MARCH AIR RESEREVE BASE, CALIF. -- Senior Airman Andrew Chavez, a 729th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, waits for patients to be loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, March 25. The 729th makes regular trips to JBB to pick up injured servicemembers. Chavez is a native of Joshua Tree, Calif., and is a Reservist from March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)