Army Major Gen. Keith Thurgood, Army and Air Force Exchange Service commander, listens as Master Sgt. Ed Scherzer, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron weather loadmaster, describes how dropsondes collect and transmit weather data. On April 6, General Thurgood visited the 53rd WRS, which is part of the 403rd Wing, located at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Kimberly Erickson)