Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane, Air Force photographer and photojournalist, covers combat action while deployed to Afghanistan on July 15, 2012. Crane, from 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., was named the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System Journalist of the Month for July 2011, and has also won the Air Mobility Command Photographer of the Year for 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo)