Top enlisted pararescueman retires from Alaska Air Guard
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col. Matthew Komatsu, commander of the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, presents a certificate of retirement to Chief Master Sgt. Paul Bear Barendregt, a pararescueman and chief enlisted manager for the 212 RQS, during a retirement ceremony at the 212th's headquarters building here Dec. 3, 2016. Through his skill and commitment Barendregt exemplified the motto of the Air Force Pararescueman: These things we do, that others may live. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Eagerton/released)