Lt. Col. Bruce Bancroft (right), director of the Joint Operations Center for Exercise Gateway Relief, and Col. Mark Heiniger, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, brief notional representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013. The 123rd is teaming up with the Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., through Aug. 9, to execute the earthquake-response scenario, providing for the reception and distribution of disaster-relief supplies. ( Air Na

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Lt. Col. Bruce Bancroft (right), director of the Joint Operations Center for Exercise Gateway Relief, and Col. Mark Heiniger, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, brief notional representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013. The 123rd is teaming up with the Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., through Aug. 9, to execute the earthquake-response scenario, providing for the reception and distribution of disaster-relief supplies. ( Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

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