AF Reserve security forces squadrons train and lead at Air Force Academy

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Nicholas B. Ontiveros
  • 310th Space Wing
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. --  The Air Force Reserve's 710th and 310th Security Forces Squadrons improved their leadership skill sets April 5-10 at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Jack's Valley training range in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Over 30 of the SFS "Defenders," based at both here and Buckley AFB, Colo., took part in the Combat Leaders Course, while living in field conditions, learning how to run and lead a squad of defenders under the stress of combat conditions. Each day's mission is designed around the main objective of the day's classroom instruction by placing practical application of combat maneuvers into complex mission environments. Working as cohesive teams, a variety of scenarios were thrown at them, including improvised explosive device discovery training, camouflage and concealment, ambush retaliation, enemy combatant searches, rescuing injured personnel and land navigation.

AF Reserve Master Sgt. Kasey Karins, 710th SFS non-commissioned officer in charge of training, said this training is not just going from point A to point B, it's seeing the big picture.

"They're becoming a lot more detail oriented, not only the planning of their missions, the execution of their missions and that to me is the most important part," Karins said.