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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Caleb Mason, Tactical Air Control Party member, controls two A-10 Thunderbolts during close air support training at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2012. Mason is also a Radio Operator, Maintainer, and Driver, where he is trained and metored by Joint Terminal Attack Controllers in an operational deployed environment before going to the JTAC qualification course. JTAC members provide ground forces with air superiority by controlling overhead aircraft that are able to deliver multiple weapons systems, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. JTACs and ROMADs train and operate alongside their Army counterparts in order to prepare them for kinetic situations while outside the wire. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mitchell Polu, Joint Terminal Attack Controller, is deployed from Ft. Carson, CO, and is part of the 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Sq., Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, July 3, 2012. Polu and fellow JTAC members provide ground forces with air superiority by controlling overhead aircraft that are able to deliver multiple weapons systems, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. JTACs and radio operators, maintainers, and drivers train and operate alongside their Army counterparts in order to prepare them for kinetic situations while outside-the-wire. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mitchell Polu, Joint Terminal Attack Controller, 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, waits to board an aircraft during a battlefield circulation mission in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2012. Polu and fellow JTAC members provide ground forces with air superiority by controlling overhead aircraft that are able to deliver multiple weapons systems, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. JTACs and Radio Operators, Maintainers, and Drivers train and operate alongside their Army counterparts in order to prepare them for kinetic situations while outside the wire. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tommy Allgier, Tactical Air Control Party member, wears a killed in action bracelet in memory of Maj. Walter Gray, who was KIA during a mission on Aug. 8, 2012. Gray was a fellow Joint Terminal Attack Controller and an Air Liaison Officer. The JTACs and TACP members that were under Gray's command wear the bracelets in memory of their fallen leader, who had a strong and lasting connection with his troops. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edger Gaitan, Passenger Service NCOIC, 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, prays in the distinguished visitor suite during his shift at the Passenger Terminal, Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 19, 2012. Gaitan spends his graveyard shift making sure deploying and redeploying U.S. and coalition members are transported properly. Gaitan is a devout Muslim who finds the time to pray daily in between mission requirements here at Manas. Gaitan has had the priveledge of serving his country while helping to mentor those around him with his strong personal values and religious beliefs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edger Gaitan, Passenger Service NCOIC, 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, prays in the distinguished visitor suite during his shift at the Passenger Terminal, Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 19, 2012. Gaitan spends his graveyard shift making sure deploying and redeploying U.S. and coalition members are transported properly. Gaitan is a devout Muslim who finds the time to pray daily in between mission requirements here at Manas. Gaitan has had the priveledge of serving his country while helping to mentor those around him with his strong personal values and religious beliefs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edger Gaitan, Passenger Service NCOIC, 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, prepares to pray in the distinguished visitor suite during his shift at the Passenger Terminal, Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 19, 2012. Gaitan spends his graveyard shift making sure deploying and redeploying U.S. and coalition members are transported properly. Gaitan is a devout Muslim who finds the time to pray daily in between mission requirements here at Manas. Gaitan has had the priveledge of serving his country while helping to mentor those around him with his strong personal values and religious beliefs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edger Gaitan, Passenger Service NCOIC, 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, makes his way toward the distinguished visitor suite where he prays during his shift at the Passenger Terminal, Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 19, 2012. Gaitan spends his graveyard shift making sure deploying and redeploying U.S. and coalition members are transported properly. Gaitan is a devout Muslim who finds the time to pray daily in between mission requirements here at Manas. Gaitan has had the priveledge of serving his country while helping to mentor those around him with his strong personal values and religious beliefs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edger Gaitan, Passenger Service NCOIC, 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, instructs U.S. and coalition members on passenger procedures during his shift at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 19, 2012. Gaitan also is a devout Muslim who finds the time to pray daily in between mission requirements here at Manas. Gaitan has had the priveledge of serving his country while helping to mentor those around him with his strong personal values and religious beliefs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edger Gaitan, Passenger Service NCOIC, 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, spends his graveyard shift making sure deploying and redeploying U.S. and coalition members are transported properly at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 19, 2012. Gaitan also is a devout Muslim who finds the time to pray daily in between mission requirements here at Manas. Gaitan has had the priveledge of serving his country while helping to mentor those around him with his strong personal values and religious beliefs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
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966th AES EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Brian D. Wade, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician team leader with the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron and Combined Joint Task Force Paladin, writes down information so that he can send his two three-man teams to respond after a multiple rocket attack inside the wire at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 20, 2012. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
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966th AES EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Fleming calls back to his leadership as Tech. Sgt. Daniel K. Robinson waits for feedback during a call they responded to outside the wire that an unexploded ordnance was found at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 19, 2012. Fleming and Robinson are both Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron and Combined Joint Task Force Paladin. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
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966th AES EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory

Tech. Sgt. Daniel K. Robinson and Staff Sgt. David Fleming, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron and Combined Joint Task Force Paladin, kneel next to an unexploded ordnance that was reported found off base at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 19, 2012. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
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966th AES EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory

Airmen from the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight move their truck far enough away before setting off a controlled detonation at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 16, 2012. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
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966th AES EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory

Airmen from the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight set off a controlled detonation at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 16, 2012. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
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966th AES EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Steven Heffermen, an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Airman deployed to the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, rolls out detonation cord before performing a controlled detonation March 15, 2012. Heffermen hails from Bristol, Vt., and is deployed to Afghanistan from the Vermont Air National Guard, 158th Fighter Wing. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
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966th AES EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory

Airmen with the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordance Disposal team perform a controlled detonation at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 16, 2012. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
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966th AES EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory

A stick of C-4 is mixed with unexploded ordnances before Airmen with the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team perform a controlled detonation at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 16, 2012. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
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966th AES EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dustin Frey, an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Airman deployed to the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, cuts blocks of C-4 before performing a controlled detonation March 15, 2012. Frey is deployed to Afghanistan from the Nebraska Air National Guard, 155th Air Refueling Wing, Lincoln, Neb. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)
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966th AES EOD

U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordinance Disposal technician Staff Sgt. Scott Rice from the 673rd Civil Engineering Squadron, EOD flight, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, uses a Raman instrument to analyze explosive properties of a homemade explosive March 15, 2012. Rice is deployed to the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron EOD flight who supports Combined Joint Task Force Paladin. EOD members are experts in chemical, biological, incendiary, radiological, and nuclear materials and devices. The unit helps insure freedom of operations in a deployed environment by applying special procedures to totally remove hazards created by unexploded ordinance and improvised explosive devices. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. DeNoris A. Mickle)
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