Airmen from the 89th Aerial Port Squadron load pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III, March 12, 2011, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Air transportation airmen prepared 14 pallets of technical search-and-rescue gear, including inflatable swift-water rescue boats, generators, trench rescue and cutting equipment. The gear is being transported by C-17 to provide assistance as part of Operation Tomodachi after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Perry Aston)