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Aug. 25, 2009
Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09: Air evacuation liaison team's battle buddies wear Army green

Airmen with an Air Mobility Command air evacuation liaison team and Soldiers from Army patient administration staff trained with each other during the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise at Folk Polk, La., through Aug. 25. Their goal -- prepare for Middle East deployments. "Our main goal is to
Aug. 25, 2009
Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09: Aeromedical evacuation Airmen build on skills at JRTC

A combined team of aeromedical evacuation Airmen participating in the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 say the "realistic flavor of combat operations" is helping build on their skills. "Training doesn't get any more real than it does at JRTC," said Senior Airman Tara Bennett, a medical
Aug. 25, 2009
Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09: Airmen build up contingency response ops

When a C-17 Globemaster III and two C-130 Hercules' landed in Alexandria, La., the morning of Aug. 18 for the Joint Readiness Training Exercise 09-09, members of the 819th Global Support Squadron quickly got to work. Those same aircraft would soon take 26 of the 41-member contingent of the 819th GSS
Aug. 24, 2009
JRTC offers unique training for AE Airmen

They can be alerted at any hour to arrive on base for hours of mission planning and preflight briefings. They must maintain flying currency requirements and pass routine check-rides. They're away from their families several weeks each year flying missions all over the world. They aren't pilots,
Aug. 24, 2009
Photo essay: AMC Airmen train in Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09

U.S. and international mobility Airmen are training in Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 with the Army at Fort Polk, La. Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.; aeromedical evacuation crews from Pope AFB, N.C., MacDill AFB, Fla.,
Aug. 19, 2009
New look 'Eagle Flag' exercise tests joint cargo operations

Airmen and Soldiers assigned to U.S. Transportation Command's Joint Task Force-Port Opening participated in Exercise Eagle Flag 2009, a U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center-sponsored exercise here where they were evaluated on their ability to establish and operate a port of debarkation and cargo
Aug. 18, 2009
Critical Care Air Transport Teams: 'Prepared for anything'

In the aeromedical evacuation world, "you have to be prepared for anything," said Capt. Michelle Lambert, a critical care nurse with the 932nd Medical Squadron. This statement accurately describes the world that Critical Care Air Transport Team, or CCATT, members operate in. "Every patient and every
Aug. 18, 2009
U.S., international mobility Airmen to participate in JRTC exercise

U.S. and international mobility Airmen will come together Aug. 17 to 25 to participate in a Joint Readiness Training Center exercise with the Army at Fort Polk, La. Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.; aeromedical evacuation crews from Pope AFB,
Aug. 13, 2009
New CMSAF visits Expeditionary Center

Taking stock of the people and the mission of the Joint Base here, the Air Force's ranking enlisted Airman, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy, included the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center as a stop during his July 28 to 30 tour of the region. When a capacity crowd gathered in the
Aug. 13, 2009
Scott officer awarded Bronze Star for leadership and bravery

Capt. Mike Lee, a 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron officer who recently returned from a year-long deployment in Afghanistan, was awarded the Bronze Star and Combat Action Medal Aug. 11 for courage under fire. His assignment there included training Afghans on how to do combat logistics. Because he