READINESS
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Trevor Anderson, the water and fuel systems maintenance non-commissioned officer in charge for the 24th Special Operations Wing, Detachment 1, also known as Deployment Cell or “D-Cell”, maintains security during a patrol halt at Camp Mad Bull, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 10, 2023. Based out of MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., D-Cell consists of 54 members across 15 job codes forming four agile teams, whose primary role is to “bare base” – to rapidly turn undeveloped locations into fully functional bases. The unit visited Alaska to train and test their capabilities in an arctic environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)