Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Walker and Master Sgt. Otis

Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Walker and Master Sgt. Otis West, both with the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron, remove tie down straps from a flatbed shipment of humanitarian aid provided by Manas Air Base, Oct. 8, 2008. In response to the Oct. 5 earthquake in southern Kyrgyzstan, Airmen from Manas sent thousands of pounds of aid that included pallets of food rations, bottled water, surplus military cold weather gear and more than 120 boxes containing 3,000 pounds of adult and children's winter clothing, blankets and toys. A call for personal donations resulted in another 40 Airmen donating their own blankets they deployed here with.