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The key masters

Senior Airman Jesse Testudine loads and adjusts the master and blank in a key cutting machine to make a key for a customer Feb. 25 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Airman Testudine and fellow locksmiths make an estimatedn 430 keys a month for new personnel, new building structures and to replace lost keys. Airman Testudine is a locksmith with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, and is deployed from Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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The key masters

Senior Airman Jesse Testudine adjusts the master key in a key cutting machine to make a key for a customer Feb. 25 at an air base in Southwest Asia. He is a locksmith with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, and is deployed from Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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The key masters

Senior Airman Jesse Testudine searches for the correct key blank to make a duplicate key Feb. 25 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Airman Testudine and fellow locksmiths make around 430 keys a month for new personnel, new building structures and to replace lost keys. Airman Testudine is a locksmith with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, and is a native of Baltimore. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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The key masters

Staff Sgt. Matthew Cruz inventories keys and their corresponding locks before heading out for a job Feb. 25 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The locks will be installed in a brand new facility opening on base in the near future. Sergeant Cruz is a locksmith with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, and is deployed from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. He is a native of Tacoma, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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Kyrgyz children thank Manas volunteers

Manzura Kushbaeva looks on as Tech. Sgt. Chad West bids farewell to a child Feb. 20 at the Vasilievka Kindergarten School in Kyrgyzstan. Sergeant West is deployed with the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, and is deployed from the Arkansas Air National Guard at Fort Smith. Ms. Kushbaeva is the principal of Vasilievka Kindergarten School. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Hanson)

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Kyrgyz children thank Manas volunteers

Staff Sgt. Chris Moore serves as anchor for a tug-of-war game with kindergarteners during a Feb. 20 celebration at the Vasilievka Kindergarten School in Kyrgyzstan. More than 75 children put on a special performance for volunteers from nearby Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, to thank them for their support in helping rebuild their school over the past seven years. Sergeant Moore is assigned to the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing staff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Hanson)

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Kyrgyz children thank Manas volunteers

Kindergarteners at the Vasilievka Kindergarten School dance with Tech. Sgt. Chad West (left) and Staff Sgt. Chris Moore during a Feb. 20 visit by volunteers from nearby Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. More than 75 children performed to thank the Manas AB volunteers for their support to help rebuild and improve their school over the past seven years. Sergeant West is assigned to the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and Sergeant Moore is assigned to the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing staff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Hanson)

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Kyrgyz children thank Manas volunteers

Tech. Sgt. Chad West carries care packages full of toys and school supplies for children Feb. 20 at the Vasilievka Kindergarten School in Vinogradnoye Village. Sergeant West and other volunteer Airmen from the 376th Expeditionary Operations Group and the Air Expeditionary Wing staff at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, recently delivered a new generator, refrigerator and stove to the school through the Manas Service Organization. Sergeant West is deployed with the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron deployed from the Arkansas Air National Guard at Fort Smith. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Hanson)

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Kyrgyz children thank Manas volunteers

Maj. Shane Noyes and Master Sgt. John Pahukoa deliver a new generator Feb. 20 to the Vasilievka Kindergarten School in Kyrgyzstan. Along with the new generator, volunteer Airmen recently donated a new refrigerator and stove to the school as well through donations raised by the Manas Service Organization. Major Noyes is chief of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Plans and Programs Office deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Sergeant Pahukoa is assigned to the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron deployed from Hurlburt Field, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Hanson)

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Raising the roof

Structures team members from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron set the arches Feb. 17 for a California Medium Shelter System to house Airmen at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Satran)

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Raising the roof

Airman 1st Class Michael Babcock ensures the skin for a California Medium Shelter System does not tear over the archway being covered Feb. 17 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Airman Babcock is a structural journeyman with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. He is from Sheridan, Mich., and is deployed from Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Satran)

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Raising the roof

Staff Sgts. Matthew Cruz and Evan Bellamy raise an arch component Feb. 17 to finish the skeleton of a California Medium Shelter System which will be used to house Airmen at an air base in Southwest Asia. The NCOs are structural craftsmen with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. Sergeant Cruz, from Tacoma, Wash., is deployed from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. Sergeant Bellamy, from Sullivan County, N.Y., is deployed from Dover AFB, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Satran)

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Raising the roof

Staff Sgt James Messer (left) and Senior Airman Geoffrey Witte work an arch into the base of a California Medium Shelter System Feb. 17 used to house Airmen at an air base in Southwest Asia. The Airmen are structural craftsmen with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. Staff Sgt. Messer, from Murphy, N.C., is deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Airman Witte, from Anadarko, Okla., is deployed from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Satran)

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Raising the roof

Structures team members from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron move the first arch into position Feb. 17 to build a California Medium Shelter System to house Airmen at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Satran)

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Raising the roof

Airman 1st Class Ingrid Tamayo keeps tension on the skin going over the arches of a California Medium Shelter System Feb. 17 used to house Airmen at an air base in Southwest Asia. Airman Tamayo is a structural apprentice with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. She is from Los Angeles, Calif., and is deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Satran)

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Fueling the fight in Afghanistan

A KC-135 Stratotanker takes off from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, for a refueling mission over Afghanistan, Feb. 6. Manas AB serves as the premier air mobility hub for Operation Enduring Freedom, providing round-the-clock aerial refueling and support for cargo and personnel transiting in and out of Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Julie Layton)

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Navy Global Hawk arrives in Southwest Asia

The U.S. Navy's first operational Global Hawk unmanned aircraft takes off from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on its flight to an airbase in Southwest Asia. The Global Hawk is part of the new Broad Area Maritime Surveillance program. (Courtesy Photo)

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Navy Global Hawk arrives in Southwest Asia

Personnel from the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance maintenance detachment tend to a Navy Global Hawk unmanned aircraft that arrived at this airbase in Southwest Asia from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. This is the first operational deployment for the BAMS aircraft after its test and development phase. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Andriacco)

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Navy Global Hawk arrives in Southwest Asia

Eddie Evans (left) and Troy Rappleye hand an ultrahigh frequency satellite antenna to Michael Williams that is being installed at an airbase in Southwest Asia. The antenna will provide a wideband link to the Navy's first Global Hawk in the area of operations. Mr. Rappleye and Mr. Williams are field support representatives for L3 Communications, while Mr. Evans is an aircraft ground technician with Northrop-Grumman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Denise Johnson)

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Guard bureau chief visits Soldiers in Balkans

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, right, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Army Capt. Shannon Dean Holiday, commander of Multinational Task Force East's Thunder Bravo battery, walk the streets of downtown Pristina, Kosovo, during a presence patrol with the Missouri Army National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

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