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Fairchild honors National POW/MIA Recognition Day with 24-hour ruck march

Chief Master Sgt. Trevor Brinton, 66th Training Squadron senior enlisted leader, delivers remarks to Airmen prior to them starting a 24-hour ruck march honoring National POW/MIA Recognition Day at Riverfront Park in Spokane, Washington, Sept. 19, 2024. The march began at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Riverfront Park and ended at Fairchild AFB with participants keeping the POW/MIA flag in constant motion for 24 hours. The event concluded with a recognition ceremony honoring all American prisoners of war, missing in action and their families. Every year, the third Friday in September is recognized in the United States as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The Department of Defense is steadfast in its commitment to finding, recovering, identifying and repatriating the remains of its heroes who are unaccounted for. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lawrence Sena)
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Fairchild honors National POW/MIA Recognition Day with 24-hour ruck march

Airmen assigned to the 336th Training Group stand in formation prior to starting a 24-hour ruck march in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day at Riverfront Park in Spokane, Washington, Sept. 19, 2024. The march began at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Riverfront Park and ended at Fairchild AFB with participants keeping the POW/MIA flag in constant motion for 24 hours. The event concluded with a recognition ceremony honoring all American POW/MIA and their families. Every year, the third Friday in September is recognized in the United States as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The Department of Defense is steadfast in its commitment to finding, recovering, identifying and repatriating the remains of its heroes who are unaccounted for. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lawrence Sena)
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Fairchild honors National POW/MIA Recognition Day with 24-hour ruck march

A Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial statue is on display at Riverfront Park in Spokane, Washington, Sept. 19, 2024. Airmen assigned to Fairchild Air Force Base gathered in front of the memorial prior to starting a 24-hour ruck march in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day. During the ruck march, participants kept the POW/MIA flag in constant motion. The ruck march began at the memorial and concluded at Fairchild AFB. Every year, the third Friday in September is recognized in the United States as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The Department of Defense is steadfast in its commitment to finding, recovering, identifying and repatriating the remains of its heroes who are unaccounted for. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lawrence Sena)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Zach Harting and Natalie Hinds, competitive swimmers for Team USA, sit in a raft during in a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Hinds and Harting visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Zach Harting, a competitive swimmer for Team USA, collapses a raft during in a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Harting visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

A U.S. Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape instructor throws water at Team USA swimmers Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, as well as SERE students during a SERE water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Natalie Hinds, a competitive swimmer for Team USA sits in a raft during in a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Hinds visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Zach Harting and Natalie Hinds, competitive swimmers for Team USA, participate in a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Harting and Hinds visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Zach Harting and Natalie Hinds, competitive swimmers for Team USA, prepare for a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Harting and Hinds visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Zach Harting, a competitive swimmer for Team USA, inflates a lifejacket during a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Harting and Natalie Hinds, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Zach Harting, a competitive swimmer for Team USA, suspends from a simulated parachute harness during a virtual reality parachute landing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. Harting and fellow Team USA swimmer Natalie Hinds visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival and parachute immersion experiences. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Natalie Hinds, a competitive swimmer for Team USA, dons a helmet and harness before a virtual reality parachute landing simulation at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. Hinds and fellow Team USA Swimmer Zach Harting visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival and parachute immersion experiences. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

A U.S. Air Force student participating in the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course holds onto harness during a simulated air lift rescue at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25. 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

A U.S. Air Force student participating in the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course holds onto harness during a simulated air lift rescue at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

A U.S. Air Force student participating in the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course straps into a harness during a simulated air lift rescue at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

A U.S. Air Force student participates in a simulated air lift rescue during the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

U.S. Air Force students swim to the entrance of a raft as part of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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92nd Operations Group Hosts 'boom rodeo'

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron swim to a raft during a water survival training event as part of a “boom rodeo” hosted by the 92nd Operations Group at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 20, 2023. During the rodeo, six air refueling squadrons competed in a forklift loading event, Tactical Combat Casualty Care and a water survival scenario. Scenarios like this enable Airmen to get hands-on training with tools to which they may not otherwise have access. These competitions also build camaraderie between units from different bases and provide friendly competition to motivate Airmen to perform their best. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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92nd Operations Group Hosts 'boom rodeo'

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron participate in a water survival training event during a “boom rodeo” hosted by the 92nd Operations Group at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 20, 2023. During the rodeo, six air refueling squadrons competed in a forklift loading event, Tactical Combat Casualty Care and a water survival scenario. Scenarios like this enable Airmen to get hands-on training with tools to which they may not otherwise have access. These competitions also build camaraderie between units from different bases and provide friendly competition to motivate Airmen to perform their best. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Specialists, from the 22nd Training Squadron, exhibit landing procedures during a parachuting exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington June 5, 2023. Parachuting is an integral part of SERE training that ensures the readiness of the Airmen who go through the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
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