Life support
Staff Sgt. James Gainey performs a preflight equipment check for 1st Lt. Mark Conley Nov. 2 in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Gainey, a 386th Expeditionary Operations Group aircrew life support NCO in charge, and Lieutenant Conley, a 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron navigator, are both deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tia Schroeder)