Staff Sergeant Handcrafts Patriotic Wreaths From Military Uniforms for Veterans and Families

Staff Sergeant Handcrafts Patriotic Wreaths From Military Uniforms for Veterans and Families
Courtesy of Wreaths By Nicole
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After the U.S. Air Force switched over to new uniforms, a staff sergeant from San Antonio, Texas, found a unique way to memorialize her old ones. She repurposed the material into a wreath.

Nicole Pompei, a former Marine and active-duty airman, posted on a Facebook group called Women Veterans around July 2020 asking people what she could do with the uniforms when the Air Force was switching its uniforms from the Airman Battle Uniforms to the Operational Camouflage Pattern. Most people recommended that she make a wreath; however, Nicole admits she had no idea how to create one.