Lt. Col. Sirena Morris addresses women and men attending the Women’s Equality Day celebration at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Aug. 26, 2013. The colonel’s words and many others quoted during the event served as mentoring points and notes of motivation. Morris is the 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron commander and a Fayetteville, N.C., native. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)