Last Monday I had the privilege of
volunteering with the USO at Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) south of Seattle to help distribute
snacks and water to the personnel who were participating in Mobility Guardian. There were four of us and, on Monday, there
were about 1,500 people over the course of the day who came through the hanger
where we were set up. These men and
women were air crews from over a dozen allies around the world. It was an honor and fun to briefly get to
know some of these young career military professionals.
Here’s a brief description from the Air Mobility Command CO of what Mobility
Guardian is all about...
Air Mobility Command's first Mobility
Guardian readiness exercise is scheduled to take place at Joint Base
Lewis-McChord, Washington, from Jul. 30 to Aug. 12, 2017.
"Interoperability with our joint and
allied partners is crucial to be able to move people, planes and cargo into
contested environments around the world. Mobility Guardian will be our premier
exercise for U.S. and allied units to train together and improve joint
capabilities. We'll train like we fight." -- Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II,
AMC Commander
Although I didn’t see this aircraft myself, the
British flew in one of their A400M “Atlas” transports to McChord Field for the
exercise.
