Raising the bar

Gold bars are pinned on 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Van Patten by her father Army Col. (Ret) James Van Patten, Lt. Col. Alfred Proulx, 94th Maintenance Group deputy commander, and mother, Ellie, during her Officer Training School graduation ceremony, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., May 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. James Branch)

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Raising the bar

2nd Lt. Elizabeth Van Patten is administered the oath of office by her father, Army Col. (Ret) James Van Patten, during her Officer Training School graduation ceremony, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., May 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. James Branch)

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Raising the bar

Members of the Officer Training School Detachment 503 perform squadron drill during their graduation ceremony, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., May 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. James Branch)

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Raising the bar

Members of the Officer Training School Detachment 503 perform squadron drill during their graduation ceremony, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., May 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. James Branch)

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Raising the bar

Published May 8, 2014
94th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Van Patten, recent Deserving Airman Commissioning Program selectee, graduated from Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama and was commissioned May 1. Van Patten is assigned to the 94th Maintenance Group, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga.