Spouses of 621st Contingency Response Wing Airmen pose for a group photo at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Jan. 16. The Spouse Immersion event gave spouses a chance to connect with CRW leadership and other spouses in attendance.

Army Staff Sgt. Danny Hanson, squad leader for 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment Chaos troop at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, reapplies face paint Jan. 13, 2020, during exercise Joint Readiness Training Center 20-3 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Soldiers from JBER and Fort Wainwright, Alaska, have traveled to Louisiana for joint training exercise and to gain interoperability with multinational partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David W. Carbajal)

Col. John Schutte, 19th Airlift Wing commander at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, speaks with Lt. Col. Thomas Joyner, 34th Combat Training Squadron commander at Little Rock, Jan. 15, 2020, at the Alexandria International Airport in Alexandria, Louisiana. Schutte flew to Alexandria to visit with the 621st Contingency Response Wing Airmen and to tour the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David W. Carbajal)

Maj. Gen. John Gordy (right), U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, speaks with Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at the Global Deployment Readiness Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey Dec. 17, 2019. Gordy along with Chief Master Sgt. Kristopher Berg, USAF EC command chief, spent the day learning about the CRW mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luther Mitchell)

Staff Sgt. Matthew Tilley, 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, inspects the landing gear of a C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 12, 2020, at the Alexandria International Airport in Alexandria, Louisiana. Tilley and the rest of his crew flew two U.S. Army helicopters from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to participate in Joint Readiness Training Center 20-3 held at nearby Fort Polk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David W. Carbajal)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Santos Rodriguez, a Contingency Skills instructor assigned to the 421st Combat Training Squadron, prepares Liz Verna, a U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center (USAF EC) honorary commander, for night driving during a tour of the USAF EC, Dec. 18, 2019, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The honorary commanders visited the USAF EC to get a first-hand look at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Operations School and the USAF EC’s mission capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad Camara)

Maj. Gen. John Gordy, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kristopher Berg, USAF EC command chief, examine a High Altitude Airdrop Missions (HAAMS) equipment demonstration Dec. 11, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. During their visit, Gordy and Berg toured various facilities across the installation for a behind-the-scenes look at base operations while getting a glimpse of service members in action. The USAF EC is the Air Force’s center of excellence for rapid global mobility and agile combat support training and education. The center also has direct oversight for installation support, contingency response and mission sets within the global mobility enterprise.

Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing are now authorized to wear the distinguishing “CR” tabs on their operational camouflage pattern uniforms. After a long-standing effort, Headquarters Air Force approved the use of tabs to be worn by all contingency response Airmen, to include active duty, guard and reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David W. Carbajal)