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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Leaders from the U.S. Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosted Army leaders with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division for a professional development event focusing on joint integration and better understanding of some of JBER’s Air Force platforms and their capabilities Aug. 8, 2014, here.
Close to a hundred leaders from across the 4/25 attended the event, which featured tours of aircraft and facilities on JBER’s Elmendorf side. They were also given classroom instructions on aircraft platforms and their capabilities.
Main highlights included tours of a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, an E-3 Sentry Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft, and an F-22A Fighter aircraft.
Participators and event organizers agreed that better understanding on Air Force capabilities to support ground forces helps to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness in battle.
U.S. Air Force Col. David Nahom, the commander of the 3rd Wing at JBER, said, “We work together. Here, and in the Pacific, so getting the 4/25 out here to show them what we do, and what we can do to support the Soldiers, makes for a better understanding.”
The unique relationship at JBER brings the two services together, so mutual understanding and effective integration is a key component to jointly working together according to Nahom.
“You just don’t know what the next battle is going to look like,” said Nahom. “I think when you look up here in Alaska, with the capability like the 4/25 has, and the capability of the 3rd Wing, at some point in some battlefields we will be working together.”
Capt. Gabriel Dearman, commander of Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, said, “I think, especially because we are at a joint facility, it is important to understand the capabilities the Air Force brings to the fight, because as the Army’s contingency response force, if we are called upon, we will be working with the Air Force. So, understanding the Air Force, and understanding what they bring to the fight helps us to do our job better.”
Dearman added that building relationships, and just talking with each other helps create mutual understanding while establishing trust and confidence in each other’s capabilities.
First Lt. Daniel Knots, an F-22 pilot with the 525th Fighter Squadron, said, “I’ve been learning how the Army and the Air Force can integrate better, like how we can use our AWACS [airborne early warning and control aircraft] to bridge the links between the needs of the ground forces and what the Air Force provides in the air.”
“We’ve discussed today on how we can expand that role, and how we can train to how we fight,” said Knots.
Leaders with the 4/25 also learned about several of the munitions the Air Force employs to aid in both air-to-ground support and air-to-air battle engagements.
| Date Taken: | 08.08.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 08.11.2014 21:26 |
| Story ID: | 139036 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US |
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