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US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Erik Hanson, a Communication Technician with the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, determines where the supplies from a simulated airdrop landed. By using grid coordinates located on thier map the team retrieved the errant supplies from the Range 13 on Fort Dix, New Jersey. The training exercise on Ft. Dix is designed to train deployed Air Mobility Operations Group personnel to defend a new air base from Threat II attacks for up to 24 hours or until Security Forces or Army reinforcements arrive. The exercise took place on May 9th, 2000

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Erik Hanson, a Communication Technician wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kenn Mann, USAF Civilian Release Status: Released... More

Straight on medium shot of USAF Technical Sergeant David Ferguson, 31st Security Forces, Aviano Air Base, Italy, takes "Arny", a Security Police K-9, through a training obstacle course. Arny is also certified in explosive detection. The unit exercises and performs with their dogs daily

Straight on medium shot of USAF Technical Sergeant David Ferguson, 31s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Suzanne Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

A female prisoner sits inside a detainment bunker, at the Security Forces holding compound, during the 1ST Fighter Wing Operational Readiness Inspection at, Langley AFB, Virginia

A female prisoner sits inside a detainment bunker, at the Security For...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lynnita Cotten Release Status: R... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ryan S. Overcash, 341st Security Forces, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, charges in the mist of the Combat Tactics part of the Security Forces competition during GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001. A1C Overcash uses a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, wears MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear and AN/PVS-7B Night Vision Goggles. Combat Tactics tests security forces in realistic scenario that any unit might encounter. The scenario tests their ability to defend/recapture resources and personnel while engaged in direct combat with enemy forces. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at...

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ryan S. Overcash, 341st Security Forces, Malm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ryan S. Overcash, 341st Security Forces, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, charges in the mist of the ... More

Using the cover of smoke grenades, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Aaron Lewis, USAF, of the 305th Security Forces, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, attempts to penetrate the perimeter of a base in a direct frontal assault, firing his Colt M-16A2 5.56mm Assault Rifle. SSGT Lewis, a member of the OPFOR (Opposing Forces) played his part during a MOBILITY EXERCISE (MOBEX). The MOBEX designed to test the ability of the Security Forces to establish and defend an Entry Control Point (ECP) on an air base. The evaluators of the exercise inserted various stresses against the unit, from probing patrols to frontal assault of the ECP. SSGT Lewis and the members of the OPFOR were unsuccessful in their ...

Using the cover of smoke grenades, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Aaron Lewis, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Using the cover of smoke grenades, Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Aaron Lewis, USAF, of the 305th Security Forces, McGuire Air Force Bas... More

With F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 148th Fighter Wing in the background, MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Daniel Toay, USAF, 148th Maintenance Squadron, Minnesota Air National Guard, stands vigilant outside one of the Wing's restricted areas on September 27, 2001. MSGT Toay volunteered to perform additional duties as a security augmentee in addition to his normal Maintenance responsibilities. MSGT Toay is one of approximately 25 members of the unit augmenting existing security forces at the 148th Fighter Wing in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

With F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 148th Fighter Wing in the backgrou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Duluth International Airport State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Com... More

Students in the Phoenix Readiness Combat Course (PRCC) at the Air Mobility Warfare Center (AMWC), are security forces of "Ozland" and set up a perimeter around their make believe country, during a scenario designed by the 421st Ground Combat Readiness Squadron (GCRS), Fort Dix, to instruct US Air Force (USAF) personnel on the way to set up a base in a deployed location

Students in the Phoenix Readiness Combat Course (PRCC) at the Air Mobi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Kenn... More

US Air Force (USAF) Security Forces (SF) personnel armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear practice Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) tactics during the tactics-training portion of Exercise PHOENIX READINESS, at Fort Dix, New Jersey (NJ). The Exercise is an Air Mobility Command (AMC) Exercise conducted to prepare Expeditionary Combat Support packages for deployment environments

US Air Force (USAF) Security Forces (SF) personnel armed with 5.56mm M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX READINESS Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT ... More

Wide angle view of the Security Forces Building undergoing renovation and an addition to the building at Warfield Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Maryland (MD)

