Loadmaster practices emergency procedures
Staff Sgt. Nathan Girard, 6th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, dons his oxygen mask and reviews the emergency procedures in a C-17 Globemaster III simulator July 11, 2013, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The simulated C-17 fuselage enables loadmasters to practice onboard emergencies including fire- and smoke-filled cabin senarios, in addition to combat offloads and night-vision goggle scenarios in a real-time environment.Girard hails from Berlin, N.H. (U.S. Air Force photo by Carlos Cintron/Released)