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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Olson (left), 18th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Okinawa, Japan (JPN), gives the thumbs up to a fellow team member after conferring with USAF Rodeo 98 Range Official, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Adrian Ontiveros, 375th SFS, Scott Air Force Base (AFB), Illinois (IL), during the Combat Rifle Range competition, which is part of the overall USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Oscar King (left), 6th Security Force Squadron (SFS), MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), speaks with USAF Rodeo 98 Role Player Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Mounsey, Air Mobility Warfare Center (AMWC), Fort Dix, New Jersey (NJ), in order to gain information during the Combat Tactics competition, which is part of the over all USAF AMC sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) Rodeo 98 Role Player Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Mounsey, Air Mobility Warfare Center (AMWC), Fort Dix, New Jersey (NJ), aids his fellow Role Player STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Richard Love, AMWC, as they play their part during the Combat Tactics competition, which is part of the overall USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Tony Sobieski, 514th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), stays in place as a fatal casualty after his position was attacked and overrun by the Rodeo 98 OPFORS (opposing forces) during the Combat Tactics competition, which is part of the overall USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Shaw (foreground), 100th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England, reviews his teams Operations Order and Rules of Engagement List as another SFS team confers with a USAF Rodeo 98 Role Player team portraying local nationals during the Combat Tactics competition, which is part of the over all USAF AMC sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Knapp (left), SSGT McCabe (center), and SSGT Cole (right), 19th Air Refueling Group (ARG), the Black Knights, Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), Rodeo 98 Team members (all wearing black T-shirts) read the KC-135 Technical Manual refueling instructions step-by-step, while a Rodeo 98 Umpire reads along, during the ground refueling competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Cole (left), SSGT Knapp (center), and SSGT McCabe (right), 19th Air Refueling Group (ARG), the Black Knights, Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), Rodeo 98 Team members wait to hear the judging results of the inspection of their ground refuel operation during the ground refueling competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Oscar King (right), 6th Security Force Squadron (SFS), MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), directs a team member to move forward, while USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeff Berg, 6th SFS, keeps watch, during the Combat Tactics competition, which is part of the over all USAF AMC sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Michael DeMarato, 305th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), takes his 10-seconds preparation time as he looks at the array of targets he needs to knock down during the combat handgun course competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Olson (right), 18th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Okinawa, Japan (JPN), attempts to direct other friendly forces to a safe position with the assistance of Rodeo 98 Role Player USAF SSGT (Dont have a cow) Triefurt, Air Mobility Warfare Center (AMWC), Fort Dix, New Jersey (NJ), who is translating the directions into Ranierian (a made-up language for Rodeo 98) during the Combat Tactics competition, which is part of the overall USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA)

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Base: Mcchord Air Force Base

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Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Featherston, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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22/06/1998
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Kadena Air Base ,  26.35647, 127.76702
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label_outline Explore Combat Tactics Competition, Amwc, Ssgt Michael Featherston

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson (standing left) and Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (standing right) play the role of perpetrators who have taken a hostage during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC Special Reaction Team (SRT) could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Intermediate Fast Attack Vehicle (IFAV) with a mounted TOW (Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided) missile launcher. The IFAV is from the Mobile Assault Platoon 3 (MAP 3), 2nd Battalion (BN) 4th Marine Regiment (MAR REGT), provides cover for advancing Marines on Combat Range 1 during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Fuji, Japan (JPN)

Light enhanced photography fish-eye lens view show an unidentified US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) firing a.50 caliber M2HB machine gun mounted atop a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), during training conducted at the Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey (NJ), during Exercise PHOENIX READINESS 2002

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US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Steven Wills, a Scout Observer with Sierra Battery, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, puts information into the Digital Communications Terminal (DCT) and sets up Communication with Regiment Headquarters on the East Fuji Maneuver Area (FMA), Japan (JPN)

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US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Baugh, Battery GUNNERY Sergeant for 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Headquarters Battery, holds a formation for accountability and to brief his Marines on the basketball courts of Camp Fuji, Japan (JPN)

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