Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa
Senior Airman Ashley Hanshaw, a postal clerk with the 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, receives a completed absentee ballot to be mailed October 3, 2008, at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. Absentee ballots are given top priority for mail processing during election season in order to provide the best chance to have votes count. Airman Hanshaw, a native of the Bronx, N.Y., is deployed from Dobbins Air Force Base, Ga., in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette/Released)