U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 169th, 150th, 161st, and the 204th Security Forces Squadrons and Soldiers from the 919th and 126th Military Police Companies 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)

U.S. Army Spc. Devon Perkins, a security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, left, reads a piece of paper that was handed to him by the boys in front of them after they wrote their names on it outside the site of a key leader engagement in Farah City, Jan. 22. PRT Farah met with the director of repatriation and refugees in Farah City to discuss ongoing issues faced by displaced persons in Farah. 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 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 400 Airmen assigned to the 321st Training Squadron graduated from Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, May 31 and June 1, 2023. Col. Carl Magnusson, 94th Airlift Wing commander, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., reviewed the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photos by Christa L. D'Andrea)

U.S. Army Soldiers rehearse combatives after M1131 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle training on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan Feb. 27, 2013. The military has been using the Stryker since 2002 in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard W. Jones Jr.)

U.S. Army Soldiers celebrate by jumping in a mud puddle after completing M1131 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle training on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan Feb. 27, 2013. The military has been using the Stryker since 2002 in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard W. Jones Jr.)

Members of the 105th Airlift Wing and 106th Rescue Wing pay their respects during a dignified transfer of Staff Sgt. Louis Bonacasa, of the 105th Base Defense Squadron, at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base on Dec. 31. Bonacasa was killed in action outside Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Dec. 21. Tech. Sgt. Joseph Lemm, also of the 105th Base Defense Squadron, and four other Airmen were also killed. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by SSgt Julio Olivencia/released)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kenneth Van Winkle, with the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group, watches the flight line during a routine foot patrol at the Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 5, 2011. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Amber Williams, U.S. Air Force/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)

Tens of thousands of military members, police officers, fire fighters, and civilians paid their respects to Tech. Sgt. Joseph Lemm, of the 105th Airlift Wing, on Dec. 30 in New York City. Lemm, a detective with the NYPD, was killed in action while serving as an Air National Guard security forces Airman in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by SSgt Julio Olivencia/released)

U.S. Army Spc. Thaxal Potter, a security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, stands-by prior to a mission to Farah City, Dec. 19. 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).

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.

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.

A member of the 823rd Base Defense Squadron shines a light, mounted to an M4 carbine, while tactically moving through dense brush during a training scenario, Moody Air Force Base, Jan. 12, 2018. The 823rd is one of three operational security forces squadrons under the 820th Base Defense Group whose mission is to provide high-risk force protection and integrated base defense for expeditionary forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bennie J. Davis III)

Members of the 105th Airlift Wing participate in a dignified transfer for Tech. Sgt. Joseph Lemm, of the 105th Base Defense Squadron, on Dec. 28. Lemm was killed in action while deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on December 21, 2015. Staff Sgt. Louis Bonacasa, another member of the 105th Base Defense Squadron and four other Airmen were also killed in the attack. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by SSgt Julio Olivencia/released)

150227-M-XZ244-313 BUCHAREST, Romania (Feb. 27, 2015) U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Taylor Bennett, platoon corpsman from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), Naval Station Rota, Spain, treats a simulated facial injury during a mass casualty drill, part of an embassy engagement at the U.S. Embassy Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 27, 2015. The embassy engagement provided FASTEUR Marines a chance to conduct training on reinforcing an American embassy with host nation forces in case of a crisis. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Esdras Ruano/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 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)

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)

A collection of the top shots captured by public affairs Airmen assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing

150226-M-XZ244-541 BUCHAREST, Romania (Feb. 26, 2015) U.S. Marine Cpl. Wilber Solares from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), Naval Station Rota, explains the cycle of operation of an M27 automatic rifle to a member of the Romanian Jandarmeria 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)

Senior Airman Latanya James, a Defender with the 349th Security Forces Squadron, performs a function check on M249 light machine gun during classroom training at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., March 22, 2014. The M249 light machine gun has been the standard squad automatic weapon for all branches of the U.S. military since its introduction in 1984. With a sustained rate of fire of 100 rounds per minute using NATO-standard 5.56 ammunition, the M249 has an effective range 700 meters on point-target. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Robert Couse-Baker)

