caption: U.S. Army Soldiers strap into a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, in preparation for aerial operations during Exercise Dragon Lifeline August 8, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The deployment readiness exercise combined the capabilities of service members from Fort Bragg, N.C., Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and focused on the rapid deployment of equipment, vehicles and personnel. Participants shared knowledge and tested their efficiency in moving assets by air, land, rail and sea during the training event. The annual exercise is just one of the critical readiness exercises the DOD conducts to maintain a lethal and ready force. (U.S. Air Force photo by <PERSON>. <PERSON>)
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