1st Lt. Bethany Mettes, 447th Air Expeditionary Group chief of protocol, greets Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on one of his many visits to Baghdad. Lieutenant Mettes and the Air Force Baghdad protocol team represent the first and last impression distinguished visitors have of Americans serving in Iraq.

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