Attaching a snatch block
Tech. Sgt. Jeff Austin, 10th Airlift Squadron evaluator loadmaster, affixes a pulley to an aircraft cargo winch cable in a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, Oct. 5, 2013, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prior to loading a helicopter onto the aircraft in preparation for deployment. A total of 35 McChord Airmen deployed to Christchurch, New Zealand, as part of the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, where they will provide airlift into and out of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in support of Operation Deep Freeze. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Jacob Jimenez)