Operation Iraqi Child

ALI AIR BASE, Iraq -- Iraqi children wait in line to receive school supplies from an Air Force Special Agent Dec. 29 in a village near An Nasiriyah. In just over a month, Airmen of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group collected thousands of school supply items, soccer balls, stuffed animals and toys from back home for the base's Operation Iraqi Child program. (Courtesy Photo)

Operation Iraqi Child

ALI AIR BASE, Iraq -- Iraqi children run with excitement toward Air Force Special Agents who brought school supplies and toys Dec. 29 to the village near An Nasiriyah. In just over a month, Airmen of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group collected thousands of school supply items, soccer balls, stuffed animals and toys from back home for the base's Operation Iraqi Child program. (Courtesy Photo)

AFOSI, Agents, Helicopter

AFOSI, Agents, Helicopter

AFOSI, Qalakhel Cache

AFOSI, Qalakhel Cache

Medal for mettle

Colonel Ricky D. Gibbs, commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, pins the Army Commendation Medal with 'V' Device for valor onto Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Travis Guthmiller at Forward Operating Base Falcon in the Rashid District of Baghdad. Special Agent Guthmiller is part of Task Force Troy and attached to the 610th Brigade Support Battalion, was awarded the medal for rendering medical aid to a Soldier and saving his life. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Timmons)

Meeting the neighbors

An Air Force Office of Special Investigations agent speaks with villagers during a medical engagement mission here. Special agents assigned to the AFOSI Expeditionary Detachment 2405 here regularly work together with Afghan National Police on a broad range of missions related to humanitarian assistance and security.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Andriacco)