MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airman 1st Class Ashley Carothers, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron, loads deployment bags onto a pallet inside Dock 9 here before leaving for a deployment Jan. 10. Approximately 120 bags were loaded, totaling up to 5,800 pounds for this deployment. Fifty-six of Minot’s Airmen will be making the journey to a forward deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Boitz)