9/13/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – Airman 1st Class Nicolette Williams, 100th Force Support Squadron Gateway Dining Facility services apprentice, starts a generator outside the temporary kitchen at a simulated deployed location on RAF Mildenhall Sept. 12, 2012, during an operational readiness exercise. During the ORE 100th FSS members set up the food facility in addition to performing post-attack reconnaissance sweeps around buildings. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
9/13/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – Left, Airman 1st Class Napoleon Lark and Staff Sgt. Matthew Casey, both 100th Force Support Squadron, perform buddy checks to ensure their gas masks are on correctly during an operational readiness exercise Sept. 12, 2012, at the Hardstand Fitness Center. Many units around base participated in the ORE, which is designed to test RAF Mildenhall’s ability to rapidly deploy in support of global operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
9/13/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – Right, Staff Sgt. David Rodriguez, exercise evaluation team member and 100th Air Refueling Wing plans and programs, evaluates the fit of an Airman’s gas mask and corrects the mask seal during an operational readiness exercise Sept. 12, 2012, at the Hardstand Fitness Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
9/13/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – Right, Staff Sgt. Ian Campbell, exercise evaluation team member and 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Readiness and Emergency Management, talks to post-attack reconnaissance team members Airman 1st Class Joshua Betts, center, and Airman 1st Class Max Garrison, both 100th Force Support Squadron, Sept. 12, 2012, outside the Hardstand Fitness Center. The PAR team performed a sweep of the facility during an operational readiness exercise. After Betts and Garrison came across a simulated unexploded ordnance, EET members announced it “exploded,” causing Garrison to receive a simulated sucking chest wound, which required his teammate to respond accordingly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)