Arming Security Forces

Airman 1st Class, Cerrome Pridgen, 379th Security Forces Squadron, pulls an M-4 rifle from a weapons rack inside the 379th SFS Armory at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Oct. 21. The armory maintains more than $5 million in weapons and equipment including radios, batons, pistols and rifles . (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

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M-4 magazines filled with 5.56 mm ammunition sit on a shelf inside the 379th Security Forces Squadron Armory at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Oct. 22. Security Forces Airmen are issued numerous weapons from the facility to help protect the base including rifles, pistols and batons. The 379th SFS Armory maintains more than $5 million in weapons and equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

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Arming Security Forces

Senior Airman Rebecca McCarthy (Left) and Airman 1st Class Ricardo Avila (Right), both assigned to the 379th Security Forces Squadron, retrieve M-9 pistols and M-4 rifles from weapons racks inside the 379th SFS Armory at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Oct. 22. The armory maintains more than $5 million in weapons and equipment including radios, batons, pistols and rifles . (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

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Staff Sgt. Robert Sanchez, 379th Security Forces Squadron, receives ammunition from the 379th SFS Armory at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Oct. 22. Security Forces Airmen Airmen are issued a wide range of equipment and weapons from the armory to protect the base including radios, batons, pistols and rifles. The 379th SFS Armory maintains more than $5 million in weapons and equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

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Senior Airman Eduardo Flores, 379th Security Forces Squadron, puts a radio together inside the 379th SFS armory at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Oct. 22. The armory maintains more than $5 million in weapons and equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

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Airman 1st Class Ricardo Avila (Right), 379th Security Forces Squadron, carries an M-9 pistol and an M-4 rifle to the front of the 379th SFS Armory at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Oct. 21 during Security Forces weapon issue. The armory maintains more than $5 million in weapons and equipment including radios, batons, pistols and rifles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

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A security forces Airman clears his M-9 pistol under the watchful eye of the clearing barrel official outside the 379th Security Forces Squadron Armory at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Oct. 22. After receiving a weapon from the armory, Airmen are required to ensure the weapon is clear by utilizing a clearing barrel. The armory maintains more than $5 million in weapons and equipment including radios, batons, pistols and rifles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

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Arming Al Udeid Air Base's Defenders

Published Oct. 23, 2015
By Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman
379th Air Expiditionary Wing Public Affairs

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar -- Airman 1st Class, Cerrome Pridgen, 379th Security Forces Squadron, pulls an M-4 rifle from a weapons rack inside the 379th SFS Armory at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Oct. 21. The armory maintains more than $5 million in weapons and equipment including radios, batons, pistols and rifles . (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

Arming Security Forces

Arming Security Forces

Arming Security Forces

Arming Security Forces

Arming Security Forces

Arming Security Forces

Arming Security Forces