Iraqi firefighters graduate course
ALI BASE, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Chris Kammermeier and Staff Sgt. Scott Herbert, 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, watch an Iraqi firefighter compete in the "firefighter challenge" here June 16. The Air Force firefighters provide reoccurring training to local Iraqi firefighters helping them better serve their communities. The Iraqis had to pass the challenge in under eight minutes to graduate the Basic Firefighter Skills Course, the firefighter had to drag the hose 150 feet before knocking over a cone with the water. Sergeant Kammermeier is deployed from McGuire AFB, N.J. and Sergeant Herbert is deployed from Ellsworth AFB, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sabrina Johnson)