Partnerships develop Air Force youth

Betty Welsh, wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, applauds as she listens to a speaker during the Air Force Association Family Forum in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2012. Beside her is Paula Roy, the wife of Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)

chaplain promo

Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Howard Stendahl gives some remarks during his promotion ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Aug. 31, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)

chaplain promo

Patty Stendahl, wife of newly-promoted Maj. Gen. Howard Stendahl, along with their son Dan, pin on his new rank during a ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Aug. 31, 2012. Stendahl serves as the Air Force's chief of chaplains. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)

CSAF, spouse recognized for distinguished service

Suzie Schwartz, wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, receives the Air Force Distinguished Public Service Award from Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley in a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 9, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

LGBT pride month

Defense Department General Counsel Jeh C. Johnson delivers the keynote address during the department's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month event at the Pentagon, June 26, 2012. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley)

Coalition training

U.S. Air Force Capt. Vanessa Vanden Bout, 439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, gender integration advisor and force support squadron advisor, hands out patches to the Afghan Air Force female maintenance officers at Kabul, Afghanistan, International Airport, May 22, 2012. The patches had the American and Afghanistan flag together along with the word sisters in Dari and English. Vanden Bout, deployed from 3rd Air Force, Ramstein, Germany, has worked in getting more women into the Afghan Air Force. The Vermilion, Ohio, native has worked with the Afghan female officers and wanted to show a sign of appreciation and welcome with the patches. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)