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ORI, NORI test wing personnel

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Doug Hays
  • 434th ARW Public Affairs
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind., --  Reservists from Grissom and Guardsmen from Martinsburg, W.Va., combined forces to show their wartime capabilities to Air Mobility Command inspectors during combined nuclear and conventional operational readiness inspections.

The scenario called for a deployment to a fictitious base in the Pacific theater of operations.

Inspection ratings themselves are privileged information and therefore publishing the actual grades is prohibited.

Grissom and Martinsburg have worked together closely over the last year or so, teaming to practice during fly-away exercises and joint training opportunities.

During the exercise, inspector's key on four separate areas; positioning the force, employing the force, sustaining the force, and ability to survive and operate.

Operational Readiness Inspections evaluate and measure the base's ability to operate in wartime or during a contingency, as well as the ability to transition from peacetime to wartime.

The inspections are held every five years.

First up was the NORI inspection and Grissom members were 'truly head and shoulders above' everyone, said Brig. Gen. Dean Despinoy, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander during the formal outbrief. "It was a beautiful team effort, and the IG had opportunity to see that," he said. "In that white- hot spotlight, we truly excelled."

"I'm very, very proud of our performance in both inspections," the general said. "We recognized what we had to do, and everyone stood up to the line and got it done."

Our performance speaks to the quality of the people that we have in this wing.

You did a wonderful job, came together worked hard, and had a fantastic attitude, and I'm very proud of what we've done," he concluded.

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