Second Lt. Keerstin Beitter, with 1-207th Aviation, Alaska Army National Guard, stands alongside her mother, Kristina Murakami, and Alaska Army National Guard recruiters Capt. Terri Lopez and Maj. David Jurva at her Officer Candidate School graduation ceremony in Fort Benning, Ga., Nov. 6. Beitter is the first Soldier to use the federal program as a commissioning source for non-prior-service enlistees. (Photo courtesy 2nd Lt. Keerstin Beitter) The fast track to a commission for Guard members 141106-Z-KB001-001

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