Airmen build bare bases 1 pallet at a time

Airmen of the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group logistics and pallet build-up team secure a pallet of wood to be shipped Sept. 15, 2009, at an air base in Southwest Asia. Personnel assigned to the logistics and pallet build-up team support all RED HORSE operations downrange by obtaining and shipping required equipment for mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)

Airmen build bare bases 1 pallet at a time

Staff Sgt. Dennis Urruchi marks a pallet for palletizing and shipping Sept. 15, 2009, at an air base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Urruchi is a 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group electrical craftsman. He along with fellow servicemembers of the logistics and pallet build-up team, support all RED HORSE operations downrange by obtaining and shipping required equipment for mission success. Sergeant Urruchi is deployed from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)

Air Force physician applies research to humanitarian exercise

Capt. (Dr.) Christopher Lindshield speaks to a patient during the humanitarian assistance rapid response team validation exercise Sept. 4, 2009, on Chuuk, in the Federated States of Micronesia. The team is the Air Force's new expeditionary medical capability designed to deploy within 24-hours of notice during disaster relief operations. The team provides basic medical care and public health assistance to 350 to 500 patients per day and is based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Doctor Lindshield is from the 374th Medical Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Andrew Hoskinson)

Air Force physician applies research to humanitarian exercise

Capt. (Dr.) Christopher Lindshield speaks to a patient during the humanitarian assistance rapid response team validation exercise Sept. 4, 2009, on Chuuk, in the Federated States of Micronesia. The team is the Air Force's new expeditionary medical capability designed to deploy within 24-hours of notice during disaster relief operations. The team provides basic medical care and public health assistance to 350 to 500 patients per day and is based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Doctor Lindshield is from the 374th Medical Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Andrew Hoskinson)

'Defender's Edge': A new approach to combat stress

Capt. Craig Bryan (far right) briefs a group of 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's quick reaction force Airmen while they board a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle as part of a combat-stress therapy scenario Aug. 20 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Captain Bryan has worked with members of the 532nd ESFS, who conduct operations outside the wire, in an effort to improve their mental resiliency to combat-related stressors. Captain Bryan is the 332nd Expeditionary Aerospace Medicine Squadron traumatic brain injury clinic director. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andria J. Allmond)

'Defender's Edge': A new approach to combat stress

Capt. Craig Bryan (second from left) briefs a group of 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's quick reaction force Airmen prior to conducting a combat-stress therapy scenario Aug. 20 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Captain Bryan has worked with members of the 532nd ESFS, who conduct operations outside the wire, in an effort to improve their mental resiliency to combat-related stressors. Captain Bryan is the 332nd Expeditionary Aerospace Medicine Squadron traumatic brain injury clinic director. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andria J. Allmond)

Airmen coordinate smooth transition of wounded to higher medical care

Capt. Jac Solghan and British Soldiers carry an Afghan boy who is returning home after weeks of care and rehabilitation by U.S. and Afghan medical personnel June 23 at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The boy lost his leg when a landmine exploded as he was walking along a road. Captain Solghan is the Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Team flight clinical coordinator. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Airmen coordinate smooth transition of wounded to higher medical care

Capt. Jac Solghan comforts an Afghan boy who is returning home after weeks of care and rehabilitation by U.S. and Afghan medical personnel June 23 at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The boy lost his leg when a landmine exploded as he was walking along a road. Captain Solghan is the Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Team flight clinical coordinator. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

USAF rescue aids in 'Golden Hour' recovery of coalition forces.

Senior Airman Noah Landwerlen cares for a patient while waiting for a wounded Afghan National Army soldier to be loaded into an HH-60G Pave Hawk in the Hemalnd Province, Afghanistan, June 27. Airman Landwerlen is a pararescueman with the 129th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. The 129th ERSQ responds to emergency medical evacuation calls within the province, providing casualty evacuation and personnel recovery/combat search and rescue in support of Regional Command South. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

USAF rescue aids in 'Golden Hour' recovery of coalition forces.

Staff Sgt. William Lawson, a pararescueman with the 129th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, cares for a wounded Afghan National Army soldier while aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter above the Hemland Province, Afghanistan, June 27. Sergeant Lawson, a trained paramedic, provides care to the injured soldiers until they can be safely delivered to a hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Operation Southern Partner

Pararescueman Staff Sgt. Blair Bearny jumps from the back of a C-130J Hercules June 9 to demonstrate a rigged alternate method zodiac, or RAMZ, capability jump into the Caribbean Ocean for members of the Belize National Coast Guard and local media during Operation Southern Partner. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

Operation Southern Partner

Pararescueman and jump master Senior Master Sgt. Michael Fleming watches as a rigged alternate method zodiac, or RAMZ, package leaves his C-130J Hercules June 9 as part of a demonstration for members of the Belize National Coast Guard and local media during Operation Southern Partner. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)