Staff Sgt. Paul Batoon, 379th Expeditionary Mission

Staff Sgt. Paul Batoon, 379th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, checks the inventory number on his two pair of over boots, Oct. 15, 2008, at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. Chemical warfare bags and boots were issued to all base personnel as part of a base defense exercise. Sergeant Batoon, a native of Pearl City, Hawaii, is deployed from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.