Security forces troops take on the RedMan
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Rosland Upshaw, 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, goes on the offensive with a training baton against Tech. Sgt. Zachary Merkl, who wore a RedMan suit to protect himself during a baton training class here Sept. 10. Both Airmen are deployed as part of the largest security forces unit deployed into combat to defend an airbase since the Vietnam War. Upshaw, a native of Statesboro, Ga., is deployed here from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and Merkl is an Ephrata, Wash., native deployed from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)