Dangerous road to progress
Senior Airman Ian Ramirez performs turret duty in 108-degree heat on an up-armored Humvee as part of a four-vehicle convoy to Iraqi police stations May 9 in Baghdad, Iraq. Members of Det. 3, 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, perform as police transition teams mentoring, coaching and teaching Iraqi police. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.)