Capt. Melissa Bierma stands in front of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s satellite operations facility Sept. 25, 2014, in Suitland, Md. Bierma is satellite operator and executive officer with Detachment 1, 50th Space Operations Group. The geographically separated unit manages the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – the only weather satellite system in the DOD – in cooperation with NOAA. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexander W. Riedel)
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