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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Total Force Leaders attend a briefing during Phoenix Rally at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 20, 2023. Spring Phoenix Rally brought together more than 250 Total Force Mobility Air Force leaders and spouses to ensure the Mobility Air Force is ready to deliver Rapid Global Mobility across the Joint Force. (Courtesy Photo)Total Force leaders attend a briefing during Phoenix Rally at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 20, 2023. The event brought together more than 250 Total Force Mobility Air Force leaders and spouses to ensure the MAF is ready to deliver rapid global mobility across the joint force. (Courtesy photo)
                
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Total Force MAF leaders execute rehearsal of concept for Mobility Guardian ‘23Published April 25, 2023
                    
                    By Lindsey Wilkinson
                    
                    
                    Air Mobility Command Public Affairs
            **MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) --****Air Mobility Command** hosted Air Force Vice Chief of Staff **Gen. David Allvin** and senior leaders from seven major commands at Phoenix Warfighter, **MacDill Air Force Base**, April 21. Total Force wing commanders, strategists and planners from across the Mobility Air Forces presented their planned scheme of maneuver for Mobility Guardian ’23, scheduled to execute in the Indo-Pacific theater this summer.From right to left, Gen. Bryan Fenton, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, Gen. David Allvin, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. James Slife, deputy chief of staff for operations, Headquarters United States Air Force, Command Sgt. Maj. Shane Shorter, senior enlisted leader of U.S. Special Operations Command, join for a group photo during Phoenix Rally at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 20, 2023. Spring Phoenix Rally brought together more than 250 Total Force Mobility Air Force leaders and spouses to ensure the Mobility Air Force is ready to deliver Rapid Global Mobility across the Joint Force. (Courtesy Photo)Command Sgt. Maj. Shane Shorter, U.S. Special Operations Command senior enlisted leader, Lt. Gen. James Slife, Headquarters Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations, Gen. David Allvin, Air Force vice chief of staff, Gen. Mike Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander and Gen. Bryan Fenton, USSOCOM commander, join for a group photo during Phoenix Rally at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 20, 2023. The event brought together more than 250 Total Force Mobility Air Force leaders and spouses to ensure the MAF is ready to deliver rapid global mobility across the joint force. (Courtesy Photo)
            
            
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“We must get this right. Everyone’s success depends on us,” said AMC commander **Gen. Mike Minihan**. “This is a [wing] commander-centric discussion; they’re the ones tasked to win.”
Wing commanders from across the total force then presented their plans and preparation activities during the rehearsal of concept. For close to a year, MAF leadership at all echelons reviewed their tactics, techniques and procedures through an outside-the-box approach and an increased tolerance for risk in order to **accelerate change to win**.
Max-generation exercises, endurance missions, experimentation, **Ready Airman Training** programs, integration, interoperability, Warrior Heart culture and partnering with industry are just some of the things that are key to putting the MAF into its three-point stance.
“From where we were a year ago is beyond A+, but we’re not done,” Minihan said. “We need to continue to press with urgency and action. Aggressively seek situational awareness, aggressively seek integration and aggressively seek mission.”
Mobility Guardian ‘23, AMC’s premiere bi-annual mobility exercise, is fully integrated into a variety of exercises in the***U.S. Indo-Pacific Command***’’s theater, supporting eight joint exercises and building interoperability with seven nations.
The largest iteration in history, it’ll include 67 mobility aircraft and 3,000 Airmen. The MAF will be tested in every mission set–airlift, aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation, global air mobility support and command and control.
It is clear to me that the leadership is engaged and the Airmen are ready to execute, Allvin said. “This will take Ph.d-level leadership to really test ourselves.”
The best thing that will come out of this is the lessons learned, he continued.
“We must maintain custody of our readiness and get better every day,” Minihan added. “We will add depth, increase integration and continue to tackle the hard problems.”
Earlier in the week, AMC hosted its Spring Phoenix Rally. This year’s iteration focused on **Warrior Heart**, enabling Airmen to strengthen their minds, bodies and crafts in order to fortify the will to win.FS 



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