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LORE scenarios keep Airmen battle ready

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  • By Airman 1st Class Tara A. Williamson
  • 18th Wing Public Affairs
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --  Kadena is participating in Beverly High 11-4, a local operational readiness exercise, this week which shifts gears for Kadena and focuses on training Airmen for possible emergency situations.

During each LORE different scenarios are enacted to build the skills Airmen need if they encounter a real-world emergency, such as an active shooter taking aim at "victims" in the Finance Office or there's a bomb threat in a building full of Airmen.

"I think [this scenario] was more for the people inside the building, to keep them up on their self-aid and buddy care skills," said Staff Sgt. Kyle Billings, 18th Security Forces Squadron response force leader. "That was the biggest focus. After we went in, they escaladed the situation. It was [the witnesses] who were in there doing a lot of medical care, first aid and self-aid and buddy care."

"It's routine training that we go through," Sergeant Billings continued. "Just in case this really does happen, we can all be up to speed to take care of a problem like that."

With first responders and "moulage" victims adding to the realism of the scenario, training during LOREs can be more effective than classes Airmen would take due to the simulated emergency environment.

Sergeant Billings also stated scenarios like these are used to practice for real world events. These types of situations can happen, and everybody needs to know what to do; they need to know their role when they're inside of a building.

For instance, during the scenario, the 18th SFS had to take hold of the situation and terminate the gunman to make the scene safe for the victims and witnesses.

Thanks to the training of both 18th SFS members and witnesses participating and administering SABC to the moulage victims, the scenario went smoothly.

"Overall I think it went really well," Sergeant Billings said. "None of the first responders were killed during the exercise. None of the injured deceased due to lack of self-aid and buddy care. The building was secured, and it all went relatively quick. I think overall it was pretty successful."