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FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- A 66th Training Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialist, explains proper triangulation technique during the desert survival training phase to a hopeful SERE candidate. The 336th Training Group is the sole manager of all U.S. Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape training. Instruction concentrates on the principles, techniques and skills necessary to survive in any environment and return home. The 336th TRG conducts ten courses at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.; the Arctic Survival Course at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska; and water survival training at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Joshua K. Chapman)


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FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- A 66th Training Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialist, explains proper triangulation technique during the desert survival training phase to a hopeful SERE candidate. The 336th Training Group is the sole manager of all U.S. Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape training. Instruction concentrates on the principles, techniques and skills necessary to survive in any environment and return home. The 336th TRG conducts ten courses at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.; the Arctic Survival Course at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska; and water survival training at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Joshua K. Chapman)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Bell, 33rd Operation Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, speaks with players on a baseball team he coached, April 2016. Bell used his love of baseball to find balance between his life during and after duty hours. Because of his love of the sport of baseball, he has accepted a new coaching position for a Destin travel baseball team. (Courtesy Photo)
From left, Maj. Gen. Garret Harencak, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, presents the American Spirit Award to Dan Clark Jan. 26, 2017 at the Air Force Recruiting Service Leadership Conference in San Antonio. At right is Chief Master Sgt. Brian LaBounty, AFRS command chief. Since 1980, the AFRS award has been presented to civilians who have made a significant impact on Airmen and the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Martinez)