Frontiercade; Civil engineers set up wingman event with sense of urgency

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  • By Airman 1st Class Daryl Knee
  • 90th Missile Wing Public Affairs
FE WARREN AFB, Wyo. --  The 90th Civil Engineer Squadron usually plans and coordinates the setup of the annual wingman and family day, Frontiercade. 

The process may take between three to five days. 

For this year's event, however, the readiness flight of the 90th CES delayed until the day before to begin preparation. 

"We made a scenario," said Staff Sgt. Benjamin Barrett, 90th CES. "The things we do to make Frontiercade happen -- tent set up, electricity, fences -- all are done in a deployed environment. Why not combine the two ideas to satisfy our job and training requirements at the same time." 

From the different civil engineer flights at Warren, Sergeant Barrett said, there are many people deployed. As such, certain shops and offices are slightly undermanned. 

It is difficult for those shops and offices to keep all their personnel current for the required training, the sergeant said. 

To help keep personnel current on training, the 90th CES conducts a prime base engineer emergency force exercise. 

For Frontiercade, the prime base engineer emergency force exercise incorporated the different aspects of the civil engineer squadron, he said. 

"I couldn't tell you off the top of my head how many people we have deployed from here," Sergeant Barrett said. "But, it's a lot. We train like this so those people can do their jobs overseas and then come back to us."