Staff Sgt. Chad Beach watches for threats to the C-17 Globemaster III during an airdrop of supplies for a forward operating base in Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Beach is a loadmaster with the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, and deployed from McChord Air Force Base, Wash.

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Staff Sgt. Chad Beach watches for threats to the C-17 Globemaster III during an airdrop of supplies for a forward operating base in Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Beach is a loadmaster with the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, and deployed from McChord Air Force Base, Wash.

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