10th MDG nurse named Nightingale luminary

Lt. Col. Lisa Cole was named March 3, 2012, as a finalist for the Florence Nightingale Award for the state of Colorado. She is the commander of the 10th Medical Group's Perioperative Services Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Fallen pilot 'has come home'

Airmen at the Air Force Academy render honors to Capt. Ryan Hall, who was interred at the Academy Cemetery March 12, 2012. Hall, a native of Colorado Springs, Colo., was killed when his U-38 Twin Condor crashed Feb. 18. Hall was deployed to Djibouti in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Airfield NCO earns medal for accident response

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Kurpaski, right, receives an Air Force Commendation Medal from Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould in a presentation Feb. 1, 2012. Kurpaski, the NCO in charge of aircrew flight equipment for the 306th Operations Support Squadron, received the medal for taking charge of an accident scene and treating one person who was wounded. Kurpaski is a native of Santa Monica, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy Airmen take break to reinforce resiliency

Tech. Sgt. John Dawson knocks out a saxophone solo during an Air Force Academy Band performance in the Arnold Hall Theater Jan. 26, 2011. The performance was part of a resiliency day presentation at the Academy, which also included brief messages by Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Salzman, the Academy's command chief. The resiliency day was directed by Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz after an uptick in suicides in January. Dawson is part of the marching and concert ensembles as well as the Falconaires. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy Airmen take break to reinforce resiliency

Lt. Gen. Mike Gould speaks to assembled Airmen during a resiliency day presentation in the Air Force Academy's Arnold Hall Theater Jan. 26, 2012. The presentation, featuring music by the Air Force Academy Band, focused on ways to rebuild and reinforce social, physical, spiritual and mental fitness. Gould is the Academy superintendent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy Airmen take break to reinforce resiliency

Master Sgt. Stephen Brannen plays guitar during an Air Force Academy Band performance in the Arnold Hall Theater Jan. 26, 2012. The performance was part of a 45-minute resiliency day presentation at the Academy. Brannen is the NCO in charge of the Academy Band's Wild Blue Country ensemble. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)