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)

Curling for the pump

Master Sgt. LaJuan Fuller, 366th Civil Engineer Squadron first sergeant, lifts some small weights to warm up his muscles before his body building competition April 28, 2012, in Boise, Idaho. Fuller has participated in more than 18 competitions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Heather Hayward)

Posing with a tune

Master Sgt. LaJuan Fuller, 366th Civil Engineer Squadron first sergeant, practices posing to music he selected for his upcoming body-building competition to ensure his timing and poses are proper in Mountain Home, Idaho, April 25, 2012. Fuller uses has a membership at a gym off base which allows him to take his shirt off while practicing his poses and utilize a tanning bed to even out his tan lines before competitions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Heather Hayward)

Cultural difference

An Afghan butcher waits for customers at his storefront in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rebecca Corey)

Sweet smiles

An Afghan girls smile as then-Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Corey snaps a shot in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, during her deployement to the region in 2009. On a medical visit to a local village, Corey gave the girls candy causing several local boys to try to steal it from them. Corey shooed them away, leaving the shy girls giggling happily and keeping the candy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rebecca Corey)

IED danger

An improvised explosive device explodes near a U.S. convoy. Then-Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Corey photographed events like this during her deployment to Afghanistan as a member of the provincial reconstruction teams working in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Shooting in the streets

Then-Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Corey smiles for a rare photo of herself in the streets of Afghanistan during her deployement in 2009. Corey's mission was to document the efforts of the provinial reconstruction teams, working in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo)