Testing Deployment Operations
Airman 1st Class Nicholas Ward, 28th Medical Operations Squadron health services management technician, screens luggage with a rapid scan x-ray machine during an Operational Readiness Exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 15, 2012. Ellsworth’s new deployment center allows Airmen to completely process personnel and cargo from initial reporting to aircraft take-off. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Hada/Released)