Photo: Bill Burket


Joint exercises popular among all responders The fact that the Hampton Roads


symposium celebrated its 22nd con- secutive year in 2013 is testimony to its popularity, but it is not alone. Cold Lake, Alberta, hosts Maple


Flag, which is the Royal Canadian Air Force’s annual multinational air-com-


bat exercise designed to provide coalition forces with an opportunity to learn how to work together and share best practices. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting


(ARFF) specialists of Marine Wing Support Squadron 471 out of Min- neapolis jointed Canadian Forces during a training exercise at Exer-


cise Maple Flag 46. Maple Flag is a month-long event which took place from May 27 through June 21. Lance Cpl. Tiffany Edwards, U.S.


Marine Corps Forces Reserve re- ported on July 2, “Between fighting simulated aircraft and structure fires with the Canadian firefighters, the Marines were also on stand-by in


Lance Cpls Aaron Greenlee, Cameron Gasaway and Ross Merritt await commands during an aircraft fire training simulation during multinational exercise Maple Flag 46 held at Cold Lake, Alberta.


Photo: U.S. Marine Corps by Lance Cpl. Tiffany Edwards 26


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