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A C-130J Super Hercules from Youngstown Air Reserve Station drops a bundle over the Slagle Drop Zone at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, during an exercise, July 24, 2025.

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  • IDLC 23, July Course: Grenades and claymores

    Air Force Reserve security forces Airmen and, for the first time in the program's history, members of the Air National Guard stationed in North Carolina traveled to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, in July to participate in the two-week Integrated Defense Leadership Course to develop tactical

  • 910th Defenders: 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

  • Video: Tactical Combat Casualty Care

    Integrated Defense Leadership Course students learn Tactical Combat Casualty Care skills and practice them in a high-stress environment during the July 2023 course at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio.

  • IDLC 23: Defender cadre certified on claymores

    Senior Airman Brianna Clay, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 349th Security Forces Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, prepares a practice claymore during a training exercise on May 31, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio.

  • IDLC 23: Cadre certified on live grenades

    Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Chase, the Integrated Defense Leadership Course chief assigned to the 310th Security Forces Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, observes a safety briefing prior to using a live grenade on May 31, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center,

  • Molding resilient Defenders

    More than 25 Reserve Citizen Defenders with the 459th Security Forces Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, participated in the Integrated Defense Leadership Course from March 13-26, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center and Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio.

  • From students to cadre

    Security forces Defenders from multiple units across Air Force Reserve Command participated in a four-mile ruck march on March 6, 2023, at Boston Mill, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.

  • New commander for next-level Defenders

    “To the men and women of the 910th Security Forces Squadron, from the day I set out to earn my commission, my goal was to become a security forces commander. Your superior performance is why I’ve been entrusted to lead this squadron. Thank you. I owe every single one of you a huge debt that I’m