Gearing up

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Richey, a 23rd Aerospace Medical Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, has his chemical gear checked before entering a contaminated building during a training exercise at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Sept. 14, 2011. The scenario for the training exercise was anthrax being found in a mail room. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green)

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Masked help

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Amanda Johnson, 23rd a Aerospace Medical Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, helps an Airmen adjusts his gas mask while preparing for a training exercise at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Sept. 14, 2011. Airmen in hazardous chemical environments are required to wear a protective suit, nitrile gloves and rubber boots to prevent contamination to any of the hazardous chemicals in the environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green)

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Mail room emergency

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 23rd Aerospace Medical Squadron bioenvironmental engineering flight search a mail room for contaminated material during a training exercise at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Sept. 14, 2011. The Airmen were tasked to locate the hazardous material, test it at the field site and send the contaminants to the base lab. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green)

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Suspicious package

Envelopes, magazines and a white powdery substance are found in a mail room during a training exercise for the 23rd Aerospace Medical Squadron bioenvironmental engineering flight at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Sept. 14, 2011. The flight was tasked to locate the material, decipher what type of contaminate it was and send to the base lab for further inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green)

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HazMatID

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 23rd Aerospace Medical Squadron bioenvironmental engineering flight use a hazardous material identification machine (HazMatID) to test a white powdery substance found in a mail room during a training exercise at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Sept. 14, 2011. The HazMatID is a fully portable instrument for on-site chemical analysis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green)

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Q-tip test

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ryan Garrison, 23rd Medical Group clinical imaging diagnostic flight chief, uses a Q-tip swab to test a white powdery substance found in a mail room during a training exercise at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Sept. 14, 2011. Garrison’s job is to run preliminary test on the substance to locate possible contaminants within the substance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green)

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Running test

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ryan Garrison, 23rd Medical Group clinical imaging diagnostic flight chief, runs test on a white powdery substance found in a mail room during a training exercise at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Sept. 14, 2011. After using a checklist to run test on the substance Garrison will run it through a joint biological agent identification and diagnostic system (JBAIDS) to get a preliminary reading of the substance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green)

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Bio to the rescue

Published Sept. 15, 2011

Gearing up

Masked help

Mail room emergency

Suspicious package

HazMatID

Q-tip test

Running test