Air Force Staff Sgt. Mauri Portugal, an electrical power production specialist assigned to the 30th Civil Engineering Squadron at Vandenberg Space Force Base, overlooks a 35ft crater on March Air Reserve Base in Calif., Sept. 1, 2023. Portugal participated in the Rapid Damage Airfield Repair (RDAR) course hosted by the 163d Regional Training Site to improve a civil engineering unit’s ability to quickly recover lost runways during warfighting.

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