Senior Airman Stephen Hanks, 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler and Geri,three-year-old patrol explosive detector dog, take a break after a hard day of training in their kennel at Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2011. For the last six months Hanks and Geri have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. Hanks and Geri are deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Hanks is from Amherst, Mass.