AF Reserve Band pipes in leaders

From right: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Irish Prime Minster Bertie Ahern, President George Bush and Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern ascend the outside steps of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C., on March 15, 2007, while the Band of the Air Force Reserve Pipe Band performs traditional Celtic music. Since 1993 the Air Force Reserve Pipe Band has been invited to perform on Saint Patrick's Day for the president of the United States and the prime minister of Ireland during their annual lunch. This year the pipe band was also invited to perform in the New York City Saint Patrick's Day Parade. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman First Class Timothy Chacon)

Reserve Airmen contributing to medical mission in Iraq

Major Dianna Schulkers, nurse manager of the emergency department at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq, is used to caring for trauma patients with war wounds such as bomb blasts, gunshot wounds, and burns. She is an Air Force Reservist, deployed from the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., and is also a emergency department nurse at Cape Canaveral Hospital in Florida. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan Doza)

Reserve Airmen contributing to medical mission in Iraq

Flight surgeon Lt. Col. Nina Gilbergat is dwarfed by a C-17 Globemaster III as she prepares to walk up the ramp door before an aeromedical evacuation mission from Balad Air Base, Iraq to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. Colonel Gilbergat is assigned to the 332nd Contingency Aeromedical Staging Flight.The Globemaster is from March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan Doza)

Reserve Airmen contributing to medical mission in Iraq

Airmen of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group carry a patient from the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility at Balad Air Base, Iraq, for transport to a waiting Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III for a medical evacuation flight to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. The Globmaster is from March Air Reserve Base, Calif.(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan Doza)

Chief concerns

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley visits with Chief Master Sgt. Troy J. McIntosh and a host of other reservists at the 2007 AFRC Command Chief Master Sergeant and First Sergeant Conference, held here Feb. 23 at the Robins Conference Center. Chief McKinley addressed a range of topics—from the Airman Battle Uniform to Air Force heritage to his belief that the Reserve is critical to the success of the future Air Force. Chief McIntosh will become the AFRC command chief effective March 7. He will replace Chief Master Sgt. Jackson A. Winsett, who is retiring after 30 years of military service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Paul Flipse)

HOA bound

A 920th Rescue Wing Airman hugs his daughter while his wife looks on prior to deploying to the Horn of Africa