Kodiaks mark deployment

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Army 1st Lt. Blaise Gill, 1st Platoon leader, 84th Engineer Support Company, stands at the head of her platoon Jan. 23 before the company's deployment ceremony at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center. The unit will deploy to Afghanistan for nine months. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Bedard)

Kodiaks mark deployment

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Army 1st Lt. Blaise Gill, 1st Platoon leader, 84th Engineer Support Company, stands at the head of her platoon Jan. 23 before the company's deployment ceremony at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center. The unit will deploy to Afghanistan for nine months. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Bedard)

Kodiaks mark deployment

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Army Capt. Michael Carvelli, 84th Engineer Support Company commander and Army1st Sgt. Willard Ottman, 84th ESC first sergeant, case the unit guidon during the company's Jan. 23 deployment ceremony at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center. The unit is scheduled to deploy for nine months to Regional Command South, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Bedard)

Kodiaks mark deployment

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Army 1st Lt. Blaise Gill, 1st Platoon leader, 84th Engineer Support Company, stands at the head of her platoon Jan. 23 before the company's deployment ceremony at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center. The unit will deploy to Afghanistan for nine months. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Bedard)

Drawing a crowd

Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Schneider works on his "Airman Artless" character in his home office on JBER Jan.14. Schneider is a cartoonist, creating the comical graphics as a hobby. His work has been published in the Okahoma Daily, the Aviano Air Base's the Vigileer in Italy, Kadena Air Base's Samurai Gate in Japan, U.S. Air Foces in Europe's Air Scoop Magazine, and the bi-weekly Crimson Sky in Korea. His work is also available on his website http://airmanartless.com. He is a training monitor for the 3rd Munitions Squadron. His hometown is Newscastle, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)

Drawing a crowd

Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Schneider shows off the plaque recognizing his cartoon work, received from his assignment in Korea, in his home office on JBER Jan.14. Schneider is a cartoonist, creating the comical graphics as a hobby. His work has been published in the Okahoma Daily, the Aviano Air Base's the Vigileer in Italy, Kadena Air Base's Samurai Gate in Japan, U.S. Air Foces in Europe's Air Scoop Magazine, and the bi-weekly Crimson Sky in Korea. His work is also available on his website http://airmanartless.com. He is a training monitor for the 3rd Munitions Squadron. His hometown is Newscastle, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)