Ramstein SERE specialists train air crew

Airmen assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing practice ground combatives during a survival, evasion, resistance, escape training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 17, 2017. The training is designed to teach members basic skills to protect themselves. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devin M. Rumbaugh)

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Ramstein SERE specialists train air crew

Airmen assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing practice combative techniques during a survival, evasion, resistance, escape training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 17, 2017. The training is designed to teach Airmen how to survive situations where they may be in austere conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devin M. Rumbaugh)

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Ramstein SERE specialists train air crew

An Airman assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing is tugged through water during a survival, evasion, resistance, escape training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 16, 2017. Water survival skills are vital to air crew members in the case of a water landing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devin M. Rumbaugh)

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Ramstein SERE specialists train air crew

Senior Airman Patrick Cassidy, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, is tugged into the water during a survival, evasion, resistance, escape training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 16, 2017. The training is designed to simulate a member’s parachute being drug by a current after landing in water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devin M. Rumbaugh)

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Staff Sgt. Yannick Sharras, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, looks back at his captors during a survival, evasion, resistance, escape field training exercise at U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, Oct. 18, 2017. The exercise included the members camouflaging themselves to avoid being detected by any hostile forces in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devin M. Rumbaugh)

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Ramstein SERE specialists train air crew

An Airman assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing practices a combative technique during a survival, evasion, resistance, escape training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 17, 2017. The training teaches Airmen to defend themselves from enemies using weapons such as knives and handguns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devin M. Rumbaugh)

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Ramstein SERE specialists train air crew

Published Oct. 20, 2017
By Airman 1st Class Devin M. Rumbaugh
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Airmen assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing practice ground combatives during a survival, evasion, resistance, escape training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 17, 2017. The training is designed to teach members basic skills to protect themselves. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devin M. Rumbaugh)