Inside AFIMSC

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Emergency Management division at Tyndall Air Force Base is spearheading a special project to ensure Warfighter Readiness and safety. The Chemical Warfare Defense Equipment training gear project not only ensures Airmen safety but it's also saving taxpayers money at the same time. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center public affairs specialist, Brian Goddin takes us on a tour of the C-W-D-E Training Gear project!

Air Force explosive ordnance disposal teams are among several agencies from around the world that take part in Raven's Challenge Interoperability Exercise opportunities annually. The EOD division from within the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Readiness directorate coordinates participation of Air Force teams and ensures they have the tools and equipment to excel. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center public affairs specialist, Brian Goddin, reports on the multi-agency, integrated Raven's Challenge exercises from Camp Dawson Army Training Site, West Virginia.

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center hosted a conference focused on solving issues facing the agile combat support community. Here is James Truitt with how the Air Force is looking to resolve these challenges.

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For additional information on I-WEPTAC, please go to: http://www.afimsc.af.mil/iweptac/

Ryan Kaono, a support agreement manager with AFIMSC's Logistics Support Branch, shares his story of living with PTSD. From being in the military, his deployments as a security forces Defender and Logistician, and being diagnosed with PTSD, Kaono is very frank about his journey and Romeo, his service dog who is now, in many ways, his lifesaver.

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For more information on PTSD, please go to: www.ptsd.va.gov

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Energy directorate at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, was one of the key partnering organizations responsible for the Warfighter Readiness, clean energy, and cost savings benefits of the massive 28-megawatt solar array at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center public affairs specialist, Brian Goddin takes us on a tour of the state of the art energy facility.

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Requirements, Research and Development, and Acquisition division at Tyndall Air Force Base is part of a special team taking RADAS to the next level to ensure Warfighter Readiness and safety. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center public affairs specialist, Brian Goddin gives us a birds-eye view of this advanced technology!

Air Force Services Activity hosted this year’s Armed Services Food and Beverages Workshop in San Antonio, Texas. The event brought personnel from all the services to meet and learn from respected luminaries inside the food preparation and services industry.

What once used to be a yearly collaborative event… has been on budgetary hiatus… Until now. Here is James Truitt with the Air Force and a program they revived to keep the mission going forward.

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For more information on this workshop, please go to E-DASH at: https://cs2.eis.af.mil/sites/10040

May 31st, 2018. That date may go down in history as a monumental day on which Warfighter safety skyrocketed to a whole new level. It's the date that "RADBO" was approved for production! RADBO stands for Recovery of Airbases Denied by Ordnance. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's explosive ordnance disposal division at Tyndall Air Force Base has been perfecting this first ever Department of Defense ground-based laser system for nearly 25 years. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center public affairs specialist, Brian Goddin, shows us how RADBO keeps EOD techs out of harms' way!

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Emergency Management division at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, is always finding new ways to keep the Warfighter out of harm's way. That is exactly what the concept of networking joint chemical agent detectors around an installation is engineered to do. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center public affairs specialist, Brian Goddin, shows us how networking JCADS has the potential to provide Airmen advanced warning of an enemy chemical attack.