Keesler staff sergeant, El Paso native, participates in training while deployed to Southwest Asia
Staff Sgt. Sterling McClendon, bioenvironmental engineering journeyman with the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group bioenvironmental engineering section, participates in a co-agency training exercise with the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management flight April 9, 2010, at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. The exercise helped maintain readiness and cooperation between agencies for events such as a hazardous material response. Sergeant McClendon is deployed from the 81st Medical Group at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and his hometown is El Paso, Texas. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)