Air Force Airman 1st Class Irene Lu, a cyber transport systems specialist with the 182nd Communications Flight, Illinois Air National Guard, explains how a network patch panel operates in Peoria, Ill., April 30, 2016. Lu, a first-generation American of Chinese heritage and the only female in her shop, said that the more diversity the military has, the more one person can learn about the world and learn from different experiences. ( Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)

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