Tech. Sgt. Daniel Fox, left, and Tech. Sgt. Meldion Shehu, members of the Patriot Honor Guard at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., load equipment in a van for a military funeral detail in New York Dec. 9. Hanscom's Patriot Honor Guard provides funeral honor services in New England and northeast New York for active duty, retirees and veterans who served honorably in the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)