Staff Sgt. Sam J. Mason, a boom operator with the 157th Operations Group, poses for a portrait in a K-C 135 Stratotanker June 13, 2018 at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H. Mason joined the unit in April after previously serving six years in the Air Force Honor Guard in Washington, DC. (N.H. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nelson)