 It's 3 a.m., and already these sailors have been up for hours. Their aviation ordinance men and their main job is to put weapons like these onto planes like this. We basically load anything from missiles, rockets, bombs, mines as we did today. With each of today's dummy mines weighing 1,000 pounds, loading them can be a daunting task, but Petty Officer Chris Offderhaar likes to keep a positive outlook. I think when you get in the swing of things and you just start going, you don't even pay attention to it. You just get to the end and complete the mission. Offderhaar and his co-workers go wherever their aircraft goes. Today, they're in Thailand for the largest exercise between the U.S. and Thai forces. And if you've ever been in an exercise, you'll know that things don't always go as planned. We uploaded them, told us we had to download them, so that's what we did. And hours work down the drain as the ordinance men download 4,000 pounds worth of artificial mines. For Offderhaar, this extra effort is just water under the bridge. Yeah, it gives us more practice. As the early hours stretch into the morning, the aviation ordinance crew works hard to keep their skills sharp and their disposition sunny. Senior Monserra Bryce, Thailand