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Published June 26, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: ROTC cadet Danielle Krinke


Danielle Krinke is dwarfed by a tank at Fort Knox, Ky., on her way to three weeks of active duty in El Salvador in May. Photo submitted

  • Danielle Krinke is dwarfed by a tank at Fort Knox, Ky., on her way to three weeks of active duty in El Salvador in May. Photo submitted
  • Danielle Krinke and her group of ROTC cadets ran or walked up a deactivated volcano in El Salvador, a routine know as “commander’s challenge.” Krinke is in the middle, fourth from left. Photo submitted
  • Danielle Krinke dons a hard hat and work gloves for some heavy construction on an Army ROTC mission to El Salvador in May. Photo submitted
  • Danielle Krinke meets a pilot in the El Salvador Air Force who holds the rank of colonel. Photo submitted
  • Danielle Krinke has finished her first year on an ROTC scholarship at Minnesota State University-Mankato that included an active duty mission to El Salvador. Photo by Jon Echternacht