af veteran fencer

Former Air Force Staff Sgt. Mario Rodriguez, left, a member of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic fencing team, battles Russia's Ivan Andreev at London's ExCel Centre during the Paralympic Games, Sept. 4, 2012. (DOD photo/Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.)

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)

Conducting friendship

Col. Larry Lang conducts a concert at the Air Force Memorial in Washington, D.C., August 24, 2012 Throughout the summer months of June, July, and August, the band's performing ensembles present free outdoor concerts at historic venues in our nation's capital for Washington area residents, as well as for visitors from around the world. Land is the commander and conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Brownlow)

Air Force Band

Col. Sampson Paa-Kwesi Ebonyi, director of music and bands of Ghana armed forces, conducts the U.S. Air Force band as they played for bystanders at the Air Force Memorial on August 24, 2012 in Washington D.C. The USAF Band hosts this concert every Tuesday from June 5-August 28. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christina Brownlow)

Air Force Band

A U.S. Air Force band member plays the French horn during a concert held at the Air Force Memorial on August 24, 2012 in Washington D.C. Throughout the summer months of June, July, and August, the band's performing ensembles present free outdoor concerts at historic venues in our nation's capital for Washington area residents, as well as for visitors from around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christina Brownlow)