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Then-Staff Sgt. Joshua Smith, 326th Training Squadron military training instructor, speaks to a trainee going through Basic Military Training, April 2010, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Smith served as an MTI for four years before moving to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and eventually becoming an Airman Leadership School instructor. (Courtesy photo)

Inspired NCO spends career molding Airmen

Then-Staff Sgt. Joshua Smith, 326th Training Squadron military training instructor, speaks to a trainee going through Basic Military Training, April 2010, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Smith served as an MTI for four years before moving to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and eventually becoming an Airman Leadership School instructor. (Courtesy photo)

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