Photo by Senior Airman Shelby Horn | 349th Air Mobility Wing | 09.10.2017
Tech. Sgt. Robert Dones, 349th Medical Squadron surgical technician, poses for portrait at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2017. On Sept. 2, Dones went hiking on the Eagle Creek Trail in the Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Ore. While on the hike, a forest fire broke out. Dones helped gather a group of hikers who were stranded on the trail with the fire separating them from......
Courtesy Photo | 349th Air Mobility Wing | 09.10.2017
A view of the plume shortly after the fire took off on the Eagle Creek Trail in the Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Ore, on Sept. 2, 2017. Helicopters buzzed over heads to dump water on the fire, as around 150 people hunkered down on the Punchbowl Falls rocky beach. Tech. Sgt. Robert Dones, 349th Medical Squadron surgical technician, helped guide the group out of the fire. (U.S. Air Force......
Courtesy Photo | 349th Air Mobility Wing | 09.10.2017
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 frome 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......
Courtesy Photo | 349th Air Mobility Wing | 09.10.2017
Hikers head away from the Eagle Creek Trail fire in the Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Ore., on Sept. 2, 2017. A large portion of the hike was on narrow trails along high cliffs. Approximately 150 hikers were led to safety aided by Tech. Sgt. Robert Dones, 349th Medical Squadron surgical technician. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo provided by Sarah Carlin Ames)...
Courtesy Photo | 349th Air Mobility Wing | 09.10.2017
Hikers were numbered off to ensure accountability so everyone could make it safely off of the Eagle Creek Trail away from the fire in the Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Ore., on Sept. 2, 2017. Tech. Sgt. Robert Dones, 349th Medical Squadron surgical technician, helped guide the group out of the fire. Dones' hand is numbered 144. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo provided by Sarah Carlin Ames)...
Courtesy Photo | 349th Air Mobility Wing | 09.10.2017
Hikers head away from the Eagle Creek Trail toward the Indian Creek Fire plume in the Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Ore., on Sept. 2, 2017. Tech. Sgt. Robert Dones, 349th Medical Squadron surgical technician, helped guide the group safely out of the fire. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo provided by Sarah Carlin Ames)...
Courtesy Photo | 349th Air Mobility Wing | 09.10.2017
Tech. Sgt. Robert Dones, 349th Medical Squadron surgical technician, lifts up a fence he broke to allow hikers to escape during a 20-plus hour trek away 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)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes | 102d Public Affairs Detachment | 03.24.2013
Competitors display their awards at the conclusion of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division's Dragoon Games March 24, 2013, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The Games featured six grueling events over a period of 12 hours designed to take Soldiers to their physical limits. Pictured are (standing) 4th BCT Command Sgt. Maj. Oscar Vinson; Capt. Erich Roberts of Pine Mountain, Ga.,......
