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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Staff Sgt. Dustin Shepard, a Defender assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron, briefs 145th SFS leadership on the execution of an Integrated Defense Leadership Course training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Ayers, a Defender assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron, briefs 145th SFS leadership and fellow Integrated Defense Leadership Course students on the execution of a training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Defenders assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron pose for a photo prior to an Integrated Defense Leadership Course training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Turner, a Defender assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Security Forces Squadron, tightens tactical equipment on Tech. Sgt. John Leonard, a Defender assigned to the 145th SFS, prior to an Integrated Defense Leadership Course training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Defenders assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron begin navigating their way during an Integrated Defense Leadership Course training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Ayers, a Defender assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron, walks through a stream during an Integrated Defense Leadership Course training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Airman 1st Class Terrance Mack, a Defender assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron, walks through a stream during an Integrated Defense Leadership Course training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Turner, a Defender assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron, stands guard during an Integrated Defense Leadership Course training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Defenders assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron begin navigating their way during an Integrated Defense Leadership Course training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Airman 1st Class Terrance Mack, a Defender assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron, navigates his way toward an objective during an Integrated Defense Leadership Course reconnaissance exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Chief Master Sgt. Michael Caldwell, Tenth Air Force Security Forces Manager, and Col. Robert Hamilton, Tenth Air Force Deputy Director of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, observe an Integrated Defense Leadership Course area security operations exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Leadership from Tenth Air Force attended IDLC training to experience first-hand how the course is developing advanced Defenders capable of tactical combat skills used in wartime situations and their ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Air Force Reserve Command’s Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre and students pose for a photo with Tenth Air Force leadership on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. Leadership from Tenth Air Force attended IDLC training to experience first-hand how the course is developing advanced Defenders capable of tactical combat skills used in wartime situations and their ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July: Area Security Operations

Tech. Sgt. Johnathan Kling, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 307th Security Forces Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, assists IDLC students clear their M4 carbine weapons after an area security operations exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. IDLC is a two-week training course that develops advanced Defenders capable of tactical combat skills used in wartime situations and their ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)

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IDLC 23, July course: Area security operations

Published Aug. 11, 2023
By Staff Sgt Christina Russo
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

CAMP JAMES A. GARFIELD JOINT MILITARY TRAINING CENTER, Ohio -- Staff Sgt. Dustin Shepard, a Defender assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Security Forces Squadron, briefs 145th SFS leadership on the execution of an Integrated Defense Leadership Course training exercise on July 27, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. For the first time in Air Force Reserve Command’s IDLC history, a guard unit participated in the two-week training course that develops tactical skills used in wartime situations and Defenders’ ability to transform those skills to fit the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)