Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09

A member of the contingency response element from the 819th Global Support Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., runs to a Canadian C-130 to help facilitate the off-loading of a pallet of MREs on Aug. 22, 2009, that were being delivered to the Army during the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 at Fort Polk, La. The JRTC provides realistic training using war-time scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the Air Force, Army and from the Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the 09-09 exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Bekah Clark)

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Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09

Airmen from the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., study a terrain survival map aboard a C-17 Globemaster III during a training mission Aug. 19, 2009, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., as part of Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09. The Joint Readiness Training Center, located at Fort Polk, La., provides realistic training using scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the Air Force, Army and the Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during JRTC Exercise 09-09. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Joe Knable)

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Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09

Airmen from the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., configure litters and equipment aboard a C-17 Globemaster III during a Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 training mission on Aug. 19, 2009, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The JRTC, located at Fort Polk, La., provides realistic training using war-time scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the Air Force, Army and from the Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the 09-09 exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Joe Knable)

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Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09

Coalition aircrew members from the U.S., Canada and Belgium meet with Airmen posing as Iraqi nationals on Aug. 18, 2009, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., as part of Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09. The meeting is irregular warfare training which is part of Green Flag Little Rock -- the base's name for their participation in the JRTC exercise. GFLR is designed to give aircrews their first five combat flights in a controlled environment and held in conjunction with the JRTC exercise based at Fort Polk, La., which is training 3,200 Soldiers “deployed” to an austere environment. GFLR provides training for the aircrews that perform airlift and airdrop missions, aeromedical evacuation and bare-base set up and operations for the JRTC exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Joe Knable)

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Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09

In a scenario for the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09, a coalition mission commander thanks the "village leader" with a cash gratuity after he turned over a weapons cache discovered by local nationals on Aug. 18, 2009, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.. The meeting is designed as irregular warfare training for Green Flag Little Rock, or GFLR. GFLR is held in conjunction with the JRTC exercise and is designed to give aircrews their first five combat flights in a controlled environment. GFLR provides training for the aircrews that perform airlift and airdrop missions, aeromedical evacuation, and bare-base set up and operations for the JRTC exercise. The JRTC is located at Fort Polk, La. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Joe Knable)

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Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09

Staff Sgt. Jason Jones, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, helps guide a forklift carrying supplies to a C-17 during the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 on Aug. 18, 2009, at Fort Polk, La. The JRTC provides realistic training using war-time scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the U.S. Air Force, Army and from the Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the 09-09 exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Bekah Clark)

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Staff Sgt. Jason Jones, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, helps guide a forklift carrying supplies to a C-17 during the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 on Aug. 18, 2009 at Fort Polk, La. The JRTC provides realistic training using war-time scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the Air Force, Army and Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the 09-09 exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Bekah Clark)

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Staff Sgts. David Jarboe, Mark Morgan and Cody Loyd perform a foreign object detection walk on Aug. 19, 2009, as part of operations for Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 at Fort Polk, La. FOD walks are conducted to ensure on the aircraft ramp to ensure it is free of debris that could potentially be pulled into the aircraft's engines. The JRTC provides realistic training using war-time scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the Air Force, Army and from the Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the 09-09 exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Bekah Clark)

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Members of a contingency response element from the 819th Global Support Squadron from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., push an air conditioning unit on Aug. 19, 2009, to the command and control tent where they'll be operating out of for the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 00-09 at Fort Polk, La. The JRTC provides realistic training using war-time scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the Air Force, Army and from the Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the 09-09 exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Bekah Clark)

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Members of a contingency response element from the 819th Global Support Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., take shelter from a bomb attack on Aug. 21, 2009, in a mock bunker during action in the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 at Fort Polk, La. The JRTC provides realistic training using war-time scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the Air Force, Army and Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the 09-09 exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Bekah Clark)

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Members of a contingency response element from the 819th Global Support Squadron, 621st Contingency Response Wing of Joint Base McGuire-Dix.Lakehurst, N.J., assist aeromedical evacuation Airmen carry a mock patient to a C-17 Globemaster III during a training AE mission at the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 at Fort Polk, La., on Aug. 22, 2009. JRTC provides realistic training using scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the U.S. Air Force, Army and the Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Bekah Clark)

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Photo essay: AMC Airmen train in Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09

Published Aug. 24, 2009
By Bekah Clark
Air Mobility Command Public Affairs

FORT POLK, La. -- 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., Lackland AFB, Texas; and March Air Reserve Base, Calif.; and aircrews from Hickam AFB, Hawaii, Belgium and Canada are supporting 3,200 Army troops "deployed" to an austere environment at Fort Polk. Their task is to provide airlift and airdrop capabilities, aeromedical evacuation, and bare-base set up and operations.

The exercise, being coordinated with the help of Air Mobility Command Operations Directorate at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and the 34th Combat Training Squadron from Little Rock AFB, Ark., gives mobility forces the opportunity to train side-by-side with sister services. The exercise also allows training with coalition partners in realistic exercise contingency environments before deployments.

Inside these photos, you can see some of the recent exercise action.