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U.S. Army Rangers descend from a UH-60 Blackhawk to secure the area during a downed aircraft, hostile environment exercise at 6th Ranger Training Battalion’s Camp Rudder May 12.  Infiltration and exfiltration are only portions of the training potential Army Rangers experience during their final phase of training.  The entire course is 61 days in length and is divided into three phases. Each phase is conducted at different geographical and environmental locations.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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Ensuring a military member’s awareness of the limitations and consequences of alcohol abuse and driving under the influence can have on a career could prevent them from crossing the line of another drink or the decision to get behind the wheel. To learn more about the consequences of and alcohol abuse, call Alcohol, Drug Abuse Program and Treatment at 883-8373.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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Lt. Col. Jeff Gates, helps his 11-year-old son, Nathaniel, through the first water obstacle May 19 at the Emerald Coast MudRun for Orphans in Niceville Fla.  Active-duty and reserve service members from Duke, Hurlburt Field, Eglin and more came out to get dirty in either the morning or afternoon 5K challenges.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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A specialist transforms 7-year-old Kayiah into a camouflaged Army Ranger at the 6th Ranger Training Battalion’s annual open house event, May 12 at Camp Rudder. The event was a chance for the public to learn how Rangers train and operate. The event displays showed dive equipment, weapons, a reptile zoo and zodiac boats among others. The demonstrations showed off hand-to-hand combat, a parachute jump, a down-pilot scenario and others. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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James Wolf, of LTI data communications, connects a cable to the top of the communications tower beside the 919th Special Operations Wing headquarters building at Duke Field.  Reservists will move in to the newly-renovated headquarters during the January unit training assembly.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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Sgt. 1st Class Chris Choay becomes the victim of a “belt takedown” performed by Sgt. 1st Class John Blayer during a hand-to-hand combat scenario at 6th Ranger Training Battalion’s Camp Rudder May 12.  Hand-to-hand combat is only a small portion of the training potential Army Rangers experience during their final phase of training.  The entire course is 61 days in length and is divided into three phases. Each phase is conducted at different geographical and environmental locations.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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Newly promoted Chief Master Sgt. Darlene Peterson of the 711th Special Operations Squadron receives applause from her fellow chiefs during a ceremony officially inducting her into the Air Force’s highest enlisted rank Nov. 3 at Duke Field, Fla.   Following Air Force tradition, Peterson must not relinquish control of the toy Jeep memento she holds until the next new chief is likewise inducted.   (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Neely)
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Master Sgt. Thomas Webster of the 919th Operations Group Detachment 2, center, clutches two major awards presented to him recently by Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, left, and Chief Master Sgt. William Turner, AFSOC's command chief, at Duke Field, Fla.  Webster was named the 2011 Outstanding Air Force Reserve Component Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Senior NCO and 2011 Outstanding Air Force ISR Senior NCO. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz flies an MC-130E Combat Talon I aircraft July 12, 2012, during his last flight as an active duty officer. The MC-130E Combat Talon I crew conducted a local training sortie during the mission. It also served as Schwartz’s “fini flight” in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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A runner scrambles through the large mudpit at the end of the Emerald Coast MudRun for Orphans May 19 in Niceville, Fla.  Active-duty and reserve service members from Duke, Hurlburt Field, Eglin and more came out to get dirty in either the morning or afternoon 5K challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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A runner sprints up a tall dirt mound near the end of the Emerald Coast MudRun for Orphans May 19 in Niceville, Fla.  Active-duty and reserve service members from Duke, Hurlburt Field, Eglin and more came out to get dirty in either the morning or afternoon 5K challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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Runners sprint through the woods at the beginning of Emerald Coast MudRun for Orphans May 19 in Niceville, Fla.  Active-duty and reserve service members from Duke, Hurlburt Field, Eglin and more came out to get dirty in either the morning or afternoon 5K challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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Muddy sneakers and socks sit soaking in the muddy water as participants of the Emerald Coast MudRun for Orphans clean up and wash off May 19 in Niceville, Fla.  Active-duty and reserve service members from Duke, Hurlburt Field, Eglin and more came out to get dirty in either the morning or afternoon 5K challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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A runner reacts to her friend as he performs a flip off the top of a tall mound of dirt at the end of Emerald Coast MudRun for Orphans May 19 in Niceville, Fla.  Active-duty and reserve service members from Duke, Hurlburt Field, Eglin and more came out to get dirty in either the morning or afternoon 5K challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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A military member fights to complete the monkey bar portion on the Warrior course of the Emerald Coast MudRun for Orphans May 19 in Niceville, Fla.  Active-duty and reserve service members from Duke, Hurlburt Field, Eglin and more came out to get dirty in either the morning or afternoon 5K challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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A military member crawls through the first water obstacle May 19 at the Emerald Coast MudRun for Orphans in Niceville, Fla.  Active-duty and reserve service members from Duke, Hurlburt Field, Eglin and more came out to get dirty in either the morning or afternoon 5K challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)
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