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Show Hilltop! Operation Bright Star 75th Expeditionary Support Squadron built Cairo West of pace intense. We jumped in there Ike we always do. It didn't matter to me, or anyone else, who was from what base, or who builddid w hat job. I knew we were all here doing one thing ing the tents and building a base." Mills wasn't the only service member who found it difficult to tell whose primary job was what Tetreault, who'd been helping build tent city since the beginning, found it hard to distinguish personnel himself, as everyone's specialties and differences melted together making one group. "We all had different backgrounds," said Tetreault "A lot of folks didn't know each other, but when push came to shove, there was no separating into cliques, you couldn't distinguish who was ESS or ECES, who arrived together and who just met some guard, "We had 53 people here from different bases some active duty," he said. The conglomeration gelled together and made an outstanding team. You couldn't have asked for a better team, even if they were Unlike other deployments, airmen deployed here from the start had the unique opportunity to build their ideal working conditions. "When you u sually get tasked for a deployment or TD Y, the operations and facilities are already up, and established," said Kell. "Everything here is bare. It gives us all the chance to take it where we want it to go." Now that programs, facilities and operations are up and running, the big focus will soon turn to tearing down. The 75th ESS airmen are looking toward slowly deconstructing the home they have built. "It's kind of an uneasy feeling in a way," said Mills. "We hear a lot of people from different squadrons hyping up that they built their tents and this establishment, but all I can remember are ESS and ECES people out here. We had a huge hand in building this place. But now of course as we wind down Bright Star we have to bring it down. We won't leave until everything's down, packed up, loaded up and we leave this place as we found it completely bare." By the end of the month, the fitness center and tactical field exchange will be inoperable. Following closely behind will be the post office, laundry facility and lastly, the dining facility. extraorThis has been a dinary operation," said Tetreault. These guys really have something to be proud of." Martin is assigned to the Ogden ALC Public Affairs Office. by Senior Airman Russ Martin 75m AEG Publ-- c Affairs diiionary Sujjjjort Squadron played a major role now sustaining Qui WVb. Tin 'dli KSS, toni)ris'd of both the I Vrsonncl Sup.iort ofCon-ti- n i Vam and Siriics airmen supxrting Bright ncy Star 01(L'. broke the "fluff job" skrcotyjus that linger above their heads with the resKdis' and sense of urgency performed with Thr 7'ih Kxjx m ating and in tasks suit their way. Most assets numbers of Qui Web us' off duty, whether it be bedding, the fitin-s- center, the lodging facility or just grabbing a bite to eat at the '1 Dining Facility, are run by the 75th ESS. But before they could maintain them, they had to build them. On Aug. 31. more than 53 75th ESS airmen from 18 different bases and the civil engineering advanced team arrived in country and looked out across the vast amount of sand and stone they now call home. After the 75th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron finished prepping the land to build Cairo West for airmen to reside in during Bright Star, the 75th ESS, partnering with the 75th CES, stood up 24 residential tents. In the next two days, the Dining Facility was realized and put id the two squadrons into acti i. By the end of the week, stood up more than 80 tents in all, including the lodging and personnel office, fitness center, tactical field exchange and morale tent. The big goal for us initially was to get the (dining facility) up and running," said Staff Sgt. Jeremy Kell, 75th ESS. "Operational wise, (Air Force instructions) say you can go 10 days on MKEs, but the sooner we get hot food going, the sooner we build our people's morale." For a veteran Services troop like Senior Master Sgt. Peter Tetreault, 9th Aerospace Expeditionary Task Force Services superintendent and acting first sergeant, the effectiveness and cohesion of the two squadrons was unprecedented. "ESS was busting their chops as it was, and a hot meal wasn't planned for the next few days," said Tetreault. "But after the (Sept. terrorist attacks), hot coffee was ready that night and hot breakfast was served in the morning. They stepped up and kicked it into high gear." Unlike many career fields, Services airmen have the opportunity to attend a combat training class to prepare for such condi- s 9-- 1 hand-in-h- 9-- 1 1 1 hand-picked- '';' Photo by Senior Airman Christy Sczepanckl Master Sgt. Douglas Mills, 75th Expeditionary Support Squadron, lays down the floor matting in a newly constructed tent at Cairo West AB, Egypt. tions as the first airmen arriving at Qui Web experienced. One better, they get to do so with the folks they will deploy with, civil engineering personnel. "Even at our Services Combat Training School it's Services and CE combined," said Kell. "We do everything together. We do everything (CE) does within our own fields. We all build tents and know what goes where. A lot of other career fields don't get exposed to that." The training not only allowed for a great deal of synergy while building tents, but made a common bond among those preparing Cairo West for service members supporting Bright Star-01-. 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