Role players and participants meet in the fictional village of "Citheron" during a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 18, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. Eagle Flag is operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J. The purpose of Eagle Flag is to test and train Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Force photo/Airman 1st Class Rachel Kocin)
Role players and participants stroll through the fictional village of "Citheron" during a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 18, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. Eagle Flag is operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J. The purpose of Eagle Flag is to test and train Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Role players meet in the fictional village of "Citheron" during a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 18, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. Eagle Flag is operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J. The purpose of Eagle Flag is to test and train Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Rachel Kocin)
Role players and participants stroll through the fictional village of "Citheron" during a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 18, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. Eagle Flag is operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J. The purpose of Eagle Flag is to test and train Airmen on expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Role players and participants participate in a scenario in the fictional village of "Citheron" during operations for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 19, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. Eagle Flag is operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J. The purpose of Eagle Flag is to test and train Airmen on expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Role players and participants participate in a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 18, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. Eagle Flag is operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J. The purpose of Eagle Flag is to test and train Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Role players and participants hold a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 18, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. Eagle Flag is operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J. The purpose of Eagle Flag is to test and train Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Airman 1st Class Rachel Kocin, a photographer from the 49th Fighter Wing public affairs office at Hollomon Air Force Base, N.M., waits for a scenario to start during operations for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 19, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. Airman Kocin was one of four media role players for the exercise. The exercise, managed by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron from Fort Dix, N.J., tests and trains more than 400 Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Col. Darryl Riggs (left), commander of the 95th Mission Support Group at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., greets the "village chieftain" Sept. 19, 2008, during a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. Eagle Flag, operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J., tests and trains Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Airmen arrive at the "village" Sept. 19, 2008, as part of a scenioo for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6. The combat exercise is held at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J., where participants demonstrate the capability to open an air base in an austere location. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Villagers provide a tour of the village for the American forces as part of a scenario for Air Force Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 19, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. The exercise brings together those expeditionary support skills a combatant commander needs to open an air base, provide command and control and to establish the air base -- in a realistic contingency environment. The exercise is managed by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
A 421st Combat Training Squadron cadre member playing the host nation commander role of "Colonel Marius," walks with Col. Darryl Riggs, 95th Mission Support Group commander from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., as they participate in a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 19, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. The exercise is managed by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st CTS at Fort Dix, N.J., and tests and trains Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
American and "host nation" forces guard a village cafe where they are hosting a joint meeting with the village chieftain during a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 19, 2008, at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J.. The exercise is managed by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J., and tests and trains Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
A villager talks to an 1st Lt. William Newby, 95th Communications Group, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 19, 2008, as part a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. The exercise is managed by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J., and tests and trains Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
First Lt. William Newby, 95th Communications Group, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., talks to villagers in the fictional village of "Citheron" Sept. 19, 2008, as part of a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J. The exercise is managed by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J., and tests and trains Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)
Lt. Col. Vikki Ellison, 816th Global Mobility Squadron commander from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., answers questions from Staff Sgt. Desiree Palacios and Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes during a media scenario for Air Force Eagle Flag 08-6 Sept. 19, 2008 at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst. Eagle Flag, operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron from Fort Dix, N.J, tests and trains Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. Sergeant Palacios is from the Air Force News Agency at San Antonio, Texas, and Airman Delos Reyes is from the 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Rachel Kocin)