U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Derick Dillard, right foreground, assigned to U.S. Army Africa, assists U.S. Airmen with unloading equipment from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft Jan. 16, 2014, in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR). The gear belonged to Rwanda Defense Force troops, who also flew aboard the aircraft from their home country. U.S. forces were dispatched to provide airlift assistance to multinational troops in support of an African Union effort to quell violence in the CAR.