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Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Shane Thrower (front) and STAFF Sergeant Jeff Gomez from the 136th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Fort Worth, Texas secure their position at the Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) Gulfport, Mississippi during the 14th Air Expeditionary Wing Inspector General Exercise-5A (IGX-5A). Both Guardsmen wear Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (M.I.L.E.S) gear and are armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles. IGX-5A is an Inspector General exercise simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) to a forward operating location, and is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Joseph Wengle, 460th Air Base Wing (ABW), Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Buckley Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado (CO), wears his Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear, as he carefully searches for the Opposition Forces (OPFOR) during the Security Forces tactics competition conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) California (CA), during Exercise GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002. Guardian Challenge, a four-day space and missile competition, is hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA to test the wartime readiness of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) professionals

A close up view from behind US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Lisa Jamison from 1ST Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, SC as she videotapes Air National Guardsmen SSGT John Gonzalez from the 136th Security Forces Squadron Fort Worth, Texas at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi. Part of the 14th Air Expeditionary Wings INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE-5A (IGX-5A). IGX-5A is an exercise simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force to a forward operating location, and is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Chris Turnbow and SSGT John Rodriguez of the 136TH Security Forces Squadron, Fort Worth, Texas both ware Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (M.I.L.E.S) gear and are armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles with M203 grenade launcher attached, take cover at the Mississippi National Guard Combat Training Center during INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE-5. The exercise is designed to evaluate the readiness of military units to deploy and operate in a forward location

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Todd Peck, 128th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Wisconsin (WI) Air National Guard (ANG), is armed with a with 5.56mm M16A2 rifle equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear as he moves slowly using cover and concealment while participating in Air Base Ground Defense (ABGD) training at the ANG Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) at Volk Field Air National Guard Base (ANGB), WI

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant John Gonzalez, 136TH Security Forces Squadron, Fort Worth, Texas wears Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (M.I.L.E.S) gear on his vest and helmet as he checks identification at main entry control point of the Mississippi National Guard Combat Training Center during INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE-5 (IGX-5). The exercise is designed to evaluate the readiness of military units to deploy and operate in a forward location

Two Air National Guard (ANG) members of the 136th Security Forces Squadron, Fort Worth, Texas talk with an instructor from INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE-5A (IGX-5A) team, inside a bunkered position at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi. Both ANG members wear Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (M.I.L.E.S) gear and have 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles with M203 grenade launcher attached

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR Airmen (SRA) Jason E. Augdahl (center) and Levi J. Heller, 119th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), set up a force generated area during the Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) at the North Dakota Air National Guard (NDANG) Base at Hector International Airport (IAP), Fargo, North Dakota (ND). In the background, USAF SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMGT) David H. Lipp, Photographer, 119th Communications Flight (CF), keeps an eye out for a potential photograph

Air National Guard members deployed from the 136th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Fort Worth, Texas, to the Mississippi National Guard's Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center (Gulfport CRTC) set up a flight line security communications center during the 14th Air Expeditionary Wing IGX5A. IGX5A is an Operational Readiness exercise (ORI) simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) to a forward operating location, and is designed to evaluate the readiness of U.S. Air Force personnel. Located in Gulfport, MS, the CRTC's mission is to provide an integrated, year-round, realistic training environment to include airspace, ranges, systems, facilities and equipment for units...

A close up view of Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Shane Thrower (front) and STAFF Sergeant Jeff Gomez from the 136th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Fort Worth, Texas manning their position at the Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) Gulfport, Mississippi during the 14th Air Expeditionary Wings Inspector General Exercise-5A (IGX-5A). Both Guardsmen wear Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (M.I.L.E.S) gear. IGX-5A is an Inspector General exercise simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) to a forward operating location, and is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel

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Subject Operation/Series: INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE-5A

Base: Gulfport

State: Mississippi (MS)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jim Varhegyi

Release Status: Released to Public

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A loadmaster from the 136th Airlift Wing (AW), Fort Worth, Texas, marshalls a grader on to a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Gulfport Guard Combat Training Center, Mississippi. Members of the 136th AW are deployed to Gulfport, Mississippi, participating in exercise IGX-5. IGX-5 is an ORI (Operational Readiness Exercise) simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force to a forward operating location. The exercise, which lasts just under a week, is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel

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Members of the German Air Force conduct chemical warfare training for US Air Force personnel participating in Exercise CHECKERED FLAG '83

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