A member of the sling load crew discharges the static electricity from the CH-47D Chinook.
A member of the sling load crew discharges the static electricity from the CH-47D Chinook helicopter hovering over his head as another waits to attach the cargo net at Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, on Dec. 29, 2005. The Department of Defense is supporting the State Department by providing disaster relief supplies and services following the massive earthquake that struck Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan.