Royal Canadian air force Maj. Marcelo Plada, Maintenance Operations Officer for the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, stands with his team at Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar, where he is in charge of launching and repairing mobility aircraft. Plada is part of an exchange program, and is assigned to Joint Base Lewis McChord where he is responsible for all C-17 Globemaster III maintenance activities. (Courtesy Photo)