A loadmaster and maintainer from the 17th Special Operations Squadron supervise cargo being loaded onto a MC-130J Commando II at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 2, 2015. Stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan, the Airmen came to the ROK to participate in Exercise Gryphon Knife, a routine training exercise designed to increase combined and joint special operations capability in defense of the peninsula. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Divine Cox/Released)