Staff Sgt. Ryton Hitzel removes the tire from the rim of an all-terrain vehicle, March 11, 2013, in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Hitzel is a vehicle maintenance technician assigned to the 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron, where he repairs and maintains vehicles and other equipment. Airmen are embedded with the Army at about 80 locations throughout Afghanistan to provide critical skill sets and dynamic leadership. Hitzel, a native of Rapid City, S.D., is deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marleah Miller)