Airman from the 147 Reconnaissance Wing step off a bus to enter the Passenger Deployment Function (PDF) processing line during Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) Lonestar 11-01 at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston, 3 March 2011. The PDF ensures deploying airman have all their administrative, medical, legal, and financial affairs in order prior to deployment to a combat zone. 147 RW/Photo: MSgt Dale Hanson