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Female Airman from Bronx drives convoys in Afghanistan

Senior Airman Vanessa Velez prepares for a convoy mission Feb. 10 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Airman Velez, who is a vehicle maintenance controller with the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., has driven at least 120 convoys during her 365-day deployment in Afghanistan. She is a convoy driver with the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester)

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Female Airman from Bronx drives convoys in Afghanistan

Senior Airman Vanessa Velez prepares her Humvee just before her next mission outside the wire Feb. 10 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Airman Velez, who is a vehicle maintenance controller with the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., has driven at least 120 convoys during her 365-day deployment in Afghanistan. She is a convoy driver with the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester)

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Female Airman from Bronx drives convoys in Afghanistan

Senior Airman Vanessa Velez listens closely to a briefing just before her next mission outside the wire Feb. 10 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Airman Velez, who is a vehicle maintenance controller with the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., has driven at least 120 convoys during her 365-day deployment in Afghanistan. She is a convoy driver with the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester)

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The non-lethal force be with you

Airman 1st Class Carla Martinez gets her game face on as she prepares to defend herself Jan. 24 during self-defense tactics training with batons at an air base in the Southwest Asia . The self-defense training familiarizes Airmen with how to use non-lethal force to defend themselves. Airman Martinez is assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Patrick Dixon)

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Aerospace ground equipment sheds light on mission

Staff Sgt. Jamie Harwell reassembles a low pressure filter on a hydraulic pumping unit Jan. 20 at a Southwest Asia air base. Sergeant Harwell, assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, had the hydraulic unit 100 percent mission ready in less than three hours. She is from Cleveland and deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Johnny Saldivar)

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Veteran hope

Betsy Brown of Heartsong Ministries performs inspirational songs for servicemembers Nov. 26 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. She encouraged those in attendance to dance and sing along with her. Ms. Brown is touring locations in the area of responsibility alongside motivational speaker and disabled veteran Vietnam War Dave Roever. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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Airmen help Afghans stand up flight medicine clinic

Capt. Marilyn Thomas observes a medical evacuation team as they floor load a patient onto an AN-32 cargo plane during an Oct. 20 training exercise held at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Captain Thomas is a flight nurse and an Afghan national army air corps medical mentor with the air corps advisers group. She is deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Airmen help Afghans stand up flight medicine clinic

Tech. Sgt. Janet Wilson observes a medical evacuation team as they load a patient onto an AN-32 cargo plane during an Oct. 20 training exercise at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Sergeant Wilson is an Afghan national army air corps medical mentor with the air corps advisers group here. She is deployed from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Waiting for my ride

An Airman with the 886th Expeditionary Security Force Squadron looks on as she waits for a flight out of Camp Bucca, Iraq, Sept. 25. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe)

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Servicemembers reach out to Afghanistan women

Army Capt. Megan Detweiler (left) and Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Darlene Gonzales listen to Sima Shir Mohammadi (right center) as she shares issues of concern Afghan women are facing Sept. 29 in Herat, Afghanistan. Captain Detweiler is an information operations officer for Task Force Phoenix in Kabul, and Senior Chief Gonzales is contracting team leader for the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command-West at Camp Stone in Herat. Shir Mohammadi is the head of the Department of Women Affairs in Herat. Also pictured is Simin Alime. The women met to discuss ways coalition and the Afghan national security forces could be of assistance to the school and to Afghan women in general. (U.S. Marine photo/Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr.)

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Airmen trek over mountains to deliver aid in Afghanistan

Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team member Tech. Sgt. Jenina Rose looks at a village girl's throat Aug. 7 in Roydara village in the Shutol district of Panjshir province, Afghanistan. Sergeant Rose is a medical technician deployed from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. She and her fellow PRT members made an 11-mile round-trip trek over a mountain pass and into a river valley to provide medical care to Afghans living in Roydara. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julie Weckerlein)

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Airmen trek over mountains to deliver aid in Afghanistan

Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team member Tech. Sgt. Jenina Rose looks at a village girl's ears Aug. 7 in Roydara village in the Shutol district of Panjshir province, Afghanistan. Sergeant Rose is a medical technician deployed from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. She and her fellow PRT members made an 11-mile round-trip trek over a mountain pass and into a river valley to provide medical care to Afghans living in Roydara. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julie Weckerlein)

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Airmen trek over mountains to deliver aid in Afghanistan

Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team member Senior Airman Alicia Woods makes friends with a village girl Aug. 7 in Roydara village in the Shutol district of Panjshir province, Afghanistan. Airman Woods is a medical technician deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. She and her fellow PRT members made an 11-mile round-trip trek over a mountain pass and into a river valley to provide medical care to Afghans living in Roydara. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julie Weckerlein)

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Chief McKinley says roll call good for Air Force

Airman 1st Class Lauren Walker is an airborne radar technician for the E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft (in background) at Manta Forward Operating Base in Ecuador. She and other Airmen at Manta met with Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley during his visit to the joint inter-agency counterdrug mission hub. (U.S. Air Force photo/Louis Arana-Barradas)

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Incirlik pulls together as hundreds transit base

Airman 1st Class Kara Kidder sets out water in the passenger terminal at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, on July 25. She was assisting American citizens who had stopped at Incirlik on their way to the United States. Airman Kidder is with the 728th Air Mobility Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan W. Lipscomb)

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Heading to America

Airman Lester Powell assists a departee with her bags while she carries her child as they get ready to depart Ramstein Air Base, Germany for the continental United States on Sunday, July 23. Ramstein Air Base is assisting in the humanitarian efforts of the Lebanon crisis. Airman Powell is with the 435th Mission Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela B. Malek)

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Security forces demonstrate skills

Senior Airman Jamie DiCicco clears her weapon at a clearing barrel at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, April 19, 2006. She is assigned to the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Joe Davis)

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On a mission of mercy

MOSUL, Iraq (AFPN) -- After loading patients, Tech. Sgt. Amy Romanas takes a brief break. "We always hope we won't be busy, but if someone does get hurt, we're ready to give them the care that they need," she said. Sergeant Romanas is a medical technician with the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa Koskovich)

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Doctoring downrange

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Capt. Christopher Dremann prepares Pfc. Brittany Embry for an intravenous tube before she has minor surgery later in the day. The 379th Expeditionary Medical Group is treating Private Embry in an expeditionary medical support unit that provides medical care of forward deployed personnel while still in theater. She is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Stryker, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Female Airman killed in Iraq

Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Jacobson, 21, was providing convoy security Sept. 28 near Camp Bucca, Iraq, when the vehicle she was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device. (Courtesy photo)

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