SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

Senior Airman Austin Mills, 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron patrolman, apprehends a simulated opposing force personnel during the urban operations portion of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. While conducting a mission to gain intelligence from a simulated foreign village leader, Mills and other students were attacked by cadres in the role of opposing forces with blank rounds and flash bangs. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th USFPS participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

Staff Sgt. Katelyn McHale, 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron desk sergeant, tactically moves through a simulated village filled with smoke during the urban operations portion of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. The two-week course began March 24 and provides pre-deployment training to security forces Airmen who will be going downrange. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th USFPS participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

Staff Sgt. Christian Gomez, 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron Bravo Flight chief, walks down stairs during the urban operations portion of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. During the urban ops portion of the course, the cadres used blank rounds and flash bangs to simulate an attack upon the students. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th USFPS participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

Yellow smoke billows out of smoke grenade during the urban operations portion of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. The students had a mission to talk to a village leader and gain intelligence from him when they were attacked and had to neutralize the threat and make it back to their base. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

Staff Sgt. Katelyn McHale, 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron desk sergeant, posts at a window to watch for opposing forces during the urban operations portion of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. McHale and other students had a mission to tactically enter a mock village, gain intelligence from the village leader, and make it back to their base. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th USFPS participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

Students of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course speak to simulated foreign village leaders during the urban operations portion of the course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. The student’s mission was to make contact with the village leader and gain intelligence from him. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

Staff Sgt. Christian Gomez, 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron Bravo Flight chief, speaks with a simulated foreign village leader during the urban operations portion of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th USFPS participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

A student of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course is surrounded by smoke during the urban operations portion of the course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. The students also performed mounted and dismounted operations while at Baumholder. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

Airman 1st Class Paul Deitz, 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron patrolman, crouches inside a building during the urban operations portion of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. The purpose of the two-week course was to train security forces Airmen who were about to deploy. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th USFPS participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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SF Airmen lay the ground fire in urban operations

Published April 7, 2017
By Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

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