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Becoming bolder: One defender’s first deployment journey

Airman 1st Class Esmeralda Rodriguez, 380th Protection Flight security forces specialist, works in the base vehicle search area in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 27, 2025. While deployed, Rodriguez performs installation entry control, vehicle screening and general security duties across multiple posts. Through her vigilance as a security forces defender, she helps ensure the security of deployed servicemembers and critical mission assets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Cason)
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Becoming bolder: One defender’s first deployment journey

Airman 1st Class Esmeralda Rodriguez, 380th Protection Flight security forces specialist, works in the base vehicle search area in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 27, 2025. While deployed, Rodriguez performs installation entry control, vehicle screening and general security duties across multiple posts. Through her vigilance as a security forces defender, she helps ensure the security of deployed servicemembers and critical mission assets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Cason)
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Becoming bolder: One defender’s first deployment journey

Airman 1st Class Esmeralda Rodriguez, 380th Protection Flight security forces specialist, works in the base vehicle search area in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 27, 2025. While deployed, Rodriguez performs installation entry control, vehicle screening and general security duties across multiple posts. Through her vigilance as a security forces defender, she helps ensure the security of deployed servicemembers and critical mission assets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Cason)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Riese Ornelas, 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialist, assembles a decontamination shower within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Airmen use decontamination showers to remove contaminants from members and their equipment and ensure safety after exposure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Riese Ornelas, 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialist, assembles a decontamination shower within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Emergency Management Airmen demonstrated how to use their decontamination shower and tested the fire Airmen on proper technique to verify their proficiency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Taylor Beard, right, 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialist, raises a decontamination shower while Senior Airman Asher Hunter, 380th Emergency Management Element emergency management specialist, center, demonstrates decontamination procedures within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Fire and EM collaborated during decontamination training to understand how they can better assist each other in the case of an emergency of any scale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Hunter Heikkila, 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialist, simulates using a decontamination shower within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Airmen use decontamination showers to remove contaminants from members and their equipment and ensure safety after exposure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Popovich, 380th First Responder Element fire driver operator, left, and Airman 1st Class Hunter Heikkila, 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialist, simulate decontamination procedures within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Decontamination is a multistep process to clean members and their equipment and targets known hot spots where contaminants build up. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Popovich, 380th First Responder Element fire driver operator, left, scrubs contamination off of Airman 1st Class Hunter Heikkila, 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialist, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Two Airmen used decontamination supplies while another aided Heikkila in removing his equipment and placing it in the proper receptacles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Popovich, 380th First Responder Element fire driver operator, left, assists Airman 1st Class Hunter Heikkila, 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialist, in removing his mask in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Airmen decontaminated Heikkila’s gear to eliminate the possibility of others coming in contact with potential harmful materials and substances. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. April Edwards, 380th First Responder Element deputy fire chief, unfolds a large decontamination pool within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Decontamination is a multistep process to clean members and their equipment and targets known hot spots where contaminants build up. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialist and 380th Emergency Management Element emergency management specialists discuss how to use a decontamination shower within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. EM demonstrated how to use their decontamination shower and tested the fire Airmen on proper technique to verify their proficiency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Hunter Heikkila, 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialist, simulates decontamination procedures within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Two Airmen operated the decontamination shower while another aided Heikkila in removing his equipment and placing it in the proper receptacles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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Fire, EM decontamination training

U.S. Air Force 380th First Responder Element fire emergency services specialists and 380th Emergency Management Element emergency management specialists assemble a decontamination shower within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 21, 2025. Fire and EM collaborated during decontamination training to understand how they can better assist each other in the case of an emergency of any scale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)
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U.S. Airmen assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Medical Element and Emirati servicemembers practice tactical combat casualty care techniques on a training mannequin in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 11, 2025. TCCC is a set of battlefield medicine guidelines designed to reduce preventable deaths by prioritizing the most critical injuries, particularly massive hemorrhage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Cason)
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An Emirati servicemember practices tightening a tourniquet on a training mannequin during a tactical casualty combat care training led by U.S. Airmen assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Medical Element in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 11, 2025. During the care under fire phase of TCCC, the provider's first priority is to ensure their own safety and the safety of the casualty by taking cover or suppressing fire. Immediate, life-saving care is limited to applying a tourniquet for severe bleeding and providing care for an open airway if possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Cason)
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U.S. Air Force Major Logan Davis, 380th Expeditionary Medical Element physical therapist, instructs Emirati servicemembers on tactical combat casualty care fundamentals in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 11, 2025. Working and training alongside host nation partners is essential to building stronger ties, enhancing interoperability and promoting regional stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Cason)
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An Emirati servicemember tries on a heat reflective suit during a tactical combat casualty care training led by U.S. Airmen assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Medical Element in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 11, 2025. Working and training alongside host nation partners is essential to building stronger ties, enhancing interoperability and promoting regional stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Cason)
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An Emirati servicemember practices applying an occlusive dressing to a sucking chest wound on a practice mannequin during a tactical combat casualty care training led by U.S. Airmen, 380th Expeditionary Medical Element, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 11, 2025. TCCC is a set of battlefield medicine guidelines designed to reduce preventable deaths by prioritizing the most critical injuries, particularly massive hemorrhage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Cason)
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A U.S. Airman assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Medical Element peels off an occlusive dressing from a simulated sucking chest wound on a practice mannequin while training Emirati servicemembers on tactical combat casualty care fundamentals in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 11, 2025. TCCC is divided into three phases: care under fire, tactical field care, and tactical evacuation care, with the acronym MARCH, massive hemorrhage, airway, respirations, circulation, head injury/hypothermia, used to guide treatment priorities. The goal is to provide the best possible care in a combat environment while ensuring the safety of both the medical provider and the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Cason)
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