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Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. ( April 25, 2024): Somehow, word got around that Air Force Basic Training is easier than other branches of the service. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this photo by Ava Leone, more than six hundred Airmen assigned to flights 301 through 315 graduates from Basic after weeks of grueling mental and physical training. Due to its flashy mission, the difficulty of Air Force Basic training is often underestimated.
The seven-and one-half week program begins with in-processing and an initial physical examination. Recruits are expected to pass a physical fitness test including timed push-ups, sit-ups, and a one-and-a-half-mile run. Trainees seeking to enter Special Warfare career fields have additional requirements including swimming.
The first few weeks concentrate on basic war skills, military discipline, physical fitness, and drill and ceremonies. Students absorb the Air Force’s core values and an understanding of a comprehensive range of subjects relating to Air Force life. Students face the “gas chamber” during the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Course to learn to wear their protective masks properly in an unforgiving environment. Later, in the fifth week, trainees battle each other with pugil sticks during Combatives training and learn a variety of martial arts techniques.
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BODO, NORWAY, March 8, 2022 - II MEF presents secure expeditionary communication capability - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Curtis (left), and Lance Cpl. Dylan Shawver, guard force sentries with 2d Marine Expeditionary Support Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, pose with a portable handset enabled with PacStar Radio over Internet Protocol (RoIP) during Exercise Cold Response 2022, Bodo, Norway, March 9, 2022. PacStar RoIP is a critical communication capability which enables instantaneous and simultaneous two-way radio