Staff Sgt. Eric Booker, 728th Air Mobilty Squadron - Operating Location Alpha crew chief, speaks with aircrew members of a McChord Field C-17 Globemaster III at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 19, 2012. Effective communication between aircrew members can keep weather challenges, such as snow and rain, from effecting the mission at hand. Booker is deployed from Anderson Air Force Base, Guam and is native of Griffin, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Rubi)