KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Sarah Hystad, a loadmaster with the 17th Special Operations Squadron, discusses her roles and responsibilities as a loadmaster on a MC-130P Combat Shadow to civilians and officers from Japan's National Institute for Defense Studies here Feb. 17. The officers and civilians visited the 353rd Special Operations Group as part of a bilateral exchange program between the United States and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)