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CRW Defensive Operations Course

Shells fly as Capt. Joseph Michaels, an airfield manager with the 818th Contingency Response Group, shoots at his target during the live-fire portion of the Defensive Operations Course held here Jan 12-15. A member of one of the Contingency Response Wing's airfield assessment teams, Captain Michaels' job can take him into areas with minimal force protection. The DOC provides training and sharpens the skills required to act as organic force protection in high-threat situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/1Lt Dustin Doyle)

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Frontline Duty

Valet Parking - Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., load two Army Humvees onto a C-17 Globemaster III during a noncombatant evacuation exercise at Mackall Army Airfield, N.C. During the exercise, CRW Airmen onloaded and off-loaded more than 1,500 passengers and 75 short tons of cargo and equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Phelps)

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JFEX0906

A C-130 Hercules flys over the base camp set-up by Airmen of the 621st Contingency Response Wing during a noncombatant evacuation exercise held at Mackall Army Airfield, N.C., June 22-26. The exercise incorporated State Department officials and Soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, and practiced the evacuation of American citizens from a foreign country following an escalation of hostilities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Phelps)

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JTF-PO

Airmen with the 621st Contingency Response Group from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., hook a cargo container to the bottom of an Army HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. The Airmen and Soldiers are taking part in Eagle Flag 09, and are part of United States Transportation Command's Joint Task Force-Port Opening, a joint team designed to open and operate deployed aerial ports and forward supply nodes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Ramos)

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JFEX 09-03

Staff Sgt. William Bullecks, a maintenance Airman with the 817th Contingency Response Group, marshalls in a C-130J during a Joint Forcible Entry Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 2-8. During the exercise, Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing and Soldiers from the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element conducted an airfield assessment and exercised the Joint Task Force - Port Opening mission after an airfield seizure by the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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No one is getting in here

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., construct razor wire fences around their camp perimeter June 24 during a noncombatant evacuation exercise at Mackall Army Airfield, N.C. CRW Airmen manned defensive fighting positions as the exercise scenario became "hostile." (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Phelps)

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JFEX 09-03

2nd Lt. Ryan Fisher, a logistics officer with the 817th Contingency Response Group, takes a coffee break in the Joint Operations Center during a Joint Forcible Entry Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 2-8. Following the airfield seizure portion of the exercise, Lieutenant Fisher's aerial port team formed the backbone of a Joint Task Force-Port Opening mission. After off-loading cargo from a C-17 and C-130, the aerial porters set-up an aerial port of debarkation and worked with the Army's 689th Rapid Port Opening Element to move the supplies to a forward distribution node. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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621st CRW Vigilant Guard Exercise

An Airman from the 817th Contingency Response Group uses a 10K forklift to load a generator onto a C-130 from the North Carolina Air National Guard during the Vigilant Guard exercise held in Puerto Rico, March 23-29. During the disaster relief exercise, Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing conducted a hub-and-spoke operation that provided passenger and cargo movement to four locations around the island. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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JFEX 09-03

An Army unmanned aerial vehicle is launched during a Joint Forcible Entry Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 2-8. During the exercise, Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing worked with Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Divison and the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element to execute combat operations and a Joint Task Force - Port Opening mission out of the seized airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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621st CRW Vigilant Guard Exercise

(From left to right) Capt. Brian Loveless, Staff Sgt. Joseph Reed and Capt. Luke Stumme, members of the 817th Contingency Response Group's "Alpha Mike" airfield assessment team, conduct soil density tests beneath a runway during the Vigilant Guard exercise in Puerto Rico, March 23-29. The completed assessment will be used "real-world" to certify the runway for use by various mobility aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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Cake Boss

Viewers of the hit television show “Cake Boss” got a little taste of the Air Force mission at 10 p.m. on Nov. 9. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst hosted the TLC television series in September. Filmed on-base and aboard the Battleship New Jersey in Camden, the episode featured an Air Force themed-cake created for the 621st Contingency Response Wing’s first-ever Dining Out. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Ramos)

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CRW Photo Essay: Top Photos of 2009

Published Dec. 18, 2009

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- As we head into the holidays and 2009 comes to a close, here is a brief look back at some of the best photos from the 621st Contingency Response Wing.