Col. Mark Heiniger, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, Lt. Col. Bruce Bancroft, director of the Joint Operations Center for Exercise Gateway Relief, and Capt. Charles Greene, commander of the Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va., brief notional representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013, as part of a Transportation Command-directed earthquake-relief scenario. The 123rd is teaming up with the 689th through Aug. 9 to operate a Joint
Col. Mark Heiniger, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, Lt. Col. Bruce Bancroft, director of the Joint Operations Center for Exercise Gateway Relief, and Capt. Charles Greene, commander of the Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va., brief notional representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013, as part of a Transportation Command-directed earthquake-relief scenario. The 123rd is teaming up with the 689th through Aug. 9 to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit. ( Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released) Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise 130807-Z-VT419-424
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