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Las Vegas Author Depicts Life At Nellis, Overseas In 'Back In Two Weeks'

Jennifer Debs

Jennifer Debs tells the story of her life in Air Force at Nellis Air Force Base.

When she left to join the Air Force at 20 years old, Jennifer Debs thought she probably wasn’t going to make it, and told her friends she would be “back in two weeks.”

Hence the title of her self-published book, Debs did make it past those first two weeks, and was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base as an air traffic controller right before the attacks of 9/11. Following the attacks, when she had only six months left in her military career, Debs was deployed to a war zone in the Middle East.

She explains her year-long stint overseas as one of the most difficult in her life, living in what she called “tent city,” with basic accommodations in the middle of the desert and in the middle of summer. After her mission and deployment was over, the real challenge began when it came to readjusting to life at home. Family and friends had continued living their normal lives, when Debs’ life would never be the same.

Debs will be at the Sahara West Library at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 8, giving a book signing and reading part of her book. For more information about her talk, visit www.lvccld.org.

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Jennifer Debs, local author

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Prior to taking on the role of Broadcast Operations Manager in January 2021, Rachel was the senior producer of KNPR's State of Nevada program for 6 years. She helped compile newscasts and provided coverage for and about the people of Southern Nevada, as well as major events such as the October 1 shooting on the Las Vegas strip, protests of racial injustice, elections and more. Rachel graduated with a bachelor's degree of journalism and mass communications from New Mexico State University.