Airman Taylor Riggan, a combat weather student in the 335th Training Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss., carries a sloshpipe to a group of students during physical training outside of Matero Hall February 25, 2010. As the Air Force’s newest special operations specialty, these weather warriors are the Department of Defense’s only meteorological asset authorized to operate in hostile or denied territory to gather and interpret weather data providing intelligence while working primarily with special operations forces. Kemberly Groue

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