Experience to impact: Former NCO’s persistence leads to commissioning as security forces officer
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy shakes hands with Airman 1st Class Bahja J. Jones, 11th Wing Public Affairs, after an interview at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in August 2011. Jones reached the rank of technical sergeant and commissioned as second lieutenant after graduating from Officer Training School on Sept. 27, 2024, and is now a flight commander with the 316th Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (Courtesy photo)