Help yourself
Airman 1st Class Eric Perez, assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, restocks finishing nails in the screw and nail area of the base self help store Sept. 4, 2008. Airman Perez and others assigned to the 379th ECES are responsible for providing over 75,000 different building materials and supplies for facility maintenance projects at this undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. They assist over 1,000 customers per month in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. Airman Perez, a native of Houston, Texas, is deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)