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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Coleen Tabdim, 786th Force Support Squadron readiness journeyman, Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Joplin, 786th FSS food services production manager, and Tech. Sgt. Bradlee Brown, noncommissioned officer in charge of mortuary affairs, construct an Alaska Small Shelter System during Operation Steel at the 435th Construction and Training Squadron Compound near Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 29, 2025. Operation Steel reinforced core readiness tasks critical to supporting deployed operations by allowing teams to validate expeditionary capabilities through hands-on scenarios that mirrored real-world mission requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brenden Beezley)