Wide angle view of the Security Forces Building undergoing renovation ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Warfield Air National Guard Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Reggie Sheppard, USAF ... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rick B. Kawas, 379th Security Forces (SF) K-9 unit, performs his routine vehicle sweep with his dog Argo before allowing the vehicle onto the military compound

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rick B. Kawas, 379th Securit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Natalia Dasilva, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Iraqi Army Brigadier General (BGEN) Khales Ali Hussein, Commander, Iraqi Special Security Forces (ISSF), reads a bulletin board in a mosque that is being searched during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Army Brigadier General (BGEN) Khales Ali Hussein, Commander, Ira...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Iraqi Army Brigadier General (BGEN) Khales Ali Hussein (right), Commander, Iraqi Special Security Forces (ISSF), delivers a morale boosting speech to some of his troops, inside a room in the government center building, who are taking a break while participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Army Brigadier General (BGEN) Khales Ali Hussein (right), Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Preparing the Guard, US Air Force Photo

Preparing the Guard, US Air Force Photo

Master Sgt. Jeffrey K. Lee, left, 177th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron member addresses the guard mount at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J., Oct. 3, 2010. (U.S. Air National Guard photo b... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brian Murray, intel officer attached

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brian Murray, intel officer attached

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brian Murray, intel officer attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, makes his way to a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on his way to a shura Sept. 15. The PRT escorted Governor Moham... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. William Prusia, the officer in-charge

U.S. Army Lt. Col. William Prusia, the officer in-charge

U.S. Army Lt. Col. William Prusia, the officer in-charge of the Nebraska National Guard Agribusiness Development Team, the agricultural section for the Paktiya Provincial Reconstruction Team, participates in "B... More

U.S. Army Spc. Giovanni Gonzalez, left, and Spc. Devont

U.S. Army Spc. Giovanni Gonzalez, left, and Spc. Devont

U.S. Army Spc. Giovanni Gonzalez, left, and Spc. Devont Perkins, right, security force team members for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, load a .50 caliber machine gun in preparation for a mission in... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Blake Shumway, assigned to Bravo Battery,

U.S. Army Pfc. Blake Shumway, assigned to Bravo Battery,

U.S. Army Pfc. Blake Shumway, assigned to Bravo Battery, 2-12 Field Artillery Regiment, presents the battery's guidon prior to the start of a reenlistment ceremony on FOB Farah, Feb. 21. Bravo Battery, 2-12 FAR... More

Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps

Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps

Lt. Gen. Richard Tryon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command speaks with Marines about the importance of the consolidation of Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment (MCSFR) after the ground breaking for... More

Airman 1st Class Cory Saylor, 39th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Cory Saylor, 39th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Cory Saylor, 39th Security Forces Squadron security response team member, prepares his gear March 18, 2015, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Saylor is preparing to participate in a force-on-force ... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ronald Flanagan, an

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ronald Flanagan, an

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ronald Flanagan, an aircrew flight equipment apprentice, 374th Operations Support Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, calibrates a pair of night-vision goggles with Philippine 1st ... More

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. William Greenway,

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. William Greenway,

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. William Greenway, center, 116th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Manager, questions Airman 1st Class Devajia Saucier, left, while Senior Master Sgt. James Miller, 116th SFS operat... More

2015 COANG Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection

2015 COANG Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jerome P. Limoge Jr. (center), assistant adjutant general - Air, Colorado National Guard, acts as an aggressor for two members from the 140th Security Forces Squadron, during the wing’... More

Airman Jaden Santos, 35th Security Forces Squadron,

Airman Jaden Santos, 35th Security Forces Squadron,

Airman Jaden Santos, 35th Security Forces Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, installation entry controller, scans for opposing forces during readiness exercise Vigilant Ace 16 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea... More

The 104th Fighter Wing Security Forces serve and protect

The 104th Fighter Wing Security Forces serve and protect

The 104th Fighter Wing Security Forces serve and protect alongside the Massachusetts State Police and other law enforcement agencies in support of the 120th Boston Marathon, April 18, 2016. More than 500 Massac... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Reyes, 18th Dental

