Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Thompson uses a chain to strap down a Japanese army vehicle in a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Chitose, Japan, April 18, 2016. Two C-130 Hercules picked up four vehicles and eight Japanese soldiers and flew them to the island of Kyushu to assist in disaster relief operations following a series of earthquakes that struck Japan. Thompson is a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Washburn