U.S. Army Sgt. Chau Do was born in Vietnam and came to the U.S. with his family in 1998 when he was 9 years old. He could not speak English, but the public school system would help overcome that barrier. “Life in America was all new to me,” Do said. “Not knowing how to speak the language made it difficult to interact with other people.”

The Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Civil Engineering Squadron, 140th Wing, Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado, participated in a Deployment for Training exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 14 - 31, 2023.

The Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Force Support Squadron, 140th Wing, Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado, participated in Home Station Readiness Training at Aviano Air Base, Italy, June 28-July 11, 2023.

U.S. Air Force Col. Carrie Worrell was appointed director of the Colorado National Guard’s first Joint Resiliency Directorate (J9) officially established Dec. 1, 2022. Together, Worrell and her deputy stood up a Resiliency Program for the CONG in less than three months.