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by SSgt Sheila deVera

U.S. Air Force Airmen survey the area during a routine patrol outside Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 1, 2011. The Airmen are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sheila deVera/Released)

Photographer's Narrative

 

This was my first outside-the-wire experience when I was deployed to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan while patrolling the perimeter. We walked a little over two miles to a nearby village, boots covered in mud, thought the security forces members were taking a break. When I realized they were surveying the area, I grabbed my camera and went in front of Senior Airman Christopher Yellig intensely scanning his area of responsibility.