Kyrgyz Republic Ministry of Education tours Transit Center
Maj. Russell Bastian trades hats with Kubatbek Chekirov April 12, 2012, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, during a Kyrgyz Republic Ministry of Education and Science visit to the Transit Center. Bastian is the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Theater Security Cooperation division director and is deployed here from Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Chekirov is a local reporter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)