Deployed Airmen from the Transit Center at Manas were guests of the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The Birdik school has close ties with the Transit Center and invited Ai More
Airmen from the Transit Center sat with friends and families of students attending the Birdik school during the school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The school has close ties with th More
Students perform a School Waltz or Last Dance for families, friends and Airmen of the Transit Center at the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The Transit Center donated a n More
Students stand and await their graduation certificates at the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The sash says Graduate 2014 and every graduate in Kyrgyzstan wears one durin More
A girl in traditional Kyrgyz clothing listens to speeches given at the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The Birdik school has close ties with the Transit Center and invite More
Children perform a traditional Kyrgyz dance at the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. The dance demonstrates riding a horse and the song the children danced to was played on More
A girl drinks a juice pack at the Birdik school’s Last Bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014. Airmen from the Transit Center have worked with the Birdik school since 2009 to renovate the school buil More
Col. John Vaughn, vice commander 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, deployed from Joint base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, looks at the camera during the Birdik school’s last bell ceremony in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, May 24, 2014 More
Graduates release pigeons as a symbol of peace during the Birdik school’s last bell ceremony in Birdik, Kygyzstan, May 24, 2014. The Transit Center has facilitated renovations at the school and the school admin More