3/20/2011 - Marines from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, exit a MC-130 here March 19. The Marines were transported by the 17th Special Operations Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, to Yamagata in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

3/20/2011 - Marines from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, are transported to Yamagata, Japan, on a MC-130 March 19. The Marines are being transported by the 17th Special Operations Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

3/20/2011 - Senior Airman J.T. Mills (near), and Staff Sgt. Nick Wisnoski, 17th Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, load a pallet on a MC-130 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 19. The 17th SOS was at MCAS Iwakuni to transport Marines in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

3/20/2011 - Senior Airman J.T. Mills, 17th Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, looks out a window during a flight on a MC-130 March 19. Airman Mills is deployed to Yokota in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

3/20/2011 - Senior Airman J.T. Mills (left), Staff Sgt. Nick Wisnoski, and Capt Daniel Gipper, 17th Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, check over their flight manuals for their MC-130 before departing on a flight from Yokota March 19. The 17th SOS is flying missions in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by/ Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)