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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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Cowles enters officer ranks via Defender direct commission

Maj. Rob Reader, 910th Security Forces Squadron commander, salutes 2nd Lt. Brian Cowles during a ceremony commissioning him from master sergeant to second lieutenant at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, April 3, 2025. Cowles, a long-time member of the 910th Security Forces Squadron, was one of six Air Force Reserve Airmen commissioned using the security forces direct commissioning program in the last year. Cowles’ family and a cross-section of base leadership and security forces Airmen attended the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

PHOTO BY: Eric M. White
VIRIN: 250403-F-PO120-1058.JPG
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NIKON Z 8

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NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S

APERTURE

35/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/125

ISO

800

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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