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Tag: 689th Rapid Port Opening Element

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing unload cargo from a C-130 Hercules that will be used for simulated humanitarian and disaster relief assistance during Exercise Turbo Distribution at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, Feb. 10, 2020. Members of the 621st CRW have partnered with the U.S. Army 689th Rapid Port Opening Element and Defense Logistics Agency Rapid Deployment Team to become a Joint Task Force-Port Opening unit capable of deploying to provide mobility options and facilitating humanitarian and disaster relief assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah Brice)

Feb. 24, 2020

Airmen, Soldiers, DLA provide JTF-PO capabilities at Exercise Turbo Distribution

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center website — Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing formed a Joint Task Force-Port Opening unit alongside Army and civilian partner agencies during Exercise Turbo Distribution 20-1 at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, Feb. 7-15.

July 30, 2019

621st CRW teams up with joint partners in 'Southeast Asia' for exercise

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center website — Nearly 1.6 million people are still trying to get their bearing after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake ravaged Southeast Asia. After a request for assistance from South Torbia, U.S. Transportation Command calls upon its premier response forces: 621st Contingency Response Wing, 689th Rapid Port Opening Element and the Defense Logistics Agency’s Rapid Deployment Team-Blue. This was the exercise scenario for Turbo Distribution 19-03, held July 18-24, 2019, at Contingency Operating Base Panther in North Vernon, Indiana.