Air Force Capt. Andrew Butler, C-17 Globemaster III pilot assigned to the 7th Airlift Squadron, conducts pre-flight checklists prior to departing Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, for Exercise Defender Pacific 21 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 30, 2021. Defender Pacific 21 is a Army Pacific exercise that operationalizes the National Defense Strategy by practicing the strategic deployment, command and control, and employment of combat-credible forces into the region, and supports Indo-Pacific Command's Joint warfighting concepts.

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