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Tag: pallets

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, chain a container to a pallet during a 48-hour Mount-Out Exercise (MOX) in Okinawa, Japan June 19. The MOX simulates one of the core capabilities of a construction battalion to deploy an air detachment, along with construction equipment, within 48-hours to any required location around the globe. NMCB 5 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation support of United States Pacific Command.

June 25, 2018

OKINAWA, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. 7th Fleet website — Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 completed a 48- hour Mount-Out Exercise (MOX) onboard Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan, June 19-20.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Snyder, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron materiel management supervisor, drives a forklift during a Civil Reserve Air Fleet readiness exercise Nov. 13, 2017, inside the individual protective equipment warehouse on Dover Air Force Base, Del. In addition to IPE for base personnel and deployed members, the 436th LRS also stores all of the IPE for the entire CRAF program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron J. Jenne)

Nov. 28, 2017

Team Dover leads the way in CRAF IPE readiness exercise

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Dover Air Force Base website — Members of the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 436th Aerial Port Squadron participated in a first-of-its-kind, week-long Civil Reserve Air Fleet individual protective equipment readiness exercise Nov. 13-17, 2017.

A team of U.S. Army parachute riggers rig a supply bundle in preparation for an airdrop mission at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 6, 2017. Airdrop bundles are rigged within specific guidelines to ensure the cargo properly exits the aircraft, the parachute properly deploys and the bundle lands intact on its target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Hehnly)

Sept. 25, 2017

U.S. Air Force, Army partnership feeds the warfighter

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing plays a major logistical role in delivering critical supplies to the frontlines in the war against ISIS. One of the ways the 386th AEW supports the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve mission is by conducting airdrops to move supplies downrange.

Members of the Iraqi air force and the U.S. Army 574th Combat Support Command work together to load recovered 463L pallets onto an U.S. Army truck at Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq, April 16, 2017. The pallet recovery initiative, led by aerial porters at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, Iraq, involved the recovery of more than 1,500 aircraft pallets and 1,600 cargo nets, which were used for foreign military sales cargo destined for the Iraqi military to fight ISIS in Mosul. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

June 14, 2017

U.S. and Iraqi Air Forces work together to recover, put pallets back into DOD system

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Air transportation specialists assigned to the 370th Air Expeditionary Air Advisory Group here started an initiative recently to recover more than $2.1 million in U.S. Air Force aerial port assets from Iraqi air force counterparts.

A U.S. Air Force Airman with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron departs from an aircraft driving a Tunner 60K cargo loader at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Dec. 24, 2016. Tunners are used to load and offload heavy cargo, making transport on the flightline quick and efficient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cynthia A. Innocenti)

Dec. 26, 2016

Air mobility squadron expedites the fight

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — “You need it, we move it.” That is the saying of Airmen with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron who enable rapid global mobility every day here at one of U.S. Central Command’s busiest en route stations.