Then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt.,

Then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt., 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, secures cargo from a C-135, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 13, 2016. Van Gieson, an Air Force reservist, is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a world champion outrigger, or Va'a, paddler and the coach at the Leeward Kai Canoe Club in Nanakuli, Oahu, which was founded by his grandparents. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)