SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Dustin May (right), holds a striking pad Jan. 24, 2008, during self defense tactics training with batons for at an air base in the Persian Gulf Region. The self defense training familiarizes Airmen with how to use non-lethal force to defend themselves. Airman May is assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and is deployed from the 305th Civil Engineer Squadron at McGuire AFB, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Patrick Dixon)