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Alea Nadeem
AFROTC Cadet, University of NM
(AFROTC, 2008)
As a young girl living in the United States, Cadet Nadeem was taken involuntarily from her mother and was forced to live in Iraq when the Gulf War occurred. It took her mother four years to secure her return to the US. Cadet Nadeem's experiences in Iraq, both good and bad, influenced her decision to serve the United States as an officer in the US Air Force.
Cadet Alea Nadeem was born in Toledo, Ohio. She graduated from Central Catholic High School in 2003 and enlisted in the US Air Force that same year. Alea was a security forces member for three years serving at the 180th Fighter Wing, Toldeo, Ohio Air Natioanl Guard and 150th Fighter Wing, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico Air National Guard. Offered an opportunity to commission at the University of New Mexico's AFROTC, she joined AFROTC in the spring of 2004 while continuing to serve at the 150th Fighter Wing. Cadet Nadeem is currently a senior at the University of New Mexico and will graduate in December 2008.
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