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Reyes, 18th Dental

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Reyes, 18th Dental Squadron lab technician adds moulage makeup to a soon-to-be simulated gunshot wound victim before an active shooter exercise May 4, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, J... More

Stella, 8th Security Forces Squadron military working

Stella, 8th Security Forces Squadron military working

Stella, 8th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, lays on a couch inside the MWD compound at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 11, 2016. Stella has come to the end of her military service and wi... More

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Wrestlers from the

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Wrestlers from the

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Wrestlers from the Air Force and Army's World Class Athlete Program visited Schriever Air Force Base, Tuesday, Nov. 15, and worked with young wrestlers from the Children of Va... More

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Members participating

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Members participating

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Members participating in the 2017 Reduced Combat Leaders Course, held at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, run through drills before heading into the mountains on Friday... More

Airman 1st Class Zarquis Butler, 90th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Zarquis Butler, 90th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Zarquis Butler, 90th Security Forces Squadron installation entry controller, hands a firefighter back his ID card at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., May 1, 2017. The gate guards are responsib... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 116th Security Forces

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 116th Security Forces

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 116th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard participate in a dismounted operations exercise during their annual training at Robins Air... More

Tech. Sgt. Jarred Fischer, 25th Air Support Operations

Tech. Sgt. Jarred Fischer, 25th Air Support Operations

Tech. Sgt. Jarred Fischer, 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, teaches Security Forces members from the Pacific about Theater Air Control Systems and Army Air Ground Systems during a week-long close air suppo... More

A coalition partner force member discuses the contents

A coalition partner force member discuses the contents

A coalition partner force member discuses the contents of a warehouse with a German army soldier, deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, during a management course test at Mina Depot, Erbil, Iraq, J... More

U.S. Army Cpt. Paul Baggett, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry

U.S. Army Cpt. Paul Baggett, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry

U.S. Army Cpt. Paul Baggett, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division chaplain watches a movie with soldiers during morale time in Iraq, Jan. 10, 2018. The breadth and diversity... More

SSgt. Gabriel Cuevas, K-9 handler assigned to the 99th

SSgt. Gabriel Cuevas, K-9 handler assigned to the 99th

SSgt. Gabriel Cuevas, K-9 handler assigned to the 99th Security Forces Squadron, does a push-up during the first stage of the Combat Fitness Challenge National Police Week event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada... More

Families from the Exceptional Family Members Program

Families from the Exceptional Family Members Program

Families from the Exceptional Family Members Program participate in EFMP’s Dinner with Sparky at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 12, 2018. The night was dedicated to giving children with exceptionalities a ... More

Airmen from the 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron

Airmen from the 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron

Airmen from the 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron drive in a Humvee at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, May 6, 2019. Airmen practiced several drills inside the during the field training. (U.S. Air Force ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Weston Super, a 6th Security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Weston Super, a 6th Security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Weston Super, a 6th Security Forces Squadron entry controller, readies his training weapon during an active shooter exercise at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 8, 2019. Airmen ar... More

Airman 1st Class Daniel Martinez, 355th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Daniel Martinez, 355th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Daniel Martinez, 355th Security Forces military working dog handler, participates in a simulated narcotic/bomb detection exercise with Darius, an MWD assigned to the 355 SFS, at Davis-Monthan A... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Rod Simpson, 386th Air Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Col. Rod Simpson, 386th Air Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Col. Rod Simpson, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, dons body armor during a base visit at Cargo City, Kuwait, Oct. 4, 2019. Wing leadership visited and worked with the 387th Expeditionary ... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen carry M9 pistols to the firing

U.S. Air Force Airmen carry M9 pistols to the firing

U.S. Air Force Airmen carry M9 pistols to the firing range during a shooting competition Oct. 28, 2019, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The 39th Security Forces Squadron hosted an Excellence in Competition shooti... More

A U.S. Air Force 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

A U.S. Air Force 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

A U.S. Air Force 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) loadmaster certifies cargo for loading onto a C-130J Super Hercules at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 9, 2020. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Lauren Everett, medic

