U.S. Army 1-14 Infantry Battalion Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepare to load a Stryker Medical Evacuation Vehicle aboard a C-17 Globemaster III during a validation exercise on the flightline at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 17, 2013. The exercise was the first of its kind, and verified the JBPPH C-17s assigned to the 535th Airlift Squadron could load and transport the combat vehicles and crew. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)