Air Force Cody Skidmore, a C-17 loadmaster with the 17th Airlift Squadron, speaks to a co-worker while preparing to don his mission-oriented protective posture gear May 20, 2015, during Crescent Reach 15 at Joint Base Charleston, This local exercise, which tested and evaluated Joint Base Charleston's ability to launch a large aircraft formation in addition to process and deploy duty passengers and cargo in response to a simulated crisis abroad from May 18-21. Deploying members' ability to survive and operate in deployed environments was also exercise through Chemical, Biological, Rad

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Air Force Cody Skidmore, a C-17 loadmaster with the 17th Airlift Squadron, speaks to a co-worker while preparing to don his mission-oriented protective posture gear May 20, 2015, during Crescent Reach 15 at Joint Base Charleston, This local exercise, which tested and evaluated Joint Base Charleston's ability to launch a large aircraft formation in addition to process and deploy duty passengers and cargo in response to a simulated crisis abroad from May 18-21. Deploying members' ability to survive and operate in deployed environments was also exercise through Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Explosives training and evaluation events. Staff Sgt. Jamal D. Sutter)

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