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100 Years: Stories from the Border Patrol - Supervisory Agent Janalyn Buseck Looks Back on 31 Years

By Chris McDaniel
Published June 6, 2024 at 6:13 PM MST
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Former Border Patrol Agent, Janalyn Buseck (left) — who retired as a supervisor from the Yuma Sector — witnessed much change during her 31-years wearing the uniform.
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Former Border Patrol Agent, Janalyn Buseck (left) — who retired as a supervisor from the Yuma Sector — witnessed much change during her 31-years wearing the uniform.
PHOTO COURTESY JANALYN BUSECK
When Janalyn Buseck joined the U-S Border Patrol in March of 1985, she was one of very few female agents in the Yuma Sector.
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When Janalyn Buseck joined the U-S Border Patrol in March of 1985, she was one of very few female agents in the Yuma Sector.
PHOTO COURTESY JANALYN BUSECK
Janalyn says her three decades of service seem to have flashed by in the blink of an eye.
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Janalyn says her three decades of service seem to have flashed by in the blink of an eye.
PHOTO COURTESY JANALYN BUSECK
Another day on the job for Supervisory Agent, Janalyn Buseck.
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Another day on the job for Supervisory Agent, Janalyn Buseck.
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Janalyn Buseck (center) with her colleagues in the 2000's.
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Janalyn Buseck (center) with her colleagues in the 2000's.
PHOTO COURTESY JANALYN BUSECK

BY CHRIS McDANIEL
KAWC NEWS

YUMA — When Janalyn Buseck joined the U-S Border Patrol in March of 1985, she says she was one of very few female agents in the Yuma Sector.

In the days leading up to the 100th birthday of the Border Patrol, which happend on May 28th, Arizona Edition sat down with former agents to learn more about our sector's storied history.

Buseck — who retired as a supervisory agent in 2016, says her three decades of service seemed to flash by in the blink of an eye.

Here is our conversation -- the second in our ongoing podcast series: 100 years -- Stories from the Border Patrol...

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Chris McDaniel
Chris McDaniel is a Yuma native and fourth generation graduate of Yuma High School. He began his print journalism career at the Yuma Sun as a reporter in 2009. He later worked in the Pacific Northwest as an editor for Peninsula Daily News, as arts editor for The Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader, and as publisher for a small weekly newspaper in the badlands of Montana. He is a graduate of Peninsula College, where he earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Management degree. He has served as host for KAWC's Morning Edition and All Things Considered and spends much of his time gathering reports from the field in Yuma and La Paz Counties.
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