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Seven airmen assigned to the 857th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada were recently honored for rescuing four people including a pregnant woman during a flash flood at Zion National Park in Utah, Air Force officials have announced.
“I am incredibly proud of the actions our Airmen took while hiking through Zion National Park,” 857th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander Maj. James Oltman III said in a statement to Task & Purpose. “We often talk to our Airmen about the choices they have to either watch or intervene when they come across a situation.

This is Chapter 3 in the Infertility Memoir. Read previous chapters here.
While we acknowledged our sadness, it was hard to take the time we needed to process our loss. We were so focused on getting through the PCS, getting follow-up care and everything else, that grieving was almost an afterthought. Maybe that was a good thing, maybe that’s what we needed to do, or maybe that’s how we were forced to grieve by our circumstances.
In June 2019, we were able to shift our focus to getting settled in our new home.

EFMP is an acronym for the Exceptional Family Member Program. It is a Department of Defense program to help military families who have a family member with specialized medical needs. It can be both helpful and frustrating when it comes to the stress of a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) but its overall goal is to ensure the EFMP member’s medical needs are met at the next assignment. While it might require a lot of work on your part to be able to PCS, here are some tips that can make it a little bit easier. 
Tips for PCSing with an EFMP family member:
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