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  • 387 AES JET/IA Airmen Provide Contracting, E&I Support in Iraq

    Some distance away from any Air Force installation, a group of forward-deployed Airmen sit at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, working diligently to provide contingency contracting support in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. These forward-deployed Airmen, better known as Joint Expeditionary Tasked and

  • Ready, set, retrograde

    As the United States seeks to lessen itsfootprint at locations across Southwest Asia, the word retrograde has been onthe lips of Department of Defense decision-makers for months. When applied tomilitary operations in Afghanistan, retrograde, which is defined as having abackward motion or direction,