To protect and to teach
MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash.- Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Walsh, left, 446th Security Forces Squadron here, tests out a new bulletproof vest as she and fellow security forces teammate, Tech. Sgt. Ric Shumate, examine a new shipment of equipment in the 446th SFS training room here, Sept. 12. When not serving in the Air Force Reserve, Sergeant Walsh teaches sixth grade students in the Bethel School District in Spanaway, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine).