An aerial porter with the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, directs Army equipment as it is loaded onto a Canadian Air Force C-130 aircraft at the airport in Alexandria, Louisiana for transport to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk. Canadian Air Force aircraft and personnel from 2nd Air Movement Squadron, Trenton, Ontario, and US Air Force aircraft from the 2nd Airlift Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, and aerial port personnel from the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, combined forces to provide airlift support for the US Army's 2nd Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, from Fort Drum, New York...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: An aerial porter with the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, directs Army equipment as it is loaded onto a Canadian Air Force C-130 aircraft at the airport in Alexandria, Louisiana for transport to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk. Canadian Air Force aircraft and personnel from 2nd Air Movement Squadron, Trenton, Ontario, and US Air Force aircraft from the 2nd Airlift Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, and aerial port personnel from the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, combined forces to provide airlift support for the US Army's 2nd Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, from Fort Drum, New York, during JRTC 01-06, a joint readiness training exercise at Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Subject Operation/Series: JRTC 01-06

Base: Alexandria

State: Louisiana (LA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files