Resilient and Relentless: Recruiter faces death, heals through desire to serve
Master Sgt. Manuel Salinas, a recruiter assigned to the 353rd Recruiting Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. poses with his trauma surgeon, Lt. Col. Rachel M. Russo, at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif., while recovering from acute pancreatitis May 21, 2023. (Courtesy photo)