 The New Jersey Air National Guard conducted its first Agile Combat Employment Exercise between Key West Florida and Muniz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, from January 18th to the 24th. ACE is a proactive and reactive operational scheme of maneuver executed within threat timelines to increase survivability while generating combat power throughout the integrated deterrence continuum. The exercise included training on KC-135 hot refueling, which is ground refueling the tanker while an engine is still running. This allows the KC-135 to speedily return to the skies, ready to offload fuel to its next receiver. ACE consists of five core elements, posture, command and control, movement and maneuver, protection and sustainment. The Air Force plans to train multi-capable airmen, who are skilled outside their specialty and can assist in ACE combat operations. Reporting from Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, I'm Senior Airman Maria Rella.