Storming the rope

More than 20 Airmen perform linear drills during a physical training leader class March 30 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. PTLs lead their flights and squadrons in group PT sessions during the week throughout the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Reach for the sky

Staff Sgt. Bobby Brewer, 46th Maintenance Group, and more than 20 others perform a side bridge during a physical training leader class March 30 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. PTLs lead their flights and squadrons in group PT sessions during the week throughout the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Honoring the flag

Master Sgt. Deaira Smith, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Detachment 2, salutes after retiring the colors at the retreat ceremony March 29. The flag detail and flight positions were filled by women in honor of Women’s History Month. More than 30 women participated in the ceremony. To see more photos of the all-women flag detail go to facebook.com/teameglin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Honoring the flag

Staff Sgt. Tenisha Lewis, 728th Air Control Squadron, holds the flag tightly during the flag folding portion of the retreat ceremony March 29. The flag detail and flight positions were filled by women in honor of Women’s History Month. More than 30 women participated in the ceremony. To see more photos of the all-women flag detail go to facebook.com/teameglin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Honoring the flag

The all female flag detail team begin folding the base flag during a practice session prior to the retreat ceremony March 29. The flag detail and flight positions were filled by women in honor of Women’s History Month. More than 30 women participated in the ceremony. To see more photos of the all-women flag detail go to facebook.com/teameglin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Honoring the flag

A member of the flag detail holds the flag tightly at the practice prior to the retreat ceremony March 29. The flag detail and flight positions were filled by women in honor of Women’s History Month. More than 30 women participated in the ceremony. To see more photos of the all-women flag detail go to facebook.com/teameglin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Honoring the flag

Master Sgt. Deaira Smith, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Detachment 2, holds the flag as members of the flag detail grab the corners during the practice prior to the retreat ceremony March 29. The flag detail and flight positions were filled by women in honor of Women’s History Month. More than 30 women participated in the ceremony. To see more photos of the all-women flag detail go to facebook.com/teameglin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Maintenance check

Senior Airman Alexander Blench, an avionics specialist with the 46th Maintenance Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., performs modifications to improve reliability of inlet ramp scheduling on the F-15 E model. Blench recently won the 2011 Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez award for maintenance excellence in the technical category. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kevin Gaddie)

Hanging out

Herschel Walker checks out the view from the back of a CV-22 Osprey with Master Sgt. Joseph Levine, a flight engineer the 413th Flight Test Squadron, March 22. Walker visited the base to speak about resiliency and the importance of asking for help. He spoke twice to large crowds of Team Eglin members about his life, career and the emotional and mental struggles he encountered throughout. As well as flying, he also visited the explosive ordnance disposal flight and performed some physical training with Eglin Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Try & keep up

Chief Master Sgt. Brian Randolph, 46th Test Wing command chief, and Ben Gleason, a 96th Air Base Wing fitness program liaison, prepare to do pushups with Herschel Walker March 22 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Walker spoke with Airmen prior to their physical training test about his own no-weights workout routine of more than 1,500 pushups a day. He also spoke twice to large crowds of Team Eglin members about his life, career and the emotional and mental struggles he encountered throughout. His message was about resiliency and the importance of asking for help. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

HW smile

Herschel Walker spoke twice to large crowds of Team Eglin members about his life, career and the emotional and mental struggles he encountered throughout, during his visit to the base March 22. His message was about resiliency and the importance of asking for help. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Osprey flight

Herschel Walker leads a group of Airmen toward a CV-22 Osprey for an orientation flight over Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and the Gulf Coast March 22. Walker visited the base to speak about resiliency and the importance of asking for help. He spoke twice to large crowds of Team Eglin members about his life, career and the emotional and mental struggles he encountered throughout. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)