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U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens, left, Assistant Chief of Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan, shakes hands with U.S. Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Sean Petty, right, a sailor assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, at the conclusion of a breakfast with soldiers and sailors from the PRT on FOB Farah, Feb. 6. The breakfast was part of a 2-day visit by the ambassador to meet with provincial level Afghan officials, engage with PRT's civil-military leadership team and to meet with soldiers and sailors assigned to the team. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise, and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district, and provincial levels in Farah province Afghanistan. Their civil military team is comprised of members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup/released)
The 343rd Training Squadron held the 15th Annual Fallen Defender Memorial Ruck March on Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The purpose of the event is to honor all Security Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Over 2,000 participants marched 4.76 miles, which inlcuded personnel from the 343rd TRS, Bexar County Sherriff's Office, San Antonio Police Department, Gold Star Families, JBSA-Lackland mission partners, and other units from around the world.
U.S. Air Force security forces trainees practice handcuffing techniques on each other during a lesson of the field operations block of training at the U.S. Air Force security forces apprentice course at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Annex, Texas, March 2, 2023. The field operations course is designed to teach basic skills necessary to new security forces Airmen. (U.S Air Force photo by Jerome S. Tayborn/RELEASED)
This photo was taken at the annual air show, Misawa Air Base, Japan 1962. The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was on display for this event. Notice the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) Officers examining the air-to-air AIM-4 Falcon Missiles. Also note the USAF Airman Second Class in this photo. I talked to him and he was upset at having to work on his normal day off and his face and body language shows it.
Reserve Staff Sgt. Lauren Daniels receives an unexpected kiss from Trooper, one of four military horses in the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California mounted patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)
Members from the 341st Security Forces Group Tactical Response Force rappel during a training exercise Dec. 10 at Malmstrom Air Force Base. TRF members begin their training as assaulters and go on to acquire one of two additional skill sets in the fields of breaching systems or nuclear advanced designated marksmen, commonly referred to as snipers. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Annabel Monroe)
Spc. Edward Danessi, A Company, 2-113th Infantry, New Jersey Army National Guard, stands at attention during the singing of the National Anthem at the welcome home ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Jersey City, N.J., June 25, 2015. The approximately 170 Citizen-Soldiers returned home from a nearly year-long deployment where they conducted a security force mission in Southwest Asia in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
Tech Sgt. Tony Johnson, a combat arms instructor with the 168th Security Forces Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, checks the range before the start of M870 shotgun training February 9, 2019, at the weapons firing range on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. As a combat arms instructor he ensures Airmen learn how to safely and effectively use a variety of weapons. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Shannon Chace)
The 343rd Training Squadron held the 15th Annual Fallen Defender Memorial Ruck March on Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The purpose of the event is to honor all Security Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Over 2,000 participants marched 4.76 miles, which inlcuded personnel from the 343rd TRS, Bexar County Sherriff's Office, San Antonio Police Department, Gold Star Families, JBSA-Lackland mission partners, and other units from around the world.
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 169th Secrutity Forces Squadron participate in classroom and hands-on training for combat medical first-aid during Patriot Southwest at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 28, 2023. Patriot Southwest is a joint training exercise that prepares National Guard Airmen and Soldiers to utilize their military skills and their life-saving capabilities for domestic natural or man-made events. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Bacalzo)
Reserve Staff Sgt. Lauren Daniels brushes off the loose hairs on Patton, creating waffle-like patterns of hair landing on the ground. Brushing the horses is a daily chore to maintain a healthy coat as well as a task to prepare them before going on a patrol on the installation at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)
Senior Airman Brandon Leier shouts to fellow 119th Security Forces Squadron members as Airman 1st Class Michael Strom takes aim during a force on force training scenario at the Camp Ripley military operations on urban terrain (MOUT) village Aug. 13, 2016. The Camp Ripley MOUT village provides a realistic environment for the security forces personnel to practice tactics they would use in deployed locations. They are firing M-4 weapons loaded with simunition rounds that are similar to paintball rounds, so they can identify adversaries that have been hit. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
U.S. Army Pfc. William Surles, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, maintains a watchful eye from the gunner's turret during a mission in Farah City, Feb. 5. The mission was part of a 2-day visit by U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens, Assistant Chief of Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan, to meet with provincial level Afghan officials, engage with PRT's civil-military leadership team and to meet with soldiers and sailors assigned to the team. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise, and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district, and provincial levels in Farah province Afghanistan. Their civil military team is comprised of members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (U.S. Navy photo by HMC Josh Ives/released)
The 343rd Training Squadron held the 15th Annual Fallen Defender Memorial Ruck March on Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The purpose of the event is to honor all Security Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Over 2,000 participants marched 4.76 miles, which inlcuded personnel from the 343rd TRS, Bexar County Sherriff's Office, San Antonio Police Department, Gold Star Families, JBSA-Lackland mission partners, and other units from around the world.
