A workout to remember

An athlete performs a set of 30 air-squats during a Kandahar CrossFit Hero Workout of the Day at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. Participants performed 30 air squats to remember Capt. Reid Nishizuka and Staff Sgt. Daniel Fannin, both 30 years old, who gave their lives when their MC-12 Liberty aircraft went down April 27 in Southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

A workout to remember

Athletes perform a variety of physically demanding exercises during a Kandahar CrossFit Hero Workout of the Day at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. The WoD was held in honor of the four 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron members who gave their lives when their MC-12 Liberty aircraft went down April 27 in Southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

A workout to remember

A sportsperson performs a “wall ball” exercise during a Kandahar CrossFit Hero Workout of the Day at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. Participants performed 24 wall balls in honor of Staff Sgt. Richard Dickson, who was 24 when the MC-12 Liberty aircraft he was in went down April 27 in Southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

A workout to remember

Walls chalked with exercises and repetitions surround a group of athletes during a Kandahar CrossFit Hero Workout of the Day at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. The WoD was held in honor of U.S. Air Force Capts. Brandon Cyr and Reid Nishizuka, Staff Sgts. Richard Dickson and Daniel Fannin who gave their lives when their MC-12 Liberty aircraft went down April 27 in Southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

A workout to remember

A Kandahar CrossFit instructor writes down the Hero Workout of the Day at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. The WoD was held in honor of the four 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron members who gave their lives when their MC-12 Liberty aircraft went down April 27 in Southern Afghanistan. “This WoD is going to be tough… but remember who you are doing it for,” an instructor said before the session began. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Bound by blood

(From left) U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Beck, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Beck, examine a water pump at Combat Outpost Azimijan Kariz, Afghanisan, May 2. The brothers had not seen each other in more than a decade, until Matthew’s unit, the 577th Expeditionary Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force Squadron, sent a team of engineers to repair some life, health and safety issues here, where James is deployed. Matthew is deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., and James is deployed from Fort Bliss, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)