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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 10 - - August22,1980 - v - . ti, HV i :;r-":r- . v:, SiJ ftfcij Force Photo) man-mad- wildlife. The guzzlers were designed primarily to water antelope and chukar partridge. They are gathering places for wildlife and could become wildlife sanctuaries where1 surplus game can be transported to other Utah areas from the Utah Test and Training Range ' , . guzzler sites. Can leave wifhin 28 hours The CE unit here has the capability of deploying 147 military personnel or four .Prime BEEF teams within 28 hours and are looking to the future of increasing this capability to seven teams or 308 personnel. Training NCO TSgt. Samuel Mills said each team' member is required to have his bags packed and ready to deploy at all times and have an A and B bag. One bag is for cold climates and the other for hot climates. on-the-j- 'V- umifl Prime BEEF team is the "guzzler" project. e Guzzlers are watering devices that store moisture and meter it out to , ' . . - Deploy db!''cdmb.afl 28-ho- ur v fe&IU mzX . -- f f t - ' i Ijt ; 1 ! S." 11,1111 ' i '.' SW.-- Stta IH i. sanitation procedures, small arms training security training and chemical warfare training. Sergeant Mills said, "Through a timed evaluation of runway repair and laying matting, we must be able to repair a bombed runway and have it operational within four hours." Prime BEEF teams are grouped into Contingency Force (CF) teams. A CF-- 1 team consists of heavy equipment operators who do road work or digging. The CF-- 2 team or the horizontal team builds buildings and consists of electricians, plumbers and carpenters. The CF-- 3 team is the administrative team and handles the paperwork for each project. Captain Jorgensen said during the second team will week of September, the base CF-1A ' mm do irmyidb ... placing Photo) 1 mmmmuA Members of the 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron (Prime BEEF) Install panels onto wooden forms during the construction of the "guzzler" project. Guzzlers are watering devices that store moisture and meter It out to wildlife on the Utah Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force Photo) man-mad- e steel matting which Is used as a patch on bombng. r'"" 1 4. m jLimiiL 'i k& ' ! nW, -- . , the facility was part of training exercises used to keep the deployable combat support unit up to speed on their building capacity. (U.S. Air Force Photo) The teams are trained in expedient methods of job duties, rapid runway repair, bomb damage repair, field facilities setup, Prime BEEF team practice ' . 1f.ir.sii'inis-;c6.inis1fQiini'l- Members of the base I J rSjr&OKvs - be deploying to Eglin AFB, Fla. for training and evaluation on rapid runway repair, leadership ability, job assignment and security. He said rapid runway repair training consists of placing steel matting which is used as a patch on an airfield damaged by . bombing. CMSgt. Keith Barkema, Prime BEEF said the teams are also trained in hostile environment situations because while performing tasks such as repair to runways, repair of buildings damaged by bombs or buildup of facilities, the teams also have a and security. requirement for In order to do this, the teams are trained in personal defensive tactics, the chief said. All in all, the Prime BEEF teams are a group of well qualified individuals ready to deploy at all times and accomplish their role as a deployable combat support unit. NCO, self-protecti- ' '' ' .kSJff it ;4- V ;f ;,jf - Hillhaus, a government recreational facility at Snow Basin, recently took on a new look after members of the base Prime BEEF unit attacked It. The new addition to ..'. The Base Emergency Engineering Force (Prime BEEF) teams of the 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron are preparing to undergo a team evaluation to test the status of staffing, training, equipment and the team ' deployment and employment capabilities. Prime BEEF teams must be capable of notice to worldwide deploying on a locations and must be prepared to enter a hostile environment in any theater to perform their duties. To ensure the ability of these CE units to perform their duties, the teams are constantly put through training exercises. "In addition to the classroom .and cookbook projects," training,' we do actual said Capt. Jeffrey M. Jorgensen, Prime BEEF officer. The captain said one such project just completed was the building of an addition to Hillhaus, a government recreational facility at Snow Basin. Another such project just completed by the . ilfij BEEF members level the cement forms for the new addition of Hillhaus. The project was used as a portion of the training for the combat support unit. (U.5. Air Prime - fe'VI 'i' '- S Jr7 (U.S. Ar Force '' ' 1 ' |