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Col. Parkin Bryson, 316th Wing vice commander, Col. Nichole Scott, 316th Mission Support Group commander and Lt. Col Ross Dotzlaf, 316th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, walk alongside a bivouac training site for civil engineer Airmen at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 25, 2022.

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Bivouac provides readiness training for 316th, 11th Wing CES Airmen

Col. Parkin Bryson, 316th Wing vice commander, Col. Nichole Scott, 316th Mission Support Group commander and Lt. Col Ross Dotzlaf, 316th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, walk alongside a bivouac training site for civil engineer Airmen at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 25, 2022. The training consisted of approximately 55 Airmen from the 316th and 11th Wing CES expanding their skills on operating equipment and problem solving. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor)

Col. Parkin Bryson, 316th Wing vice commander, sits in a 850J-II Crawler Dozer during bivouac training for 316th and 11th Wing civil engineer Airmen at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 25, 2022.

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Bivouac provides readiness training for 316th, 11th Wing CES Airmen

Col. Parkin Bryson, 316th Wing vice commander, sits in a 850J-II Crawler Dozer during bivouac training for 316th and 11th Wing civil engineer Airmen at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 25, 2022. The Pennsylvania National Guard shared their training site with Airmen from Joint Base Andrews and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling for readiness purposes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor)

Joint Base Andrews leaders and a U.S. Army escort walk to a Bell UH-1N “ Huey” to depart Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 25, 2022.

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Joint Base Andrews leaders and a U.S. Army escort walk to a Bell UH-1N “ Huey” to depart Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 25, 2022. Col. Parkin Bryson, 316th Wing vice commander, and Col. Nichole Scott, 316th Mission Support Group commander, came to survey the ongoing training and recognize a few Airmen by giving them a specialized unit coin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor)

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. –

Col. Parkin Bryson, 316th Wing vice commander, and Col. Nichole Scott, 316th Mission Support Group commander, surveyed civil engineer Airmen during bivouac training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 25, 2022.

Scott also recognized a few 316th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen by giving them a specialized unit coin.

Airmen from the 316th and 11th Wing CES organized a bivouac to gauge their own effectiveness and readiness as carpenters, electricians, air conditioning and heating technicians, and heavy equipment operators. Different training stations were staged throughout the bivouac to simulate broken electrical equipment, bomb detection and bricklaying.

“It’s a great opportunity to get to see bonding between the 316th and 11th Wing,” said Lt. Col Ross Dotzlaf, 316th CES commander. “It’s also nice for them to take a break from their normal day-to-day job and get out here and really immerse themselves in training.”