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DAGRE ensures force protection during Gryphon Pacific 20-1

A Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element Airman from the 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan, provides security outside an MC-130J Commando II during Exercise Gryphon Pacific 20-1, Nov. 15, 2019, on Wake Island, Wake Atoll. The DAGRE operations are an essential part of the expeditionary basing concept. Special operators are able to go anywhere and establish an airfield in order to bring in forces, refuel, rearm, and continue the mission wherever it’s needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebeckah Medeiros)
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DAGRE ensures force protection during Gryphon Pacific 20-1

A Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element Airman from the 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan, provides security outside an MC-130J Commando II during Exercise Gryphon Pacific 20-1, Nov. 15, 2019, on Wake Island, Wake Atoll. The DAGRE operations are an essential part of the expeditionary basing concept. Two MC-130J Commando II aircraft with Global Access Special Tactics teams onboard rapidly established and controlled landing zones capable of facilitating additional forces at both Wake Island and Kwajalein Atoll in the same night. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebeckah Medeiros)
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DAGRE ensures force protection during Gryphon Pacific 20-1

Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan, provide security both inside and outside an MC-130J Commando II during Exercise Gryphon Pacific 20-1, Nov. 15, 2019, on Wake Island, Wake Atoll. The purpose of Gryphon Pacific 20-1 was to employ lethal, agile, resilient forces throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. This was accomplished by conducting long-range expeditionary basing operations within a high-threat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebeckah Medeiros)
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