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Lauren Everett, medic

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Lauren Everett, medic attached to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, fires her M4 rifle at the off-base firing range near forward operating base Mehtar Lam Sept. 10. Member... More

628th Security Forces members watch a volunteer be

628th Security Forces members watch a volunteer be

628th Security Forces members watch a volunteer be tased during annual Use of Force/Taser training on Joint Base Charleston, Oct. 18. The taser is a technique security forces members can use during the escalati... More

Soldiers from the 95th Civil Support Team engage in

Soldiers from the 95th Civil Support Team engage in

Soldiers from the 95th Civil Support Team engage in an multiple agency integration brief with local law enforcement agencies while participating in Operation Red Snow, Feb. 14, at Glider Airport in Truckee, Cal... More

Senior Airman Dana Barnes, an airman with the 455th

Senior Airman Dana Barnes, an airman with the 455th

Senior Airman Dana Barnes, an airman with the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, recently deployed from the 4th SFS, Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.

Senior Airman Cody Cox, 931st Security Forces Squadron,

Senior Airman Cody Cox, 931st Security Forces Squadron,

Senior Airman Cody Cox, 931st Security Forces Squadron, sites down the barrel of an M249 light machine gun while taking cover during a field training exercise at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Aug. 5, 2012. Th... More

Joshua Williams, 366th Security Forces Squadron investigator

Joshua Williams, 366th Security Forces Squadron investigator

Joshua Williams, 366th Security Forces Squadron investigator (second from right), poses with a team of Phoenix Ravens outside an aircraft they were charged with guarding. Ravens provide security for aircraft an... More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray, commanding officer, Provincial

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray, commanding officer, Provincial

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray, commanding officer, Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, shares the accolades of the PRT's quarterly award winners with members of the PRT during an awards presentation on F... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. William Downing, commander, 2-12

U.S. Army Lt. Col. William Downing, commander, 2-12

U.S. Army Lt. Col. William Downing, commander, 2-12 FA, left, presents the Bronze Star Medal to Capt. Juan Ortiz, commander, Alpha Battery, 2-12 FA, during an awards ceremony on FOB Farah, June 5. Soldiers fro... More

Senior Airman Mario Boone, 122nd Fighter Wing, Security

Senior Airman Mario Boone, 122nd Fighter Wing, Security

Senior Airman Mario Boone, 122nd Fighter Wing, Security Forces, embraces his daughter as the 122nd Fighter Wing welcomed home more than two-dozen members from the 122nd Security Forces Squadron, as they returne... More

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James sits down

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James sits down

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James sits down with Malmstrom Air Force Base Airmen during a focus group discussion at the Grizzly Bend Feb. 19. During the discussion James asked the Airmen for their fe... More

150226-M-XZ244-068 BUCHAREST, Romania (Feb. 26, 2015)

150226-M-XZ244-068 BUCHAREST, Romania (Feb. 26, 2015)

150226-M-XZ244-068 BUCHAREST, Romania (Feb. 26, 2015) U.S. Marines from the Marine security guard detachment at the U.S. Embassy Bucharest, Romania, fire an M240 machine gun at the Romanian intelligence service... More

Staff Sgt. Alexander Blair, 39th Civil Engineer Explosive

Staff Sgt. Alexander Blair, 39th Civil Engineer Explosive

Staff Sgt. Alexander Blair, 39th Civil Engineer Explosive Ordinance Disposal journeyman, searches the body of a gunman during an active shooter exercise March 30, 2015, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The 39th Ai... More

South Carolina Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Todd Coleman,

South Carolina Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Todd Coleman,

South Carolina Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Todd Coleman, a fire team member with the 169th Security Forces Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., reads the name on a dog tag of a fallen comrade... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bryson Polhill, 116th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bryson Polhill, 116th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bryson Polhill, 116th Security Forces Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, searches a simulated suspicious vehicle for drugs during a training exercise at Joint Base Savannah, Ga.,... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rena Bissett, 18th Security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rena Bissett, 18th Security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rena Bissett, 18th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog handler, compliments her MWD, Judi, for good behavior April 13, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. MWDs are trained to... More

