Airmen, family and friends attend Chief Master Sgt. Michael West’s retirement ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 19, 2018. West, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 24th Special Operations Wing, retired after 30 years of service. Special Tactics is U.S. Special Operations Command’s tactical air and ground integration force, and the Air Force’s special operations ground force, leading global access, precision strike, personnel recovery and battlefield surgery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)