Deployed Airmen volunteer at local animal shelter

First Lt. Paul Paskell, 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, rinses the floor at a shelter for stray dogs in southwest Europe Feb. 10, 2013. Paskell, a Seattle native, is part of a group of servicemembers deployed from RAF Mildenhall, England, in support of French operations in Mali, who volunteered to clean and play with the animals at the dog shelter during off-duty time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Deployed Airmen volunteer at local animal shelter

Airman 1st Class Stephen Dawkins, 100th Security Forces Squadron, digs a drainage trench at a shelter for stray dogs in southwest Europe Feb. 10, 2013. Dawkins, from North Augusta, S.C., is part of a group of servicemembers deployed from RAF Mildenhall, England, in support of French operations in Mali, who volunteered to clean and play with the animals at the dog shelter during off-duty time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Deployed Airmen volunteer at local animal shelter

Tech. Sgt. Hannah Hobart and Airman 1st Class Stephen Dawkins, 100th Security Forces Squadron, trim the nails of a dog at a shelter for strays in southwest Europe Feb. 10, 2013. Dawkins, a North Augusta, S.C., native, and Hobart, from Aurora, Ind., are part of a group of servicemembers deployed from RAF Mildenhall, England, in support of French operations in Mali, who volunteered to clean and play with the animals at the dog shelter during off-duty time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Deployed Airmen volunteer at local animal shelter

Tech. Sgt. Hannah Hobart and Airman 1st Class Stephen Dawkins, 100th Security Forces Squadron, trim the nails of a dog at a shelter for strays in southwest Europe Feb. 10, 2013. Dawkins, a North Augusta, S.C., native, and Hobart, from Aurora, Ind., are part of a group of servicemembers deployed from RAF Mildenhall, England, in support of French operations in Mali, who volunteered to clean and play with the animals at the dog shelter during off-duty time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Deployed Airmen volunteer at local animal shelter

Airmen 1st Class Stephen Dawkins (right) and Timothy Wilson, 100th Security Forces Squadron, play with newborn puppies at a shelter for strays in southwest Europe Feb. 10, 2013. Dawkins, a North Augusta, S.C., native, and Wilson, from Massapequa, N.Y., are part of a group of servicemembers deployed from RAF Mildenhall, England, in support of French operations in Mali, who volunteered to clean and play with the animals at the dog shelter during off-duty time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Deployed Airmen volunteer at local animal shelter

Tech. Sgt. Hannah Hobart, 100th Security Forces Squadron, plays with a newborn puppy at a shelter for strays in southwest Europe Feb. 10, 2013. Hobart, an Aurora, Ind., native, is part of a group of servicemembers deployed from RAF Mildenhall, England, in support of French operations in Mali, who volunteered to clean and play with the animals at the dog shelter during off-duty time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)