Zachary Irwin, a veteran and current air traffic control shift leader at Fort Rucker, was deployed for the first time when his oldest daughter, Emily, now an Air Force Air Traffic Controller herself, was between 1 and 2 years old. Being away from the family, with his also active-duty wife back home, made it difficult to explain the emotions that came with separation, especially to a child too young to understand why her father was gone.
So, he c…
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