Airmen 1st Class Tim Wise and Kenneth Bulak discuss a briefing at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, prior to an outside-the-wire mission Dec. 11. Wise and Bulak are assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Detachment 6, which undertakes construction projects for the Army. Wynne, a structural engineer and native of York, Pa., is deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan. Bulak, a pavements and equipment operator and native of Warren, Mass., is deployed from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)