Ranger spirit

CAMP RUDDER, Fla. -- Riley Woina, 14, from Connecticut, fires a M-249 at the 6th Ranger Training Battalion here Feb. 20. Riley, diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, was granted a week with the 6th Ranger Training Battalion and Eglin Airmen through the Make-A-Wish Foundation Feb. 19-24. (U.S Army photo by Army Capt. Jeremiah Cordovano)

Ranger Spirit

CAMP RUDDER, Fla. -- U.S. Army Spc. Kipper Connell, 6th Ranger Training Battalion armorer, help Riley Woina, 14, from Connecticut, load a M-249 Feb 20. Riley, diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, was granted a week with the 6th Ranger Training Battalion and Eglin Airmen through the Make-A-Wish Foundation Feb. 19-24. (U.S Army photo by Army Capt. Jeremiah Cordovano)

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Lt. Col. Kathy Lauden, Air Armament Center chief of automation, pricing and support division in contracting, was promoted Aug. 31 in Iraq and televised live here for her family and co-workers to witness. Deployed as the Joint Contracting Command chief of the electricity sector, Colonel Lauden was surprised to see her family, husband Maj. Mike Lauden, 699th Armament Systems Flight chief, daughter Delaney, and her parents Leo and Kiyoko Henley there to see her promotion to lieutenant colonel. Delaney and Major Lauden are pictured in the foreground. (Air Force photo by Craig McDonnell)

Shocker

Lightning strikes like this one in Las Cruces, N.M., can happen here at Eglin Air Force Base. When “lightning within five” is annouced Airmen should take cover as quickly as possible. Smoke shacks and sun shades do not provide adequate cover. (U.S. Air Force photo/Edward Aspera Jr.)