Mass Re-enlistment in Iraq

Command Sgt. Maj. Earl Rice, U.S. Forces-Iraq deputy commanding general-operations command sergeant major, salutes 126 service members for their continued service during their re-enlistment ceremony at an oasis on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

Mass Re-enlistment in Iraq

Senior Airman Chuck Broadway, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq public affairs journalist, raises his right hand as he recites the oath of enlistment along with 125 service members during a mass re-enlistment ceremony at an oasis while deployed to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2011. Broadway is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and is from Apopka, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

Mass Re-enlistment in Iraq

One hundred twenty six service members raise their right hand while rehearsing in formation for their mass re-enlistment ceremony at an oasis while deployed to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

Lance Cpl. teams up with Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps. Lance Cpl. Peter Leonard, a Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, is the second in charge of arrival, departure and airfield control section at Forward Operating Base Edinburgh. His duties include coordinating airdrops with the Air Force for FOB Edinburgh. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Salanitri)

Braving through an Iraq Sandstorm

Maj. Gen. Russ Handy, commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq, and director, Air Component Coordination Element- Iraq, braves a sandstorm at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2011. The general, who is from Baltimore, Md., is the senior U.S. Air Force representative in Iraq and represents the combined force's air component commander to the commanding general, U.S. Forces-Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

Braving through an Iraq Sandstorm

Sgt. 1st Class Justin Hathaway, United States Forces-Iraq Provost Marshal Office operations NCO in charge, braves a sandstorm after leaving the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq and U.S. Forces-Iraq Provost Marshal Office at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)