Deployed firefighter portrait: Petersen Airman supports fire protection efforts in Southwest Asia
Airman 1st Class Jesse Owings, a firefighter with the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, moves equipment on the flightline of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing during operations at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on March 1, 2010. Airman Owings is the driver and operator of the fire department's rescue vehicle. He is deployed from the 21st CES at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and his hometown is Ottumwa, Iowa. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)