Senior Airman Osvaldo Rodriguez Matias, 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-17 Globemaster III flying crew chief, spends time with a loved one before he deploys from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 27, 2023. Over 400 Airmen were the first on Travis AFB to experience the Air Force’s new deployment model, Air Force Force Generation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Nicholas Pilch)