307 FSS Airmen deploy to Dobbins

Members of the 307th Force Support Squadron, walk across the ramp to a waiting KC-135 Stratotanker at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., June 7, 2013. The jet, which is assigned to the 459th Air Refueling Wing from Joint Base Andrews, Md., transported 12 Airmen to Dobbins Air Force Base, Ga., where they will receive Force Support Combat Training (FSCT) that prepares them for deployment to austere, bare base locations with limited or no facilities. Then, they will be able transition the area for sustained operations. Services Airmen must regularly complete Home Station Readiness Training (HSRT) and FSCT to stay abreast of changing situations. Services (Prime RIBS) support includes the core functions (life sustaining) of food service, lodging, mortuary (search and recovery, shipment, and/or temporary interment), and laundry. Additional Services functions are; fitness, recreation, non-appropriated funds instrumentality (NAFI), Services supply and administration, learning resource center operations, and protocol. (U.S. Air Force photo by Betty Stephens/Released)