Sergeant Aviles oversaw a $725,000 network upgrade and led a 12-member installation team which doubled the MQ-1 Predator's armed reconnaissance and interdiction missions. She volunteers with the Special Olympics and at the Trauma Intervention Program, helping families cope with death and trauma.

Sergeant Bechdel oversaw U.S. Northern Command's ISR operations with the more than 1,000 California wildfires and followed up the operation with a plan for ISR support to civil disaster relief. She rallied a 33-member neighborhood watch program and volunteered at a church kitchen feeding more than 1,800 people.

Sergeant Bechdel is now with the Joint Intelligence Operations Center, Europe Analytic Center at Royal Air Force Molesworth, England.

When deployed, Sergeant Bingham completed more than 360 mission recap reports during Operation Enduring Freedom, sending timely data to the Tactical Air Control Center. He also managed the operations in an OEF C-130 Hercules mishap and provided investigators with critical flight summary data. At home, Sergeant Bingham is a supporter of the Omaha Big Brothers and Big Sisters program.

As the ground and flying crew chief, she launched and recovered missions to Antarctica totaling 918 passengers and 621 cargo tons. When deployed to Sather AB, Iraq, Airman Bolton-Scholl assisted with the recovery of a C-130 in downtown Baghdad where Air Force assets were secured and reclaimed.

In New Zealand, she raised $2,500 for a local charity, and at home station she volunteers with the Meals on Wheels program, delivering food to elderly residents.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal and Army Combat Action Badge for his actions. He stopped an explosives-laden car and directed the evacuation of the scene where his action saved countless lives and avoided mass casualties. Sergeant Carter also led a sting operation that apprehended an IED maker which prevented an attack on the Iraqi prime minister.

He helped distribute gifts to 500 children in Baghdad's urban war zone by establishing a "toys for tots" area. Sergeant Carter was a technical sergeant when chosen.

At his home base, he directed the safe removal of 14 unexploded ordnances found by the Iowa State Police. He also instructed 100 deploying warfighters on IED and UXO recognition. He organized the first Kirkuk EOD Memorial run and ran the 5K in full bomb suit, raising $3,000 for the fund.

At his home base, he organized a drive, volunteered time and purchased materials to build a memorial for fallen EOD Airmen.

Sergeant Laufer led the first joint service visit to the Turkmen Mosque which enhanced foreign relations with the Chaplain Corps and honored 46 families. She also redirected resource allocations and donated 4,000 pounds of supplies that were in storage.

Sergeant Laufer recently was promoted to master sergeant with an effective date next year.

She is the sole wing certified alcohol and drug counselor which is vital to more than 9,000 beneficiaries in the area. She led the effort to overhaul the traumatic stress response team program, which later proved successful and impacted 400 people at Cannon after a wing tragedy. Sergeant Lozada delivered drug prevention and educational materials to 500 local high risk youth during National Red Ribbon Week.

He was in a four-hour firefight with insurgents, receiving the Bronze Star Medal for his actions. Sergeant Pollock also led eight humanitarian missions into remote war torn villages which gained trust with a number of villagers. At his home base, he is an avid volunteer with Special Olympics and the Boy Scouts, and organized a $2,000 clothes and toy drive for an orphanage in Japan.

His participation in the missions resulted in the detainment of 29 insurgents, the capture of more than 300 rocket-propelled grenade launchers and AK-47s, and more than 200 pounds of IEDs and bomb-making materials. Airman Royal was awarded the Bronze Star and Combat Action Medals for his actions.

At home he competed in two charity triathlons which raised $75,800. He also dedicated time to the National Forward Air Controller memorial.

At his forward deployed location, he led an 88-member flight to achieve an almost perfect network system up time. He controlled network use after a fiber cut crippled the theater, ensuring that mission platforms were kept operational. Sergeant Steagall managed the critical convoy communications circuit, ensuring life-saving command and control for more than 200 Iraqi support missions. He also participated in a $2 million network upgrade that ensured more than 17 million e-mails were delivered in theater.

At home, Sergeant Steagall raised $2,500 for wounded warriors and at-risk women.