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Senior Airman Paul Clayborn removes rubber boots after pumping floodwater into an unused yard Nov. 3 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Airman Clayborn, a utility system journeyman with the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, is deployed from Andrews Air Force Base, Md. His hometown is Arlington, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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Did someone call a plumber?

Airman 1st Class Gregory Hayes, Senior Airman Paul Clayborn, Tech. Sgt. Eric Miner, Senior Airman Christian Crespo and Staff Sgt. Mervie Dotson watch as floodwater from one yard flows into an used yard Nov. 3 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Pumping the floodwater allows maintenance technicians to access a radio tower on base. All five Airmen are utilities systems technicians with the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. Airman Clayborn, a native of Arlington, Texas, is deployed from Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Sergeant Dotson, a native of Tyler, Texas, is deployed from Barksdale AFB, La. Sergeant Miner, a native of Concord, N.H., is deployed from McConnell AFB, Kan. Airman Crespo, a Dallas native, is deployed from Malmstrom AFB, Mont. Airman Hayes, a native of Lancaster, S.C., is deployed from Schriever AFB, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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Did someone call a plumber?

Senior Airman Paul Clayborn, Staff Sgt. Mervie Dotson, Tech. Sgt. Eric Miner, Senior Airman Christian Crespo and Airman 1st Class Gregory Hayes drain a hose while pumping floodwater out of a low-lying area Nov. 3 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. All five Airmen are utility system technicians with the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. Airman Clayborn, a native of Arlington, Texas, is deployed from Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Sergeant Dotson, a native of Tyler, Texas, is deployed from Barksdale AFB, La. Sergeant Miner, a native of Concord, N.H., is deployed from McConnell AFB, Kan. Airman Crespo, a Dallas native, is deployed from Malmstrom AFB, Mont. Airman Hayes, a native of Lancaster, S.C., is deployed from Schriever AFB, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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Airmen spend day with Chilean children

Staff Sgt. Luis Sanchez helps a Chilean girl construct a model airplane Oct. 30 at a home for abused or neglected children near Santiago, Chile. Besides constructing the model airplanes, American servicemembers helped prepare cakes for the children. Sergeant Sanchez is from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Roy Santana)

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Airmen spend day with Chilean children

Staff Sgt. Mary Johanson holds a Chilean girl Oct. 30 at a home for abused or neglected children near Santiago, Chile. Sergeant Johanson is a 4th Combat Camera Squadron videographer from March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Roy Santana)

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Airmen spend day with Chilean children

A Chilean boy inspects a model airplane he constructed Oct. 30 at a home for abused or neglected children near Santiago, Chile. Airmen visited the home while they are providing intensive, periodic subject-matter exchanges in the U.S. Southern Command area of focus. Besides helping construct the model airplanes, the Airmen held a cooking exchange where the children were treated with baked treats of carrot and red Velvet cakes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Eric M. Grill)

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Airmen spend day with Chilean children

Capt. Anabelle Cabreja translates the directions for baking a cake into Spanish for a housemother Oct. 30 at a home for abused or neglected children near Santiago, Chile. Captain Cabreja is assigned to 12th Air Force at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Eric M. Grill)

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Information center to ease transition to Air Force base management

Master Sgt. Laura Cain proctors a college exam for Army Sgt. John Meyers in the Red Tail Education Center at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. A joint-service initiative, called Base Operating Support-Integration, is scheduled to take effect Nov. 6, moving responsibility for many life-support service functions from the Joint Base Balad Mayor Cell to the 332nd Expeditionary Mission Support Group. Sergeant Cain, an education advisor assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, is deployed from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Sergeant Meyers is assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion deployed from Fort. Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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Servicemembers provide water to flood-affected community

Tech. Sgt. Shane Bolles works on purifying the well water Oct. 29 at La Paz, Honduras. After only a few days, the servicemembers have purified more than 2,500 gallons of drinking water from the flood affected community. Sergeant Bolles is assigned to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.(U.S. Army photo/Spc. Ethan Anderson)

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Servicemembers provide water to flood-affected community

