Staff Sgt. Anthony Caskey, 66th Security Forces Squadron, and his Military Working Dog partner, Mix, respond to a “threat” at Hanscom March 13 during the Base Readiness Exercise. K-9 units are regularly used as a crime deterrent. (US Air Force Photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

Airman 1st Class Hector Girola, 66 SFS patrolman, answers questions posed by Exercise Evaluation Team member Tech. Sgt. Wayne Griggs about the fully automatic M-249 rifle during the Hanscom March Base Readiness Exercise. (US Air Force Photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

Hanscom personnel prepare to depart for their “deployed location” during the March Base Readiness Inspection. (US Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Clinton Atkins)

Senior Airman Keenan Gunter, 66th Comptroller Squadron, performs a function check on his M-16A2 rifle at a “deployed” location March 14 during the Hanscom Base Readiness Inspection. (US Air Force Photo by 1st Lt Lisa Spilinek)