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Desert Storm veteran influences daughter's call to service

Former U.S. Marine Larry Shanes celebrates the birthdays of close friends and former Marines, Earl and Erich, in Maryland, Oct. 2020. Shanes stays in daily contact with his Marine brothers, who also served in Operation Desert Storm. (Left to right: Earl Simon, Erich Hoegel, Craig McHugh, Larry Shanes, Vince Tacconelli, Virgil Efird, and Derek Dawson). (Courtesty Photo)

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Desert Storm veteran influences daughter's call to service

Former U.S. Marine Larry Shanes (center) is joined around the dinner table with family friends, former U.S. Marine Matthew Poplin (right) and his father, Tony, at his family home in North Carolina, Dec. 26, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chloe Shanes)

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Desert Storm veteran influences daughter's call to service

Former U.S. Marine Larry Shanes poses for a family photo in the family home in North Carolina, Dec. 28, 2020. The Shanes family enjoyed a few last minute holiday festivities before sending daughter, A1C Chloe Shanes, back to Joint Base Langley-Eustis. (Left to right: Nathan Shanes, Chloe Shanes, Amy Shanes, Cooper Shanes, and Larry Shanes). (Courtesy Photo)

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Desert Storm veteran influences daughter's call to service

U.S. Marine Sgt. Larry Shanes graduates top of his class from the Marine Corps Communications and Electronics School in Twentynine Palms, California, October, 1995. Shanes was joined by his wife, Amy, and daughter, A1C Chloe Shanes, in celebration of his accomplishment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chloe Shanes)

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Desert Storm veteran influences daughter's call to service

U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Larry Shanes graduated Recruit Training at Camp Pendleton, San Diego, California, September of 1988. Shanes would go on Avionics training before entering Operation Desert Storm. (Courtesy Photo)

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Desert Storm veteran influences daughter's call to service

Fixed Wing Marine Observation 1 unit patch. (Coutesy Photo)

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Desert Storm veteran influences daughter's call to service

U.S. Marine LCpl Larry Shanes enjoys an MRE while deployed in Saudi Arabia in January of 1991. Shanes was deployed for Operation Desert Storm working on the OV10-Bronco aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chloe Shanes)

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ACC enlisted induct Gen. Holmes into Order of the Sword

U.S. Air Force enlisted Airmen from the Air Combat Command staff pose for a photograph with U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of ACC, after an Order of the Sword ceremony at the Riverview Event Center on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Aug. 26, 2020. Induction into the Order of the Sword is an honor reserved for officers who have provided outstanding support to enlisted members and honored as a “leader among leaders and an Airman among Airmen.” Each command has an Order of the Sword program and develops their own selection and induction procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zoie Cox)

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ACC enlisted induct Gen. Holmes into Order of the Sword

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 633rd Air Base Wing Honor Guard present the ceremonial sword during an Order of the Sword presentation ceremony at the Riverview Event Center on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Aug. 26, 2020. The Order of the Sword is the highest honor and tribute enlisted Airmen can bestow upon a commissioned officer. It is patterned after two orders of chivalry founded during the Middle Ages in Europe and still in existence today - the Royal Order of the Sword and the Swedish Military Order of the Sword. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson)

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ACC enlisted induct Gen. Holmes into Order of the Sword

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. David Wade, command chief of Air Combat Command, gives a speech to explain why U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of ACC, was selected as an Order of the Sword recipient during an Order of the Sword presentation ceremony at the Riverview Event Center on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Aug. 26, 2020. The U.S. Air Force echoes the long-standing honor of chivalry and respect founded in the Middle Ages in which NCOs would present a sword to their kings and leaders as the ultimate sign of respect and loyalty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson)

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ACC enlisted induct Gen. Holmes into Order of the Sword

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, gives an acceptance speech during his Order of the Sword presentation ceremony at the Riverview Event Center on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Aug. 26, 2020. Holmes, who has commanded ACC since March 2017, is the ninth ACC leader to be inducted into the command's Order of the Sword. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson)

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ACC enlisted induct Gen. Holmes into Order of the Sword

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, is congratulated by Airmen as he walks with his wife, Sara, before being honored during his Order of the Sword Ceremony at the Riverview Event Center on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Aug. 26, 2020. To culminate 39 years of Air Force service, Holmes will retire after the ACC Change of Command on Aug. 28, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson)

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