MCMURDO STATION (January 28, 2015) - Cargo Handlers

MCMURDO STATION (January 28, 2015) - Cargo Handlers from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 and 13 (NCHB 1) (NCHB 13) prepare to guide a piece of civil engineering support equipment (CESE) to ice pier from the Military Sea-Lift Command (MSC) chartered container ship MV Ocean Giant during a resupply mission in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015 (ODF'15). ODF is an annual U.S. Pacific Air Forces-led joint interagency mission to provide logistical and transportation support to the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP). Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica (JFT-SFA) coordinates strategic inter-theater airlift, tactical deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling, and transportation requirements for USAP. (U.S. Navy photo by SN Mumbali Ngwa/Released)