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Retiree Appreciation Day

Tech. Sgt. Michael Ellis started off as an Air Force medic, became a recruiter, and retired in 1993, when he then became an educator and a counselor. "In 1973, just at the end of Vietnam, I trained as a medic," said Ellis. "We went and brought the guys back home. For a long time I didn't where the Vietnam hat." A friend convinced Ellis that he’d done his part and deserves to wear the hat too, despite not being in the theater where war took the lives of over 58,000 men. Ellis and his wife boast about their children, who have also followed the military footsteps their fathered made for them. "All our folks are Air Force except my traitor son," Ellis said with a laugh, adding that he is still in trying to reach 20 years. Ellis’s advice to future generations is to take advantage of the education benefits the military offers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jodi Martinez)

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