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28-646: Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile is an air base of the United States Coast Guard located at Mobile, Alabama , where it shares an airfield with the Mobile Regional Airport . The Alabama Army National Guard 's 1st Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment 's "B" Company is also located at the airfield. The base is also home to the Coast Guard National Strike Force's Gulf Strike Team. It

56-1545: A civil enclave for commercial passenger flights, e.g. Beijing Nanyuan Airport (China), Chandigarh Airport (India), Ibaraki Airport (Japan), Burlington International Airport (USA), Sheikh Ul-Alam International Airport Srinagar (India), Taipei Songshan Airport (Taiwan), Eindhoven airport (The Netherlands). Likewise, the opposite also occurs; large civilian airports may contain a smaller military airbase within their environs, such as Royal Brunei Air Force Base, Rimba (located within Brunei International Airport ). Some airbases have dispersed aircraft parking, revetments , hardened aircraft shelters , or even underground hangars , to protect aircraft from enemy attack. Combat aircraft require secure protected storage of aircraft ordnance and munitions. Other facilities may also include technical buildings for servicing and support of survival equipment (including flying helmets and personal liquid oxygen), flight simulator for synthetic training, servicing facilities for all aircraft systems (airframes, propulsion, avionics, weapons systems) and associated ground support systems (including mechanical transport). All military airbases will have buildings for military administration (station headquarters, squadron briefing and operations), and larger bases will also include medical and dental facilities for military personnel (and sometimes their dependents), along with dining ( mess , informally known as

84-483: A designated ELO. In the foreign service, community liaison officers support employees and family members who are assigned to foreign embassies. In the United States foreign service, they are charged with building community spirit and enhancing morale at post. Currently, CLOs operate at over 200 U.S. missions worldwide, including several unaccompanied posts such as Baghdad, Kabul, and Islamabad. Since one of

112-640: A liaison officer into another organization to provide face-to-face coordination. In the military, liaison officers may coordinate activities to protect units from collateral damage . They also work to achieve mutual understanding or unity of effort among disparate groups. For incidence or disaster management, liaison officers serve as the primary contact for agencies responding to the situation. Many countries that are regularly visited by mountaineering expeditions from overseas, whose team members intend to climb at high altitudes, require that each expedition has an officially designated Liaison officer. The role of

140-634: A nation can move about at will", which allows greater flexibility in diplomacy as well as military affairs. Aircraft carriers may also used in disaster relief . Liaison Officer A liaison officer is a person who liaises between two or more organizations to communicate and coordinate their activities on a matter of mutual concern. Generally, liaison officers are used for achieving the best utilization of resources, or employment of services of one organization by another. Liaison officers often provide technical or subject matter expertise of their parent organization. Usually, an organization embeds or attaches

168-667: Is a multi-mission unit, for the Coast Guard's aviation and capabilities development center. Training is conducted to qualify pilots in the MH-60 Jayhawk , MH-65 Dolphin , and HC-144 Ocean Sentry . All pilots initially train at ATC, and will return once a year for a one-week proficiency course in their assigned airframes. Officer cadets from the United States Coast Guard Academy who are pursuing aviation careers also train at ATC. Serving within

196-465: Is an airfield that is used for the purpose of dispersing air units in the event of conflict, so to minimise the vulnerability of aircraft and its supporting units whilst on the ground. Dispersal airbases are not necessarily ordinarily operational in peace time, and may only be activated when needed. Airfields used as dispersal bases can either be auxiliary military airfields, civilian airports, or highway strips . Examples of uses of dispersal bases are

224-475: Is hard to understand how CLO Coordinators can effectively liaise with the local community to provide 'programming, information, resources, and referrals' about off-post activities and on-the-economy services when they are not required to be fluent in the local language." Others disagree. For example, George Wilcox counters, "In the 1990s my wife served twice as CLO, once in Central Asia, where she didn't speak

252-622: Is part of the USCG's Deployable Specialized Forces (formerly known as the Deployable Operations Group). The Gulf Strike team can deploy anywhere across the globe, but their primary area of responsibility includes the Coast Guard's 7th District (except Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands), the southern portion of the 8th District, parts of the 5th District, Central and South America, and

280-485: The Czech Republic . In the case of Finnish road airbases, the space needed for landing aircraft is reduced by means of an arrestor wire , similar to that used on some aircraft carriers ( Finnish Air Force uses F/A-18s , which were originally designed to land on aircraft carriers). An aircraft carrier is a type of naval ship which serves as a seaborne airbase, the development of which has greatly enhanced

308-590: The Swedish Bas 60 and Bas 90 systems, the British V-Bomber dispersal bases , and NATO's Dispersed Operating Bases in France . Road airbases are highways constructed to double as auxiliary airbases in the event of war. Countries known to utilise this strategy are India , Sweden , Finland , Germany (formerly), Singapore , Switzerland , South Korea , Turkey , Poland , Pakistan , and

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336-757: The T-44C Pegasus. Once all training is complete, the candidates earn their wings as Coast Guard aviators and will report to their unit. All MH-65 , MH-60 , and HC-144 training is conducted at ATC Mobile, as well as flight simulator training for the HC-27. However, those assigned to serve on the HC-130 Hercules will report to the Lockheed Martin Hercules Training Center followed by Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City for training. The Gulf Strike Team, one of

364-733: The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps . Introductory and pre-flight training is taught at Pensacola Naval Air Station, followed by primary training at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Florida. The training is done in the T-6 Texan II . Aviators assigned to serve on rotary wing aircraft will stay at Whiting Field for advanced rotary wing training on the TH-57 Sea Ranger, while those assigned to serve on fixed wing aircraft will go to Corpus Christi Naval Air Station in Texas to train on

