Dignified Transfer

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Lance Cpl. Blaise A. Oleski April 9, 2009, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Oleski was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Randle)

Dignified Transfer

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team and the official party bow their heads April 9, 2009, as the chaplain offers a prayer over the remains of Lance Cpl. Blaise A. Oleski at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Oleski was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Randle)

Dover brings home top NCOA honors

Tech. Sgt. Leslie Barnes, a senior maintenance operations center controller assigned to the 436th Maintenance Operations Squadron, displays her 1.5-foot tall John L. Levitow Award to her commander, Maj. Sean McMurray, at the 436th MOS on Dover Air Force Base, April 10. Sergeant Barnes earned top graduate honors and was awarded the award at the Class 09-3 graduation ceremony near Lackland AFB, Texas. Sergeant Barnes and eight fellow Team Dover technical sergeants graduated the Robert D. Gaylor NCO Academy, April 1. (Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

Army Dignified Transfer

An Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Spc. Israel Candelaria Mejias, of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 7. Specialist Candelaria Mejias died April 5 near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when a mine detonated near him during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment in Task Force 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Brigade Combat Team, Grafenwoehr, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

Best EOD Flight in the Air Force

(Front left to right) Col. Manson Morris, 436th Airlift Wing commander, presents Capt. Patrick Wren, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight commander, with the 2008 Senior Master Sgt. Gerald J. Stryzak Award, "Best EOD Flight in the Air Force," April 1 during Wing Stand-up. The EOD Flight recently won the award. In Delaware alone, Captain Wren's team recovered more than 1,200 ordnance items and was lauded by the Delaware State Police for their contribution. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Minto)

Auto extrication exercise

Airman 1st Class James Bullock, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, watches as another firefighter uses the "jaws of life" to open a car door during an auto extrication exercise March 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Roland Balik)