Joint Load Exercise

Posted 7 April 2013

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Photo by CMCS Lucy M. Quinn

US Sailors from Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group load a 123,000-pound Kalmar Rough Terrain Container Handling vehicle on to a C-5M Super Galaxy transport on 7 April 2013 as part of Load Exercise 2013 at Naval Station Norfolk. The training provided Navy personnel the opportunity to load a Kalmar on an aircraft for transport in the event of a Joint Task Force-Port Opening scenario. The C-5 was flown by a crew from the 326th Airlift Squadron, the Air Force Reserve Command C-5M unit at Dover AFB, Delaware.

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