Commissioning opportunity

Airman, March, 2004 by James Barnett

I found your article "Trading Stripes for Bars" [December 2003] to be very informative and well done. However, the Air National Guard Academy of Military Science is absent from the list of commissioning programs.

This is another commissioning opportunity active duty people can look to if they plan to separate but still want to maintain their military affiliation and expand their careers. I recently traded my staff sergeant stripes for bars and am now a member of the Washington Air National Guard. All but a handful of my classmates had prior enlisted active duty service behind them.

2nd Lt. James Barnett

Geiger Field Air National Guard Base, Wash.