Patriot Hook 2012 - A man in a military uniform wearing headphones

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Elijah Perez, 729th Airlift Squadron, guides the removal of cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III in support of Patriot Hook 2012 at Los Alamitos Army Airfield, Calif., March 14, 2012. Patriot Hook 2012 is an Air Force Reserve Command sponsored exercise that deploys Tanker/Airlift Control Elements to three locations and assembles units from the Air Force Reserve, Navy, Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue, and other agencies to confirm the viability of coordinated, security, disaster and contingency response operations.