Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather makes some playtime for his partner Diego Nov. 1 at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Diego, a 6-year-old Belgium Malinois is a military working dog. Sergeant Starkweather and Diego are assigned to the 506th Expeditionary security Forces Squadron/K-9 Unit. They are both deployed from Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)