36 CRG and HSC-25 conduct joint FTX

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Demetrius Poe (center), aerospace ground equipment craftsman assigned to the 36th Contingency Response Squadron instructs U.S. Navy personnel assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 during a joint field training exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May, 2, 2022. The purpose of this exercise was to test the HSC community ability to operate from an Expeditionary Advance Base. The main focus was to look at maintenance practices and how to facilitate them away from a established air field and planning operations with limited communications. Throughout the four day exercise, HSC 25 flew 30 hours and 10 sorties conducting a wide variety of missions to include weapons employment, helocasting of personnel and systems, and combat search and rescue missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)

36 CRG and HSC-25 conduct joint FTX

An MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, takes off on Northwest Field during a joint field training exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 29, 2022. The purpose of this exercise was to test the HSC community ability to operate from an Expeditionary Advance Base. The main focus was to look at maintenance practices and how to facilitate them away from a established air field and planning operations with limited communications. Throughout the four day exercise, HSC 25 flew 30 hours and 10 sorties conducting a wide variety of missions to include weapons employment, helocasting of personnel and systems, and combat search and rescue missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)

36 CRG and HSC-25 conduct joint FTX

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Niccolo Pufall, air traffic controller assigned to the 36th Contingency Response Squadron, checks the wind and establish communications with a MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 during a joint field training exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 29, 2022. The purpose of this exercise was to test the HSC community ability to operate from an Expeditionary Advance Base. Coordination between the U.S. Air Force and Navy on this exercise demonstrated the ability to integrate with external assets that would realistically be supporting this type of operation and exposed HSC 25 to the capabilities and limitations of what the AF could provide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)

36 CRG and HSC-25 conduct joint FTX

U.S. Navy personnel assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, prepares a MH-60S Knighthawk for take off on Northwest Field during a joint field training exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 29, 2022. The purpose of this exercise was to test the HSC community ability to operate from an Expeditionary Advance Base. The main focus was to look at maintenance practices and how to facilitate them away from a established air field and planning operations with limited communications. Throughout the four day exercise, HSC 25 flew 30 hours and 10 sorties conducting a wide variety of missions to include weapons employment, helocasting of personnel and systems, and combat search and rescue missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)

36 CRG and HSC-25 conduct joint FTX

U.S. Navy personnel assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, tear down a tent on Northwest Field during a joint field training exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May, 2, 2022. The purpose of this exercise was to test the HSC community ability to operate from an Expeditionary Advance Base. The main focus was to look at maintenance practices and how to facilitate them away from a established air field and planning operations with limited communications. Throughout the four day exercise, HSC 25 flew 30 hours and 10 sorties conducting a wide variety of missions to include weapons employment, helocasting of personnel and systems, and combat search and rescue missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)

36 CRG and HSC-25 conduct joint FTX

Published May 5, 2022
By Staff Sgt. Divine Cox
36th Wing Public Affairs

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --

Airmen from assigned to the 36th Contingency Response Squadron and U.S. Navy personnel assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 conduct a joint field training exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 28 - May 2, 2022. The purpose of this exercise was to test the HSC community ability to operate from an Expeditionary Advance Base. The main focus was to look at maintenance practices and how to facilitate them away from a established air field and planning operations with limited communications. Throughout the four day exercise, HSC 25 flew 30 hours and 10 sorties conducting a wide variety of missions to include weapons employment, helocasting of personnel and systems, and combat search and rescue missions.