RAF MILDENHALL, England – Senior Airman Raymond Zimmer, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron, checks the airway of a mannequin during the self-aid and buddy care portion of ability to survive and operate training Aug. 28, 2012, at Bldg. 680, RAF Mildenhall. Military members from the 100th Air Refueling Wing took part in the training in preparation for the upcoming operational readiness exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
RAF MILDENHALL, England – Airman 1st Class Joshua Foxworth, center, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Readiness and Emergency Management, talks to military members during the post-attack reconnaissance portion of the ability to survive and operate training Aug. 28, 2012, at Bldg. 680, RAF Mildenhall. Military members from the 100th Air Refueling Wing took part in the training in preparation for the upcoming operational readiness exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
RAF MILDENHALL, England – Staff Sgt. Sean Lax, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron, practices loading and firing an M4 Carbine rifle (no ammunition was used) during weapons familiarization of the ability to survive and operate training Aug. 28, 2012, at Bldg. 680, RAF Mildenhall. Military members from the 100th Air Refueling Wing took part in the training, which also included self-aid and buddy care, contamination control area and post-attack reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
RAF MILDENHALL, England – Master Sgt. Edward Dedousis, left, and Tech. Sgt. James White, both 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron, check the Airman’s Manual after finding a simulated unexploded ordnance during ability to survive and operate training Aug. 28, 2012, at Bldg. 680, RAF Mildenhall. Military members from the 100th Air Refueling Wing took part in the training, which also included self-aid and buddy care, contamination control area and post-attack reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
RAF MILDENHALL, England – Military members from the 100th Air Refueling Wing move through a decontamination line Aug. 28, 2012, at the simulated contamination control area outside Bldg. 680, as part of ability to survive and operate training. Members from the 100th ARW took part in the training in preparation for the upcoming operational readiness exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
by Karen Abeyasekere
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
8/31/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England -- The 100th Air Refueling Wing will be holding its operational readiness exercise Sept. 11 and 12, with many of the squadrons here actively participating.
Phase I of the ORE, the deployment phase, will be held Sept. 5 to 7. The main part of the exercise - Phase II - will involve wartime operations training and will be the bulk of the ORE, according to Staff Sgt. David Rodriguez, 100th ARW Wing Exercises NCO in charge.
The initial phase measures 100th ARW personnel's readiness to leave and travel to the deployed location, while Phase II means simulating RAF Mildenhall is where it needs to be and we're practicing our skills, he said.
"The exercise is internal and will be inspected by exercise evaluation team members from all units," Rodriguez said. "They will be checking units are able to process their people and equipment, and that unit members can survive and operate during contingency and wartime operations."
The NCOIC suggested members can prepare for the ORE by ensuring they have the proper gear and by practicing scenarios that focus on topics such as self-aid and buddy care, and ability-to-survive-and-operate procedures.
"All squadrons from the 100th ARW attended the ATSO rodeo which was very successful and gave them an idea of what to expect," he said. "Phase II of the ORE involves mini exercises and drills to practice our wartime skills."
