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Staff Sgt. Justin Schramm leans out to check the M2 .50 caliber machine gun mounted on an HH-60G Pave Hawk while flying in Afghanistan. Sergeant Schramm is currently stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan and is originally from Eugene, Ore. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Susan Tracy)

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Staff Sgt. Justin Schramm, an aerial gunner on an HH-60G Pave Hawk scans the countryside while on a mission here. The Pave Hawks are used for Combat Search and Rescue, and have been operated by the U.S. Air Force since 1991. Sergeant Schramm is from Eugene, Ore., and is currently stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Here Sergeant Schramm is working in the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Susan Tracy)

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Senior Airman Michael Price, a flight engineer on an HH-60G Pave Hawk scans the countryside while on a mission here. The Pave Hawks are used for Combat Search and Rescue, and have been operated by the U.S. Air Force since 1991. Sergeant Schramm is from Tuscaloosa, Ala., and is currently stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Here Sergeant Schramm is working in the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Susan Tracy)

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Aerial gunner Staff Sgt. Justin Schramm (left), and flight engineer Senior Airman Michael Price (right), watch the ground while patroling the skies in Afghanistan in an HH-60G Pave Hawk. Sergeant Schramm and Airman Price are both deployed from Kadena Air Base, Japan; Sergeant Schramm is from Eugene, Ore., originally and Airman Price is from Tuscaloosa, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Susan Tracy)

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Staff Sgt. Justin Schramm, a flight engineer on an HH-60G Pave Hawk scans the countryside while on a mission here. The Pave Hawks are used for Combat Search and Rescue, and have been operated by the U.S. Air Force since 1991. Sergeant Schramm is from Eugene, Ore., and is currently stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Here Sergeant Schramm is working in the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Susan Tracy)

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Staff Sgt. Justin Schramm, an aerial gunner for an HH-60G Pave Hawk sits behind his M2 .50 caliber machine gun during a flight. Sergeant Schramm is deployed with the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and his job is to protect servicemembers on the ground providing aid to injured people. Originally from Eugene, Ore., Sergeant Schramm loves his job because it allows him handle "many kinds of cool gadgets." (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Susan Tracy)

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Staff Sgt. Stephen Skiano, a San Diego, Calif., native deployed with the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron here, gazes out on the Afghanistan terrain while heading out on a mission. Sergeant Skiano is a Pararescue Jumper and is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. PJs are highly trained combat search and rescuemen; they go through 66 weeks of specialized training to become qualified for their job. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Susan Tracy)

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Published Nov. 9, 2009