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SERE Desert training

A 66th Training Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialist, explains proper triangulation technique during the desert survival training phase to a hopeful SERE candidate. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Joshua K. Chapman)

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SERE Desert training

A desert survival student prepares a freshly-deceased rattle snake for consumption after finding the cold-blooded creature during the team’s trek back to base camp hours after dusk here. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Joshua K. Chapman)

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SERE Desert training

Two Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape technical school students stand dangerously close to a cliff edge that towers over the Columbia River here as they attempt to determine their position relative to map-marked landmarks. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Joshua K. Chapman)

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SERE Desert training

Three Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape technical school students intensely peer above their maps as they attempt to locate their position in the George, Wash., area around the Columbia River. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Joshua K. Chapman)

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SERE Desert training

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists and technical school students head toward a cliff face as they search for a good starting point to begin climbing.(U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Joshua K. Chapman)

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SERE Desert training

A 66th Training Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape technical school student looks on as the students prepare to move northeast after triangulating their position near the Columbian River. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Joshua K. Chapman)

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SERE Mobile

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape students being their journey down a mountain in the Colville National Forest during the Mobile phase of SERE training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jocelyn Guthrie)

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SERE Mobile

A Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape student plots points on a map during the Mobile phase of SERE training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jocelyn Guthrie)

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SERE Mobile

A Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape student sharpens a knife atop one of the highest peaks in the Colville National Forest during the Mobile phase of SERE training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jocelyn Guthrie)

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SERE Mobile

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape students pack their gear before hiking down a mountain during the Mobile phase of SERE training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jocelyn Guthrie)

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Getting familiar with survival

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape candidates sit on logs while they prepare meat during the Familiarization phase of SERE training. The 10-day familiarization training takes place in the Callispell National Forest and teaches candidates the basics of survival in the wilderness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Emerald Ralston)

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Getting familiar with survival

A 66th Training Squadron instructor assesses a shelter constructed by a student during the Familiarization phase of training. Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training is a six-month course that turns regular Airmen into SERE specialists and, eventually, instructors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Emerald Ralston)

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Getting familiar with survival

Staff Sgt. Bruno Lima, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape candidate, prepares meat for cooking during the Familiarization phase of SERE training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Emerald Ralston)

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Getting familiar with survival

A Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape candidate, constructs a five-rod A-frame shelter in the Cusick Training Area within the Calispell National Forest. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Emerald Ralston)

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Getting familiar with survival

The Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape fire circle is a time-honored icon on the SERE tradition. A lot of training is conducted beneath the fire circle parachute and it serves as a common, recognizable bond for SERE members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Emerald Ralston)

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Dr. Haller visits Team Fairchild

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Tech. Sgt. Rick Skidmore, 92nd Communications Squadron network management Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, takes a moment to speak with Dr. Howard Haller after hearing his presentation at the Base Theater Aug. 14. Dr. Haller participated in Air Fore Reserve Officer Training Corps and worked his way through college as a Federal Aviation Administration Certified Flight Instructor. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Jocelyn A. Guthrie)

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Structural maintenance craftsmen keep planes in the air

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash.–Staff Sgt. Ken Wires, 92nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, prepares a template to replace a corroded "Oklahoma Panel" during the Aircraft Periodic Inspection here Aug. 6. After preparing the template, the holes can then be transferred and drilled to the new panel. Upon completion, the edges are sealed to eliminate moisture absorption and the panel is painted and ready for reinstallation. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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Allardice assumes 18th AF command

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice, makes his first speech as the new commander of 18th Air Force and thanks the attendees for his warm welcome to Joint Team Scott during a change-of-command ceremony at the Scott Club on Aug. 19. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Allardice assumes 18th AF command

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --Gen. Arthur J. Lichte, Air Mobility Command commander (left), and Maj. Gen. Winfield W. Scott III, former 18th Air Force commander (right), congratulate Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice for being named the new 18th Air Force commander during a change-of-command ceremony at the Scott Club on Aug. 19. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Allardice assumes 18th AF command

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice (right) assumes command of the 18th Air Force from Gen. Arthur J. Lichte, Air Mobility Command commander, during the change of command ceremony at the Scott Club Aug. 19. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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