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Capt. Marcus Truman, 22nd Training Squadron combat rescue officer, climbs a rope ladder during a training demonstration for the SV80B course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Jan. 25, 2013. SV80B is one of several courses provided at the survival, evasion, resistance and escape school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Janelle Patiño)
A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter hovers in preparation to demonstrate hoisting procedures to SV80B students at the survival, evasion, resistance and escape school at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Jan. 25, 2013. The SV80B course prepares students for possible in-flight emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Janelle Patiño)
A survival school student is hoisted into a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during a training exercise at the survival, evasion, resistance and escape school at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Jan. 25, 2013. The school provides courses to prepare students on how to successfully parachute, land, survive and get recovered using the devices that the instructors taught them to use. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Janelle Patiño)
An SV80B student is lifted by a forest-penetrator hoist during a training exercise at the survival, evasion, resistance and escape school at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Jan. 25, 2013. The SV80B course gives students an opportunity to experience firsthand how to safely be hoisted into a helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Janelle Patiño)
An SV80B student exits a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during a training exercise at the survival, evasion, resistance and escape school at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Jan. 25, 2013. The SV80B course provides emergency and recovery training in the event of an isolating incident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Janelle Patiño)
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Poe, a flight engineer with the 36th Rescue Flight, lowers a forest-penetrating device during a training exercise at the survival, evasion, resistance and escape school at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Jan. 25, 2013. Nicholas has been with the rescue flight for two years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Janelle Patiño)