TIP OF THE SPEAR

Senior Airman Datuan Fitz, 823rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers Commander's Support Staff Personnel journeyman, poses next to a red horse statue outside his squadron's headquarters at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Dec. 7, 2010. Airman Fitz was selected for this week's Tip of the Spear spotlight. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joe McFadden / RELEASED)

Team Hurlburt shatters previous CFC tallies

(From left to right) Col. Michael Plehn, 1st Special Operations Wing commander, Col. Bill Porter, 96th Air Base Wing vice commander, Alan Giesman, chairman of the United Way Okaloosa and Walton Counties board, and Diane Thomas, vice president of the Combined Federal Campaign for Okaloosa and Walton Counties United Way, pose with a check for the final combined tally during the Okaloosa and Walton Counties CFC victory rally at the Eglin Armament Museum at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 3, 2010. Airmen and civilians from both Hurlburt Field and Eglin Air Force Base raised more than $1.2 million during the 2010 campaign. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joe McFadden / RELEASED)

Native American Heritage Month Dance Performance

Kirby Locklear, vice-chairman of the Thunderbird Intertribal Council displays regalia during the 2010 National Native American Heritage Month dance performance at the landing zone, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Nov.16, 2010. During National Native American Heritage Month we honor and recognize their importance to our nation and to our world. (DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Caitlin O'Neil-McKeown)

Seven Summits Photo (Group)

Capt. Graydon Muller, a member of the 6th Special Operations Squadron (far left, standing), and Capt. Rob Marshall, a member of the 8th Special Operations Squadron (far right, kneeling) pose at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, as part of the U.S. Air Force Seven Summits Challenge in July 2006. The U.S. Air Force Seven Summits Challenge is an endeavor for Air Force members to carry the Air Force flag to the highest point on each continent and to be the first U.S. military group to conquer all seven peaks. Captains Muller and Marshall will depart Nov. 24, 2010 to attempt the group?s fifth summit, Vinson Massif in Antarctica. The Airmen say Air Force Special Operations Command is uniquely equipped to prepare them to be successful in Antarctica?s austere environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/released)

Seven Summits

Capt. Rob Marshall, 8th Special Operations Squadron, uses the StairMaster at the Aderholt Fitness Center at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 28, 2010, while wearing a 60 pound pack in preparation for an upcoming mountaineering expedition to climb Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica. Captain Marshall and Capt. Graydon Muller, 6th Special Operations Squadron, depart Nov. 24, 2010 to climb the 16,076 foot mountain as part of the U.S. Air Force Seven Summits Challenge, an effort for Air Force members to climb the highest mountain on each continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Stephanie Jacobs/RELEASED)

Seven Summits

U.S. Air Force Capt. Graydon Muller, 6th Special Operations Squadron, pulls a kayak across the Aderholt Fitness Center field at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Oct. 28, 2010 to simulate pulling a supply sled in preparation for an upcoming mountaineering expedition to climb Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica. Captain Muller and Capt. Rob Marshall, 8th Special Operations Squadron, depart Nov. 24, 2010 to climb the 16,076 foot mountain as part of the U.S. Air Force Seven Summits Challenge, an effort for Air Force members to climb the highest mountain on each continent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Stephanie Jacobs/RELEASED)