Day on the Job: Nurse, medical technician

Tech. Sgt. Courtney Leahy practices checking the vitals of mock patient, Senior Airman Jason Henderson, May 9, 2013, at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing’s medical facility. Leahy and Henderson are 379th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron medical technicians and deployed here from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. The Air Force Medical Service celebrates Nurse and Medical Technician week May 6 - 12. This year's event is themed delivering quality and innovation in patient care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)

Operational cyber warriors maintain information systems

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Ross Lemp and Tech. Sgt. Michael Sequin, 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron electronic warfare maintainers, examine the information systems onboard a RC-135V/W Rivet Joint May 6, 2013, at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia. The RC-135’s are primarily used as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform; picking up real-time information on oppositional forces. Lemp and Sequin are deployed from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

An A-10 love story

Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella Jr., 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, performs a pre-flight check on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 26, 2013. The A-10 is a specialized ground-attack aircraft which provides close air support to ground forces operating in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

Junkyard Mechanic

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryton Hitzel, a vehicle maintenance technician assigned to the 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron, replaces tires on an all-terrain vehicle, March 11, 2013, in Tarin Kowt district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Hitzel is a Coalition Force member attached to a U.S. Navy forward operating base maintenance battalion where he repairs and maintains vehicles and other equipment. Coalition Force Airmen are embedded with Sister Service and Joint/Combined headquarters Army units at about 80 locations throughout Afghanistan to provide critical skill sets and dynamic leadership. Hitzel, a native of Rapid City N.D., is deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marleah Miller)

Port Specialist

U.S. Air Force aerial port specialists, assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, unload cargo from a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft March 6, 2013, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. They are Joint Expeditionary Tasked Airmen with the 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron. JET Airmen are embedded with Air Force and Army units at about 80 locations throughout Afghanistan to provide critical skill sets and dynamic leadership (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marleah Miller)

Fuels Lab

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Copley, NCS Fuels Laboratory supervisor, prepares fuel for testing, March 20, 2013, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Copley is responsible for testing jet and diesel fuel for the International Security Assistance Force. Copley, a native of Parkersburg, W.V., is a technical school instructor deployed from the 364th Training Squadron, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marleah Miller)