Tech. Sgt. Robert Dones, 349th Medical Squadron surgical technician, (pictured second from top right) poses with a group of hikers after their overnight, 20-plus hour escape from the Eagle Creek Trail fire in the Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Ore, on Sept. 2, 2017. Dones helped guide about 150 hikers from the danger of the fire to safety. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo provided by Sarah Carlin Ames)