The 104th Fighter Wing Security Forces serve and protect

The 104th Fighter Wing Security Forces serve and protect

The 104th Fighter Wing Security Forces serve and protect alongside the Massachusetts State Police and other law enforcement agencies in support of the 120th Boston Marathon, April 18, 2016. More than 500 Massac... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jolan Hardiman, a security

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jolan Hardiman, a security

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jolan Hardiman, a security forces specialist assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, fires a crew-served weapon April 12, 2017 during training at the Fort Custer T... More

Isaac Hirschfeld portrays an armed suspect fleeing

Isaac Hirschfeld portrays an armed suspect fleeing

Isaac Hirschfeld portrays an armed suspect fleeing the scene of an attack on an Air Force convoy during a Local Integrated Response Plan exercise Aug. 16, 2017, near Choteau, Mont., initiating a response by the... More

U.S. Air Force Combat Arms instructors assigned to

U.S. Air Force Combat Arms instructors assigned to

U.S. Air Force Combat Arms instructors assigned to the 169th Security Forces Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, inspect a M240B machine gun before use at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter, S.C.... More

Security force members practice dragging techniques

Security force members practice dragging techniques

Security force members practice dragging techniques during medical training in Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2018. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve building pa... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Isidor, 822nd

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Isidor, 822nd

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Isidor, 822nd Expeditionary Base Defense Squadron fire team leader, stands on post at Nigerien Air Base 201, in Agadez, Niger, Feb. 26, 2018. Isidor is currently deployed to ... More

Gradautes come together for a group cheer led by Naval

Gradautes come together for a group cheer led by Naval

Gradautes come together for a group cheer led by Naval Support Activity Bethesda operations manager Barry Bradwell after graduating from Auxiliary Security Forces Academy graduation May 18. The academy qualifie... More

Airmen from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio,

Airmen from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio,

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 Airm... More

Airman 1st Class Eric Knierim of the 30th Security

Airman 1st Class Eric Knierim of the 30th Security

Airman 1st Class Eric Knierim of the 30th Security Forces Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, takes a break from training at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, Sep. 5, 2018. Knieri... More

As part of the Year of the Defender Campaign, Peterson

As part of the Year of the Defender Campaign, Peterson

As part of the Year of the Defender Campaign, Peterson Air Force base social media has highlighted a Defender from the 21st Security Forces Squadron each week. This graphic showcases Airman First Class Jax King... More

F-22 Raptors, E-3 Sentry and C-17 Globemaster III,

F-22 Raptors, E-3 Sentry and C-17 Globemaster III,

F-22 Raptors, E-3 Sentry and C-17 Globemaster III, from the 3rd Wing and 477th Fighter Group participate in a close formation taxi, known as an Elephant Walk, March 26, 2019, during a Polar Force exercise at Jo... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Francis, 100th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Francis, 100th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Francis, 100th Security Forces Squadron armorer, prepares to de-arm at RAF Mildenhall, England, May 2, 2019. This procedure requires two Airmen to be present when cleari... More

U.S. Senior Airman Jake Howard, 802nd Security Forces

U.S. Senior Airman Jake Howard, 802nd Security Forces

U.S. Senior Airman Jake Howard, 802nd Security Forces Squadron, military working dog handler, and his dog “PPuritan”, participate in the K9 competition, May 14, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Medina Annex, Tex... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jermaine Moultry poses for

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jermaine Moultry poses for

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jermaine Moultry poses for a photo in front of a C-130 Hercules at the 165th Airlift Wing, Savannah, Ga., May 15, 2019. Moultry served in security forces before joining the 165th AW re... More

Airmen from the 124th Security Forces Squadron, Boise,

Airmen from the 124th Security Forces Squadron, Boise,

Airmen from the 124th Security Forces Squadron, Boise, Idaho, the 173rd SFS, Klamath Falls, Oregon, and the 366th SFS, Mountain Home, Idaho, participate in a field training exercise at the Orchard Combat Traini... More

