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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Allen McClure, an aerial gunner instructor with the 492nd Special Operations Training Support Squadron, conducts canopy disentanglement during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field jumps in the water to conduct a simulated release from a parachute during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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A survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron gathers one-man life rafts for parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. SERE specialists are experts on surviving in the most remote and hostile environments around the globe, training 1st Special Operations Wing and Air Force Special Operations Command aircrew members and high-risk-of isolation personnel to prepare for any situation, any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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A survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron inflates a one-man life raft for parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. SERE specialists are experts on surviving in the most remote and hostile environments around the globe, training 1st Special Operations Wing and Air Force Special Operations Command aircrew members and high-risk-of isolation personnel to prepare for any situation, any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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A survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron prepares equipment for parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. SERE specialists are experts on surviving in the most remote and hostile environments around the globe, training 1st Special Operations Wing and Air Force Special Operations Command aircrew members and high-risk-of isolation personnel to prepare for any situation, any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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A survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron instructs Air Commandos during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. SERE specialists are experts on surviving in the most remote and hostile environments around the globe, training 1st Special Operations Wing and Air Force Special Operations Command aircrew members and high-risk-of isolation personnel to prepare for any situation, any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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Aircrew members assigned to Hurlburt Field prepare for parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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Air Commandos jump onto a 20-man life raft during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field conducts canopy disentanglement during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field conducts canopy disentanglement during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field conducts canopy disentanglement during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field conducts canopy disentanglement during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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Air Commandos prepare to conduct a simulated parachute release during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field jumps in the water to conduct a simulated release from a parachute during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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A survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron holds a line of a simulated parachute release during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. SERE specialists are experts on surviving in the most remote and hostile environments around the globe, training 1st Special Operations Wing and Air Force Special Operations Command aircrew members and high-risk-of isolation personnel to prepare for any situation, any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field jumps in the water to conduct a simulated release from a parachute during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field is suspended in water during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field conducts canopy disentanglement during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field participates in canopy disentanglement during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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An aircrew member assigned to Hurlburt Field climbs into a one-man life raft during parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 1, 2020. Aircrew members must conduct parachuting and water survival training every three years, ensuring combat readiness to conduct operations any time, any place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

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Air Commandos conduct parachuting, water survival training

Published Sept. 3, 2020
By Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick and Airman First Class Hailey Zeigler
1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. --

Survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron conduct parachuting and water survival training at Hurlburt Field, Florida. SERE specialists are experts on surviving in the most remote and hostile environments around the globe, training 1st Special Operations Wing and Air Force Special Operations Command aircrew members and high-risk-of isolation personnel to prepare for any situation, any time, any place.