66th SFS Sharpen Warfighter Lethality Skills

Staff Sgt. Joseph Rinke, 66th Security Forces Squadron armory NCO in charge, puts on protective gear during a simulated chemical attack during a base readiness exercise at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 1. Officials held a readiness exercise this month to assess the installations's ability to rapidly deploy personnel and resources, test military members' warfighting skills, and evaluate units' ability to sustain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. — Staff Sgt. Joseph Rinke, 66th Security Forces Squadron armory NCO in charge, puts on protective gear during a simulated chemical attack during a base readiness exercise at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 1. Officials held a readiness exercise this month to assess the installations’s ability to rapidly deploy personnel and resources, test military members’ warfighting skills, and evaluate units’ ability to sustain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)

  • Published April 13, 2025


Senior Airman Andrew Whitaker, right, and Staff Sgt. Jose luis, center, members of the 66th Security Forces Squadron, check an airman into the deployment center during a base readiness exercise at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 1. Officials held a readiness exercise this month to assess the installation's Ability to rapidly deploy personnel and resources, test military members' warfighting skills, and evaluate units' ability to sustain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
Tech. Sgt. James Counts, 66th Security Forces Squadron resource protection program manager, decontaminates a wingman after a simulated chemical attack during a base readiness exercise at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 1. Officials held a readiness exercise this month to assess the installation's ability to rapidly deploy personnel and resources, test military members' warfighting skills, and evaluate units' ability to sustain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
Maj. Eric Hall, a member of the 66th Air Base Group Staff Judge Advocate office, sends a repost through his radio during a simulated chemical attack that was part of a base readiness exercise at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 1. Officials held a readiness exercise this month to assess the installation's ability to rapidly deploy personnel and resources, test military members' warfighting skills, and evaluate units' ability to sustain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
Staff Sgt. Jacob Crouch, 66th Comptroller Squadron financial operations supervisor, places markers around an unexploded mortar during the deployment phase of a base readiness exercise at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 2. Officials held a readiness exercise this month to assess the installation's ability to rapidly deploy personnel and resources, test military members' warfighting skills, and evaluate units' ability to sustain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
Capt. Summerpreet S. Bali, 66th Medical Squadron public health officer, provides a regional health risk briefing to Airman during the deployment phase of a base readiness exercise at Hanscom Air Force Base Mass., April 1. Officials held a readiness exercise this month to assess the installations, ability to rapidly deploy personnel and resources, test military members' warfighting skills, and evaluate units' ability to sustain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
Airman 1st Class Charles Collins, 66th Security Forces Squadron entry controller, stares thru his rifle scope during the deployment phase of a base readiness exercise at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 2. Officials held a readiness exercise this month to assess the installation’s ability to rapidly deploy personnel and resources, test military members’ warfighting skills, and evaluate units’ ability to sustain operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)