Keifer Hinrichs, a title 5 employee of the North Dakota

Keifer Hinrichs, a title 5 employee of the North Dakota Air National Guard, performs Quality Control analysis of Jet-A fuel to make sure it meets U.S. Air Force standards as part of the delivery acceptance process at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D., May 2, 2018. Hinrichs is also a Staff Sergeant in the 119th Wing, who was recently converted from Title 32 full-time National Guard military technician status at the organization to a Title 5 full-time federally managed civilian technician status. The conversion was done in accordance with the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was passed into law by Congress. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H Lipp)