Tech. Sgt. Kirby Pyka (left) and Senior Master Sgt. Elma Taylor, both with the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan's logistics directorate, help raise the Air Force flag during a ceremony as part of the service's 60th Anniversary celebration at Camp Eggers in Kabul. Taylor is deployed from McGuire Air Force Base, and Pyka's home station is Eglin AFB, Fla. Officially established on Apr. 4, 2006, the CSTC-A’s mission, in partnership with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the international community, is to plan, program and implement structural, organizat


Tech. Sgt. Kirby Pyka (left) and Senior Master Sgt. Elma Taylor, both with the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan's logistics directorate, help raise the Air Force flag during a ceremony as part of the service's 60th Anniversary celebration at Camp Eggers in Kabul. Taylor is deployed from McGuire Air Force Base, and Pyka's home station is Eglin AFB, Fla. Officially established on Apr. 4, 2006, the CSTC-A’s mission, in partnership with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the international community, is to plan, program and implement structural, organizational, institutional and management reforms of the Afghanistan National Security Forces in order to develop a stable Afghanistan, strengthen the rule of law, and deter and defeat terrorism within its borders. Tech. Sgt. Cortchie Welch)


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