US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Walter Bennet (left), Bio-Environmental Engineer, 92nd Medical Group (MG), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), assists SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Shawn Welch (seated, center), Firefighter, 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), Fairchild AFB, WA, don decontamination gear that he needs to wear to enter a building that contains a simulated chemical agent during a Major Accident Recovery Exercise (MARE), which is a monthly exercise conducted by the Wing Inspection Office to make certain that Fairchild AFB personnel are prepared to deal with an actual major incident event on or against the base