Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Steeves, a structural engineer assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, Detachment 1, also known as Deployment Cell or “D-Cell”, relaxes after securing a camp during a training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 10, 2023. Based out of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, D-Cell consists of 54 members across 15 job codes forming four agile teams, whose primary role is to “bare base” – to rapidly turn undeveloped locations into fully functional bases. The unit visited Alaska to train and test their capabilities in an arct

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Steeves, a structural engineer assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, Detachment 1, also known as Deployment Cell or “D-Cell”, relaxes after securing a camp during a training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 10, 2023. Based out of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, D-Cell consists of 54 members across 15 job codes forming four agile teams, whose primary role is to “bare base” – to rapidly turn undeveloped locations into fully functional bases. The unit visited Alaska to train and test their capabilities in an arctic environment.

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