Operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa
Staff Sergeant Art Lothrop, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS) Combat Arms Training Maintenance (CATM) NCOIC, and Staff Sergeant Nick Wells, 379th ESFS CATM Assistant NCOIC, demonstrate proper clearing procedures for the 240B machine gun, Feb. 15, 2009, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Team members from CATM, issue, inspect, and maintain weapons held in the armory for the base. Staff Sgt. Lothrop hails from Colfax, Wash. and is deployed from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Staff Sgt. Wells hails from Metropolis, Ill. and is deployed from Vogelweh Air Base, Germany. Both are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew Satran/Released)