392-687: The Vietnam War and as a result, the amount of adequate space the Coast Guard needed for training became very limited. The Coast Guard formally commissioned the Aviation Training Center in 1966 on the 232-acre site located at the north end of Mobile Regional Airport (known as Bates Field or Mobile Municipal Airport at that time) that was left vacant when the 908th Tactical Airlift Group of the U.S. Air Force Reserve relocated to Brookley Air Force Base due to budget constraints. Normally, it takes about two full years to complete all

420-483: The 'cook house'), accommodation (single living accommodation for junior ranks , Sergeants' and Officers' Mess for senior non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers), recreational facilities (club house for socialising), shopping facilities ( NAAFI shops, base exchange, commissary), and sports facilities (gymnasium, swimming pool, sports pitches). An airbase may be defended by anti-aircraft weapons and force protection troops. A dispersal (or dispersed) airbase

448-525: The 3 strike teams that make up the USCG's National Strike Force, is also located at the Aviation Training Center. This specially trained unit was created in 1973 as a result of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, and is tasked with responding to natural and man-made pollution and hazard incidents such as oil discharge, hazardous materials released, weapons of mass destruction, and vessel salvage operations. The NSF

476-539: The Air Force transferred control of Hunter Air Force Base to the Army (thus becoming the present-day Hunter Army Airfield ) and the Army began to conduct helicopter training to supplement the training that was being conducted at Fort Rucker , as well as airborne assault training with units at nearby Fort Stewart ; the Army's training began to increase dramatically in preparation for deployment to Southeast Asia related to

504-668: The Caribbean. The GST also covers the Environmental Protection Agency ’s 4th & 6th Districts. Some of the more high-profile missions the GST has been involved in include responses to Hurricane Katrina , Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Ivan ; search and recovery efforts in the wake of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ; the 2010 Haiti earthquake ; the 2011 Mississippi River floods ; and

532-559: The Coast Guard's Force Readiness Command's Training Division (FC-T), the center is responsible for certifying all Coast Guard pilots are using their equipment and tactics to meet all mission requirements. The operations department, flies the HC-144B Ocean Sentry, which is a segment within the ATC command that conducts search and rescue, homeland security, and environmental protection missions. The operations department operates under

560-634: The ELO involves assisting the expedition, by managing interactions between the expedition members and the local populace and ensuring that porters, sirdars and other local people working for the expedition do their jobs effectively. In some areas the ELO's role would also involve monitoring the expedition from a security point of view. Because of the 'security' role it was normal that ELOs were military officers although in later years civilian ELOs have been appointed by some nations and some countries now designate 'open areas' in which foreign expeditions can operate without

588-570: The capabilities of modern air forces and naval aviation . In many countries, they are now a key part of the military, allowing for their military aircraft to be staged much nearer the area of conflict. Aircraft carriers were vital to the United States during World War II , Korea and the Vietnam War , and to the United Kingdom in the 1982 Falklands War . They retain modern roles as well as "several acres of sovereign territory

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616-451: The club. The SLO builds relations with the club management and the fans through two-way communication, informing supporters about decisions made by the club and informing the club about the fan's point of view. The SLO also works with security and police as well as the SLOs of other clubs to ensure that relevant knowledge is spread to all organisations participating in matches and other events of

644-671: The explosion and resulting oil spill that occurred with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. Air base An airbase typically has some facilities similar to a civilian airport ; for example, air traffic control and firefighting . Some military aerodromes have passenger facilities; for example, RAF Brize Norton in England has a terminal used by passengers for the Royal Air Force 's passenger transport flights. A number of military airbases may also have

672-460: The language and once in Brazil, where she did. She did an excellent job in both places, mostly because of her empathy for family members and her proactive involvement in helping them to adjust successfully to life in the two countries." A supporter liaison officer is a person within an association football club (or another sports club) functioning as a bridge between the club itself and supporters of

700-599: The primary tasks of a liaison officer is often to coordinate activities between two or more organizations, people in these positions typically need to possess strong language and communication skills. This presents a challenge in the case of CLOs, who are posted to missions in their capacity as a spouse. Many have therefore not received the necessary training in order to be proficient in the local language prior to being posted overseas. According to some commentators, this makes it difficult for many CLOs to be effective at their jobs. In his words, Eddie Walsh argues, "Unfortunately, it

728-733: The requirements to become a USCG aviator. For a Coast Guardsman to be considered for a position, they must first be commissioned , either through Coast Guard Officer Candidate School , the United States Coast Guard Academy , or a college ROTC program. If the applicant is accepted, they are assigned to Pensacola Naval Air Station , Florida, where the Coast Guard Aviation Liaison Officer coordinates their training. This includes academics, physical fitness, medical exams and physicals, and housing. Coast Guard aviation candidates follow an almost identical training pipeline as their United States Naval Aviator brethren from

756-633: The tactical control of the Eighth Coast Guard District and has an area of responsibility that extends from the Louisiana / Texas border to the eastern edge of the Florida panhandle . In the 1960s, Coast Guard leaders recognized the need for their own "stand alone" aviation training base. Fixed-wing aviation training was conducted at Coast Guard Air Station Biloxi, Mississippi, which was garrisoned at Keesler Air Force Base at

784-562: The time, using the HU-16 for flight training. The Coast Guard was forced to look at another location after military leaders had thoughts on drastically reducing, or eliminating, the flight activities at Keesler. Meanwhile, Coast Guard Air Station Savannah , Georgia, garrisoned at Hunter Air Force Base, was conducting its rotary-wing training with the HH-52 . The Coast Guard looked at expanding its training facilities, but this begin to change when

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