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)