126TH AIR REFUELING WING’S SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON RETURNS HOME FROM IRAQ

A member of the 126th Air Refueling Wing’s Security Forces Squadron Illinois Air National Guard, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., lifts his infant son in celebration upon returning on Feb 12 from a six month mobilization in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Johnathon Orrell)

126TH AIR REFUELING WING’S SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON RETURNS HOME FROM IRAQ

Family members and personnel from the126th Air Refueling Wing’s Security Forces Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., embrace Feb 12 after returning home from a six month mobilization in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Johnathon Orrell)

126TH AIR REFUELING WING’S SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON RETURNS HOME FROM IRAQ

Family members and friends came out Feb 12 to celebrate the return of personnel from the 126th Air Refueling Wing’s Security Forces Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., as they returned home from a six month mobilization in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Many members of the crowd held signs much like the one pictured here to show support to their returning family member or friend. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Johnathon Orrell)

126TH AIR REFUELING WING’S SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON RETURNS HOME FROM IRAQ

Family members eagerly await the arrival personnel from the 126th Air Refueling Wing’s Security Forces Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., as they returned home from a six month mobilization in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The SF personnel landed at Scott AFB on Feb 12 via a 126th ARW KC-135R Stratotaker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Johnathon Orrell)

At the old ball game

Airman 1st Class Chad Beintker embraces his fiancé Trissa Matarazzo on the field at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo. Beintker proposed to Matarazzo before the July 2 St. Louis Cardinal’s baseball game. Beintker recently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Making their way through the PDF line

Airmen 1st Class Chad Beintker and Michael Raymond, both Security Forces apprentices with the 126th Security Forces Squadron, update their personal information while going through the personnel deployment processing line June 28. More than 30 members of the 126 SFS have been mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and will be serving in a forward deployed location for approximately a year. Prior to deploying, personnel processed through the PDF line for assistance with personal needs such as, finance, family support, legal, chaplain assistance, and updating personnel records. In the PDF line, personnel are given the opportunity to update their living will, be given a detailed print out of their estimated financial earnings while mobilized and deployed, free calling cards, and religious materials.