Airman Blogger and her "DH"

Senior Airman Erin Carpenter, right, kisses her husband after his return from a deployment in 2011. Carpenter, a successful blogger, is a special education math teacher and Reservist at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (Courtesy photo/Fayetteville Observer)

Airman Blogger aims high

Senior Airman Erin Carpenter smiles for a photo during technical training at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Sept. 21, 2011. Carpenter, a reservist from Fountain, Colo., is assigned to the 302nd Force Support Squadron at Peterson AFB, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kemberly Groue)

Airman creates important database

Airman 1st Class Chris Sharlow, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment journeyman, performs an inspection on a parachute at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Nov. 30, 2012. He is the creator of a new computer program used to easily track thousands of accountable aircrew equipment items. Sharlow's program is known as the Flight Equipment Automated Records Systems (FEARS) and is being used to ensure tracking and on-time inspections of items critical to safe, efficient mission accomplishment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Greg L. Davis)

Airman creates important database

Airman 1st Class Chris Sharlow, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment journeyman, takes an inventory of Aircrew Flight Equipment at Dover AFB, Del. on Nov. 30, 2012. He is the creator of a new computer program used to easily track thousands of accountable aircrew equipment items. Sharlow's program is known as the Flight Equipment Automated Records Systems (FEARS) and is being used to ensure tracking and on-time inspections of items critical to safe, efficient mission accomplishment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Greg L. Davis)

Pilot Exchange Program

Maj. Dan McGuire, an F-16 exchange pilot who was assigned to the 312th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands, and his wife, Jen, reunite on May 25, 2012, following McGuire's four-month deployment to Afghanistan. McGuire deployed to Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, with the Dutch Air Task Force, a detachment of the Royal Netherlands Defense. McGuire participated in the Air Force Personnel Exchange Program and the couple lived in the Netherlands for two years. Prior to moving, both became fluent in Dutch through a six-month course offered by the Defense Language Institute in Alexandria, Va. In November, the McGuire's relocated to the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson, Ariz. (courtesy photo)

Pilot Exchange Program

Maj. Dan McGuire, an F-16 exchange pilot who was assigned to the 312th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands, prepares to fly a U.S. flag in May 2012 at his base in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. McGuire, who participated in the Air Force Personnel Exchange Program, deployed for four months with the Dutch Air Task Force, a detachment of the Royal Netherlands Defense. He flew missions throughout most of Afghanistan supporting the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Operation Enduring Freedom. (Photo by Sgt. Maj. Ruud Medema/Royal Netherlands Air Force)