Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialists and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 27th Special Operations Wing take a tactical halt during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. The exercise was designed by and for junior Airmen in the 27th SOW's SERE and EOD flights to share field skills and promote joint interoperability, better preparing them as enablers in the continuum of warfare from competition to conflict. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Airman 1st Class Luke Harrison, a 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, waits to board an MC-130J Commando II at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. Harrison worked in conjunction with EOD and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape non commissioned officers to design a multi-day training exercise that would develop the core capabilities of both units while building team cohesion. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialists and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 27th Special Operations Wing patrol toward an objective during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. Prior to the exercise, SERE and EOD Airmen conducted classroom training in land navigation techniques, survival skills and tactical movement, culminating in a multi-day operation. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Airman 1st Class Christian Getchell (left) and Airman 1st Class Samuel McDonough (right), 27th Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialists, input coordinates into a GPS during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. After landing at Melrose Air Force Range on a 6th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J, the team conducted a RAPIDS infiltration on MRZR D4 all terrain vehicles. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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A 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician holds security during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. As enablers for the joint and combined force, 27th SOW EOD technicians must be precise, professional, adaptable, and adept in both specialty skills and tactical fieldcraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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A 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician removes his pack to squeeze through a gap during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. The exercise presented realistic obstacles to placement, access, and survivability in contested and denied environments, forcing the team to quickly adapt and generate solutions. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Airman 1st Class Maximillian Girgenti, a 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, prosecute an improvised explosive device during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. The exercise's Counter IED evolution provided apprentice EOD technicians the chance to build the foundational skills required of Air Commando experts that enable sensitive Joint Force operations, create dilemmas for adversaries and help those in need. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Airman 1st Class Maximillian Girgenti (left), a 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, and other 27th SOCES EOD technicians conduct an after action review with Lejay Colborn, 27th Special Operations Support Squadron Range Support Operations specialist, during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. Colborn, a prior EOD technician, helped construct and oversee the inert improvised explosive devices used during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Airman 1st Class Kyle Spanton, 27th Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialist, instructs 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians in land navigation techniques on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 24, 2024. The SERE specialists sharpened their skills as instructors in the classroom and in the field, teaching the EOD Airmen land navigation techniques, fulfilling Maslow's five basic needs for survival and other combat survival skills. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Airman 1st Class Kyle Spanton, 27th Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialist, instructs 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians in land navigation techniques on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 24, 2024. The exercise provided practical repetitions for the EOD Airmen to galvanize their land navigation skills in contested and denied environments. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Staff Sgt. Noah Koehly, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assigned to the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, plots coordinates during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 24, 2024. The exercise culminated with the EOD Airmen being tasked to navigate to established points using a lensatic compass, map and protractor. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Staff Sgt. Noah Koehly, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assigned to the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, orients a map during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 24, 2024. The exercise culminated with the EOD Airmen being tasked to navigate to established points using a lensatic compass, map and protractor. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Airman 1st Class Christian Getchell, a 27th Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialist, observes an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 24, 2024. Enablers like Explosive Ordnance Disposal and SERE Airmen act as force multipliers to the joint and combined force, providing skillsets essential to mission accomplishment. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Senior Airman Aaron Appell (back) and Airman 1st Class Luke Harrison (front), Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians assigned to the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, participate in land navigation training during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 24, 2024. Throughout the multi-day exercise, 27th SOCES EOD and 27th Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape Airmen sharpened fundamental fieldcraft skills. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey)

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Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Published Feb. 7, 2024
By 2nd Lt. Merit Davey
27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

MELROSE RANGE, N.M. --

On Jan. 23-24, 2024, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape specialists from the 27th Special Operations Support Squadron conducted a multi-day training exercise on Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico. The exercise was designed by and for junior Airmen in the 27th SOW's SERE and EOD flights to share field skills and promote joint interoperability, better preparing them as enablers in the continuum of warfare from competition to conflict.

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Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

Empowered and professional: Steadfast Line enablers team up to sharpen Air Commando fieldcraft at Cannon AFB

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