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Republic of Korea Air Force and U.S. Air Force Airmen from the Air Component Command Installations and Mission Support directorate, monitor exercise civil engineer operations during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2013 at Osan Air Base, ROK, Aug. 20, 2013. Among other tasks, the civil engineers ensure airfields on the peninsula are kept open to allow for the launch of combat sorties during the exercise. The annual exercise, conducted by the ROK and U.S. Combined Forces Command, runs through Aug. 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez)
Republic of Korea Air Force and U.S. Air Force Airmen from the Air Component Command force protection cell discuss an exercise scenario during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2013 at Osan Air Base, ROK, Aug. 20, 2013. Force protection cell Airmen monitor and coordinate air base defense activities and allocate ground defense forces and equipment for all ACC bases throughout the peninsula. UFG is a critical alliance exercise to sustain the readiness of the ROK, U.S. forces and sending state forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez)
(Left to right) Republic of Korea Air Force Warrant Officer Cha Jae Myeong, and 1st Lt. Hyun Lee, talk with U.S. Air Force Capt. Jonathan Walsh, Air Component Command Installations and Mission Support Directorate chief of plans and exercises, during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2013 at Osan Air Base, ROK, Aug. 20, 2013. Myeong is an explosive ordnance disposal representative and Lee is an interpreter within the installations and mission support directorate. Training exercises like UFG are carried out in the spirit of the Oct. 1, 1953, ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty and in accordance with the armistice. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez)
(Foreground) U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Eric Lee, Air Component Command installations and mission support directorate contracting liaison officer (left) and Republic of Korea Air Force 1st Lt. Hyun Lee, a directorate interpreter, talk through an exercise scenario during Ulchi Freedom Guardian at Osan Air Base, ROK, Aug. 20, 2013. UFG, held annually, highlights the longstanding military partnership, commitment and enduring friendship between the two nations, help to ensure stability and security on the peninsula and reaffirm the United States’ commitment to the Northeast Asia region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez)