ChalleNGed: An Airman’s choice to succeed
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher G. Kurtz, a cyber-systems operations specialist with the 264th Combat Communications Squadron, poses for his Outstanding Airman of the Year portrait at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill., Feb. 8, 2015. Kurtz dropped out of high school to enroll in the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program in 2008, which inspired a career in the military after graduation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Todd A. Pendleton/Released)