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Senior Airman Logan Carlson
Soldiers fast rope from a UH-60 Black Hawk during Emerald Warrior 16 May 3
at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Emerald Warrior 16 is a U.S. Special Operation Com-
mand sponsored mission rehearsal exercise in which joint special operations
forces train to respond to real and emerging worldwide threats.
Senior Airman Peter Reft
ay 4 during Red Flag-Alaska at
acific Alaska Range Complex.
Marines jump from an Senior Airman Bobby Cummings
Air Force C-130 Her-
cules May 11 at Yokota Airman 1st Class Alex Nona, a 60th Civil Engineer Squadron Ex-
Air Base, Japan, during plosive Ordnance Disposal technician, inspects the interior of an
Jump Week. The Marines abandoned structure, known as the “bomb factory,” prior to entry
were from the 3rd Re- during an exercise May 5 at Clear Lake, California. Nona and other
connaissance Battalion, EOD technicians set out to eliminate numerous improvised explo-
3rd Marine Division, III sive devices and a radioactive dispersal device within the aban-
Marine Expeditionary doned structure.
Force and the C-130 was
assigned to the 36th Air- Yasuo Osakabe
lift Squadron at Yokota
AB. The training not only Capt. Jonathan Bonilla and 1st Lt. Vicente Vasquez, 459th Airlift Squadron
allowed the Marines to UH-1N Huey pilots, fly over Tokyo after completing night training. The 459th
practice jumping, but AS frequently trains on a multitude of scenarios in preparation for potential
it also allowed the Yo- real-world contingencies and operations.
kota aircrews to practice
flight tactics and timed-
abe package drops.
Airman 1st Class James Crow Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace Senior Airman Justyn Freeman
g exercise on Joint Base San Christian Perryman, an Airman and Team U.S.A. athlete, warms up Senior Airman Jacob Nevills, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron
COs prior to being deployed before 2016 Invictus Games practice swimming heats at the ESPN Dirt Boy, washes the concrete from his face after helping fill a footer May 3
ategy. Wide World of Sports complex May 5 at Walt Disney World in Or- at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Members of the 455th ECES are digging out
lando, Florida. Fifteen countries are competing in the 2016 Invictus eight trenches to house eight footers for the future placement of four relocat-
Games and there are 108 medals in the swimming competitions. able buildings.
