Expeditionary Units Inactivation Ceremony

The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing honor guard post the colors during the inactivation ceremony of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, 467th Air Expeditionary Group, and the 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 18, 2011. The ceremony took place hours after the last remaining U.S.military forces drove across the Iraqi border per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31 . Since 2003, more than 1 million Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines have served in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

An Airman's Best Wingman

Senior Airman Stephen Hanks, 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and Geri, 447th ESFS patrol and explosive detector dog, look through a window while securing an abandoned building on a routine patrol on Sather Air Base in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2011. For the last six months Geri and Hanks, have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. Hanks and Geri are deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Hanks is from Amherst, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

An Airman's Best Wingman

Senior Airman Stephen Hanks, 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, pets Geri, 447th ESFS patrol and explosive detector dog, while patrolling the perimeter of Sather Air Base in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2011. Hanks' hand bears scratches from playing with Geri. For the last six months Geri and Hanks, have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. Hanks and Geri are deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Hanks is from Amherst, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

An Airman's Best Wingman

Senior Airman Stephen Hanks, a military working dog handler assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and Geri, a patrol and explosive detector dog with the 447th ESFS, patrol the perimeter of Sather Air Base in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2011. For the last six months Geri and Hanks, have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. Hanks and Geri are deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Hanks is from Amherst, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

An Airman's Best Wingman

Geri, a patrol and explosive detector dog assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, jumps more than 7 feet onto a Hesco barrier to catch a simulated attacker while training on an obstacle course in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2011. For the last six months Geri has been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

An Airman's Best Wingman

Rambo, a patrol and explosive detector dog assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, attacks Senior Airman Stephen Hanks, a 447th ESFS military working dog handler, while training on an obstacle course in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2011. For the last six months Rambo and Hanks, have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. Hanks is deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla and is from Amherst, Mass. Rambo is deployed from Kirtland AFB, N.M.(U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)