Lieutenant General Charles F. Wald, Ninth Air Force Commander, poses with a group of fuels troops deployed to a base in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Note that all personnel are in MOPP-1 (Mission Oriented Protective Posture response level-1), carrying their chemical protective mask in its carrying case. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon