NJ-1 DMAT NEWSLETTER
PUBLISHED BY THE NJ-1 DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM STAFF
Volume 1, Number 3                     AUGUST  2005
NJ-1 DMAT Team Meeting

NJ-1 DMAT Team Meeting is scheduled for Thursday August 18. Location for the meeting will be at the Morris County Fire & Police Academy, Rm 141. 1900 hrs ( 7pm )
Directions link: http://www.morrisacademy.org/dir_academy05.html
Hurricane Season Continues ...

Eighth month of the year starts off with the eighth Atlantic storm of the year. Meet tropical storm Harvey, .  Irene became a category 2 hurricane and remained at sea. Jose was of little consequence. Katrina found landfall as a category 1 and has upgraded to a category 5
HARVEY

IRENE

JOSE

KATRINA
Lakehurst NAS Exercise Eagle Flag
Eagle Flag is an Air Force level expeditionary combat-suppport exercise conducted by the 421st TRS (Training Squadron. The exercise trains people to open and establish an air base at any type of forward operation.
NAVAL AIR ENGINEERING STATION LAKEHURST, NJ - Airmen from the 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon AFB, NM., prepare their sleeping quarters inside a hanger before the kickoff of the Air Force's newest flag-level exercise, Eagle Flag. The combat exercise will test expeditionary support skills used to open and establish an air base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jerry Morrison Jr.)
The role-playing host-nation commander debates with a base offical about the accommodations needed by his troops to complete their mission during the inaugural Eagle Flag. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Jerry Morrison Jr.)
A role-playing town constable from the 421st Training Squadron at Fort Dix, NJ., talks to a participant as part of an Eagle Flag scenario. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jerry Morrison Jr.)
Staff Sgt. Kris Drovencher keeps an eye on the camp's perimeter during Exercise Eagle Flag. Sgt. Drovencher is from the 621st Air Mobility Operation Group at McGuire AFB, NJ. Eagle Flag is a 12-day field training exercise involving 400 participants aligned with Air Expeditionary Force rotations to porvide training for combat support forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wayne Clark)
Servicemembers continue to construct tent city during Eagle Flag. The training provides instruction on opening the air base, maintaining command and control structure and the generation of mission capable forces. The exercise will integerate Air Force ex[editionary specialities into one military operation striving toward a single mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong)
Servicemembers continue to construct tent city during Eagle Flag. Eagle Flag is a 12-day field training exercise involving more than 400 participants aligned with air expeditionary force rotations to provide training for combat support forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong.)
Host nation local villagers conduct a peaceful Anti-American protest against Americans in their country outside the perimeter of tent city during exercise Eagle Flag. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wayne Clark)
Senior Airmen Chris Elkins unloads a secure phone from a pallet for the wing operation center while deployed to Eagle Flag. Airmen Elkins is assigned to the 355th Communications Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Lohr.)
Airmen provide security at a simulated deployed location at the Air Force's Eagle Flag exercise.Nearly 400 Airmen Air Force-wide deployed to the exercise.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tanaya M. Harms)
Airmen Zachary Nelson secures a perimeter during a weapons  cache exercise as part of Eagle Flag. Airmen Nelson is assigned to the 49th Communications Squadron at Holloman AFB, NM.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarayuth Pithong)
Senior Airmen Roger Robbins fills a 50-gallon fuel bladder with diesel fuel to heat field showers during am Eagle Flag exercise. Airmen Robbins is a fuels specialist  from the 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadrons at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Phillip Ulmer)
Senior Airmen Lisa Tkacxyck  installs a tent air conditioner while deployed to Eagle Flag. Airmen Tkaczyck is assigned to the 612th Air Communications Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Lohr)