Senior Airmen Nathanial Bennett and Anthony Schoof, loadmasters with the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, prepare themselves for an airdrop during an Operation Christmas Drop flight Dec. 13, 2016, over the Pacific Ocean. Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense's longest running humanitarian mission covering 56 remote islands in Micronesia.

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