Master Sgt. Kent Harms (left) and Thomas Toth (center) write 'virgin' on the calf of Senior Master Sgt. Edward Cartossa Jr. before the first day of cycling at the RAGBRAI in Sioux Center, Iowa. Forty members of the Air Force Cycling Team were riding for the first time, and the tradition is to brand them as virgins. Harms is assigned to the 139th Force Support Squadron in the Missouri Air National Guard, Toth is a retired master sergeant, and Cartossa is assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing.

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