Checking and double-checking
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Gerald Messier, 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron flight engineer, checks the rear rotors of his HH-60G Pave Hawk prior to takeoff here on August 2, 2008. Before every mission, the flight crew must check to ensure that all their equipment is operational. Sergeant Messier is deployed from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, and hails from Fairfield, Vt. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)