Nicole O'Hara has left the Air Force and admits she struggles when recalling the most traumatic incident of her military career. "It was just so awful,” she said. “In a situation like that, I had to go get help to realize that it was either us or them and it couldn't be us. It took me a long time to finally accept that.” (Photo courtesy of Nicole O'Hara)

Nicole O’Hara has left the Air Force and admits she struggles when recalling the most traumatic incident of her military career. “It was just so awful,” she said. “In a situation like that, I had to go get help to realize that it was either us or them and it couldn’t be us. It took me a long time to finally accept that.” (Photo courtesy of Nicole O’Hara)