Air Force Airman 1st Classes, Michael R. Brown II, left, and Marcus Kraatz, right, C-130 Hercules loadmasters assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, remove G-14 clevises from a static line after releasing cargo during an air drop mission, Aug. 2, 2013, over a remote location in Afghanistan. In support of Operation Enduring Freedom, C-130 aircrews ensure troops have adequate supplies of food, water, and fuel to complete ground operations. Brown, a native of Hawthorne, Calif., and Kraatz, a native of Vilonia, Ark., are both deployed from the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock

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Air Force Airman 1st Classes, Michael R. Brown II, left, and Marcus Kraatz, right, C-130 Hercules loadmasters assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, remove G-14 clevises from a static line after releasing cargo during an air drop mission, Aug. 2, 2013, over a remote location in Afghanistan. In support of Operation Enduring Freedom, C-130 aircrews ensure troops have adequate supplies of food, water, and fuel to complete ground operations. Brown, a native of Hawthorne, Calif., and Kraatz, a native of Vilonia, Ark., are both deployed from the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. ( Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marleah Miller)

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