Firefighting Training CUTLINES

Romanian firefighters from the Mihail Kogalniceanu (MK) International Airport in Romania on October 20^th receive instruction from Juergen Schwab, 39 (far left), a firefighting training officer from the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) in Ansbach, Germany. "This training we provide helps improve the Romanian firefighters' skills and in turn helps ensure the required support is available to the JTF-East personnel on location," said Sigurd Mack, of IMCOM Europe Headquarters who oversees the firefighting training program. The MK Airport fire station personnel provide the required emergency fire support for U.S. Army Europe Joint Task Forces-East combined military operations held here.

Romanian firefighters from the Mihail Kogalniceanu (MK) International Airport in Romania pose on October 20^th with firefighting trainers from the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) in Ansbach, Germany at the MK Airfield after a hands-on training session given by the IMCOM instructors. "This training is an important part of my future and it is always good to learn from mistakes in a training environment," said Ion Olteanu, 38, a shift commander for the Mihail Kogalniceanu International Airport firefighting force. The main training objective the firefighters focused on throughout the five-day course was teamwork; they learned how to work together to effectively attack a fire.