18th Wing Public Affairs
9/10/2013 - KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Kadena is conducting a local operational readiness exercise this week to ensure Airmen are prepared for future real world contingencies, maintain regional stability and are equipped to fight tonight, win tomorrow.
LOREs are base-wide exercises designed to test units' abilities to respond and react to real-life scenarios and allow Airmen to train effectively in a safe environment.
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Knepp, 18th Wing Plans and Programs NCO in charge of wing exercises, said the purpose of the exercise and its scenarios are to test the wing's ability to deploy and execute wartime operations and show Kadena is well-trained, ready and prepared to complete its mission.
Since the operational readiness inspection Oct. 15, 2012, there has been a huge turnover of personnel and incorporating new personnel into wing operations is critical, Knepp added.
Airmen will spend the week training on how to conduct various tasks that can be applied to life in a deployed area or emergency situations.
"These exercises add to our strategic capability in the region," said Knepp. "They ensure we are exactly what we say we are -- a combat-ready unit."
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