Tech Sgt. Kristen Cruz, 154th Security Forces specialist

Tech Sgt. Kristen Cruz, 154th Security Forces specialist

Tech Sgt. Kristen Cruz, 154th Security Forces specialist acts as a distressed citizen during one of the scenarios at Patriot North, July 16, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Tomah, Wisconsin. Airmen from the Hawaii Air Nat... More

U.S. Air Force A1C Jesse Antal, 366th Security Forces

U.S. Air Force A1C Jesse Antal, 366th Security Forces

U.S. Air Force A1C Jesse Antal, 366th Security Forces Squadron response force member, and U.S. Air Force SrA Ian Roland, 366th SFS patrolman, practice a weapon retention drill August 16, 2019, at the off-base s... More

U.S. Air Force Academy cheerleaders, athletes and families

U.S. Air Force Academy cheerleaders, athletes and families

U.S. Air Force Academy cheerleaders, athletes and families greet children as they return home from their “deployment” during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado,... More

Italian soldiers assigned to Folgore Brigade (Airborne)

Italian soldiers assigned to Folgore Brigade (Airborne)

Italian soldiers assigned to Folgore Brigade (Airborne) provide security in Nella Drop Zone, Italy during Exercise Mangusta 19, Oct. 30, 2019. With Italians in the lead, Exercise Mangusta promotes interoperabil... More

Airman 1st Class Chelsey Selapack, a defender assigned

Airman 1st Class Chelsey Selapack, a defender assigned

Airman 1st Class Chelsey Selapack, a defender assigned to the 99th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), poses for a portrait in between checking ID cards at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 12, 2019. One of SFS m... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen train on baton striking using

U.S. Air Force Airmen train on baton striking using

U.S. Air Force Airmen train on baton striking using shield bags during a Leader Led Training Course at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 6, 2019. The Air Force designed the LLTC allow defenders from around the A... More

200316-N-HR150-1063 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Mar. 16, 2020)

200316-N-HR150-1063 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Mar. 16, 2020)

200316-N-HR150-1063 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Mar. 16, 2020) - Fire Controlman 2nd Class Nathan Davis, from Cleveland, Tennessee, plugs a passageway as a member of the shipboard reaction force team during an anti-terror... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Wyatt White (right), a

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Wyatt White (right), a

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Wyatt White (right), a defender with the 423rd Security Forces Squadron, loads his 9mm pistol during guard mount at RAF Alconbury, England on April 8, 2019. The defenders continue t... More

Capt. Samuel Doyel, 4th Security Forces Squadron operations

Capt. Samuel Doyel, 4th Security Forces Squadron operations

Capt. Samuel Doyel, 4th Security Forces Squadron operations officer in charge, left, listens to Airman 1st Class Kelsey Kerker, 4th Security Forces Squadron alarm monitor, right, explain a facility’s alarm syst... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Stephanie DaSilva,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Stephanie DaSilva,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Stephanie DaSilva, left, 60th Security Forces Squadron installation entry controller, discusses the plan to conduct a perimeter check with Staff Sgt. Brenden Rinehart, 60th SFS p... More

An Airman with the 31st Fighter Wing loads an M18 SIG

An Airman with the 31st Fighter Wing loads an M18 SIG

An Airman with the 31st Fighter Wing loads an M18 SIG Sauer Modular Handgun System magazine during a Combat Arms Training and Maintenance class at Aviano Air Base, Italy, July 14, 2020. Aviano received M18 hand... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Whaley, 423rd Civil

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Whaley, 423rd Civil

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Whaley, 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron dorm manager, wears mission oriented protective posture gear during a wing readiness exercise at RAF Alconbury, England, Aug. 5, 2020. The 5... More

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA – Military

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA – Military

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA – Military Working Dog Zana takes down “bad guy” Tech. Sgt. Reid, 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron MWD handler, during training Oct. 20, 2020 at Princ... More

