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Safety first: 316th Security Forces Group enhances preparedness with active shooter training at base school
November 17, 2023
U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Michael Smith, left, and Sean Martyn, with the 316th Security Force Squadron, perform a security sweep of a classroom during active shooter training at Imagine Andrews Public Charter School at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 7, 2023. The Airmen were assessed on their actions during the exercise such as how they communicated with one another, tracked down suspects and attempted to save lives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gianluca Ciccopiedi)

316th Security Forces Squadron K-9 training reaches new heights
October 9, 2023
Man and dog exit a helicopter.

316th Wing Fire Emergency Services gain virtual reality tool to train for real-world disaster
September 7, 2023
U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Frank Butler, 316th Wing Inspections superintendent, works with Staff Sergeant William Leuzinger, 316th CES firefighter, on the Advanced Disaster Management Simulator at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 29, 2023.

Bivouac provides readiness training for 316th, 11th Wing CES Airmen
June 1, 2022
Col. Parkin Bryson, 316th Wing vice commander, Col. Nichole Scott, 316th Mission Support Group commander and Lt. Col Ross Dotzlaf, 316th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, walk alongside a bivouac  training site for civil engineer Airmen at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 25, 2022.

JBA's EMEDS training prepares medical personnel for deployments
May 12, 2022
Joint Base Andrews medical personnel practice tactical combat casualty care during the Expeditionary Medical Support System exercise at JBA, Md., May 5, 2022.

316th CES brings the heat for quarterly fire training
May 5, 2022
Members from the 316th Civil Engineer Squadron and 193rd Special Operations Wing pose for a group photo at a live fire-fighting training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 2, 2022.

MWD team attends training, furthers capabilities
April 8, 2022
Senior Airman Alistair Dela Cruz, 316th Security Support Squadron military working dog handler, pets MWD Fill prior to the Multi-Agency K-9 Explosive Training Event at Thomas A. Edison High School in Alexandria, Va., Apr. 6, 2022. Handlers attend this training quarterly and the 316th SSPTS tries to send MWD teams who have never attended in the past. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Spencer Slocum)

JBA hosts multiagency forensic training
November 20, 2020
Senior Airman Zion Coleman, 316th Security Forces Base Defense Operations Center controller, receives a call initiating the start of a training for Security Forces, the Office of Special Investigations, and Judge Advocates at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Oct. 30, 2020. BDOC is responsible for dispatching patrolmen when calls come in.

Baltimore C-STARS partnership prepares Airmen for battlefield medicine
July 17, 2018
Maj. Shane Runyon (right), Baltimore’s Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) program deputy director, and Master Sgt. Sean Patterson, a respiratory therapist and superintendent of C-STARS Baltimore, set up for patient arrival at the Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU) at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, June 13, 2018. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Baltimore program partners with the R Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center to ensure medical Airmen train on the latest trauma care techniques. These techniques prepare medical Airmen to treat trauma patients in a deployed setting. (Courtesy photo)

Stop The Bleed
April 6, 2018
Stop the Bleed

11th WG Airmen step up ATSO training
January 29, 2018
Airmen hold DFPs

Pre-Raven; Do you have what it takes?
March 2, 2017
Staff Sgt. Brian Sollis, 811th Security Forces Squadron executive aircraft security member and instructor, leads an exercise during Fly-Away Security Team training, nicknamed “Pre-Raven,” at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Feb. 24, 2017. This quarterly-held course determines whether applicants can perform the Raven mission of providing discrete, low‐visibility security that ensures protection for Air Force aircraft transiting airfields where security is unknown or deemed inadequate to counter local threats. This includes training in the realm of teamwork, leadership, legal considerations, Redman qualification fights, baton maneuvers and verbal judo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordyn Fetter)

Malcolm Grow projects Training Day closures
August 8, 2016

Weapons systems training
August 2, 2016
An 11th Security Support Squadron Combat Arms instructor shoots a Barrett M107 rifle at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 15, 2016. Joint Base Andrews combat arms instructors shot two weapon systems to familiarize themselves with the weapons to instruct other service members requiring sniper training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant)