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.)

Airmen volunteers

Airman Brett Bibel, a student at the Navy School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal, replaces an air conditioning filter at the Boys and Girls Club in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., March 21. He and four other EOD students used their break from class to help clean up areas of the club. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Airmen volunteers

Airmen 1st Class Justin Wilbur and Christopher Smith pick up pine needles at the Boys and Girls Club in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., March 21. During a break in their class schedule, the Airmen spent two hours cleaning and completing odd jobs for the local club. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Airmen volunteers

Airman Brett Bibel, a student at the Navy School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal, helps clear brush away from a fence at the Boys and Girls Club in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., March 21. He and four other EOD students used their break from class to help clean up areas of the club. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

AF award winner

Eric J. Kitchen, the technical adviser with the Operational Flight Program Combined Test Force at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., recently won the Arthur S. Flemming Award in the applied science, engineering and mathematics category. The annual Air Force award recognizes the outstanding contributions of federal employees on either a sustained basis or through a single exceptional accomplishment achieved or completed during 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kevin Gaddie)

Let fly

Mark Hayes demonstrates fly-fish casting during a Fly Fishing 101 class at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 17. Participants were instructed on how to tie lures and hooks and how to cast with the fly fishing rod during the three-hour class. Outdoor Recreation hosts two more classes April 21 and May 19 from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information or to sign up, call 882-5058. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Samuel King Jr.)

Let fly

Mariann Rosenquest perfects her cast while James Smith, an Orvis fishing instructor, watches during a Fly Fishing 101 class held at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 17. Participants were instructed on how to tie lures and hooks and how to cast with the fly fishing rod during the three-hour class. Outdoor Recreation hosts two more classes April 21 and May 19 from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information or to sign up, call 882-5058. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Let fly

Lee Murphy and Mark Hayes practice fly-fish casting during a Fly Fishing 101 class at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 17. Participants were instructed on how to tie lures and hooks and how to cast with the fly fishing rod during the three-hour class. Outdoor Recreation hosts two more classes April 21 and May 19 from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information or to sign up, call 882-5058. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Let fly

James Smith, an Orvis fishing instructor, watches as Lee Murphy and Mark Hayes practice fly-fish casting during a Fly Fishing 101 class at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 17. Participants were instructed on how to tie lures and hooks and how to cast with the fly fishing rod during the three-hour class. Outdoor Recreation hosts two more classes April 21 and May 19 from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information or to sign up, call 882-5058. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Ups

Tony Douglas reaches for the ball at the net during the Eagles versus Chiefs volleyball game March 16 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Eagles took the win in the second of three volleyball games pitting officers and enlisted Airmen. The officers swept all three games with the Commanders and the Company Grade Officers Council also winning. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Volleyball spikes

Christopher Toves goes up for a spike during the Company Grade Officers Council versus 5/6 NCO Council volleyball game March 16 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The CGOC took the win in the first of three volleyball games pitting officers and enlisted Airmen. The officers swept all three games with the Commanders and the Eagles also winning. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Leading by example

Chief Master Sgt. Brian Randolph, the 46th Test Wing command chief, and Col. Colin Miller, the 46th TW commander, complete their Air Force Assistance Fund forms at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The deadline to donate for this year's campaign is March 16. The 46th TW raised 124 percent of their goal contributing more than $22,000 to AFAF this year. (Courtesy photo)

Major saves during deployment

Maj. Raynae Leslie, the 96th Medical Support Squadron’s chief of clinical laboratory services at Eglin AFB’s hospital, pulls a unit of blood from the cross-matched shelf for issue for a transfusion. Leslie and her team provided more than 400 pints of blood to a U.S. Army Ranger, helping save his life during her 2011 deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kevin Gaddie)