Rachael Mooney received her advancement in rank to captain in the U.S. Air Force on May 28, 2012. She graduated from Burlingame High School in 2003, was nominated and accepted into the Air Force Academy where she also played Division 1 volleyball. After graduation from the academy, she was commissioned as second lieutenant logistics officer at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. Having traveled extensively and returning from deployment in Honduras, Capt. Rachael Mooney will now be assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz.
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