Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Calif., a Para-rescueman or "PJ", (Para-jumper), keeps lookout aboard a HH-60 G, "Pave Hawk", helicopter, of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, United States Air Force (USAF), keeps watch over the passing terrain, Saturday, October 24, 2009, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on route to evacuate a casualty from the battlefield. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

One of two HH-60 G, "Pave Hawk", helicopters carrying a team of Para-rescuemen or "PJ's", (Para-jumpers) of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, leads the way in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan during a rescue mission to evacuate a casualty and a fatality from the battlefield, Saturday, October 24, 2009. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

Soldiers in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan wait for a team of Para-rescuemen or "PJs", (Para-jumpers) of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, to land their helicopter and evacuate one injured soldier and the body of a soldier killed in action, Saturday, October 24, 2009. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

Senior Master Sgt. David Swan, 42, Corning, N.Y., far left, and Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Calif., far right, Para-rescueman or "PJ's", (Para-jumpers) of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, lead soldiers carrying a badly injured comrade to a waiting helicopter during a rescue mission in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, October 24, 2009. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Calif., left, a Para-rescueman of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, leads soldiers evacuating a badly injured comrade from the battlefield in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, October 24, 2009. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Calif., second from left, a Para-rescueman of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, helps soldiers load a badly injured soldier into a helicopter during a rescue mission in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, October 24, 2009. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

A pulse monitor is attached to the finger of a badly injured soldier aboard a HH-60 G, "Pave Hawk", helicopter, of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, during a rescue mission Saturday, October 24, 2009, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

Para-rescueman Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Calif., of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, talks to a badly injured soldier during a rescue mission in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, October 24, 2009. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

Para-rescueman Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Calif., of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, left, helps load a body bag containing the remains of a dead soldier into a HH-60 G, "Pave Hawk", helicopter, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, October 24, 2009.( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

Para-rescuemen Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Calif., left, and Senior Master Sgt. David Swan, 42, Corning, N.Y., of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, drape an American flag over a body bag containing the remains of a dead U.S. soldier being transported from the battlefield inside their HH-60 G, "Pave Hawk", helicopter, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, October 24, 2009. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

Para-rescueman Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, USAF, 30, Alturas, Calif. watches as Reservist Lt. Cindy Anderson, of Riverside, Calif. treats a badly injured soldier rescued from a battlefield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Saturday, October 24, 2009. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Calif., front left, and Senior Master Sgt. David Swan, 42, Corning, N.Y., center back, Para-rescuemen of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, attend a church service at their headquarters at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan after flying a rescue mission. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )

During a lull in his shift, Saturday, October 24, 2009, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Para-rescueman Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Calif., of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, USAF, looks at a picture of his wife Catherine and daughter Amberlyn who await his return at his home in Tuscon, Arizona. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )