JBAB Airmen assigned to the 723d Combat Air Base Squadron, 23d [Air Task Force](https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3776461/usaf-units-of-action-air-task-forces-defined-first-locations-announced/) led and participated in an interdisciplinary training exercise in the Combat Support Training Range at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida., Sept. 19, 2025.
After completing Silver Flag, a civil engineer certifying exercise, more Airmen from JBAB and other bases joined them on site to round out their fellow combat service support teams under the 723 CABS. They trained outside of their career fields on contingency operations in preparation for a subsequent 2-day exercise.
Airmen of all ranks taught mission-essential tasks to those from other career fields. The tasks included water purification, security postures, flightline repair, personnel accountability and recovery, chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear response, and others. These efforts created force multipliers, eliminated single-point failures, and established contingency capabilities for contested environments.
“This week familiarized Airmen from one career-field with tasks from other career-fields to create mission ready Airmen,” said Tech. Sgt. Sasha Flink, CSST security forces team lead from the 11th Security Forces Squadron, who served in an emergency management role for the exercise. “Training this way gives us a heads up going into the Deployable Combat Wing model. It tells us that this is what the Air Force is expecting from us and gives us the opportunity to prepare for how we’ll deploy.”
Col. James M. Clark, commander of JBAB and the 11th Wing, and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Thompson Jr., senior enlisted leader for JBAB and the 11th Wing, visited to gain insight and show support for their Airmen. While there, the commander recognized Airman 1st Class Ja’Mir Denson and Staff Sgt. Robert Sinson, both assigned to the 723 CABS from the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron and 11th Contracting Squadron respectively, for their leadership in instructing over 100 Airmen from outside their career field on essential tasks.
Their contributions built operational confidence and unit cohesion ahead of the exercise and upcoming deployment.
“It feels good going out as a team and getting that cohesion as opposed to going in blind,” said Airman 1st Class Corey Benner, HVAC technician with the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron. “You feel more comfortable going in having built that bond with everyone to establish a working relationship before deploying.”
Air Force leadership has emphasized care to ensure these operational realities are understood so Airmen remain ready during force reoptimization. Leaders within the 23d ATF echo the sentiments with firsthand accounts of the integrated training leading not only to maintaining the readiness posture, but enhancing it.
”There are clear benefits to the group as they received great training, then exercised those skillsets in a contested environment,” said Lt. Col. Benjamin Muse, 723 CABS commander. “There is also a less tangible but just as real advantage…I’ve heard several Hellhounds [723 CABS mascot] talk about how much they are learning about how their fellow Airmen have highly important and demanding jobs.”
Airmen of the 11th Wing multiplied what they learned by those they taught, ensuring the 723 CABS is filled with mission-ready Airmen. The 23d ATF is scheduled as the second of six ATF’s to move into the certify phase of the [AFFORGEN](https://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2003489512/) cycle, where the Air Combat Command will test their skills at Bamboo Eagle in February. A passing mark there will render the group deployable, ready to support air superiority in the age of the Great Power Competition.
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10.06.2025
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