by Kelly Twedell
Last week at Fort Bragg, the 2013 Joint Operational Access Exercise took place and integrated the airmen from Pope Air Field and Fort Bragg soldiers each performing their jobs.
The JOAX is a seven-day integrated effort between the 82nd Airborne Division and its Air Force partners. JOAX synchronizes the planning and execution of large-scale forcible entry into a hostile area, securing sufficient freedom of movement while facing anti-access and area-denial capabilities of our enemy.
This unified training brings together two infantry brigade combat teams, six Air Force air wings, support elements from fires and aviation brigades and other enablers along with the division headquarters in order to prove the force multiplying value of joint operations.
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