Army Sgt. Joshua Tisoskey, team leader attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, walks through an Afghan village during a mentoring neighborhood patrol, Sept. 5 in Mehtar Lam, Laghman Province. Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team members joined the Afghans on a patrol through a village that coalition forces haven't been through in years. The purpose of the patrol was to teach the ANP to conduct foot patrols through villages and talk to the locals, gathering information first hand. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)

Lt. Col. Randy Kehn, 140th Wing comptroller and commander of Task Force Joint Reception, Staging, and Onward Integration, briefs Colorado National Guard members about their role and the benefits details of State Active Duty status. The members will provide traffic control points and roving security patrols, to assist with the enforcement of road closures July 3, 2018, through Huerfano County, in support of the sheriff, to safeguard travelers and to protect the homes in the evacuated areas. A particular sensitivity addressed in the briefing was regarding their authorization, provided by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, to be armed and serve in a law enforcement role.

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)

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.

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 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)

150226-M-XZ244-121 BUCHAREST, Romania (Feb. 26, 2015) U.S. Marines from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), Naval Station Rota, instructs a Romanian Jandarmeria 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 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.

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)

FORT POLK, La. – Airmen from the 570th Contingency Response Group at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., stand outside the CRG command post at Geronimo Landing Zone on Fort Polk, La. Oct 15, 2012. The CRG was supporting Joint Readiness Training Exercise Decisive Action. The exercise includes emphasis on joint forcible entry, phased deployment with an airborne parachute operation, a combined noncombatant evacuation, combine arms maneuver, wide area security, unconventional warfare and unified land operations in a joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres) (Released)

Staff Sgt. Lindsey Jaxel, 8th Security Forces Squadron augmentee, scans her sector for hostile threats during exercise Beverly Bulldog 14-2 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 5, 2014. Jaxel and many other augmentees added another layer in the defense of the base during the peninsula-wide exercise enabling the “Defend the Base” mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Armando A. Schwier-Morales/Released)

150227-M-XZ244-110 BUCHAREST, Romania (Feb. 27, 2015) A Romanian intelligence service bomb response team robot examines a simulated improvised explosive device at the U.S. Embassy Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 27, 2015. The embassy engagement provided U.S. Marines from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Europe, Naval Station Rota, Spain, a chance to conduct training on reinforcing an American embassy with host nation forces, in case of a crisis. (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.

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 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 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)

Airman 1st Class Steven Ellis assigned to the 532nd Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Force, stands on top of one of their unit's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected or MRAP at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Ellis, a native of Pheonix, Ariz., is deployed from the 99th Security Forces Sq., Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. He is using the MRAP a historic mission to solely defend the base outside the perimeter. This mission has not been done by the AIr Force since Vietnam. (photograph by USAF Tech Sgt. Craig Lifton)

Spc. Dan White, native of Coventry, R.I. and team leader attached to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, fires the M-24 sniper rifle at the off-base firing range near forward operating base Mehtar Lam Sept. 3. Members from the PRT traveled to the range to practice with crew serve, primary and secondary weapons along with M-203 grenade launchers and the M-24 sniper rifle. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)

U.S. Army Spc. Thaxal Potter, left, a security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, catches a round while buddy clearing Sgt. Calixto Inot's weapon following a mission in Farah City, Dec. 19. 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).

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.

An Afghan Air Force security force airman sights in a simulated insurgent with his M-16 rifle at Shindand Air Base, Herat Province, Afghanistan March 2, 2011. Though his current training is simulated, the AAF airmen stated they realize the future could hold real-world attacks and are thankful for the advise they receive from U.S. and Italian Air Forces deployed to the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace/RELEASED)

Supplies get air dropped near Shah Joy, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2011. Supplies were frequently air dropped at remote locations in Afghanistan to sustain forward operating bases, combat outposts and the Servicemembers living at those locations. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras, U.S. Air Force/Released)