INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey — Horace, an ancient Roman poet, is often quoted as saying “a picture is a poem without words.”
Airman 1st Class Anna Whittington, who serves on the commander’s support staff, teamed up with Senior Airman Tyler Menz, a unit training instructor, to paint a mural in one of the security forces dormitories.
Blending Whittington’s artistic acumen and Menz’s knowledge of security forces heritage, the duo embarked on this project to honor Defenders.
“I want to get a mural in every (security forces dormitory) building on different floors,” Whittington said, adding that each mural would give a glimpse into the heritage of Air Force security forces. “I want to be able to give something to the people who are coming after. It gives me the feeling of serving something bigger than myself.”
For their motif, Whittington and Menz painted a battlefield cross: a memorial for fallen troops featuring a rifle pointed downward into a pair of boots and topped with a helmet.
