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Members of the 55th Wing conduct an operational readiness exercise (ORE) at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Jan. 24, 2018. OREs are exercises directed at honing combat readiness, and allow Airmen to receive deployment-like experiences at their home station.


55th Wing ORE

Members of the 55th Wing conduct an operational readiness exercise (ORE) at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Jan. 24, 2018. OREs are exercises directed at honing combat readiness, and allow Airmen to receive deployment-like experiences at their home station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Hammes)

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Maj. Bill Torson, member of the 170th Group assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, swims to shore after participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018 during monthly inactive duty training. The hands-on water instruction included donning cold-water exposure suits; inflating and swimming with inflatable life preservers; and boarding and utilizing a 20-person survival raft.
Maj. Kevin Selin, member of the 170th Group assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is instructed in the use of an extraction tool by Staff Sgt. Neal Troyer, 55th Operational Support Squadron Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist, while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The hands-on water instruction included donning cold-water exposure suits; inflating and swimming with inflatable life preservers; and boarding and utilizing a 20-person survival raft.
170th Group Citizen Airmen, assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, prepare their raft for rough seas, simulated by Staff Sgt. Kevin Battista, 55th Operational Support Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist, while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The aircrew members were briefed on the availability and use of tools contained in their survival gear before putting academics and theory to the test in the waters of a local lake.
170th Group Citizen Airmen, assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, prepare their raft for rough seas, simulated by Staff Sgt. Kevin Battista, 55th Operational Support Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist, while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The aircrew members were briefed on the availability and use of tools contained in their survival gear before putting academics and theory to the test in the waters of a local lake.
A 170th Group Citizen Airman, assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, hoists himseld out of the water and onto a raft while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The aircrew members were briefed on the availability and use of tools contained in their survival gear before putting academics and theory to the test in the waters of a local lake.
170th Group Citizen Airmen, assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, prepare their raft for rough seas, simulated by Staff Sgt. Kevin Battista, 55th Operational Support Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist, while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The aircrew members were briefed on the availability and use of tools contained in their survival gear before putting academics and theory to the test in the waters of a local lake.
170th Group Citizen Airmen, assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, prepare their raft for rough seas, simulated by Staff Sgt. Kevin Battista, 55th Operational Support Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist, while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The aircrew members were briefed on the availability and use of tools contained in their survival gear before putting academics and theory to the test in the waters of a local lake.
Maj. Chris Lamkey (standing) and Maj. Clay Holland (sitting), 170th Group members assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, don anti-exposure suits while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The suits are worn by aircrew in the eventuality they must be in water where the temperature is below 60 F. The air crew members were briefed on the availability and use of tools contained in their survival gear before putting academics and theory to the test in the waters of a local lake.
170th Group members, assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, swim toward a raft while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The aircrew members were briefed on the availability and use of tools contained in their survival gear before putting academics and theory to the test in the waters of a local lake.
Citizen Airmen, assigned to the 170th Group at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, swim toward a raft under the watchful eye of Staff Sgt. Kevin Battista, 55th Operational Support Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist, while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018 during monthly inactive duty training. The hands-on water instruction included donning cold-water exposure suits; inflating and swimming with inflatable life preservers; and boarding and utilizing a 20-person survival raft.
Tech. Sgt. Eric Streeter, a Citizen Airman and member of the 170th Group assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, dons an anti-exposure suit while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The suits are worn by aircrew in the eventuality they must be in water where the temperature is below 60 F. The hands-on water instruction included donning cold-water exposure suits; inflating and swimming with inflatable life preservers; and boarding and utilizing a 20-person survival raft.
Lt. Col. Wendy Squarica, 238th Combat Training Squadron commander and Citizen Airman, dons an anti-exposure suit while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The suits are worn by aircrew in the eventuality they must be in water where the temperature is below 60 F. The hands-on water instruction included donning cold-water exposure suits; inflating and swimming with inflatable life preservers; and boarding and utilizing a 20-person survival raft.
Staff Sgt. Rachel Hammes
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