3/19/2009 - JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq (AFNS) -- Airmen in the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing here took a moment to reflect on previous deployments here and the progress that's been made since 2003 to mark the six-year anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom March 19. Some take note of the physical changes in the base, the hardened facilities and the concrete T-wall barriers, while others think back on how far Iraq has come in the last six years. Deployed here for the second time since 2005, Maj. (Dr.) Chris Connaughton, a 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group colorectal surgeon, reflected on his first...