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  • CAMP UR, Iraq -- Maj. Michelle Stringer (left) and 1st Lt. Sarah Parris train Iraqi troops at this austere camp. Both are deployed here from the 78th Security Forces Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Female officers train Iraqi soldiers

    In a culture where women traditionally stay home and men take care of business, two female officers from here found that some customs are changing. The two women, from Robins’ 78th Security Forces Squadron, are part of an Air Force military training team helping train Iraqi noncommissioned officers. Maj. Michelle Stringer and 1st Lt. Sarah Parris
  • MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airman 1st Class Dustin Easton demonstrates how he uses a hand-made birdcall here during a practice session recently. Airman Easton started bird calling when he was 10 years old when he went hunting with his grandfather. He is a champion bird caller and has competed in bird calling competitions nationwide. He is assigned to the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Danny Monahan)

    Airman perfects bird calling skills in competitions

    Every hunter knows the importance of having good equipment -- a trusted rifle, the right piece of accessory equipment and that perfect ammunition load. But the key is being able to lure your prey to the perfect spot. To one Airman here, it is not enough to lure his prey, but to be the best at it. Airman 1st Class Dustin Easton, of the 5th Civil

  • Command during a Category 4 hurricane

    Command. There is no better job in the world. After seven years in jobs with “command authority” -- and two squadron commands -- I figured I had a good idea what command was all about. I was wrong. What changed my mind? Four words: “shelter commander” and ‘Hurricane Katrina.” From Aug. 28 to Sept. 5, I lived with 730 of my “closest friends” in
  • ALI BASE, Iraq -- Beverly Hall laughs with one of 15 Iraqi Airmen during her English class. Mrs. Hall is part of a four-person Defense Language Institute mobile training team here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean)

    Iraqi Air Force 101: First they must read English

    Nothing would seem out of place if the room were inside an American schoolhouse. The classroom has posters with picture clues describing nouns. The tables have books, pens, paper and lesson books on them, and students take notes while talking amongst themselves and laughing occasionally. There is nothing uncommon about English as a second language

  • Mental health counseling not career ending

    Retired Senior Master Sgt. Patrick McCathern was literally seconds away from death. He hung by a noose tied to his bathroom door, ready to die.As he felt his last few gasping breaths fill his lungs, he noticed the wagging tail and puppy-dog eyes of his pet, Dunkin, looking up at him. That was enough to make him untie the rope from around his
  • MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. (AFPN) -- Merry Debbrecht, the "Rose Hill Cookie Lady," pulls another batch of fresh cookies out of her oven. To show her support to the American military, she bakes a minimum of 20 dozen cookies every day and sends them to deployed troops. Since February 2005, she has baked more than 30,000 cookies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

    Rose Hill Cookie Lady sends more than 30,000 cookies overseas

    Three Airmen received some “sweet” support from the “Rose Hill Cookie Lady” while they were deployed.Since Feb. 5, Merry Debbrecht, nicknamed the Rose Hill Cookie Lady, has baked more than 30,000 cookies for deployed troops all over the world.Mrs. Debbrecht’s baking project began after her grandson, Army Private 1st Class Andrew Webb, deployed
  • OVER NEW ORLEANS -- Tech. Sgt. Keith Berry looks down into flooded streets searching for survivors. He is part of an Air Force Reserve team credited with saving more than 1,040 people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He is a pararescueman with the 304th Rescue Squadron from Portland, Ore. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

    A PJ’s night in New Orleans

    At the heart of the helicopter rescue portion of the Air Force Reserve Command’s contribution to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort are the crews flying 10 to 12 hour missions picking up as many as 184 survivors on a single mission.At the very center of that heart pararescuemen can be found who have risked life and limb so that others may
  • ALI BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. John Gladney tests a light gun used to control aircraft if radio communication fails. Sergeant Gladney is an air traffic tower watch supervisor with the 407th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron and is deployed from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Maurice Hessel)

    Air traffic controllers perform dual mission, put fighters on target

    Air traffic controllers here are breaking new ground –- or space, as one might say in the air traffic control world.Not only do controllers balance their normal workload of ensuring the safety of civilian airplane traffic in the area, but they also direct fighter aircraft to engage the enemy in the southern third of Iraq.It is a first for the

  • Lakenheath Airman weathers Hurricane Katrina

    The world watched helplessly as Hurricane Katrina decimated the Gulf Coast and left many people homeless or dead. Many people have watched the television news and seen video footage and photographs of the damage to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., but one Airman here knows what it actually felt like to ride out Hurricane Katrina.Staff Sgt.
  • BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Charles Berry keeps blood and fluids flowing in the operating room as doctors treat a patient injured in an insurgent attack. The doctors, nurses and other medics with the 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron here have treated more than 3,000 patients during the past five months. Sergeant Berry is deployed from Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

    Saving lives, losing lives through eyes of medics

    The faces of Air Force medics serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom are often the first, and sometimes the last, seen by those who are left hurt and bleeding by an enemy fighting against peace and freedom. It is these same medics who see the pain and suffering of the injured, and the skill, dedication and compassion of the doctors, nurses and other
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