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Vol. 80, No. 31                    March Air Reserve Base, California                                    Friday, August 7, 2015

    NEWS BRIEFS                    March supports Joint Operations Access Exercise

66ERS BASEBALL AND                                                                                                                          U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Crusher
 HOMETOWN HEROES
                                   U.S. Army vehicles are staged on the March Field tarmac Aug. 5, 2015, in preparation for transportation to Fort Irwin, California, via
   The Inland Empire 66ers         airlift as part of Joint Operations Access Exercise (JOAX) 2015, Operation DRAGON SPEAR. March Field personnel provided its
(minor league baseball) are        Army brethren a staging location for aircraft, vehicles and personnel during the week-long exercise.
looking for military Home-
town Heroes to recognize           by Linda Welz                    to coordinate efforts as a global    for exercise participants. The     as well. The CRSS mission is
during their August and Sep-       452 AMW public affairs           fighting force,” said Lt. Col         sustainment brigade is a flex-      to deploy contingency response
tember home games. Included                                         Steve Priest, 452nd Airlift Con-     ible, modular headquarters or-     forces to locations where the
with your recognition is a free       The 452nd Air Mobility        trol Flight commander.               ganization capable of conduct-     en-route support for Air Mo-
game ticket for you and three      Wing’s support for JOAX 2015                                          ing multiple missions, and is      bility Command’s global air
guests, seats next to the home     (DRAGON SPEAR), a Joint             Paratroopers from Alpha           a key organization in linking      mobility operations is insuf-
team dugout, free parking,         Operations Access Exercise       Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cav-       sustainment support from the       ficient or nonexistent. In gar-
and hot dogs, chips and soft       for airfield interdiction, began  alry Regiment, 82nd Combat           operational to tactical levels.    rison, each CRSS manages and
drinks for you and your three      August 3 and concludes today.    Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne                                         maintains the wing’s assigned
guests. The ballpark is located    As a hub for JOAX 2015 opera-    Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., ar-         “We are so appreciative of the  equipment as well as facilitat-
at 280 South E Street, San Ber-    tions, March provided sites for  rived Tuesday night to support       support we’ve received,” said      ing training for and equipping
nardino, Calif. 92401. If inter-   Army troops to live and operate  the operation with four OH-58s       LTC David Vandevander, bat-        621st Contingency Response
ested in signing up for a game,    during the week-long exercise,   Kiowa helicopters and a ground       talion commander, 82nd Special     Wing-assigned personnel.
please email Megan Crusher         which allowed Army personnel     support staff, to provide armed      Troops Battalion, 82nd Air-
at megan.crusher.1@us.af.mil       to conduct the emergency de-     reconnaissance after airfield sei-    borne Division. “The interoper-       The Bob Hope USO from On-
with your name, rank, contact      ployment readiness exercise in   zure, as part of the Chief of Staff  ability between Air (Force) and    tario International Airport, On-
number and the date you’d like     support of ground commanders     of the Army’s Joint Forcible En-     Army has been seamless.”           tario, California, provided an area
to attend. Dates are Aug. 11-      at Fort Irwin, California.       try Exercise at Fort Irwin.                                             on base for participating troops to
13 and 21-27, and Sep. 1-3.                                                                                 The 621st Contingency Re-       get some rest and refreshments,
All games are at 7:05 p.m.            “(Operation) Dragon Spear        The 82nd Sustainment Bri-         sponse Support Squadron (West      just like they do real-world, as
except Aug 23, which is 5:05       was an excellent opportunity     gade, Fort Bragg, built and op-      Coast office), Travis Air Force     well as relief from the heat.
p.m. Uniform is ABUs and                                            erated mess facilities on base       Base, California, participated
it does not require any public
speaking. You may also change
clothes after the recognition.
First come, first served.

   VIRTUAL AIRMAN’S
              ATTIC

   Did you know March ARB
has a virtual Airman’s Attic?
Log on to Facebook and search
“March ARB Airman’s Attic”
to like it. The site is where all
Team March members can post
things they are in need of and/
or offer items (for FREE) that
they would like to donate to help
someone at March in need. The
site is NOT for selling or adver-
tising. All items offered must be
completely FREE. The link is as
follows: https://www.facebook.
com/marchairmansattic?ref=tn_
tnmn#!/marchairmansattic.
Please share the site with your
family and friends so we can
help some of our own.

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