. Torres is an knowledge operations manager with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (Courtesy photo)