The 343rd Training Squadron held the 15th Annual Fallen Defender Memorial Ruck March on Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The purpose of the event is to honor all Security Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Over 2,000 participants marched 4.76 miles, which inlcuded personnel from the 343rd TRS, Bexar County Sherriff's Office, San Antonio Police Department, Gold Star Families, JBSA-Lackland mission partners, and other units from around the world.
U.S. Air Force security forces trainees practice detention and handcuffing techniques on each other during a lesson of the field operations block of training at the U.S. Air Force security forces apprentice course at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Annex, Texas, March 2, 2023. The field operations course is designed to teach basic skills necessary to new security forces Airmen. (U.S Air Force photo by Jerome S. Tayborn/RELEASED)
150226-M-XZ244-136 BUCHAREST, Romania (Feb. 26, 2015) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Marvin Heskett from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), Naval Station Rota, instructs a Romanian intelligence service member in the use of an M240B machine gun at the Romanian intelligence service shooting range in Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 26, 2015. FASTEUR Marines conducted small arms marksmanship training with host nation forces during an embassy engagement to familiarize both forces on weapons normally used during security operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Esdras Ruano/Released)
The tent city for Colorado National Guard members supporting Spriong Fire operations in Huerfano County, July 3, 2018.
The CONG has supported the Spring Fire since July 1, 2018, providing capabilities to include: security personnel for traffic control points and roving patrols; two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews and aircraft each equipped with aerial water buckets; geological information system operators; as well as, refueling crews with Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical refueling trucks and firefighters with HEMTT firefighting vehicles.
The CONG has been providing an aviation search and rescue standby capability in support of the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center since July 1. The High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site facility in Gypsum, Colorado, is supporting the mission which is rapid response to aviation search and rescue missions, primarily for firefighter safety, in support of multiple wildfire responses throughout Colorado.
On order of the Governor, the standing Joint Task Force - Centennial commands and integrates CONG forces to support civil authorities in assisting Colorado, or supported states, during times of crisis and disaster, to save lives, prevent suffering, and mitigate great property damage.
(U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Maj. Darin Overstreet)
A middle-aged man and some teenagers stands next to the man's cart of dried nuts and fruit across from the Farah provincial director of agriculture, irrigation and livestock's (DAIL) facilities in Farah City, Jan. 23. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah attended the opening of the greenhouse at the provincial DAIL's facilities in Farah City to mark the completion of the second phase of a project designed to build Farahi farmer's capacity in support of agriculture and agribusiness development. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise, and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district, and provincial levels in Farah province Afghanistan. Their civil military team is comprised of members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup/released)
The 343rd Training Squadron held the 15th Annual Fallen Defender Memorial Ruck March on Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The purpose of the event is to honor all Security Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Over 2,000 participants marched 4.76 miles, which inlcuded personnel from the 343rd TRS, Bexar County Sherriff's Office, San Antonio Police Department, Gold Star Families, JBSA-Lackland mission partners, and other units from around the world.
Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff, left, The Adjutant General of New Jersey, congratulates a Soldier with A Company, 2-113th Infantry, New Jersey Army National Guard, after presenting him the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal during a welcome home ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Jersey City, N.J., June 25, 2015. The approximately 170 Citizen-Soldiers returned home from a nearly year-long deployment where they conducted a security force mission in Southwest Asia in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles sit in the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Group Quick Response Force parking area at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct 7. Air Force security forces personnel here have incorporated MRAP’S into their historic mission to defend the base both inside and outside the perimeter. This mission has not been done by the Air Force since Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech Sgt. Craig Lifton)
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron takes off from the flightline during the 74th EFS’s deployment in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve at Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria, March 18, 2016. The squadron’s six-month deployment aimed to demonstrate the U.S.’s shared commitment to peace and better prepare allies and partners to respond to a range of potential security and humanitarian challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)
Colorado National Guard members provide roving security patrols, to assist with the enforcement of road closures July 4, 2018, through Huerfano County, in support of the sheriff, to safeguard travelers and to protect the homes in the evacuated areas. The team arrived and began operations July 2. Other teams support traffic control points through the evacuated communities.
The CONG has supported the Spring Fire since July 1, 2018, providing capabilities to include: security personnel for traffic control points and roving patrols; two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews and aircraft each equipped with aerial water buckets; geological information system operators; as well as, refueling crews with Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical refueling trucks and firefighters with HEMTT firefighting vehicles.
The CONG has been providing an aviation search and rescue standby capability in support of the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center since July 1. The High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site facility in Gypsum, Colorado, is supporting the mission which is rapid response to aviation search and rescue missions, primarily for firefighter safety, in support of multiple wildfire responses throughout Colorado.
On order of the Governor, the standing Joint Task Force - Centennial commands and integrates CONG forces to support civil authorities in assisting Colorado, or supported states, during times of crisis and disaster, to save lives, prevent suffering, and mitigate great property damage.
(U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech Sgt. Nicole Manzanares)
The 343rd Training Squadron held the 15th Annual Fallen Defender Memorial Ruck March on Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The purpose of the event is to honor all Security Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Over 2,000 participants marched 4.76 miles, which inlcuded personnel from the 343rd TRS, Bexar County Sherriff's Office, San Antonio Police Department, Gold Star Families, JBSA-Lackland mission partners, and other units from around the world.
More than 500 Airmen assigned to the 322nd Training Squadron graduated from Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, May 24-25, 2023. Colonel Layne D. Trosper, Vice Commander, Air Force Recruiting Service, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, reviewed the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photos by Christa D'Andrea)
Staff Sgt. Lacey Bunkelman and Staff Sgt. Kelli Eidem, who both serve with the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Security Forces Squadron, pause for a photo Aug. 26, 2013, while serving in Afghanistan. The Airmen are providing security at entry control points and from towers at Bagram Airfield during a six-month deployment.
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Sgt. Jocsan Mairena, A Company, 2-113th Infantry, New Jersey Army National Guard, holds his son during the welcome home ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Jersey City, N.J., June 25, 2015. The approximately 170 Citizen-Soldiers returned home from a nearly year-long deployment where they conducted a security force mission in Southwest Asia in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Sal Somoza, security force platoon sergeant for Provincial ReconstructionTeam (PRT) Farah, pulls security outside the Farah provincial governor's compound in Farah City, Feb. 5. The mission was part of a 2-day visit by U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens, Assistant Chief of Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan, to meet with provincial level Afghan officials, engage with PRT's civil-military leadership team and to meet with soldiers and sailors assigned to the team. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise, and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district, and provincial levels in Farah province Afghanistan. Their civil military team is comprised of members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (U.S. Navy photo by HMC Josh Ives/released)
The 343rd Training Squadron held the 15th Annual Fallen Defender Memorial Ruck March on Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The purpose of the event is to honor all Security Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Over 2,000 participants marched 4.76 miles, which inlcuded personnel from the 343rd TRS, Bexar County Sherriff's Office, San Antonio Police Department, Gold Star Families, JBSA-Lackland mission partners, and other units from around the world.
