{"id":17950,"date":"2023-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=17950"},"modified":"2023-07-08T06:42:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T06:42:24","slug":"amc-allies-kick-off-mobility-guardian-23-in-indo-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=17950","title":{"rendered":"AMC, allies kick off Mobility Guardian 23 in Indo-Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AFNS) — \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exercise Mobility Guardian 2023, Air Mobility Command<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s largest full-spectrum readiness exercise in the command\u2019s history, began July 5 in the Indo-Pacific region<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s MG23 reflects an evolution from the exercise\u2019s previous three U.S.-based iterations and aims to understand and overcome distance to deliver the mobilization, deployment and sustainment functions that the Joint Force, allies and partners depend on to respond to challenges worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should be evident by now that success of the Joint Force requires a capable and integrated Mobility Air Force,\u201d said Gen. Mike Minihan<\/strong><\/a>, AMC commander. \u201cMG23 will turn planned integration into operational integration within the theater, stretching MAF capabilities to meet future demands and protect shared international interests with our allies and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n

A multinational endeavor, MG23 will feature seven participating countries \u2013 Australia<\/strong><\/a>, Canada<\/strong><\/a>, France, Japan<\/strong><\/a>, New Zealand<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> the United Kingdom<\/strong><\/a>, and the United States \u2013 operating approximately 70 mobility aircraft across multiple locations spanning a 3,000 mile exercise area through July 21. MG23 will employ 3,000 personnel in direct support of the exercise and expects to support more than 15,000 U.S. forces, and allied and partner participants associated with other exercises this year, seven times that of MG21 and nearly three times that of MG19.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Planning began in the spring of 2022 for the Pacific endeavor involving more than 200 planners from across AMC, including the headquarters staff, 18th Air Force<\/strong><\/a>, the 618th Air Operations Center<\/strong><\/a> and the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center<\/strong><\/a>. AMC exercise planners partnered with planners from dozens of additional Air Force, joint and international units to ensure the exercise delivers on its intent to demonstrate interoperability across joint and combined international forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe collaboration and connection formed alongside our DoD teammates and our allies and partners during planning and execution will pay dividends today, tomorrow and into our unquestionably complex future,\u201d said Lt. Col. Jake Parker, MG23 exercise director.<\/p>\n

Concurrently to MG23, Parker said the MAF will also serve as the \u201ccohesive glue\u201d for a series of other exercises occurring across the Indo-Pacific this summer. AMC\u2019s role in enabling the meaningful maneuver of forces throughout the theater underscores the necessity of logistics and realistic interoperability in the region.
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Each participating country has the opportunity to hone vital readiness skills and enhance interoperability in operationally limited environments among multiple mission areas to include airlift, aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation, the Global Air Mobility Support System<\/strong><\/a>, command and control and humanitarian and disaster assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a pass or fail scenario,\u201d Parker said. \u201cThis is a proving ground for the MAF\u2019s new status quo tested through the application of flexible and agile concepts. The MAF will do its part to ensure the Joint Force and our allies and partners can overcome transnational security challenges by redefining what MAF readiness looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minihan made it clear that preparation for MG23 was not restricted to a selective group of planners\u2014taking heed to what Minihan said was Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s directive<\/strong><\/a> to \u201cgo faster.\u201d When he took command in October 2021, Minihan propelled the command toward droves of unconventional but risk-informed approaches, guiding the way AMC conducts business.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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From the dozens of wing-led large-force drills exercising Agile Combat Employment<\/strong><\/a> and multi-capable Airmen, to working a path that operationalized the KC-46A Pegasus<\/strong><\/a>, the command\u2019s approach throughout the last year was designed to generate an unprecedented level of readiness and advantage for the Joint Force.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mobility Air Forces\u2019 success is non-negotiable and non-transferable, and the implications of a less-than-fearless and less-than-first class MAF are severe,\u201d Minihan said. \u201cWe fully understand the magnitude of responsibility that rests on our shoulders, and we will deliver what is required to serve our fellow allies and partners and preserve our nation\u2019s sacred peace, prosperity and prestige.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on exercise Mobility Guardian 2023 visit here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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