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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Tech. Sgt. Arica Sims, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, hands a practice grenade to an IDLC student on June 7, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Sims and the cadre assisted in training students on throwing techniques to develop combat readiness skills necessary for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Senior Airman Nicholas Lozano, a Defender with the 301st Security Forces Squadron, Carswell Field, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, throws a practice grenade during training on June 7, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Training Center, Ohio. Lozano and members of the 301st SFS traveled to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to participate in Air Force Reserve Command’s Integrated Defense Leadership Course that develops multi-capable Airmen ready for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Integrated Defense Leadership Course students carry a box of spent training grenades on June 7, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. IDLC Defenders traveled to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to participate in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC that develops multi-capable Airmen ready for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wilkins, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, instructs Defenders how to throw a practice grenade on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders traveled to Youngstown ARS, to participate in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC that develops multi-capable Airmen ready for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wilkins, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, teaches Airmen how to throw a practice grenade on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders traveled to Youngstown ARS, to participate in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC that develops multi-capable Airmen ready for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Staff Sgt. Ryan Cisneros, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 310th Security Forces Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, watches a student throw a practice grenade on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders traveled to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to participate in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC that develops multi-capable Airmen ready for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Tech. Sgt. Anthony McDaniel, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 914th Security Forces Squadron, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, gives detonation instructions to a student on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders traveled to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to participate in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC that develops multi-capable Airmen ready for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Master Sgt. Adam Cutright, the Integrated Defense Leadership Course assistant course chief assigned to the 919th Security Forces Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, documents lot numbers for the detonation of live grenades on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders traveled to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to participate in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC that develops multi-capable Airmen ready for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Chase, the Integrated Defense Leadership Course chief assigned to the 310th Security Forces Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, holds a grenade on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Chase and fellow cadre members facilitated the detonation of live grenades by Defenders who traveled to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to participate in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC that prepares Airmen for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Defenders assigned to the 301st Security Forces Squadron, Carswell Field, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, pose for a photo on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The Defenders pictured were the first students ever to throw live grenades during the Air Force Reserve Command’s Integrated Defense Leadership Course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Tech. Sgt. Anthony McDaniel, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 914th Security Forces Squadron, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, secures the line prior to the detonation of a claymore on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Air Force Reserve Command training re-introduced claymores for the first time in decades to prepare Defenders to take on peer and near-peer global competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Chase, the Integrated Defense Leadership Course chief, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Cisneros, an IDLC cadre member, both assigned to the 310th Security Forces Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, prepare a claymore to be detonated on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in decades, claymores have been re-introduced into Air Force Reserve Command’s Security Forces training to prepare Defenders for potential conflicts with peer and near-peer global competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

A claymore detonates on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in decades, claymores have been re-introduced into training through Air Force Reserve Command’s Integrated Defense Leadership Course that develops Defenders ready for potential conflicts with peer and near-peer global competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

A claymore detonates on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in decades, claymores have been re-introduced into training through Air Force Reserve Command’s Integrated Defense Leadership Course that develops Defenders ready for potential conflicts with peer and near-peer global competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

A claymore detonates on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in decades, claymores have been re-introduced into training through Air Force Reserve Command’s Integrated Defense Leadership Course that develops Defenders ready for potential conflicts with peer and near-peer global competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

A tree is pierced by shrapnel from a claymore on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in decades, claymores have been re-introduced into training through Air Force Reserve Command’s Integrated Defense Leadership Course that develops Defenders ready for potential conflicts with peer and near-peer global competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

A claymore detonates on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in decades, claymores have been re-introduced into training through Air Force Reserve Command’s Integrated Defense Leadership Course that develops Defenders ready for potential conflicts with peer and near-peer global competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Staff Sgt. Daryn Weatherspoon, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 445th Security Forces Squadron, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, winds up detonation cord for claymores on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in decades, claymores have been re-introduced to Air Force Reserve Training to prepare Defenders for potential conflicts with peer and near-peer global competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Integrated Defense Leadership Course students inspect the impact of a claymore being detonated on June 8, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders traveled to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to participate in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC to develop multi-capable Airmen ready for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23: Accelerated change hones combat edge for Defenders

Published June 28, 2023
By Staff Sgt. Christina Russo
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

CAMP JAMES A. GARFIELD JOINT MILITARY TRAINING CAMP, Ohio -- Tech. Sgt. Arica Sims, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, hands a practice grenade to an IDLC student on June 7, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Sims and the cadre assisted in training students on throwing techniques to develop combat readiness skills necessary for wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)