Airmen from the 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron load cargo on a C-130 Hercules during Exercise Global Thunder on Minot Air Force, N.D., Oct. 24, 2014. The exercise provides training opportunities for U.S. Strategic Commands other mission areas: missile defense, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and combating weapons of mass destruction. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Bateman)