Master Sgt. Jacob Brown, the 18th Security Forces Squadron

Master Sgt. Jacob Brown, the 18th Security Forces Squadron

Master Sgt. Jacob Brown, the 18th Security Forces Squadron flight chief, briefs members from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron and the 18th SFS prior to an active shooter exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan.... More

Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team Security Force

Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team Security Force

Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team Security Force members of the 1-181 Infantry Battalion, 1st platoon, Alpha Company stand in formation for an insignia patch ceremony here Nov. 20. The 26th Infantry Divisio... More

Iraqi Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal soldier unsecures

Iraqi Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal soldier unsecures

Iraqi Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal soldier unsecures the neck padding of an EOD Bomb Disposal Suit during EOD training in Kirkuk province, Iraq, Aug. 25. The Iraqi Army EOD conducted training to learn how t... More

Tech. Sgt. Billy Mehringer, police transition assistance

Tech. Sgt. Billy Mehringer, police transition assistance

Tech. Sgt. Billy Mehringer, police transition assistance team leader, discusses recruitment and manning with the local police chief, Aug. 13, at the Mehtar Lam police headquarters in Laghman province. The PRT a... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jessie Johnson, 3rd Infantry

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jessie Johnson, 3rd Infantry

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jessie Johnson, 3rd Infantry Division military working dog handler, and her, Chrach, relax in their tent after finishing explosives detection training, April 24, 2013, at Forward Opera... More

Volunteers feel their bald heads after shaving them

Volunteers feel their bald heads after shaving them

Volunteers feel their bald heads after shaving them in support of a 4th Security Forces Squadron member's family, Feb. 4, 2014, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. More than thirty volunteers raised money f... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesus Yanez, 455th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesus Yanez, 455th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesus Yanez, 455th Expeditionary Base Defense Squadron defender, performs perimeter patrol at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 2, 2014. Yanez has served in the Marine Corps, Army, N... More

A 91st Security Forces Group member guards a launch

A 91st Security Forces Group member guards a launch

A 91st Security Forces Group member guards a launch facility during an exercise near Donnybrook, N.D., June 29, 2015. Airmen from 219th Security Forces Squadron and 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron worked... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Martin, 97th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Martin, 97th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Martin, 97th Security Forces Squadron response force member, stands inside the completed entry facility that he and other 97th SFS Airmen remodeled, August 1, 2016, at Altu... More

Maj. Gen. Martin Smith, left, the lead advisor for

Maj. Gen. Martin Smith, left, the lead advisor for

Maj. Gen. Martin Smith, left, the lead advisor for the Ministry of Interior, speaks with a U.S. Marine, with Task Force Southwest, at Bost Airfield in Helmand Province, Afghanistan May 24, 2017. Task Force Sout... More

Tech Sgt. Michael Randall, far right, 51st Security

Tech Sgt. Michael Randall, far right, 51st Security

Tech Sgt. Michael Randall, far right, 51st Security Forces Squadron defender, attends to the wounds of multiple victims during a simulated building fire portion of exercise Beverly Herd 17-3 at Osan Air Base, R... More

A coalition partner and security force member loads

A coalition partner and security force member loads

A coalition partner and security force member loads five rounds into a magazine for use in a rifle range during military training in Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2018. This training is critical to enabling local secur... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 822nd Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 822nd Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 822nd Expeditionary Base Defense Squadron pose for a photograph on Feb. 2, 2018 at Air Base 201, Niger. The team recently worked alongside local military members to rescue a two-y... More

A Florida Highway Patrol officer salutes the flag during

A Florida Highway Patrol officer salutes the flag during

A Florida Highway Patrol officer salutes the flag during a retreat ceremony at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., May 17, 2018. Airmen from the 325th Security Forces Squadron gathered at Flag Park in honor of Nation... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, exercise

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, exercise

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, exercise evaluation team member, inspects Tech. Sgt. Kevin Burk, 100th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, as he references his checklist as the on-scene commander du... More

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsman Senior Airman Lauren

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsman Senior Airman Lauren

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsman Senior Airman Lauren Smith from the 171st Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron tallies up a trainees score after a round of shooting during M4 assault rifle qualificat... More

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