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Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "Help - It Burns!!"" CATEGORY: News PLACE: Third Place News CAPTION INFORMATION: A red faced member of the 51st Supply Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, portrays a person with minor acid burns to the face, while 51st medical group members attend to him. As often as possible, moulage is used to introduce a sense of reality to Contingency Employment Readiness Exercises (CERE) such as this one. Despite Osan personnel having to be in Mission-Oriented Protective Posture 2 through 4, requiring them to wear various combinations of specialized clothing, flak vest, tactical gear, chemical warfare ground crew ensemble, and carry/or wear...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "Help - It Burns!!"" CATEGORY: News PLACE: Third Place News CAPTION INFORMATION: A red faced member of the 51st Supply Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, portrays a person with minor acid burns to the face, while 51st medical group members attend to him. As often as possible, moulage is used to introduce a sense of reality to Contingency Employment Readiness Exercises (CERE) such as this one. Despite Osan personnel having to be in Mission-Oriented Protective Posture 2 through 4, requiring them to wear various combinations of specialized clothing, flak vest, tactical gear, chemical warfare ground crew ensemble, and carry/or wear the gloves and MCU-2P mask, they are clearly able to perform all tasks for extended periods of time. Taken on 29 March 1999, during CERE, Beverly Midnight 99-2 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. A CERE is used by Osan Team members to validate their entire ability to "Fly, Fight, and Win", during a wartime contingency on the Korean Peninsula, despite activities in other regions of the world. IMAGE FILE #DD-SP-01-00021
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Scene Camera Operator: TECH SGT Lance Cheung
Release Status: Released to Public
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