U.S. Air Force loadmasters assigned to the 7th Airlift Squadron load Army Stryker vehicles assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment into an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Ramstein Air Base in Germany Sept. 4, 2014, during Steadfast Javelin II. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO-led exercise designed to prepare U.S., NATO and international partner forces for unified land operations.