An elderly gentleman begins the process of cleaning his home after floodwaters left his home caked in mud and trash Oct. 29 at La Paz, Honduras. The flooding from a tropical depression in Honduras affected several thousand across Honduras. In this community near Soto Cano Air Base, their well water was left undrinkable. Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo went to the community to help them purify their water. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Ethan Anderson)

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Servicemembers provide water to flood-affected community

Tech. Sgt. Ramano Cedillos assists people in getting clean water Oct. 29 at La Paz, Honduras. After the water is filtered, it is placed in 500-gallon water buffalos so people have free access to the purified water. Sergeant Cedillos is assigned to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, and deployed from the Phoenix Air National Guard in Arizona. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Ethan Anderson)

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Servicemembers provide water to flood-affected community

Staff Sgt. Nick Luna works on a water filtration machine Oct. 29 at La Paz, Honduras. Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo are participating in a 10-day operation in a nearby community to filter well water. The well water became undrinkable after more than a weeklong stretch of rain caused flooding in the area. Sergeant Luna is assigned to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, and deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Ethan Anderson)

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Servicemembers provide water to flood-affected community

Tech. Sgt. Shane Bolles works on a water filtration machine Oct. 29 at La Paz, Honduras. Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo are participating in a 10-day operation in a nearby community to filter well water. The well water became undrinkable after more than a weeklong stretch of rain caused flooding in the area. Sergeant Bolles is assigned to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

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Servicemembers provide water to flood-affected community

A family walks down the road to get the free purified water provided by Joint Task Force-Bravo members Oct. 29 at La Paz, Honduras. Before JTF-Bravo members offered to purify the well water affected by the flooding, the community had to have water trucked in at great expense to them. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

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School supplies light up Afghan student's eyes

An Afghan child carries a box of school supplies delivered to his school by the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team on behalf of the Westfield Community School in Algonquin, Ill. The donated school supplies ranged from pens and crayons to notebooks and glue. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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School supplies light up Afghan student's eyes

Army Maj. Trever Nehls and school leaders talk with students about the supplies being donated to them. The Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team delivered a truck full of school supplies donated from the Westfield Community School in Algonquin, Ill. Major Nehls, PRT civil affairs leader, is deployed from the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion, Pasadena, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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Volunteers form critical link in the 'care chain'

Staff Sgt. Angelica Pinkney explains how to assemble a litter and gurney during Patient Administration and Disposition volunteer training at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 22. More than 30 first-time volunteers attended the class, which teaches them to safely transfer patients from UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters into the Air Force Theater Hospital emergency room. Sergeant Pinkney, the night PAD boss for the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron and a native of Freeport, Texas, is deployed from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

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Volunteers form critical link in the 'care chain'

Staff Sgt. Angelica Pinkney takes more than 30 first-time Patient Administration and Disposition volunteers on a tour of the Air Force Theater Hospital at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 22. The tour included areas where patients may need to be moved, such as the intensive care unit, intensive care ward and emergency room. Sergeant Pinkney, the night PAD boss for the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron and a native of Freeport, Texas, is deployed from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

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Volunteers form critical link in the 'care chain'

A UH-60 Blackhawk crewmember with the Texas National Guard's 2-149th General Support Aviation Battalion accompanies Mike Zajicek and Capt. Hunter Letchman as they wheel a patient through Hero's Highway and into the emergency room at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 22. The patient was aeromedically evacuated to Balad via a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. Mr. Zajicek, a facility inspector with the 402nd Army Field Support Brigade, is deployed from the Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and has approximately 300 volunteer hours. Capt. Letchman, the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing deputy chief of flight safety, is deployed from Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., and has approximately 20 volunteer hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

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Joint Base Balad Airmen remember fallen wingman

Senior Airman Jason Watkins (right) mourns the death of Staff Sgt. Brian Hause during a memorial service held in his honor Oct. 27 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Sergeant Hause received an Air Force Commendation Medal and Iraq Campaign Medal posthumously for his contributions while deployed to the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron here from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Airman Watkins, who deployed with Sergeant Hause, was a co-worker and friend and spoke at the memorial about memories he'll cherish. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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