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Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 and Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting simulated aircraft salvage and recovery operations during exercise Tanuki Wrath at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 27, 2017.
The units conducted an unscheduled aircraft salvage and rescue exercise to prepare for real world scenarios. These exercises help keep Marines prepared to react appropriately in the case of an aircraft crash.
"In a real life situation we’re not going to have a heads-up a week or two prior to this happening,” said U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Craig Murphy, a heavy equipment operator with MWSS-171. “You never know when something is going to happen.”
The crash site consisted of personnel with simulated injuries and mock ordnance. This environment required the Marines to react quickly to eliminate the possibility of casualties.
“We were familiarized with the situation and everyone’s different roles and what they were supposed to do,” said Murphy. “All we had to do today was go out there and execute everything we’ve learned prior.”
After the area is cleared of injured personnel and ordnance, it is essential that the aircraft is covered up as soon as possible and taken to the proper military installation so investigators can release the correct information about what happened to the aircraft.
Running through these scenarios helps prepare Marines through trial and error, making for a quick and effective response to an actual crash.
“There were definitely some learning points,” said U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Eric Morishige, air operations company commander with MWSS-171. “We do it like this so when go-time comes we’ll have as few mistakes as possible.”
Morishige also said he was satisfied with how the different units responded to the exercise.
“I’m very proud of all the Marines that took part in this,” said Morishige. “Air operations always does a fantastic job, and our first responders were right on the money as they needed to be. Everybody did a fantastic job.”
| Date Taken: | 04.27.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 05.01.2017 23:58 |
| Story ID: | 232204 |
| Location: | IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP |
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