Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Tech. Sgt. Ivan Abudo blocks a punch from Senior Airman Paul Salomon during a self defense class here April 12, 2012. Abudo taught those in attendance about moves that would stun or hurt the attacker, giving them enough time to escape. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)

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Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Tech. Sgt. Ivan Abudo, 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, teaches a self defense class to attendees here April 12, 2012. The self defense class was held as a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)

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Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Tech. Sgt. Ivan Abudo, 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, teaches a self defense class to attendees here April 12, 2012. The self defense class was held as a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)

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Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Staff Sgt. Renee Gilliam, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, punches a pad during a self defense class here April 12, 2012. Attendees learned how to counter their attacker’s advances and how to avoid putting themselves in bad situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)

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Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

SOUTHWEST ASIA – U.S. Army Spc. Donnette Haynesworth, 5-52nd Air and Missile Defense Battery, practices kicking a pad during a self defense class here April 12, 2012. The self defense class was held as a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month to prepare members of the base for a worst-case scenario so they would be able to counter an attacker’s advances. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)

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Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Tech. Sgt. Ivan Abudo, 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, demonstrates how to kick during a self defense class here April 12, 2012. Abudo taught those in attendance about moves that would stun or hurt the attacker, giving them enough time to escape. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)

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Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Tech. Sgt. Ivan Abudo, 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, demonstrates how to break free of a perpetrator’s grasp during a self defense class here April 12, 2012. Attendees learned how to counter their attacker’s advances and how to avoid putting themselves in bad situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)

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Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Tech. Sgt. Ivan Abudo, 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, demonstrates how to break free of a perpetrator’s grasp during a self defense class here April 12, 2012. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which educates people on ways to report sexual assault, as well as resources available for victims and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)

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Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

SOUTHWEST ASIA – U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ivan Abudo, 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, teaches how to break free of a perpetrator’s grasp to U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Marquita Little, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, and U.S. Army Spc. Donnette Haynesworth, 5-52nd Air and Missile Defense Battery, during a self defense class here April 12, 2012. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which educates people on ways to report sexual assault, as well as resources available for victims and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)

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Strike out sexual assault: Service members learn basic self defense

Published April 13, 2012

Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month

Base hosts self defense class as part of SAAM month