Never complacent

Senior Airman William Therisault and Staff Sgt. Roger Hughes dress out Tech. Sgt. Michael Shumate into an Explosive Ordnance Disposal bomb suit as he powers up the environmental control unit at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 21. The three Airmen of the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron EOD were responding to a suspicious package call on the flightline. Airman Theriault is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., and calls Calis, Maine home. Sergeant Hughes is deployed from Shaw AFB, S.C., and calls Charleston, W.Va., home. Sergeant Shumate is deployed from Whiteman AFB, Mo., and calls Winston-Salem, N.C., home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Randi Flaugh)

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Never complacent

Tech. Sgt. Michael Shumate heads back from the runway in an Explosive Ordnance Disposal bomb suit after retrieving a suspicious package on the flightline at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq Oct. 21. Sergeant Shumate and two other team members of the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron EOD responded to the call. He is deployed from Whiteman AFB, Mo., and calls Winston-Salem, N.C., home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Randi Flaugh)

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Never complacent

Staff Sgt. Gregory Mobley presents a small explosive charge in a life vest to Military Working Dog Charlie at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 21. Charlie alerted to the package when it was on the taxiway because of the charge. Sergeant Mobley and Charlie are both from the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron K-9 section. Sergeant Mobley is deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and calls Decatur, Ga., home. Charlie is an eight-year old German Sheppard on his 15th deployment to the Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Randi Flaugh)

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Never complacent

Published Oct. 27, 2008