Mark Harper, a transportation assistant with the Fort Hood Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group, discusses a load plan with a couple of soldiers from the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, which was preparing to deploy to Kuwait, Nov. 21, 2012. All 13 members of the A/DACG are U.S. military veterans. Harper himself had an extraordinary career in the military, starting with four years in the British Army. He then served in the U.S. Navy for six years, and the U.S. Army for eleven years. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)