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Shaw plays in MARE

  • Published
  • By Staff Sgt. John Gordinier
  • 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --  Shaw Airmen participated in a major accident response exercise June 5, which simulated an F-16 crash and the emergency response that follows.

A MARE can simulate a number of things, said Erik Singletary, 20th Fighter Wing exercise and inspections director. It can be a hurricane evacuation, a terrorist attack, a plane crash; anything that requires emergency response from Shaw AFB.

"In this exercise, we simulated an F-16 crash," Mr. Singletary said. "On-scene personnel went out to the simulated crash site at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range to perform emergency response and to relay information back to Shaw."

Everything is simulated to make it as real as possible; from taking care of the victims and their families, securing hazardous materials and reacting to media response, he said.

"We make it as real as possible to show Airmen what it would be like in real life and to improve the accident response skill sets," Erik Singletary said.

Overall, there were some areas that performed great, but there were some areas that could use some improvement as well.

"This simulation is something I hope we will never have to see in real life," said Col. James Post, 20th Fighter Wing commander. "If a simulated tragedy like this one does occur in the future, Shaw Airmen will be better prepared to handle the situation."

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Shaw plays in MARE

  • Published
  • By Staff Sgt. John Gordinier
  • 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --  Shaw Airmen participated in a major accident response exercise June 5, which simulated an F-16 crash and the emergency response that follows.

A MARE can simulate a number of things, said Erik Singletary, 20th Fighter Wing exercise and inspections director. It can be a hurricane evacuation, a terrorist attack, a plane crash; anything that requires emergency response from Shaw AFB.

"In this exercise, we simulated an F-16 crash," Mr. Singletary said. "On-scene personnel went out to the simulated crash site at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range to perform emergency response and to relay information back to Shaw."

Everything is simulated to make it as real as possible; from taking care of the victims and their families, securing hazardous materials and reacting to media response, he said.

"We make it as real as possible to show Airmen what it would be like in real life and to improve the accident response skill sets," Erik Singletary said.

Overall, there were some areas that performed great, but there were some areas that could use some improvement as well.

"This simulation is something I hope we will never have to see in real life," said Col. James Post, 20th Fighter Wing commander. "If a simulated tragedy like this one does occur in the future, Shaw Airmen will be better prepared to handle the situation."