Lt. Col. Rick Shelton (second from left) gets to know local leaders over tea while visiting the fictional town of Sabor, Nessor, during a U.S. Transportation Command verification exercise held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 27, 2012. Shelton, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Global Mobility Readiness Squadron, is playing the role of operations officer for Joint Task Force-Port Opening, a unit charged with establishing an aerial port at the simulated Akrab International Airport within 24 hours of landing. Shelton is joined by Army Maj. Keith Pruett (far left), commander of the U.S. Army's 690th Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va. The RPOE is responsible for transferring incoming air cargo to trucks for simulated forward movement over land. Also pictured (left to right) are the notional Col. Nadir Kamal Mustafa, a commander in the Royal Nessorian Air Force, and Wasim Naguib, the fictional mayor of Sabor.