C-17 - Airmen support Soldiers, Marines with up-armor kits

SOUTHWEST ASIA—Staff Sgt. Rushad Stroman (center) get help from (from left) Airman 1st Class Gatlin Rowland and Senior Airman Matt Smith as they replace an integrated drive generator in a C-17 Globemaster III engine. The C-17s fly around-the-clock to get Humvees and up-armor kits to forward-deployed Soldiers and Marines. The Airmen are maintainers with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron at a forward-deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree Hayden)