Packing for Downrange
Left, Staff Sergeant Chris Baker, 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, and U.S. Army Pfc. Reginald Conner, Detachment 8-24th Quartermaster Company, 593rd Special Troop Battalion joint airdrop inspector, check parachutes on aerial drop loads, Aug. 12, in Southwest Asia. The cargo will be air dropped to military servicemembers throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Sergeant Baker is deployed from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and Private Conner is deployed from Fort Bragg, N.C., in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)