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 from the 89th APS created 14 pallets of technical search and rescue gear, to include inflatable swift-water rescue boats, generators, trench rescue and cutting equipment. The gear was being transported by C-17 to more than 80 Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue technicians, to provide assistance in the rescue effort for Operation Tomodachi after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Perry Aston)