Airmen from the 386th and 379th Air Expeditionary wings load a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle onto a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., Dec. 28 in Southwest Asia. The MRAP was heading to Iraq and is designed to help protect military members from mines and improvised explosive devices. The C-17's aircrew members are from McGuire AFB, N.J., and currently deployed to an air base in the Middle East. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tia Schroeder)