Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Peterson stands at attention in front of the Prisoners of War- Missing in Action Memorial as part of the 2011 POW/MIA Recognition Day at Heritage Park on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 29, 2011.

Peterson is assigned to the 49th Materiel Maintenance Group. For 24 straight hours, airmen took turns standing vigil and making sure the eternal flame remained lit as a symbol that POWs and MIAs of today and the past are never forgotten.

U.S. Air Force courtesy photo