Senior Airman Jeffrey Hall, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team leader, provides over watch security during a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Hall is deployed from Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., and is a native of Amery, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Tech. Sgt. Luis Pozo, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team patrol leader and Saheed Murtaza, interpreter, speak with a local villager during a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The QRT searches for and deters enemy activity, denies enemy freedom of movement, provides a presence to establish rapport with local villagers, and collects reconnaissance for possible weapons caches and signs of staging an attack on the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Senior Airman Courtney Folley, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team radio telephone operator, conducts a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Folley is deployed from Rhode Island Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Members of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team, conduct a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The QRT searches for and deters enemy activity, denies enemy freedom of movement, provides a presence to establish rapport with local villagers, and collects reconnaissance for possible weapons caches and signs of staging an attack on the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Senior Airman Evan Stevens, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team M240 machine gun operator, provides over watch security during a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Stevens is deployed from Illinois Air National Guard and is a native of Springfield, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Staff Sgt. Jarred Brousseau, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team leader, provides over watch security during a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Brousseau is deployed from Rhode Island Air National Guard and is a native of Providence, R.I. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Senior Airman Courtney Folley, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team radio telephone operator, and Staff Sgt. Vincent Estes QRT leader, conduct a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The QRT searches for and deters enemy activity, denies enemy freedom of movement, provides a presence to establish rapport with local villagers, and collects reconnaissance for possible weapons caches and signs of staging an attack on the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Senior Airman Jeffrey Hall, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team leader, provides over watch security during a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Hall is deployed from Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., and is a native of Amery, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Senior Airman Courtney Folley, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team radio telephone operator, gives thumbs up to a local child while conducting a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Folley is deployed from Rhode Island Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Senior Airman Courtney Folley, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team radio telephone operator, conducts a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Folley is deployed from Rhode Island Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Tech. Sgt. Luis Pozo, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team patrol leader gives a local child a high five during a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Pozo is deployed from Illinois Air National Guard, and is a native of Chicago, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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Tech. Sgt. Luis Pozo, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Team patrol leader poses with a local child during a dismounted patrol Sept. 26, 2011, outside the wire of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Pozo is deployed from Illinois Air National Guard, and is a native of Chicago. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)

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QRT presence an enemy deterrent

Published Oct. 10, 2011
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Quick Response Force searches for and deters enemy activity, denies enemy freedom of movement, provides a presence to establish rapport with local villagers, and collects reconnaissance for possible weapons caches and signs of staging an attack on the base.