AFPC Airman: Don't forget, they're not all home

Principal Director of the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office Ms. Alisa Stack, (center) rings the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange, with Army Staff Sgt. Joseph A. Green, III, (from right to left) Army Sgt. 1st Class Alethea R. Gardner, Air Force Maj. Carie A. Parker, Marine Gunnery Sgt Harlan R. Calilao, Air Force Staff Sgt. Danielle L. Harris, and Navy CDR David J. Mendez to commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day on Sept. 21 with NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer (back). (Photo courtesy of Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office Public Affairs)

3rd generation Airman takes his place in the long blue line

Airman Basic Patrick Couvillion, USAF veteran Gaston Couvillion and Col. Jerry Couvillion celebrate AB Couvillion’s graduation from basic training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Debbie Gildea)

3rd generation Airman takes his place in the long blue line

Col. Jerry Couvillion, Air Force Personnel Center, administers the oath of enlistment to the Sept. 7 Air Force basic training graduates, one of whom was his son Airman Basic Patrick Couvillion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alan Boedeker)

3rd generation Airman takes his place in the long blue line

Veteran Gaston Couvillion, father of Col. Jerry Couvillion, Air Force Personnel Center, and grandfather of Airman Basic Patrick Couvillion, recent basic training graduate, was introduced during the Sept. 7 basic training graduation ceremony during which Colonel Couvillion administered the oath of enlistment to the graduates, who included his son Patrick. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alan Boedeker)

3rd generation Airman takes his place in the long blue line

Air Force Personnel Center Director of Personnel Services Col. Jerry Couvillion salutes Air Force basic military training graduates as they pass in review during the Sept. 7 graduation ceremony. Couvillion served as the reviewing official for his son’s BMT graduation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Debbie Gildea)

3rd generation Airman takes his place in the long blue line

Airman Basic Patrick Couvillion’s basic training flight was selected to carry the U.S. state and territorial flags during the Sept. 7 graduation parade and ceremony, where the presiding official was Couvillion’s dad. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell)