349th Air Mobility Wing, 60th AMW teamed up in an Operational Readiness Exercise

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  • By Senior Airman Amelia Leonard
  • 349th Public Affairs
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --  Members of the 349th Air Mobility Wing and 60th AMW teamed up in an Operational Readiness Exercise here during the week of May 7, 2012.

The members practiced working in an austere deployed environment in an effort to better prepare themselves in their roles as United States Airmen.

During the six-day -long mock deployment, Airmen utilized their extensive training in post-attack reconnaissance, self-aid buddy care, defensive tactical warfare, and chemical warfare mission oriented protective posture, (MOPP,) while maintaining their ability to work in their respective career fields.

A team of exercise evaluators was on hand to grade the participants in their ability to think quickly on their feet and respond to crisis even while under distress. Although the primary job of the Exercise Evaulation Team is to evaluate the capabilities of the players, they were also on hand to answer any questions and help guide Airmen to make the correct choices and learn from their mistakes.

"It was definitely a learning experience for everyone," said Capt. Torri Crosby, 349th AMW EET. "I saw big improvements from the first day through the last day. Airmen seemed to have good attitudes and were receptive to feedback from the evaluation team," she said.
The next ORE is scheduled to take place here in September, followed by a flyaway evaluation to the Gulfport Combined Readiness Training Center in Mississippi in December. The following February, team Travis will go on another flyaway to the CRTC, but will be evaluated by the Headquarters Air Mobility Command Inspector General.

"Operatins Readiness Inspection's are designed to validate readiness to execute wartime or contingency missions driven by designed operational capability statements," said Capt. Jacqueline Nickols, former director of the United States Air Force Inspectors Course, Secretary of the Air Force Inspector General Inspections Directorate.

"The purpose remains to assess the entire unit's ability to execute its wartime mission, and the wing commander is charged with the responsibility to assure his wing is ready to meet DOC taskings," she said.

"I'm excited to see the progress each Airman makes after they take the lessons learned here and apply them to the next ORE," said Crosby.