Parachute water survival moves to Fairchild Published Aug. 17, 2015 By Tech. Sgt. Joshua Strang Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- The 336th Training Group, 66th Training Squadron, Detachment 2, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, relocated to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington.Detachment 2 was responsible for conducting the three-day Parachute Water Survival Course that provides training to aircrew members who fly in aircraft with parachute egress capability and teaches crews disentanglement, drop and drag, and descent into water procedures.In the current flying training pipeline, personnel attend Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training at Fairchild AFB. In the past, individuals would go temporary duty to NAS Pensacola for water survival training.Lt. Col. Clint Rea, 66th Training Squadron commander, said the 66th Training Squadron consolidated the course with the existing non-ejection water survival course currently taught at Fairchild."Foundational water survival training is a core function of the 66th Training Squadron and a key part of our heritage," said Rea. "Having this course at Fairchild will ensure this legacy of excellence continues with robust training, readiness, and combat capability not only for the Air Force, but Combatant Commanders as well."The move is projected to save the Air Force approximately $4.6 million annually in TDY funds and operating expenses.The first course began Aug. 10, 2015 at Fairchild AFB.The 66th TRS is also responsible for Detachment 1 which conducts arctic survival training at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.