Carrying on tradition: Father and son, now brothers in arms
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Mark Mapel, 1st Special Operations Group chief enlisted manager standards and evaluations, poses with his son Airman 1st Class David Mapel, 58th Training Squadron CV-22 Osprey special mission aviator student, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 25. Airman Mapel, is following in the footsteps of his father, Chief Mapel, as a CV-22 Osprey special mission aviator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)