TCM Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

A documentary on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. plays in the Community Activities Center at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Jan. 21, 2013. King served as an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for combating inequality through his nonviolence movements. On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated outside his motel room in Memphis, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

TCM Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Pamela Spratlen, U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, speaks during a keynote presentation in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Jan. 21, 2013. Spratlen recalled watching King's "I have a dream" speech on her parents black and white television at age 9. "I saw and felt my parents' excitement as they listened to Dr. King's words. They cried to see that so many people came to the nation's capital to fight for their rights and for justice on that steamy day," she said. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

TCM Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

U.S. service members walk Chapman Boulevard during a march in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Jan. 21, 2013. On Aug. 28, 1963, King organized the March on Washington, a nonviolent movement for civil rights and job equality. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

New Year's resolution: Get in better shape

Tech. Sgt. Kaleishia Hoskins, 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation craftsman, performs side crunches during the abs class at Transit Center at Manas, Jan. 5, 2013. Medicine balls, exercise balls and body weight serve as the only equipment in the 15-minute long class offered Monday through Saturday from midnight to 12:15 a.m. and from 5:30 to 5:45 p.m. Hoskins is deployed from Dover Air Force Base, Del., and is a native of Dover, Del.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

New Year's resolution: Get in better shape

Lt. Col. Matthew Rytting, a transient deployed from the 98th Flying Training Squadron, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., attends the yoga class at Transit Center at Manas, Jan. 8, 2013. Rytting is on his way to Afghanistan for a six-month deployment and is a native of Anchorage, Ala. "Yoga wasn't a class I expected to see [at the Transit Center] but it was so interesting to do," said Rytting. The class is offered every Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon and every Tuesday and Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

Tops In Blue visit the Transit Center

Tops In Blue performs for U.S. troops at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 22, 2012. Since 1953, Tops In Blue has provided entertainment worldwide at remote and deployed locations, while promoting community relations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

Transit Center welcomes CJCS, USO holiday tour

Tech. Sgt. Bryce Guidry, 376th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crewchief, describes the lighting system used during air refueling on the KC-135 Stratotanker to U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a visit to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 15, 2012. The visit, part of the chairman’s annual USO holiday tour, included tours and briefings highlighting the Transit Center’s refueling, onward movement, airlift and community partnership missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rachel Martinez)

Transit Center welcomes CJCS, USO holiday tour

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with servicemembers during an enlisted call at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 15, 2012. During the enlisted call, Battaglia spoke on the chairman’s four priorities and took questions from the enlisted members. His visit was part of the chairman’s annual USO holiday tour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rachel Martinez)

Transit Center welcomes CJCS, USO holiday tour

U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to U.S. troops during the USO holiday tour at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2012. After Kelly Pickler?s performance, Dempsey led the troops in the singing of a holiday song. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

Transit Center welcomes CJCS, USO holiday tour

Kellie Pickler, an American country music artist, and husband Kyle Jacobs, laughs with U.S. troops during the USO holiday tour at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2012. Pickler visited with U.S. troops during a tour of the Transit Center prior to the show and stayed late to sign autographs and pose for photos with fans. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

Transit Center welcomes CJCS, USO holiday tour

Senior Airman Josh Eidson, 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, shows Deanie Dempsey, wife of U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his work space during her visit at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 15, 2012. Eidson showed Dempsey footage of a refueling mission to illustrate the precision he uses in operating the boom. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

466 AEG activated at TCM

Airmen from the 466th Air Expeditionary Group stand in formation during the activation, assumption of command and change of command ceremonies at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 26, 2012. The ceremony combined five events into one, the 466th Air Expeditionary Group and 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron activation, the assumption of command for the 466 AEG and 466 AES and the change of command ceremony for the 966 AES. The new units will enhance administrative support and accountability for more than 2,300 Joint Expeditionary Tasking Airmen and Individual Augmentees serving throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Rubi)