Mobile Kitchen Keeps Utah Airmen Training Longer in the Field Published April 14, 2026 By Airman Jacob Treanor 151st Wing CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah - Airmen assigned to the 151st Force Support Squadron Sustainment Services Flight mobilized their field kitchen for the 151st Security Forces Squadron during their two-week annual training for 2026. This mobile kitchen is modernized and properly equipped to provide hot and fresh meals at a moment’s notice, reducing the usage of pre-packaged rations such as MRE’s, and saving a minimum of 20 training hours for this exercise. “This is a much better setup just to be able to really focus on the training,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Foote, commander, 151st Security Forces Squadron. “We are able to stay out in the field and save money because we are utilizing the service’s field kitchen; this has given us a huge increase in deployed type training.” U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Julius Ehiede, fitness noncommissioned officer in charge, 151st FSS Sustainment Services Flight, led the operation of the mobile kitchen and helped feed the guardsmen during their annual training. He said that this exercise has been an excellent test to see the capabilities of the mobile kitchen, including equipment set-up and preparing food in a realistic field environment. “We have been preparing three meals a day and feeding about 40-45 airmen out of this kitchen,” said Ehiede. “I think this is a really big innovation for us to work more efficient and provide the support that is required for the base, the team, and the units.” U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Ingledew, unit training manager, 151st SFS, organized this year’s annual training and built scenarios that have been based off of real-life events in theater. This training was meant to build off of the experiences of older guardsmen and develop the younger airmen to have the skills necessary to overcome modern threats. This year’s annual security forces training included various procedures including room clearing, and weapon handling in a simulated deployed environment over the course of two weeks. By providing hot meals in the field, Eheide and his team were responsible for increasing the morale among the security forces airmen, and are ready to further test the kitchen in future exercises. “This specific annual training has been awesome in showing our capabilities in working with our SFS and FSS individuals,” said Ingledew. “Warfare is ever evolving, the more realistic we make it, the better the expectations are, and it just shows that we are available and ready to deploy wherever we need to go, either a garrison or a field environment.” With this new innovation for the 151st Wing’s training capabilities, the Utah Air National Guard continues to maintain its vision to lead in competence, capability and culture.