An aerial port airman preps a chartered aircraft to receive cargo from the 4/2 Stryker Brigade. They are about to start the final travel back to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Aug. 18, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The soldiers are redeploying during the withdrawal of U.S. forces to 50,000 troops by the end of August when Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, and Operation New Dawn begins.