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The beaten path: An Airman’s 381-mile walk for refuge

Staff Sgt. Martha Otto, a former South-Sudanese refugee, holds a photo of her nephew and nieces, whom, like Otto years ago, fled their civil war-torn country of South Sudan in search of safety from Joseph Kony’s Lord Resistance Army. The 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron training manager recently financially assisted her family out of a North Ugandan refugee camp and into boarding school and is passionate about sharing her story to help others. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nesha Humes)

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The beaten path: An Airman’s 381-mile walk for refuge

Staff Sgt. Martha Otto, 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron training manager, organizes equipment on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 21, 2017. Otto, fled her South-Sudanese home at the age of seven in search of safety from Joseph Kony’s Lord Resistance Army and spent most of her childhood in a refugee camp. Today, she is passionate about sharing her perilous journey to help others. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nesha Humes)

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The beaten path: An Airman’s 381-mile walk for refuge

Kakuma refugee camp, situated in North West Kenya, was home for Staff Sgt. Martha Otto before immigrating to the U.S in 2000, later going on to serve in the U.S. Air Force. Otto fled her South-Sudanese home at the age of seven in search of safety from Joseph Kony’s Lord Resistance Army and spent the majority of her childhood in refugee camps. (Stock photo)

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The beaten path: An Airman’s 381-mile walk for refuge

Staff Sgt. Martha Otto, 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron training manager, fled her South-Sudanese home at the age of seven in search of safety from Joseph Kony’s Lord Resistance Army and spent most of her childhood in a refugee camp. Today, she is passionate about sharing her distinctive journey to help others. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Nesha Humes)

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The beaten path: An Airman’s 381-mile walk for refuge

Staff Sgt. Martha Otto, 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron training manager and former South-Sudanese refugee, holds salt and beans, the two items she distinctly remembers carrying during her 381-mile walk in search of safety. At the age of seven, the Ramstein Airman, was responsible for carrying a sack of salt as her family’s currency to trade for vegetables and beans, as they made their dangerous journey through the woodlands to a refugee camp in Northern Uganda. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nesha Humes)

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