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914 ARW conducts Annual Readiness Assessment

The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care.

Tech. Sgt. Lavenia Anderson, a Reserve Citizen Airman from the 914th Air Refueling Wing, participates in an annual readiness assessment, conducted at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., September 9, 2017. The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steph Sawyer)

The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care.

Senior Airmen Michael Neuman and Matthew Reddy, Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 914th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, participate in an annual readiness assessment, conducted at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., September 9, 2017. The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steph Sawyer)

The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care.

Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 914th Air Refueling Wing participate in an annual readiness assessment, conducted at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., September 9, 2017. The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steph Sawyer)

The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care.

A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 914th Air Refueling Wing stays hydrated during an annual readiness assessment, conducted at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., September 9, 2017. The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steph Sawyer)

The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care.

A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 914th Air Refueling Wing has his gas mask adjusted by an instructor during an annual readiness assessment, conducted at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., September 9, 2017. The assessment is meant to guage the unit's ability to operate in different protective postures (MOPP) as well as perform self aid and buddy care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steph Sawyer)

NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. --

The 914th Air Refueling Wing conducted the second installment of a three part evaluation known as an annual readiness assessment (ARA) here, September 9, 2017. The event was organized and carried out by the Wing Inspector General, Emergency Management, and the 914th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

The ARA focuses on gauging the Wing’s readiness capabilities, as well as getting Reserve Citizen Airmen the training they need in order to carry out mission requirements with efficiency and accuracy.

126 Airmen were selected to participate in the September portion of the evaluation. The Airmen performed expeditionary or ATSO (ability to survive and operate) skills. The exercise consisted of deployment and redeployment of troops to and from an assigned location, the performance of self-aid and buddy care (SABC), contamination avoidance, warning and alarm signals, reporting, and the performance of protective postures (MOPP).

“We had people out there providing instruction, monitoring the participants to see how well they could respond and work in their gear,” explained Lt. Col. William Schunk, IGI Director of Inspections.

Emergency Management oversaw MOPP training, M50 mask inspections, and decontamination and detection training.

“We had a lot of fun with it,” said Senior Airman Amory Schwartz, Emergency Management Instructor. “Everybody that went through was participating and they were engaged in the training.”

The 914th Logistics Readiness Squadron was responsible for ensuring the evaluation ran smoothly, which included verifying, identifying, and distributing tasking information before, during and after execution.

Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Bright, a plans coordinator for LRS considers the evaluation a success.

“The feedback that I received was, generally speaking, very positive. A lot of quality training was performed that helped to ensure our Airmen at the 914th Air Refueling Wing are current, qualified, and mission ready.”

The first installment of the evaluation took place in July of this year and focused on personnel and cargo processing. The third and final installment will take place later this year and will focus on command and control (C2); its goal being to re-familiarize leadership with C2 operations in a chemical environment.