Capt. Meredith Ortiz hands out cards to members of the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Feb. 13 at a Southwest Asia air base. Students from Merkel, Tye and Trent elementary schools mailed more than 300 Valentines to the base, thanking Airmen and coalition forces for their service and asking, "Will you be my Valentine?" Captain Ortiz is deployed from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Domonique Simmons)