The 343rd Training Squadron held the 15th Annual Fallen Defender Memorial Ruck March on Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The purpose of the event is to honor all Security Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Over 2,000 participants marched 4.76 miles, which inlcuded personnel from the 343rd TRS, Bexar County Sherriff's Office, San Antonio Police Department, Gold Star Families, JBSA-Lackland mission partners, and other units from around the world.
U.S. Army Spc. Kenneth Callejas works security on a street in Sharana, Afghanistan, during a Provincial Reconstruction Team-Paktika mission, Dec. 3. Spc. Callejas is a PRT-Paktika security forces member deployed from the 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona Army National Guard and he is from Phoenix, Ariz.
Airmen from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, conduct Ability to Survive and Operate, or ATSO training course, June 4, 2018, held at the Alpena Combat Readiness Traning Center, Alpena, Michigan. The Airmen don Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) protective gear used by U.S. military personnel in a toxic environment during a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) strike. Rotating through stations, Airmen train how to correctly put on MOPP gear and help others put it on, medical Self-Aid Buddy Care, correct decontamination procedures and how to give a detailed report to security personnel about any suspicious people or activities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Harwood/Released)
A joint terminal attack controller from Latvia reacts to enemy fire while on a training mission with Airmen from the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Security Forces Squadron during Northern Strike 19 in Rogers City, Mich., July 30, 2019. Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and numerous coalition countries during the last two weeks of July 2019 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard. The accredited Joint National Training Capability exercise demonstrates the Michigan National Guard’s ability to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, together with the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff, left, The Adjutant General of New Jersey, awards Spc. Pedro Zamora, A Company, 2-113th Infantry, New Jersey Army National Guard, the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal during a welcome home ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Jersey City, N.J., June 25, 2015. The approximately 170 Citizen-Soldiers returned home from a nearly year-long deployment where they conducted a security force mission in Southwest Asia in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray, right, commanding officer, Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, listends as Farah provincial governor Dr. Mohammed Akram Khpalwak, reviews plans for an upcoming event, Feb. 7. PRT Farah met with the provincial governor to discuss future plans in Farah and to address ongoing issues. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise, and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district, and provincial levels in Farah province Afghanistan. Their civil military team is comprised of members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup/released)
More than 600 Airmen assigned to the 320th Training Squadron graduated from Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, June 28-29, 2023. Col. Kevin A. Davidson, Commander, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas., reviewed the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christa D'Andrea)
More than 500 Airmen assigned to the 322nd Training Squadron graduated from Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, May 24-25, 2023. Colonel Layne D. Trosper, Vice Commander, Air Force Recruiting Service, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, reviewed the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photos by Christa D'Andrea)
Major Razik, police chief, drives members of the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team to the police training compound Aug. 13 at the Mehtar Lam police headquarters in Laghman Province. The PRT and Security Forces Assistance Team traveled to the police headquarters to provide medical care to local policemen, and to meet with the police training officer. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)
150226-M-XZ244-249 BUCHAREST, Romania (Feb. 26, 2015) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Mathew Waltzer from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), Naval Station Rota, shoots an APR 308 sniper rifle used by Romanian intelligence service forces at the Romanian intelligence service shooting range in Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 26, 2015. FASTEUR Marines conducted small arms marksmanship training with host nation forces during an embassy engagement to familiarize both forces on weapons normally used during security operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Esdras Ruano/Released)
The 343rd Training Squadron held the 15th Annual Fallen Defender Memorial Ruck March on Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The purpose of the event is to honor all Security Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Over 2,000 participants marched 4.76 miles, which inlcuded personnel from the 343rd TRS, Bexar County Sherriff's Office, San Antonio Police Department, Gold Star Families, JBSA-Lackland mission partners, and other units from around the world.
Airmen from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, conduct Ability to Survive and Operate, or ATSO training course, June 4, 2018, held at the Alpena Combat Readiness Traning Center, Alpena, Michigan. The Airmen don Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) protective gear used by U.S. military personnel in a toxic environment during a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) strike. Rotating through stations, Airmen train how to correctly put on MOPP gear and help others put it on, medical Self-Aid Buddy Care, correct decontamination procedures and how to give a detailed report to security personnel about any suspicious people or activities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Harwood/Released)