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Lt. Col. Daniel Lapostole, 129th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron commander, receives the unit guidon from Col. Richard E. Donnelly, 451st Air Expeditionary Group deputy commander, during an assumption of command ceremony at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, May 5. The 129th ERQS has the primary mission of performing combat search and rescue tasks, including personnel recovery and medical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Guillermo Rivera)