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Senior Master Sergeant Kazue Martinez, 51st Fighter Wing Security Forces Senior Enlisted Leader I remember Sept. 11, 2001 like it was yesterday. I had just got home from a 12-hour shift as a defender assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan when, I received back-to-back phone calls to head back into work. When I arrived to learn the unbelievable news, it was chaotic and I immediately thought about whether or not my mother, who was an Army Medic Reservist, who got a call to deploy. She was sent to support Desert Storm so I had an idea on military operations. Eventually, we got orders to position and I ended up posted for another 12+ hours in the middle of a typhoon, doing what I love, defending my country and answering my nation’s call.
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NIKON D810
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8
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1/200
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40
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