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Defenders reinforce IED awareness, response

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cierra Arthur, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron response force member, secures the area during an improvised explosive device and unexploded ordnance familiarization course at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 2, 2020. The course aimed to reinforce IED and UXO identification skills, as well as tactical combat casualty care applications in field conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Monica Roybal)
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Defenders reinforce IED awareness, response

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rosealine McDonald, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron response force member, monitors the area during an improvised explosive device and unexploded ordnance familiarization course at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 2, 2020. ESFS leaders partnered with 386th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal members to conduct the course and ensure defenders remain in a non-complacent, expeditionary mindset throughout their deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Monica Roybal)
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Defenders reinforce IED awareness, response

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron apply a tourniquet during an improvised explosive device and unexploded ordnance familiarization course at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 2, 2020. The course aimed to reinforce IED and UXO identification skills, as well as tactical combat casualty care applications in field conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Monica Roybal)
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Defenders reinforce IED awareness, response

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron drive Humvees while searching for roadside devices during an improvised explosive device and unexploded ordnance familiarization course at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 2, 2020. ESFS defenders drove a Humvee convoy to survey the training area in search of possible IED or UXO threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Monica Roybal)
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Defenders reinforce IED awareness, response

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron work together to provide aid to a mock victim during an improvised explosive device and unexploded ordnance familiarization course at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 2, 2020. The course aimed to reinforce IED and UXO identification skills, as well as tactical combat casualty care applications in field conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Monica Roybal)
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Defenders reinforce IED awareness, response

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffrey Gordon, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of training, acts as a victim in need of care in the field during an improvised explosive device and unexploded ordnance familiarization course at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 2, 2020. The defenders were tasked with providing tactical combat casualty care during simulated attack scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Monica Roybal)
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Defenders reinforce IED awareness, response

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rosealine McDonald, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron response force member, applies a tourniquet to a mock victim during an improvised explosive device and unexploded ordnance familiarization course at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 2, 2020. ESFS leaders partnered with 386th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal members to conduct the course, which aimed to reinforce IED and UXO identification skills, as well as tactical combat casualty care applications in field conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Monica Roybal)
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Defenders reinforce IED awareness, response

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron provide medical care to a mock victim during an improvised explosive device and unexploded ordnance familiarization course at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 2, 2020. ESFS leaders partnered with 386th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal members to conduct the course and ensure defenders remain in a non-complacent, expeditionary mindset throughout their deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Monica Roybal)
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Fingerprints to convicts: ACME tracks down the enemy

Sarah Stowers, Defense Forensic Science Center latent print examiner, poses for a photo with a deconstructed improvised explosive device at the Afghanistan Captured Material Exploitation laboratory at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2019. ACME is the only forensic operating lab in theater providing critical analysis to identify force protection threats and enable host nation criminal prosecutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Fingerprints to convicts: ACME tracks down the enemy

Fingerprints appear on a bottle using a strong light source used by Afghanistan Captured Material Exploitation laboratory latent print examiners at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2019. Fragile prints, like this one, are typically found on nonporous surfaces like plastics and metals, and can be easily wiped off during collection and handling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Fingerprints to convicts: ACME tracks down the enemy

An optical bridge, two-connected microscopes, is used to match the markings on bullets at the Afghanistan Captured Material Exploitation laboratory at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2019. Just like fingerprints, the markings on firearms and their components are unique to the make, model, caliber, country of origin and serial number of a specific firearm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Fingerprints to convicts: ACME tracks down the enemy

Erin Cook, Defense Forensic Science Center DNA analyst, pipettes DNA samples at the Afghanistan Captured Material Exploitation laboratory at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2019. Cook can provide a DNA profile using a multi-step process which includes separating DNA from the cell and making billions of copies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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EOD team aces VBIED response exercise

Tech. Sgt. Michael Case, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive, ordnance, and disposal (EOD) team member, diffuses simulated unexploded ordnance found in a mock vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), during a VBIED response training exercise Dec. 18, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Training participants utilized an F6A robotic platform, the bomb suit, and other specific tools to disrupt a VBIED during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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EOD team aces VBIED response exercise

Staff Sgt. Cameron Duncan and Tech. Sgt. Michael Case, both of the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive, ordnance, and disposal (EOD) team, navigate a remote F6A Robotic Platform through rocky terrain during a VBIED response training exercise Dec. 18, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Training participants utilized an F6A robotic platform, the bomb suit, and other specific tools to disrupt a VBIED during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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EOD team aces VBIED response exercise

Staff Sgt. Cameron Duncan, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive, ordnance, and disposal (EOD) team member, adjusts his gear after consolidating explosive ordnance found in a vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) during a VBIED response training exercise Dec. 18, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Training participants utilized an F6A robotic platform, the bomb suit, and other specific tools to disrupt a VBIED during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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EOD team aces VBIED response exercise

The 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive, ordnance, and disposal (EOD) team’s remotely controlled F6A Robotic Platform moves near a simulated vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) during a VBIED training exercise Dec. 18, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Training participants utilized an F6A robotic platform, the bomb suit, and other specific tools to disrupt a VBIED during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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EOD team aces VBIED response exercise

Tech. Sgt. Michael Case, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive, ordnance, and disposal (EOD) team member, searches under a vehicle while suited in an EOD 10 Bomb Suit, during a vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) response training exercise Dec. 18, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Training participants utilized an F6A robotic platform, the bomb suit, and other specific tools to disrupt a VBIED during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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EOD team aces VBIED response exercise

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Workoff, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive, ordnance, and disposal (EOD) team leader, coordinates a scenario for a vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) response training exercise Dec. 18, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Training participants utilized an F6A robotic platform, the bomb suit, and other specific tools to disrupt a VBIED during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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EOD team aces VBIED response exercise

Tech. Sgt. Michael Case, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive, ordnance, and disposal (EOD) team member, approaches a simulated vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) while wearing an EOD 10 Bomb Suit, during a VBIED response training exercise Dec. 18, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Training participants utilized an F6A robotic platform, a bomb suit, and other specific tools to disrupt a VBIED during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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IED exercise helps keep 332nd AEW combat ready

Tech. Sgt. Noah Cheney, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosives Ordnance Disposal unit NCO in charge of training, prepares an inert improvised explosive device hidden in a car in preparation for an exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 28, 2018. The exercise involved numerous units from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing along with coalition mission partners. Cheney is deployed from Beale Air Force Base California, and a native of Sonora, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Krystal Wright)
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