YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- As part of Operation Tomodachi, Staff Sgt. Chris Baker guides a K-loader with humanitarian supplies behind a C-17 Globemaster III March 21, 2011. Crews unloaded the water and other relief items at Sendai Airport as American forces work closely with their Japanese counterparts to aid the people of Japan in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan March 11. "Tomodachi" is a Japanese word meaning "friends." Sergeant Baker is a member of the 535th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)