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Members of Team Kirtland listen to a speaker’s story during the Hero and Family Appreciation Day event at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 13, 2022. The event included helping agency information booths and a storytelling panel where Kirtland affiliated panelists shared their stories and the resources they used to overcome adversity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Karissa Dick)

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Wilson Otero, a former U.S. Marine, shows a deployment flag during the Hero and Family Appreciation Day event at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 13, 2022. Otero shared his story of becoming disabled while deployed, the challenges he has faced, and the experiences and help he received from the Wounded Warriors program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Karissa Dick)

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Meagan Gorsuch, Kirtland Air Force Base military spouse (right), and Mike Loats, 377th Air Base Wing Inspector General member (left), listen while Tanya Tavenner, Air Force Research Laboratory member (middle), shares details about her disability during the Hero and Family Appreciation Day event at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 13, 2022. Loat shared how her extreme fragrance sensitivity affects her everyday life and how she has faced discrimination and hostility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Karissa Dick)

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A service dog rests at its handler’s feet during the Hero and Family Appreciation Day event at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 13, 2022. During the event, the dog’s owner, Meagan Gorsuch, Kirtland Air Force Base military spouse, spoke on a storytelling panel about her hearing and vision disabilities, the challenges she has faced, and the resources she has used to live an active lifestyle. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Karissa Dick)

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Members of Team Kirtland visit helping agency booths during the Hero and Family Appreciation Day event at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 13, 2022. The event included helping agency information booths and a storytelling panel where Kirtland affiliated panelists shared their stories and the resources they used to overcome adversity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Karissa Dick)

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Members of Team Kirtland visit helping agency booths during the Hero and Family Appreciation Day event at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 13, 2022. The event included helping agency information booths and a storytelling panel where Kirtland affiliated panelists shared their stories and the resources they used to overcome adversity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Karissa Dick)

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Kirtland celebrates Hero and Family Appreciation Day

Published Oct. 14, 2022
By Airman 1st Class Karissa Dick
377th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Members of Team Kirtland listen to a speaker’s story during the Hero and Family Appreciation Day event at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 13, 2022. The event included helping agency information booths and a storytelling panel where Kirtland affiliated panelists shared their stories and the resources they used to overcome adversity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Karissa Dick)

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