Col. Warren Hurst, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group and the Joint Task Force-Port Opening unit at Eagle Flag, meets March 28, 2012, with an actor playing Col. Nadir Kamal Mustafa, commander of the notional Akrab Air Base in the fictional country of Nessor. The Kentucky group and the U.S. Army's 690th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., joined forces during the exercise, which is being held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., through March 30.