Man's Best Friend Proud in Purple

Tech. Sgt. Gary King and his partner pay respect to all working dogs during the ceremony at the Air Armament Museum today. (USAF phot/Staff Sgt. Stacia Zachary)

Man's Best Friend Proud in Purple

Tech. Sgt. Michael Lamb, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, and Jack, age 6, helped pay respect to all working dogs during the ceremony at the Air Armament Museum today.The team are at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., for training before heading off on their assignment overseas. (USAF phot/Staff Sgt. Stacia Zachary)

Eglin hosts Florida Special Olympics basketball tournament

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- An athlete attempts to toss a football into a hole during the carnival of the 2008 Northwest Sectional basketball tournament held here Feb. 10. More than 350 athletes and coaches from Okaloosa, Walton, Jackson, Gadsden, Leon, Hamilton, Columbia, Escambia and Taylor counties participated in the sectional tournament. (U.S. Air Force photo by Debbie Haussermann)

Let the games begin

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- First Lt. Geoffrey Dobson, Company Grade Officer Council porject officer, shakes hands with Jeffrey Woods during the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Northwest Florida Sectional basketball tournament here Feb. 10. More than 350 athletes and coaches from Okaloosa, Walton, Jackson, Gadsden, Leon, Hamilton, Columbia, Escambia and Taylor counties participated in the sectional tournament. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gregg Murry)

Mobility Impaired Hunt

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Stephen, Stephanie and Earl Leavins pose with an eight-point whitetail deer Stephanie took at the 2008 Eglin Air Force Base Mobility Impaired Hunt. Stephanie's rifle is mounted on a swivel stand connected to her chair. She activates the trigger on the chairs footplate which sends an electrical charge to a solenoid, manually firing the gun. This is her fourteenth year on the hunt. It is the only weekend out of the year she gets to go to the woods. The special hunt, conducted by Jackson Guard, is limited to 50 hunters every year. (Photo courtesy from Stephanie Leavins)

Mobility Impaired Hunt

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Stephanie Leavins poses with an eight-point whitetail deer she took at the 2008 Eglin Air Force Base Mobility Impaired Hunt. This is her fourteenth year on the hunt. It is the only weekend out of the year she gets to go to the woods. The special hunt, conducted by Jackson Guard, is limited to 50 hunters every year. (Photo courtesy from Stephanie Leavins)