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- [Narrator] Dawn Altmeyer became a

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community support coordinator shortly

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after retiring from active duty

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because of her life experiences.

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- Good, bad or indifferent, that is what shapes

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and molds us into the people we are.

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- [Narrator] It's because of stories like Dawn's,

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Air Mobility Command began leading the Airforce's efforts

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to promote resiliency to Airmen.

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- I love that Air Mobility Commands started saying

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let's take care of the people and teach them skills

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to kind of get through some of these stressors

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that they're going to face just because of life

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and because of life in the military.

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- [Narrator] At the beginning of her Airforce career,

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Dawn was told her first pregnancy wasn't going well.

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- I found out at my first ultrasound

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that something was wrong.

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They just couldn't put their finger on what.

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- [Narrator] She gave birth to her first daughter, Aspen,

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but found out later just how much danger Aspen was in.

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- [Dawn] The doctor said, your daughter is dying

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and they put is on another plane in St. District

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down to San Antonio medic bag.

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- [Narrator] The situation with her baby

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wasn't the only challenge Dawn faced.

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- Learning how to be an Airman

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and be pregnant and try to figure out how

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to get divorced all at the same time

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was a little rough.

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- [Narrator] But Dawn and Aspen pulled through

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and learned something she passes onto Airmen today.

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- There are resources, there are people who care.

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There are ways to pull yourself through this

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and become something great on the other side of it.

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- [Narrator] Unlike when Dawn was a young Airman,

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resources are literally at your fingertips today.

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- [Dawn] Accessing resources is as simple as going

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into an office, picking up a phone and calling someone

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or a lot of them have online access

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or even apps on your cellphone.

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- [Narrator] Check the links in the description

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for more information or visit militaryonesource.mil.