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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

An Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders flies over Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, on July 25, 2023. AFRC Defenders participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

An Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off from Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, on July 25, 2023. Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders disembark an Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders disembark an Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Staff Sgt. Anthony Piper, a 910th Security Forces Squadron Defender, guards an Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter after disembarking the aircraft on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Piper and fellow Defenders participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Tech. Sgt. Shawn Edwards II, a 910th Security Forces Squadron Defender, guards an Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter after disembarking the aircraft on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Edwards and fellow Defenders participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

An Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off from Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, on July 25, 2023. Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Defenders assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron prepare to lift a casualty victim during litter training on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Members of the 910th SFS participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Members from the 3rd Batallion, 238th Air Regiment, perform pre-flight checks on a UH-60L Black Hawk medevac helicopter prior to takeoff on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The aircrew conducted medevac familiarization training with 910th Security Forces Squadron Defenders during a training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform their tactical skills to adapt to the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Defenders assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron load a litter onto a 3rd Batallion, 238th Air Regiment UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Members of the 910th SFS participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Defenders assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron walk away from a 3rd Batallion, 238th Air Regiment UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter after loading a litter onto the aircraft on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Members of the 910th SFS participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Defenders assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron pose for a photo on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Members of the 910th SFS participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

A 3rd Batallion, 238th Air Regiment UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter flies over Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron participated in a training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Staff Sgt. Cason George, a 920th Security Forces Squadron Defender from Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, walks through the woods during a land navigation exercise on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Cason is enrolled in the Accelerated Military Readiness Training program at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, and participated in a training exercise focused on combat readiness and Defenders' ability to transform their tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Senior Airman Manjinder Kaur, a 910th Security Forces Squadron Defender, walks through the woods during a land navigation exercise on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Piper and fellow 910th SFS Defenders participated in a training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Staff Sgt. Anthony Piper, a 910th Security Forces Squadron Defender, walks through the woods during a land navigation exercise on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Piper and fellow 910th SFS Defenders participated in a training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Kramer, a 910th Security Forces Squadron Defender, interacts with a simulated civilian during an exercise on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders participated in the training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders interact with a simulated civilian, July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Defenders participated in the training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Defenders assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron conduct land navigation training on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Members of the 910th SFS participated in a training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Chase, Air Force Reserve Command Integrated Defense Leadership Course chief, watches an Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter land on July 25, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. AFRC Defenders participated in a training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

An Ohio National Guard aircrew member sits on the ramp door of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on July 25, 2023, while flying over Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Aircrew members transported Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders during a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and Defenders’ ability to transform their tactical skills to adapt to the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

An Ohio National Guard aircrew member sits on the ramp door of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on July 25, 2023, while flying over Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Aircrew members transported Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders during a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and Defenders’ ability to transform their tactical skills to adapt to the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defender training: Transforming tactical skills

An Ohio National Guard aircrew member sits on the ramp door of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on July 25, 2023, while flying over Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Aircrew members transported Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders during a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and Defenders’ ability to transform their tactical skills to adapt to the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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910th Defenders: Transforming tactical skills

Published Aug. 3, 2023
By Staff Sgt. Christina Russo
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

CAMP JAMES A. GARFIELD JOINT MILITARY TRAINING CENTER, Ohio -- An Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces Defenders flies over Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, on July 25, 2023. AFRC Defenders participated in a joint force training exercise focused on combat readiness and their ability to transform tactical skills to adapt to their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)