SecDef calls deployed Air Force NCO
Tech. Sgt. Charles Heathman, an adviser with the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing , stands near an Afghan air force MI17 prior to receiving a phone call from Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2012, at Kabul International Airport. Heathman was hand-picked as the Air Force representative to receive a call from Panetta. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)