Senior Airman Jacob Willenborg, 535th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, guides a Stryker and trailer aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 17, 2013. The vehicle was loaded as part of a validation exercise, which tested the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team's ability to load their interim armored vehicles onto C-17s and fly them to the Pohakuloa Training Area in Kona, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)