Viper Team Secures ASAB Perimeter

A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle, operated by 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team defenders, patrols at an observation/listening point outside Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS are the first layer of integrated defense in the five-kilometer security zone outside the wire. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team members pose for a photo with locals camping outside the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Part of the Viper Team's duties include engaging locals within the security zone to build a rapport and further establish positive relationships with the people of Kuwait. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team members laugh and converse with a local camp owner outside the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Part of the Viper Team's duties include engaging locals within the security zone to build a rapport and further establish positive relationships with the people of Kuwait. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Staff Sgt. Kaleb Shah, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team member, converses with a local camp owner in the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Part of the Viper Patrol duties include engaging locals within the security zone to build a rapport and further establish positive relationships with the people of Kuwait. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Tech. Sgt. Matthew Toderick, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team lead, patrols the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS stand ready to protect lives and secure the installation in a deployed environment by going outside the wire each day as part of Viper Patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Staff Sgt. Michael Gochanour, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team member patrols a listening point/observation point in the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS stand ready to protect lives and secure the installation in a deployed environment by going outside the wire each day as part of Viper Patrol. Gochanour is a Guardsman deployed from Springfield, Ill.(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Senior Airman Emanuel Pimentel-Jones, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team member, patrols a listening point/observation point in the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS stand ready to protect lives and secure the installation in a deployed environment by going outside the wire each day as part of Viper Patrol. Pimentel-Jones is deployed from Minot Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle operated by 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Patrol defenders patrol at an observation/listening point outside Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS are the first layer of integrated defense in the five-kilometer security zone outside the wire. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Staff Sgt. Christian Alston, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team member, stands outside a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle during a patrol of the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS stand ready to protect lives and secure the installation in a deployed environment by going outside the wire each day as part of Viper Patrol. Alston is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Senior Airman Lovell Smith, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team member, stands outside a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle during a patrol of the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS stand ready to protect lives and secure the installation in a deployed environment by going outside the wire each day as part of Viper Patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Tech. Sgt. Matthew Toderick, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Patrol lead checks in with Staff Sgt. Christian Alston, 386th ESFS Viper Team member, during a patrol of the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS stand ready to protect lives and secure the installation in a deployed environment by going outside the wire each day as part of Viper Patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Patrol members sit at an observation/listening point inside the five-kilometer base security zone outside Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS stand ready to protect lives and secure the installation in a deployed environment by going outside the wire each day as part of Viper Patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Camels gather inside the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Many of locals and their livestock reside within the five-kilometer security zone but cannot encroach upon the two-kilometer demarcation barrier without resistance from 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Patrol defenders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Tech. Sgt. Matthew Toderick, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team lead, patrols the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS stand ready to protect lives and secure the installation in a deployed environment by going outside the wire each day as part of Viper Patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Tech. Sgt. Matthew Toderick, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Patrol lead, explains to a local herder that his camels have moved too far into a five-kilometer base security zone outside Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Many locals and their livestock reside within the five-kilometer security zone but cannot encroach upon the two-kilometer demarcation barrier. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Tech. Sgt. Matthew Toderick, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Patrol lead prepares to make contact with a local camel herder in the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Many of locals and their livestock reside within the five-kilometer security zone but cannot encroach upon the two-kilometer demarcation barrier without resistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Viper Team Secures ASAB Perimeter

386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team defenders patrol inside the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS stand ready to protect lives and secure the installation in a deployed environment by going outside the wire each day as part of Viper Patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team defenders herd a camel in the five-kilometer base security zone stretching outward from the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Many of locals and their livestock reside within the five-kilometer security zone but cannot encroach upon the two-kilometer demarcation barrier. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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Viper Team Secures ASAB Perimeter

Published April 2, 2019
By Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys
386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait -- A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle, operated by 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Viper Team defenders, patrols at an observation/listening point outside Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 31, 2019. Security Forces members from the 386 ESFS are the first layer of integrated defense in the five-kilometer security zone outside the wire. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)