Military children: strong, resilient, adaptable individuals
Melissa Cerna, then three years old, and now retired Air Force Master Sgt. Jose Cerna, her father, sit on a couch in Abilene, Texas, March 23, 2003. Jose served 25 years in the Air Force as an electrical power production craftsman, and Melissa, now 17, has spent four years in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in hopes of following her father’s example. (Courtesy photo)