All tagged non-commissioned officer
Malia was 18 and looking for adventure. She found it in Valence, at the foot of the French Alps more than 22,000 km, a 36-hour flight and an 11 hour time difference from her home. The young woman, today a radio transmitter and top-performing athlete, was born and raised on Wallis, which, together with the islands of Futuna and Alofi, form a French overseas collectivity in the Pacific Ocean…
A chance encounter with a French Air Force officer at a career's workshop, a chat with a fireman friend and a car accident were pivotal moments in Wing Commander Caroline's life. “I was doing a physics degree but I also wanted to be a professional violinist. The car accident made me realise that life is short and worth living to the full and the chat with my friend about values and public service together with the encounter at the career's workshop all contributed to my decision to join the military,” she explains…
