Maintainers Help Keeping the Fight Going
Airman 1st Class Derrick Monroe, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron combat oriented supply organization (COSO) journeyman, checks in a bad part for maintenance from Senior Airman Michael Martin, a 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron B1-B avionics technician, while he fills out the paperwork for it, June 9, 2009, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. COSO personnel manage the supply of parts and assist maintenance technicians in researching and locating parts they need to perform their mission. Airman Monroe hails from Albany, Ga. Airman Martin hails from Rehoboth, Del. Both are deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran/released)