 Along the busy runway aboard Naval Air Station North Island is the home of the conquistadors of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 57. This jet logistic squadron hosts a cadre of C-48 flippers. These C-40s have a cargo capacity of 40,000 pounds and are entirely operated and maintained by sailors from the reserve community. Sailors like Chief Petty Officer David Kahn. Kahn is a selected reservist, or CELRES, who would commute here from his home in Olathe, Kansas, strictly to serve with VR-57. Squadrons like these that fly C-40s or whatnot, they're located in the fleet-concentrated area, so Fort Worth or San Diego, Norfolk. So obviously since I live in the heartland, I have to commute. That's a choice I make. When he's not working in maintenance control, Kahn is in the cockpit as a crew chief helping pilots complete the conquistadors mission. The rapid, safe and responsive deployment of the C-40 flipper. What we do is definitely important to the active duty fleet because there's no airlift capability for the active duty side. It's all done by reservists, full-time support and CELRES. The country's national security strategy relies heavily on the C-40 and selected reserve personnel by proxy. Our selected reservists here of VR-57 are absolutely essential to our mission. Every fast of what we do, we have CELRES involved, we have counterparts, so we simply couldn't do it without our CELRES. CELRES sailors like Kahn are the human element fueling military logistics, an element of growing importance. For the U.S. Navy, I'm Petty Officer Christopher Okula.