Tech. Sgt. Lance Oakes, 621st Contingency Response Squadron fire team lead, activates a semi-autonomous quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle during Exercise Mobility Guardian at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, May 22, 2021. Mobility Guardian is a training exercise designed to prepare Airmen to face real-world security challenges and sustain strategic deterrence anywhere in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Porter)

Airmen with the 621st Air Mobility Operations Squadron participate in exercise Mobility Guardian May 17, 2021 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The Airmen are executing air operations remotely from their weapon system suite in support of exercise Mobility Guardian, Air Mobility Command’s largest and longest readiness exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Luther Mitchell Jr.)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Stephen Parsons, 621st Mobility Support Operations Squadron air mobility liaison officer, sets up his critical instrumentation May 9, 2021, in preparation for hundreds of airdropped paratroopers’ arrival at Cheshnegirovo Air Base, Bulgaria. Parsons supported Swift Response 21, which is a part of DEFENDER-Europe 21, one of the largest multinational exercises on record. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. David W. Carbajal)

Tech. Sgt. William Russell, 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron air advisor, left, Master Sgt. John Vaccaro, 621st Contingency Response Squadron fuels technician, middle, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Anderson, 621st Contingency Response Support Squadron civil engineer, right, measure the depth of pavement by drilling holes in a taxiway at Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco, April 18, 2021. The members, assigned to an airfield survey team, deployed at the request of Air Mobility Command to conduct five airfield surveys across the Kingdom of Morocco ahead of African Lion 21, U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise, scheduled to take place in Morocco, June 7-18. (courtesy photo)

U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Air Mobility Command commander, gives opening remarks with U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, during Total Force Phoenix Rally, April 20, 2021, at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center headquarters on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The event allows leadership across the Total Force Mobility Air Forces to discuss their perspectives and how they support AMC’s priorities: develop the force, advance warfighting capabilities, project the joint force and ensure strategic deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ashley Hyatt)

Maj. Gen. Mark Camerer, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony W. Green, USAF Expeditionary Center command chief, speak at a 627th Air Base Group all call at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 9, 2021. Members of the 627th ABG received the chance to listen and ask questions to the Expeditionary Center leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mikayla Heineck)

Col. Marc Greene, 628th Air Base Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Colon, 628th ABW command chief, accept on behalf of Master Sgt. Caryann Thomas, 628th ABW, Capt. Robert Scholl, 628th Security Forces Squadron, Tech. Sgt. Samuel Griffith, 628th Force Support Squadron, and the wing’s First Sergeant Council, the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Senior Non-commissioned Officer, Company Grade Officer, Honor Guard Program Manager, and First Sergeant Council of the Year awards respectively from Maj. Gen Mark Camerer, USAF Expeditionary Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony W. Green, USAF Expeditionary Center command chief, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 19, 2021. The awards were presented during the USAF Expeditionary Center Commander’s Rally, which took place prior to Air Mobility Command’s 2021 Total Force Phoenix Rally conference hosted at Headquarters USAF Expeditionary Center from April 20 - 23. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. George Tobias)

Kenneth Arteaga, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Operations School director, uncases the 435th Training Squadron guidon during an assumption of command ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, April 14, 2021. The creation of 435th TRS resulted from a consolidation of the USAF EOS Detachments 1 and 2 into one squadron, creating a mobility-centric command and control training squadron that provides required readiness training to multi-capable Airmen in line with the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s command and control vision. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dalton Williams)

Members of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing Inspector General’s office pose for a photo at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 13, 2021. The team won the Department of the Air Force 2020 Maj. Gen. Junius W. Jones Inspector General award for an outstanding commander’s inspection program. The 521st AMOW IG office serves more than 2,700 people in ten squadrons operating in 15 countries.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Sanchez)

725th Air Mobility Squadron Guidance and Control Maintainer, Staff Sgt. Joseph Cho, teaches 721st Aerial Port Squadron Air Transportation Specialist, Senior Airman Juwan White, how to marshal a C-17 into position at Morón Air Base, April 6, 2021. Airmen of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing have been demonstrating the Wing’s Nodal Agile Combat Employment at the air base since the beginning of March. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Dodd)

Col. Craig Harmon, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center vice commander, greets U.S. Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, during his visit to the USAF Expeditionary Center headquarters, April 2, 2021, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. During his visit, Lyons received multiple briefings and recognized Airmen for their contributions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ashley Hyatt)

Airmen from various units within the 621st Contingency Response Wing play a prototype military strategy game March 25, 2021, at Travis Air Force Base, California. The game, called “Kingfish ACE” focuses on a hypothetical situation in the Western Pacific and is a strategy game similar to “Risk” and “Dungeons & Dragons.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chad Kotce)