NYC Veterans Day parade

NEW YORK -- Onlookers wave flags during the 2010 New York City Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11. This year’s parade consisted of flights from the New York Police Department, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, ROTC, Junior ROTC, Civil Air Patrol and various veteran groups. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Carbajal)

NYC Veterans Day parade

NEW YORK -- Airman 1st Class Quale Lewis, 818th Global Mobility Readiness Squadron, waves to the crowd during the Veterans Day Parade in New York City Nov. 11. Airman Lewis was one of the few Airmen who wore an Air Force vintage uniform during the parade. This year’s parade consisted of marching units from the New York Police Department, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, ROTC, Junior ROTC, Civil Air Patrol and various veterans groups. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Carbajal)

JB MDL NDEA month

Charles Byers Jr. speaks to Chief Master Sgt. Warren Wofford, 87th Air Base Wing command chief, during the National Disability Employment Awareness Month luncheon at the base community center Oct. 27. Byers, who was the guest speaker for this year’s event, is the recipient of a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Valor and a Purple Heart for his service in the Army from 1966-1972. Currently, Byers is the president of South Jersey Vietnam Veterans Association. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Carbajal)

JB MDL JET training

Airman 1st Class John Fallesgon, 633rd Force Support Squadron food services chef at Langley Air Force Base, Va., peers through the smoke to engage enemy during a foot patrol at Combat Skills Training here Sept. 2. The 602nd Training Group (P) Detachment 6 produces approximately 2,400 joint expeditionary tasking Airmen each year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chief Master Sgt. David Richards)

JB MDL SAVE A LIFE

Sidney Walker, Save a Life technician, watches as Master Sgt. Lisa Youngsang, Mobilization Readiness Battalion operations NCO in charge, braces for impact as she rides the brakes on the Save a Life simulator at the Timmermann Center Wednesday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Pascual Flores)

Hard at work

Staff Sgt. Joshua Gaines, contingency response element aerial porter from the 818th Contingency Response Group Airmen, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., weighs a pallet at the Pakistan Air Force Central Flood Relief Cell, PAF Base Chaklala, Sept. 20. Sgt. Gaines arrived with the CRE in Pakistan Aug. 28 to augment flood relief operations, and he is also one of two airmen to return after also aiding the country with relief operations after the 2005 earthquake that killed more than 80,000 in northern Pakistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kali Gradishar)