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 her to make a wreath; however, Nicole admits she had no idea how to create one. With support from her “crafty mother,” who helped create the design, she made a “prototype.” After posting photos on the veteran’s group, Pompei, 29, was flooded with requests from families who wanted to honor their loved ones in the same way. Pompei then launched a website called Wreaths by Nicole P, and has crafted over 200 …