 
A BROKEN WING AND A PRAYER
Back together after 26 years, retired Maj. Plato Rhyne, left, and retired Lt. Col. Mike Hainsey, met with students and instructor pilots at Columbus AFB, Miss., May 4 to discuss their T-38 crash and share the lessons learned. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Bendet)
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Posted: 1/16/2013
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HOME FIELD DISADVANTAGE
At-fault vehicle accidents for military members within the first six months of returning from deployment increased 13 percent overall, according to the USAA study. (Composite by David M. Stack).
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Posted: 1/16/2013
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HOME FIELD DISADVANTAGE
Deployed military members show “an appreciable increase” in at-fault accidents upon return to their home stations, according to a study conducted by the United Services Automobile Association, better known as USAA. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Cadiz).
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Posted: 1/16/2013
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CRYSTAL CLEAR
Malinda Johnson, who is Crystal Salierno's mom is in remission from leukemia. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Bendet)
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CRYSTAL CLEAR
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Posted: 1/16/2013
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CRYSTAL CLEAR
Staff Sgt. Crystal Salierno is still haunted by the thought that she came so close to losing her life when she chose to ignore weather forecasts in an effort to get home for the holidays. She still suffers headaches and tenderness from the head injury she sustained in a car crash. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Bendet).
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CRYSTAL CLEAR
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Posted: 1/16/2013
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CRYSTAL CLEAR
She smashed her head through the driver’s side window when she totaled the Dodge Neon she was driving during an ice storm. But Salierno survived to spend Christmas with her mom, Malinda Johnson, who is in remission from leukemia. (Photo courtesy of Salierno family).
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CRYSTAL CLEAR
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Posted: 1/16/2013
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STANDING TALL
Miller doesn’t feel sorry for herself and doesn’t make excuses. “I will never use my disability as an excuse for failure, and I won’t spend my life hating the guy who did this to me. That would cripple me more than any physical disabilities ever could.” (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Bendet)
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STANDING TALL
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Posted: 10/17/2012
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Standing Tall
*Teaching the fundamentals of sitting volleyball at the Rambler Fitness Center, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 18, Miller embraces the opportunity to meet, coach and mentor wounded, injured and ill warriors participating in a Paralympic military sports camp. Even though she was in the Army, Miller has a soft spot for the Air Force as her younger brother, Michael Miller, served as an F-16 crew chief at Cannon AFB, N.M. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Bendet)
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Posted: 10/12/2012
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Standing Tall
Playing a scrimmage against the male Paralympic team, Miller was named the best receiver and libero (defensive specialist) during the 2012 Paralympics in the women’s sitting volleyball event at the London Games. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Bendet)
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Posted: 10/12/2012
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Standing Tall
Practice isn’t over at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, where Miller and her Paralympic teammates practice. Miller and her teammates hit the gym more than fives days a week in preparation for the 2012 Paralympic games in London. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Bendet)
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Posted: 10/12/2012
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Standing Tall
Happy New Year? As the millennium ball dropped Jan. 1, 2000, Miller recovered from a collapsed lung, multiple broken bones, a crushed pelvis, a hole in her intestine, and a double leg amputation after a drunk driver crashed into her. (Courtesy Photo)
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Posted: 10/12/2012
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Standing Tall
Two-time Paralympic silver medalist Kari Miller stands 3 inches taller in her titanium and carbon fiber legs. Even though Miller no longer serves in the military, she continues to represent her country as a player on the U.S. Paralympics sitting volleyball team and as a coach and mentor to wounded warriors. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Bendet)
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Posted: 10/12/2012
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