Senior Airman Cory Nimz removes a wheel bearing from the tire of a piece of aerospace ground equipment at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 18. He removed the bearings to clean them, which allows the unit to move more efficiently by preventing deterioration. Nimz, an AGE journeyman assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. His hometown is Beloit, Wis.