Laissez les bons temps roulez!

Col. Troy Molnar, commander of 1st Special Operations Medical Group, rides atop a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle during a mardi gras parade at Navarre Beach, Fla., Feb. 2, 2013. Molnar was accompanied by a dozen volunteers from Hurlburt Field who walked alongside the vehicle in the parade. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

Laissez les bons temps roulez!

Peter Peterzen, king of the 2013 Navarre Krewe of Jesters, left, shakes hands with Staff Sgt. Alex Patten, 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, right, after a mardi gras parade at Navarre Beach, Fla., Feb. 2, 2013. Patten drove a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle as part of Hurlburt Field's entry in the parade. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

Laissez les bons temps roulez!

Pete Peterzen, king of the 2013 Navarre Krewe of Jesters, waves while riding on a float in a mardi gras parade at Navarre Beach, Fla., Feb. 2, 2013. More than 25,000 citizens attended the parade and its festivities. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

AETC special-duty team visits Hurlburt Airmen

Master Sgt. Salvatore Liuzzi, flight chief of military training of 342nd Training Squadron, Detachment 3, speaks to interested Airmen during the Air Education and Training Command Special Duty Assignment briefing at the Airman Leadership School Auditorium at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 5, 2013. Airmen selected for a special assignment may also serve as military training instructors, military training leaders, Professional Military Education instructors or recruiters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krystal M. Garrett)

‘To honor our fallen heroes, step by step’

Maj. Tom Leyden, chief of scheduling of the 34 Special Operations Squadron, left, speaks with Holly Loftis, widow of Lt. Col. John Loftis, before the kickoff of the 2nd Annual Air Commando Ruck and Climb at the Air Park at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 3, 2013. Lt. Col. Loftis was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2012. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Hayden K. Hyatt)

AFSOC honors retired Gen. Norton Schwartz

Gen. (Ret.) Norton Schwartz, the 19th Chief of Staff of the Air Force, speaks with friends and family during the Air Force Special Operations Command Order of the Sword ceremony at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island, Fla., Feb. 1, 2013. The ceremonial presentation was adopted from the Royal Order of the Sword and passed to the United States during the Revolutionary War. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Desiree Whitney Moyé)