Graduate pursues dream of flying, serving nation (opens in new tab)

A daughter of refugees who fled Iraq in the 1990s following the Iran-Iraq War is one of the most accomplished of the over 2,000 military-connected students graduating from Arizona State University this spring semester.First-generation college student Mareem Al-Mosawi will be commissioned as a military officer, along with 32 other Air Force cadets, during a ceremony on Tempe campus Tuesday. She then will head to pilot training, where she will begin her journey toward becoming a pilot, a goal t...