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  • Karl Shoemaker and Airmen from the 36th Rescue Squadron and Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape, pose for a photo

    36th RQS, SERE saves snowmobilers life

    Fairchild Airmen rescued a severely-injured man on the top of Calispell Peak after an accident left him trapped between a tree and his snowmobile with a broken leg and hypothermia.
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Garry McLean, 336th Training Group Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, dawns his beret for a photo at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 19, 2019. McLean overcame his battle with depression after experiencing life changing events that led to the dismantling of his family. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lawrence Sena)

    Tech. Sgt. McLean: Overcoming Depression

    McLean is a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist with the 336th Training Group, and is no stranger to stress or difficult situations. However, when the weight of the world piled on him, McLean reached a place that he couldn’t come back from alone.
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jarad Underwood, 22nd Training Squadron Advanced Skills Training NCO in charge, does one-on-one training with an Airman during combat survival training for aircrew and battlefield Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 31, 2019. The combatives class teaches projectile striking, clenching and grappling self-defense techniques to prepare Airmen for any emergency event or captivity situation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jesenia Landaverde)

    Airman optimizes mission readiness by enhancing AF Combatives Master Program

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Underwood, 22nd Training Squadron Advanced Skills Training NCO in charge, is the first and only person in the Department of Defense who is eligible to teach combatives to all servicemembers, despite their military affiliation.
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    Volunteer strength coach competes in warrior trials

    Recently Brett Campfield, 336th Training Group volunteer strength coach, competed in the Air Force Warrior Trials, a Wounded Warriors program event for Airmen to compete for a Warrior Games team slot. He was selected for the team to compete in indoor rowing, cycling, archery, track and sitting volleyball.
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    Teaching Air Force wilderness survival

    Regardless of weather, be it in the heat of the sun or the cold of the winter, Airmen can be found training in the woods, preparing for different isolated survival situations they might face in their careers. Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists work around the clock to train Airmen to survive and return with honor. “We fail our
  • Tech. Sgt. Kyle Hiener, 336th Training Support Squadron field’s operations NCO in-charge, operates a motor-grader to remove snow from roads in the Air Force Survival School Training Area in Cusick, Washington, Dec. 7, 2017. These Airmen are known throughout the Air Force as Civil Engineer “Dirt Boys,” but when they’re a part of the 336th Training Support Squadron, they’re called “Road Runners.” The Road Runners operate various vehicles to clear back roads in the National Forest, to include: motor graders, loaders, bulldozers and dump trucks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sean Campbell)

    Road Runners enable AF Survival School mission

    Seventy miles north of Fairchild, in the depths of the Colville National Forest, Airmen stand ready to fight below freezing temperatures, 50 plus inches of snow a year, all the while maintaining 450 miles of forested backroads within the 455 thousand acres of the 336th Training Group Survival School training area.
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    War or the Cage

    The day’s pent-up energy reaches a climax, his lime green “autistic kids rock!” t-shirt stands out in the bustling room, a clear sign that Tyler McGuire has entered the cage. Standing across from him is his opponent whose goal is to take him down.The crowd buzzes with excitement as Staff Sgt. Tyler McGuire, 66th Training Squadron operations NCO in
  • Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rosciglione, 22nd Training Squadron flight chief water survival training, poses for a photo Sept. 13, 2016, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Five days a week Rosciglione manages three separate Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Water Survival Courses at the indoor pool. His leadership selected him as one of Fairchild’s Finest, a weekly recognition program that highlights top-performing Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Sean Campbell)

    Fairchild’s Finest Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rosciglione

    Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rosciglione, 22nd Training Squadron Water Survival Training flight chief, poses for a photo Sept. 13, 2016, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Five days-a-week Rosciglione manages three separate Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Water Survival Courses at the indoor pool.
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