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Inside a Las Vegas library, a college student is scanning 80 years of military life, one page at a time. Bowling leagues. Farewell letters. Families arriving on base for the first time. Somebody has to keep the record. He decided it would be him.

Who Saves the Forgotten History of Military Life? A UNLV student and an Air Force historian race to digitize 50,000 base newspapers before time erases them.

Your job title is not your ceiling. Air Force support Airmen at Shaw AFB spent three days training in skills completely outside their specialties. What they found out about themselves was the real story. Read it here:

Air Force Airmen train beyond their job titles for readiness Shaw AFB Airmen stepped outside their specialties to train in CBRN patrol, cargo prep, and search and recovery. Here's what they discovered.

The glacier doesn't care how long you've been flying. Every spring, Alaska National Guard Chinook crews deliver thousands of pounds of cargo to Denali Base Camp — a landing zone at 7,200 feet with no runway and little margin for error. The secret? The hard work happens before the aircraft ever starts. Read the full story:

Alaska National Guard Chinook crews fly cargo to Denali Base Camp Alaska National Guard CH-47 crews deliver 5,500 pounds to Denali Base Camp at 7,200 feet. The mission that looks routine takes months of invisible work to achieve.