March Air Reserve Base assists with humanitarian relief efforts following Haiti earthquake

Members of a USAID search and rescue team build a pallett for transport on a C-17. The USAID personnel, who are members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, deployed to Haiti from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 13. The C-17 Globemaster III that transported the 72-person team and rescue equipment was from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Megan Crusher, released)

Reservists help bring medical care to remote Alaska

Lt. Col. (Dr.) James Clark, a dentist with the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and an assistant prepare a patient for a tooth removal at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation clinic in Bethel, Alaska, on March 9, 2009. Colonel Clark performed 244 procedures in support of Operation Arctic Care, a joint military medical readiness exercise that brings no-cost health care to underserved Alaskan residents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Griffin)

March ARB firemen help fight neighborhood fire

As part of a mutual aid agreement with the local community, March Air Reserve Base (Calif.) Fire Department dispatched one engine and four firemen to support Strike Team 6050A in Riverside County, Calif., Nov. 15, 2008. From left are March ARB's Robert Fox, Michael Goodman, Senior Airman Josh Bauman and Eric Russell. (Courtesy photo)

March ARB firemen help fight neighborhood fire

Members of the March Air Reserve Base (Calif.) Fire Department spent most of their time dousing fires at lost homes to prevent hot spots and flare-ups from spreading to neighboring houses after the Freeway Complex Fire on Nov. 15, 2008. (Courtesy photo)

Air Force Reserve medics provide care despite challenges

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Walter Weaver, right, and Senior Airman Betty Goldsmith, a dental technician, extract a tooth from a Peruvian woman during a medical mission in Mollepata, Peru, Aug. 1, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Mary Pekas)

Air Force Reserve medics provide care despite challenges

Lt. Col. Helen Crouch of the 433rd Medical Group, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, passes out toothbrushes to Peruvians listening to a public health lecture Aug. 1, 2008, during a medical mission in Mollepata, Peru. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Mary Pekas)

Smoke from Poomacha Fire

Heavy smoke hangs in the air as the Poomacha Fire in northern San Diego County, Calif., continues to burn on Oct. 26, 2007. Crews on six specially equipped Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft are supporting firefighting efforts by strategically releasing fire retardant in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Santana)

Joint fire fight at March

Air Force reservists from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing help the U.S. Army North from Fort Sam in Houston, Texas, unload emergency response equipment from an Air Force Reserve Command C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. March ARB is being used as a staging in the fight against wildfires in Southern California. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Hector Garcia)

Joint fire fight at March

Master Sgt. Jim Madrid, an Air Force reservist from the 729th Airlift Squadron, assists the U.S. Army North from Fort Sam in Houston, Texas, unload emergency response equipment from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Hector Garcia)

Joint fire fight at March

Federal Emergency Management Agency vehicles prepare to exit the flightline after being off-loaded from an Air Force Reserve Command C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Hector Garcia)

Joint fire fight at March

U.S. Army equipment is unloaded from an Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. The equipment is part of a federal support package used to assist federal, state and local agencies responding to the California wildfires. (U.S. Navy photo/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Troy Latham)

Joint fire fight at March

U.S. Army equipment is unloaded from an Air Force Reserve Command C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. The equipment is part of a federal support package used to assist federal, state and local agencies responding to the California wildfires. (U.S. Navy photo/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Troy Latham)

MAFFS fight wildfires

Lt. Col. Ted Treffeisen and his C-130 aircrew deploy 3,000 gallons of fire retardant over the Poomacha Fire in North San Diego County, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. Colonel Treffeisen and his fellow reservists are from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Roy. A. Santana)

MAFFS fight wildfires

A wildfire continues to burn in North San Diego County, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. Air Force reservists and two specially equipped C-130 aircraft from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., are participating in the Southern California firefighting effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Santana)

MAFFS fight wildfires

Fire retardant is deployed over a wildfire in North San Diego County, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. Two specially equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft and crews from the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., are participating in the Southern California firefighting effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Santana)

MAFFS fight wildfires

A wildfire continues to burn in North San Diego County, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. Air Force reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., are participating in the Southern California firefighting effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Santana)

MAFFS fight wildfires

Master Sgt. Tom Freeman, right, and Tech. Sgt. Lamont Wood, middle, prepare to deploy 3,000 gallons of wildfire retardant over a fire in North San Diego County, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. The C-130 Hercules aircraft and crew are assigned to Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The aircraft launched from Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Santana)

Shared Accord '07

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Scott Sayre uses field denistry to remove bone in order to remove the tooth of a Senegalese patient during Shared Accord 07 in Linguere. Dr. Sayre is being assisted by Corp. Chief Idy Diarra, a surgical technician in the Senegalese Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance C. Babin)

Reservists support Shared Accord '07

Capt. (Dr.) Jessica Tse, 349th Aeromedical Squdron, Travis AFB, Calif., administers antibiotic eyedrops during an eye examination of a Senegalese patient while she and a group of 14 Air Force Reserve Medics participated in Shared Accord in Linguere, Senegal Jun 16-28. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance C. Babin)

Helping in the Horn

Thanks to a pump delivered by the 746th Air Expeditionary Wing, Ethiopians in Godire can now irrigate the land and grow corn for the first time in years. Without water and irrigation, the town dwindled from 900 to about 100 people. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Ann Peru Knabe)

Hurricane Katrina

Tech. Sgt. Andrew Canfield, full-time Air Force reservist and pararescue jumper, communicates with one of his rescues, Joseph, by writing notes. Joseph, who had spent 10 days in his flooded New Orleans home, is nonverbal and was found hovering over a small lit candle in his second-floor bedroom. He motioned to the PJ for something to write on and they began a written dialogue that resulted in the PJ successfully extracting him. Sergeant Canfield is with the 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland IAP, Ore. (Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Elaine Mayo)

Hurricane Katrina

Another life was saved from the wrath of Katrina thanks to the concern of Senior Master Sgt. Cheryl King, Air Force reservist and maintenance superintendent with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Sergeant King received a request to locate someone unaccounted for in New Orleans and passed the information on the 920th RQW. Here she talks with Master Sgt. Michael Bradford, avionics guidance and control specialist, also with the 920th about an upcoming mission. Sergeant King, originally from Pennsylvania, has been at Patrick since 1993 and works full time for the FAA as a safety inspector. In the background is avionics communications-navigation specialist Master Sgt. Tom Trommater working on a communications problem. (Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Elaine Mayo)

Hurricane Katrina

Senior Master Sgt. James Sanchez looks up for the hoist to be lowered from an AIr Force Reserve helicopter hovering over a roof top in New Orleans Sept. 10. Assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Ariz., Sergeant Sanchez is a combat veteran of Afghanistan and has saved 98 lives during the AIr Force Reserve's recue operations. (Air Force Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Elaine Mayo)

Hurricane Katrina

Tech. Sgt. Fred Zobrist, a flight engineer with Air Force Reserve Commands 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., moves a panel on an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter to service its engine before launching a hurricane search-and-rescue mission from Jackson, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)