In front of an Up-Armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), US Air Force (USAF) Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Ann Pitt (left), Military Dog Handler Craftsman, 407th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), meets with local Bedouin women during a recent security patrol in the area outside of Tallil AB. The local Bedouins had SSGT Pitt remove her helmet so they could prove to themselves that SSGT Pitt was indeed a woman during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Seeing a female Airman in uniform is a totally foreign and alien concept to the Bedouin culture. This is the first encounter these Bedouins have had with a female Airman and were quite impressed