 Moody exercises a foregone concepts at Mosaic Tiger 24-1 Moody Air Force Base-entered exercise Mosaic Tiger 24-1 from November 13-17, 2023. The exercise takes place across various locations including Moody AFB, Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range, Georgia, McDill AFB, Florida, and Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida. The exercise aims to test the continued concept of command and control, and the 23rd wings ability to generate air power in less than ideal conditions as an expeditionary air base. The week-long exercise, similar to previous iterations, provides an opportunity to test many capabilities to include that of multi-capable airmen. Agile combat employment, base defense, overcoming degraded communications and executing contingency location operations. While the exercise tests multiple concepts, Mosaic Tiger 24-1 places distinction on mission command and its core fundamentals, centralized command, distributed control and centralized execution. As we execute this exercise, we want to build confidence in accepting increased levels of risk and the distribution of control and execution of missions," explained Lt. Colonel Matthew Shelley, 23rd Wing Chief of A Staff. By entrusting our intelligence, communications and operations communities. The goal is to successfully use command and control in austere and dispersed locations while combating degraded communications. All while trusting our airmen in various positions and locations to make command and execution decisions at lower, appropriate levels. Although Mosaic Tiger is a wing-level exercise, the 23rd Wing aims to continue directly validating ACC's power projection through contested environments by way of decentralized command. Mosaic Tiger remains as significant to air combat command as it has for past iterations. The use of decentralized command for this exercise speaks directly to the idea that in certain environments, the risk of an action can be a bigger risk than action at lower levels," said Colonel Paul Sheets, 23rd Wing Commander. This exercise continues to test the exact concepts needed to win the next war. With the 23rd Wing having embraced the lead wing concept for a few years now, the Flying Tigers are no strangers to the importance of MCA and the concepts needed for the success of future crisis or conflict. Moody has been practicing MCA concepts for a little while now, Sheets said. This iteration of Mosaic Tiger gives us the opportunity to further refine those crucial skills and, really, focus on the fundamentals of what it means to be a multi-capable airman at every level. Whether they're here at the main operating base, supporting rotational operations at a forward operating site, or part of a multidisciplinary team, at a contingency location, every airman plays a part in winning the fight of tomorrow. Mosaic Tiger 24-1 will also serve as an opportunity for observation and evaluation for air combat command. Giving the 23rd Wing a chance to demonstrate firsthand how the wing is leading the way, while striving still to become as efficient as possible in air force generation deployment model concepts. This wing has done great work since 2021, and I hope to continue to validate our capabilities as a future expeditionary air base. That's confident and qualified in all aspects of a foregun, Sheets said. I want every flying Tiger to feel entrusted and empowered to make the calls needed. I want the wing as a whole to be assured in our readiness and commitment to answer the call at a moment's notice.