1st SOCES reinforces garbage can latches in housing

Master Sgt. Lawrence Wood, 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment superintendent, and Airman Michael Featherston, Hurlburt Field Fire Department, install a new latch on a refuse container in the Pine Shadows housing area at Hurlburt Field, Fla., August 25, 2010. The improved fasteners render the cans bear-resistant the cans in the houses closest to the forest perimeters of the neighborhood and are part of the 1st SOCES’s effort to curb bear activity on base. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joe McFadden) (RELEASED)

1st SOCES reinforces garbage can latches in housing

Master Sgt. Lawrence Wood, 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment superintendent, installs a new latch on a refuse container in the Pine Shadows housing area at Hurlburt Field, Fla., August 25, 2010. The improved fasteners render the cans bear-resistant the cans in the houses closest to the forest perimeters of the neighborhood and are part of the 1st SOCES’s effort to curb bear activity on base. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joe McFadden) (RELEASED)

Airmen, children commemorate Women’s Equality Day at Youth Center

1st Lt. Lydia LaFavor, Air Force Special Operations Command intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, reveals an answer on the "Women Inventors" board to Angelina Nelson during an observance of Women’s Equality Day at the Youth Center at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 26, 2010. More than 20 children designed posters and competed for prizes all while learning about the many contributions of women throughout American history at the event. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joe McFadden) (RELEASED)

Staff Sgt. Amanda Schilliger-Kelly

Staff Sgt. Amanda Schilliger-Kelly, 623rd Air Operations Center-Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance operations, poses while in South Korea for an exercise in this undated photo. Sergeant Schilliger-Kelly was selected for this week's "Tip of the Spear" spotlight. (Courtesy photo)

Air Force Fit Family

Maj. Christopher Edwards, 1st Special Operations Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering flight commander, and his wife Maria tend to their yard at Hurlburt Field, Fla., August 23, 2010. The Edwardses grow various vegetables and flowers in their garden. (DoD photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Sarah Martinez)

The J-Team: Air Commando engineers “Always There, Anywhere”

Senior Airman Ben Rasine, 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron J-Team, hammers a stake to secure a tent during Operation Jackal Stone in Croatia, September 2009. The J-Team is comprised of engineering specialists who enable special operations forces by providing resources to sustain their presence for weeks wherever they are required. (Courtesy photo from U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jeffrey Buchholtz)