TFA prepares Gunfighters for war

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  • By Senior Airman Megan Lyon
  • 366th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --  All Phase II Exercise Coronet White 08-ACC-14 players enter Base "X" through the toxic-free area facility.

Deployed and host nation personnel must process through the TFA facility at the beginning of their shifts. Personnel reporting for duty enter the theater in MOPP 2 gear. All participants must bring the following items when processing through the TFA:

· Military identification card
· Dog tags
· AFMAN 10-100, Airman's Manual
· Reflective belt
· Gas mask
· C-1 bag, with chemical ground crew ensemble
· A-1 items, helmet, canteen full of water and web belt
· Line badge (if required)
· Simulated M-8 paper booklet
· Simulated M291/M295 packets
· Simulated Atropen/Cipro/P-Tab

Phase II players need the items listed above, but the TFA will check for ID cards and dog tags. Unit deployment managers check to be sure players have other needed items before they enter the play area.

"After players enter the TFA, they receive a briefing from TFA personnel," said Staff Sgt. Thomas Ashlock, 366th Contracting Squadron and TFA briefer. "We brief all pertinent information concerning the play area, such as the current chemical code, duress word, MOPP level, and sign and counter-sign word."

After processing into the TFA, personnel will exit the building and board a shuttle bus that will take them into the play area, except for those troops in authorized government owned vehicles.

"Our mission is to ensure all Airmen processing through the TFA are properly prepared and equipped to go to war," said Tech. Sgt. David Charbonneau, 366th Operations Support Squadron and TFA noncommissioned officer in charge.

At the end of a shift, personnel will board a shuttle bus from their duty sections in the play area back to the TFA facility.

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