Col. Eries Mentzer, 42nd Air Base Wing commander, poses for a photo with the Freedom to Serve Initiative champions and Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative director, Oct. 30, 2020, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The goal of the Freedom to Serve Initiative is to uncover issues that impede on Airmen’s ability to excel and form plans of action to help create equal opportunities for all Airmen across the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Charles Welty)