Prime Ribs

(Readiness In Base Service)

Patch!

The patch is 3 inches in diameter.

Prime RIBS (Readiness In Base Services) teams of Air Force personnel were trained and equipped to respond worldwide and provide food service, billeting, laundry and mortuary services during contingencies, times of war, natural disasters and major accidents.

In 1978 Maj. Gen. Robert C. Thompson, Director of Engineering and Services, proposed the creation of services contingency teams which would be responsible for feeding, housing and clothing deployed Air Force personnel. During peacetime, services personnel were located on Air Force installations and provided food service and billeting (housing) to Air Force people; however, when needed, the Prime RIBS teams could respond within hours and deploy anywhere around the world. Prime RIBS teams were created to provide the flexibility necessary to support troops in the field. Teams could be matched to form a total base services organization to augment existing organizations or perform specific tasks.

Food service must be provided during all contingencies lasting more than a few hours. Thus Prime RIBS personnel prepared food and provided lodging for the troops during a contingency. During deployments they assisted in erecting and tearing down billeting shelters, assigned billeting and located personnel. They also operated field laundries and provided mortuary services. This latter mission required that Prime RIBS teams include members who were trained in the identification and preparation of remains, temporary interment, and grave registration.

Since 1978, Prime RIBS teams have responded to a number of contingency situations. In 1980 they assisted in feeding and housing Cuban refugees at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

(RE: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1389)

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