Human Performance Training Center

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Brown and Capt. Jonathan Shamess, 320th Special Tactics Squadron, works out outside the Human Performance Training Center, during squadron physical training March 22 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The HPTC houses the human performance program, which focuses on not only strengthening the battlefield Airman physically, but also rehabilitating the individual ensuring the Air Force’s human weapons system is performing to its maximum potential for as long as possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

Human Performance Training Center

Staff Sgt. Patrick Harrington, 320th Special Tactics Squadron, works out in the Human Performance Training Center, during squadron physical training March 22 at Kadena Air Base. The HPTC houses the human performance program, which focuses on not only strengthening the battlefield Airman physically, but also rehabilitating the individual ensuring the Air Force’s human weapons system is performing to its maximum potential for as long as possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

Recovering hope

SENDAI, Japan -- Tech Sgt. Denis Bryant (left) and Staff Sgt. Chris Sefton review aircraft landing schedules March 29, 2011. The Airmen forward deployed to Sendai Airport to help the Japanese recover and rebuild in the wake of the March 11 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami. Sergeant Bryant is an air transportation craftsman from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Sergeant Sefton is a ground radio technician from Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski)

Recovering hope

SENDAI, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Chris Sefton reviews aircraft landing schedules March 29, 2011. A team of 20 Airmen forward deployed to Sendai Airport to help the Japanese recover and rebuild in the wake of the March 11 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami. Sergeant Sefton is a ground radio technician with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski)

Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron shovel mud and silt off the main apron at Sendai Airport March 16. The Airmen of the 320th STS did their part to help clear the flightline, even if it meant using their own two hands. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

A member of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron sets up a satellite link for communications at Sendai Airport March 16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron arrive at Sendai Airport March 16 and begin to assess the damage and what they can do to help. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

353rd SOG manages airfield, supplies Operation Tomodachi

The 320th Special Tactics Squadron airfield commander monitors the offloading of a C-17 Globemaster III at Sendai Airport, Japan, March 20. This was the first C-17 to land at Sendai Airport following the devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

353rd SOG manages airfield, supplies Operation Tomodachi

Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group from Kadena Air Base, Japan, manage the communications room at Sendai Airport March 20. The 320th Special Tactics Squadron set up the communications room to maintain contact with other Operation Tomodachi units via conventional computer, radio and defense switched network methods. The 320th STS is supporting U.S. military efforts to provide assistance to Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Special ops group resupplies Sendai

Maj. John Traxler (left), 320th Special Tactics Squadron commander, talks with members of his unit at Sendai Airport, Japan, March 19. The 320th STS currently manages the flightline at Sendai Airport, which was damaged after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Special ops group resupplies Sendai

Maj. John Traxler, 320th Special Tactics Squadron commander, boards an MC-130P Combat Shadow bound for Sendai Airport from Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 19 as part of Operation Tomodachi. The 320th STS is supporting U.S. military efforts to provide assistance to Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Humanitarian relief supplies arrive at Sendai Airport

SENDAI AIRPORT, Japan -- Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group from Kadena Air Base, Japan, unload the first pallet of humanitarian aid from the first C-17 Globemaster II here March 20. Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, reopened the runway to fixed-wing aircraft March 16 and cleared the rest of the runway to accommodate larger aircraft such as the C-17, enabling larger shipments of humanitarian aid to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)