Tech. Sgt. Gabel Tretter, 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron individual protective supervisor, inspects a gas mask before issuing it to an Air Commando at the Deployment Control Center on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 31, 2013. Hundreds of Airmen are prepped and sent out every month to various parts of the world through the “deployment machine,” according to Staff Sgt. Connery Carroll, 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron NCO in charge of deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kentavist P. Brackin)