MCMURDO STATION (Jan. 28, 2015) - Cargo Handlers from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 and 13 (NCHB 1) (NCHB 13) attach slings to a piece of civil engineering support equipment (CESE) in the hold of the Military Sea-Lift Command (MSC) chartered container ship MV Ocean Giant in preparation for offload during a resupply mission in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015 (ODF'15). ODF is an annual Pacific Air Forces-led joint interagency mission to provide logistical and transportation support to the National Science Foundation and the Antarctic Program (USAP). Joint Task Force-Support Fo
MCMURDO STATION (Jan. 28, 2015) - Cargo Handlers from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 and 13 (NCHB 1) (NCHB 13) attach slings to a piece of civil engineering support equipment (CESE) in the hold of the Military Sea-Lift Command (MSC) chartered container ship MV Ocean Giant in preparation for offload during a resupply mission in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015 (ODF'15). ODF is an annual Pacific Air Forces-led joint interagency mission to provide logistical and transportation support to the National Science Foundation and the Antarctic Program (USAP). Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica (JFT-SFA) coordinates strategic inter-theater airlift, tactical deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling, and transportation requirements for USAP. ( Navy photo by Seaman Mumbali Ngwa/Released) Operation Deep Freeze 2015 150128-N-ZZ999-004
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