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Dec. 18, 2015 NEWS
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Washington
Members of Joint Base Lewis-McChord
and other bases participated in exercise
Rainier War to help hone their skills.
Aircrews from McChord; Pearl Harbor-
Hickam, Hawaii; Elmendorf-Richardson,
Alaska; and Joint Base Charleston, South
Carolina, departed from McChord Field
Dec. 10 to participate in a joint forcible
entry exercise over Moses Lake, Wash-
ington.
Pronghorn at home on range
The Sonoran pronghorn are released into the
pen during the annual operation at the Barry M.
Goldwater Range in Gila Bend. Once the prong-
horns recover from the stress of moving, they
are released into the wild on the east side of
Highway 85 away from pilot training.
Team members bring a Sonoran pronghorn to
the inspection table during the annual pronghorn
operation at the BMGR. The members cover the
pronghorn’s eyes to relieve stress and help them and veterinary teams process it for relocation during the annual pronghorn capture and release operation at the
relax during the inspection.
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discuss the future of professionalism manitarian relief exercise Dec. 3 at Kadena.
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Airmen at a Profession of Arms Center FD partnered with Kadena to get to parts
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Photos by Senior Airman Devante Williams
A recovery team at the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona secures a Sonoran pronghorn Dec. 10 while marking
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tiple agencies, the group is hoping to delist the Sonoran Pronghorn species from the indangered species list. The
current population is about 200 but was once as low as 12.