An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Feature Search

  • SERE fire circle: Learning to teach the art of survival

    Editor's note: The SERE fire circle is a time-honored tradition of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialists. The fire circle is typically beneath a parachute, an iconic visual of the SERE member in the woods, where they gather to learn and join in the camaraderie of the career after

  • Airmen train Iraqi police

    Iraqi policemen from the city of Nasiriyah earned explosive ordnance disposal patches Nov. 4 after completing training with Air Force EOD technicians assigned to Task Force Troy at Forward Operating Base Cedar. The training, conducted by three Airmen, is part of a six-week course offered to the

  • Monster Boot Camp: A good work out is nothing to fear

    The rationale of Monster Boot Camp is to take the participants back to basics. It gets participants into shape while teaching them the techniques to stay healthy, Senior Airman Keefer Neal, 92nd Force Support Squadron fitness specialist, said."You get your values with a workout plan and schedule,"

  • SERE fire circle: Students meet exotic locale in tropics phase of training

    Editor's note: The SERE fire circle is a time-honored tradition of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists. The fire circle is typically beneath a parachute, an iconic visual of the SERE member in the woods, where they gather to learn and join in the camaraderie of the career after

  • The eyes in the Northwest skies

    "I knew everything was going to be alright when I heard the sound of the Huey coming--it is still the sound of freedom," rescue 637 survivor said. Survivor 637 was rescued by the Fairchild 36th Rescue Flight in Hope, Idaho. The 71-year-old Vietnam Veteran suffered injuries from an all-terrain

  • A day in the life of a fire fighter

    It's a process created by a series of actions and changes. When sufficient amounts of fuel, oxygen, and heat exist simultaneously, a chemical reaction ignites an uncontrolled combustion more commonly known as fire. The color and intensity of a fire's flame, which is a mixture of reacting gases and

  • Behind the apron: One chow hall member trades the spatula for the stage

    During the day he can be found making wraps and grilling chicken to order at the 92nd Force Support Squadron's Warrior Dining Facility. But at the end of the day, Senior Airman Matt Baumann returns home to his guitar and performs his music all over the Spokane area. The musician, who has been

  • A day in the life: The culinary warriors

    Total Force Integration is an entity that is a fairly new practice for some units and organizations on practically every Air Force base. The Fairchild Air Force Base Dining Facility has been exercising this practice long before the title of TFI was applied to the long lived practice, said Tech. Sgt.