KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airmen Brandy Walker (left) and Patrina Fonville examine survival equipment from a 20-person life raft kit. Some of the components include sea dye markers, radios, flares, seawater desalinators and a medical first-aid kit. They are life-support technicians with the 17th Special Operations Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)