AFDW Airmen share their stories during NSSC

1st Lt. Sarah Batzer-Frye (left) a critical care nurse working for the tri-service team at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Va., talks about her deployment to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom during the Air Force's annual National Security Scholars Conference being held at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 16, 2013. Batzer-Frye, along with Tech. Sgt. Jason Sitzes (center), an evaluator flight engineer assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron, 11th Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md., and Staff Sgt. Jennifer Powell (right), a pallbearer with the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., talked about their Air Force experiences and answered questions from conference attendees. Jointly hosted by the Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the annual forum brings Air Force senior leaders and foreign policy and international security experts together to discuss the Air Force's strategic direction and its contribution to national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Varhegyi)