An Airman's Best Wingman

Geri, a patrol and explosive detector dog assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, lays on Senior Airman Stephen Hanks' bed while Hanks updates Geri's records in his compartmentalized housing unit in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2011. Hanks is a 447th ESFS military working dog handler. For the last six months Geri and Hanks, have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. Hanks and Geri are deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Hanks is from Amherst, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

An Airman's Best Wingman

Geri, a patrol and explosive detector dog assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, jumps more than 7 feet onto a Hesco barrier to catch a simulated attacker while training on an obstacle course in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2011. For the last six months Geri has been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

Supply Airman provides deployed troops with more than just equipment

Airman 1st Class Miad Maleki inspects a gas mask, Dec. 1, 2011, at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. Maleki, a native of Tehran, Iran, is a material management journeyman for the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. He issues, stores and maintains individual protective equipment, and is volunteering in his off time to teach a free Farsi class for the deployed troops at the wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)

Space liaison officer trains US, coalition forces

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Air Force Capt. Bryony Veater, Space Liaison Officer and Space Weapons Officer embedded with the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, looks at a Defense Advanced GPS Receiver Nov. 23, 2011. Over the past six months, Veater has been training U.S. and coalition forces how to best utilize space into ground warfare. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal)

U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt Nicole Mickle

Master Sgt. Perry Woods demonstrates one of his magic tricks at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base Nov. 30. Woods has been in the Air Force for 22-years and has been performing magic since he was nine-years old. He has volunteered to perform his magic shows for local organizations and charities for the past three years. Woods is a program manager with the 437th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Nicole Mickle)

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. (center) poses with members of an Air Force news team before screening a documentary about the Tuskegee Airmen Nov. 10, 2011, at the Pentagon. "Double Victory" was produced by George Lucas in support of his feature film, also about the Tuskegee Airmen, called "Red Tails". Gooding is the narrator of Double Victory and stars in Red Tails. (Courtesy photo)