Expeditionary expert panel speaks with Eagle Flag students

Members of specific panel with significant expeditionary contingency response experience talk to students participating in the planning team training for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-5 June 13, 2008, at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center on Fort Dix, N.J. Panel members talked about contingency readiness and planning for the students. Eagle Flag is an exercise operated by the USAF EC's Expeditionary Operations School and 421st Combat Training Squadron that tests and trains deploying Airmen in expeditionary combat support skills. Included in the panel were Maj. Gen. Kip Self, USAF EC commander, Col. Steven Sorenson, 818th Contingency Response Group commander at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., Col. Mark Ellis, 817th CRG commander at McGuire, Col. Michael Hutchison, 305th Mission Support Group commander at McGuire, and others. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)