BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Juan Ortiz, 332nd Expeditionary Services Squadron Recreational Center Assistant, pours a slushy for a customer. The recreational center offers personnel stationed here a place to relax and get away from the bustle of the mission. Sergeant Ortiz is deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)