AFTER 25 YEARS, PARARESCUEMAN STILL FEELS A CALLING TO SERVE

Senior Master Sgt. Doug Widener, a pararecueman from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, climbs the Karstens Ridge during a joint National Park Service/Alaska Air National Guard mountain patrol in the Denali Range of Alaska, in July 2005. Widener retired April 1 after 25 years in the Air Force, but plans to continue serving – with a new career in the Anchorage Fire Department. (Courtesy photo/Chris Roberts)

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