Rite of Passage
From left, left line: Senior Airmen Brett J. Reed, Aaron E. Minor, Prudencio Olmos, and From right, right line: Senior Airmen Michelle K. Urso, Thomas J. Credit and Evans O. Opoku participate in a flag folding ceremony conducted during the Airman Leadership School graduation held July 27 in the Minuteman Club. Eleven servicemembers graduated during the ceremony. The next ALS graduation is scheduled Oct. 5. The five-week ALS course is the first step of Professional Military Education for all enlisted Airmen. The class is required to be taken in residence before servicemembers are promoted to the rank of staff sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jan Abate).