Hydrate

Senior Airman Heather Ignacek, of the 49th Security Forces Squadron, drinks from her canteen during a patrol at the three-day Brave Defender field training exercise April 27 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise is the culmination of Air Force Materiel Command’s six-week security forces deployment training, administered by the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron. GCTS instructors teach 10 training classes a year, which consists of improvised explosive device detection and reaction, operating in an urban environment, mission planning, land navigation, casualty care and more. More than 100 active-duty and National Guard Airmen attended this training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Look out

Airman 1st Class Dwayne Martin, of the 49th Security Forces Squadron, scans his field of fire while on patrol during the three-day Brave Defender field training exercise April 27 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise is the culmination of Air Force Materiel Command’s six-week security forces deployment training, administered by the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron. GCTS instructors teach 10 training classes a year, which consists of improvised explosive device detection and reaction, operating in an urban environment, mission planning, land navigation, casualty care and more. More than 100 active-duty and National Guard Airmen attended this training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Line in sight

Lt. Col. Scott Foley, the 633rd Security Forces Squadron commander, moves through the woods of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in search of a weapons cache during the three-day Brave Defender field training exercise April 27. The exercise is the culmination of Air Force Materiel Command’s six-week security forces deployment training, administered by the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron. GCTS instructors teach 10 training classes a year, which consists of improvised explosive device detection and reaction, operating in an urban environment, mission planning, land navigation, casualty care and more. Foley, the former commander of the 96th Security Forces Squadron was just one of more than 100 active-duty and National Guard Airmen attended this training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Moving the wounded

Senior Airman Travis Turner, of the 49th Security Forces Squadron, is helped back to camp by his squad after he was injured in a simulated attack during a patrol outside the wire at the three-day Brave Defender field training exercise April 27 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise is the culmination of Air Force Materiel Command’s six-week security forces deployment training, administered by the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron. GCTS instructors teach 10 training classes a year, which consists of improvised explosive device detection and reaction, operating in an urban environment, mission planning, land navigation, casualty care and more. More than 100 active-duty and National Guard Airmen attended this training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Above & below

Airman 1st Class Dwayne Martin and another Airman from the 49th Security Forces Squadron, cover high and low as their squad moves across the road during a patrol at the three-day Brave Defender field training exercise April 27 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise is the culmination of Air Force Materiel Command’s six-week security forces deployment training, administered by the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron. GCTS instructors teach 10 training classes a year, which consists of improvised explosive device detection and reaction, operating in an urban environment, mission planning, land navigation, casualty care and more. More than 100 active-duty and National Guard Airmen attended this training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Danger crossing

Staff Sgt. Joshua Sampson, of the 49th Security Forces Squadron, covers his squad as they cross the road during a patrol at the three-day Brave Defender field training exercise April 27 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise is the culmination of Air Force Materiel Command’s six-week security forces deployment training, administered by the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron. GCTS instructors teach 10 training classes a year, which consists of improvised explosive device detection and reaction, operating in an urban environment, mission planning, land navigation, casualty care and more. More than 100 active-duty and National Guard Airmen attended this training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)