Monday, August 19, 2013

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; August 19, 2013

Tech. Sgt. Gary Washington off-loads vehicles from a C-17 Globemaster III during an airlift mission July 25, 2013, at Forward Operating Base Shindand in Herat, Afghanistan. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic and tactical delivery of troops and any type of cargo to main operating and forward operating bases in Afghanistan. The aircraft can perform airlift and airdrop missions and transport ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations when required. Washington is a loadmaster assigned to the 316th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marleah Miller) (Photo by SSgt Marleah Miller)



Sunday, August 18, 2013

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; August 18, 2013

NASA engineers, Navy divers and Sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) tow a test Orion capsule into the well deck of Arlington. This phase one test determined the best method for recovering the capsule after earth reentry and splashdown in the ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Davis (Released) 130815-N-VJ183-075.