Getting mission ready
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Manton Taylor, 20th Communications Squadron cyber security technician, demonstrates fighting positions during an expeditionary skills training course at Shaw Air Force Base on Tuesday, March 19. Students participated in rigorous and stressful training scenarios designed to test their physical and mental tenacity, testing their ability to communicate and perform under pressure.
Teams of U.S. airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing work to identify hostile ordnance in a simulated ordnance sweep during an expeditionary skills training at Shaw Air Force Base on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Students were trained in a wide breadth of readiness skills and scenarios such as explosive ordnance hazards to better prepare for contingency operations.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Colton Jeffries, right, 20th Security Forces Squadron weapons and tactics non-commissioned officer in charge and training cadre, conducts an expeditionary skills training course at Shaw Air Force Base on Tuesday, March 19.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Garrison, right, 20th Security Forces Squadron weapons and tactics chief and training cadre, leads a ruck during the comprehensive airman fitness portion of the Expeditionary Skills Course at Shaw Air Force Base on Thursday, March 21. The ESC was designed to expand the readiness of 20th Fighter Wing airmen by immersing students in a realistic, hands-on training environment while meeting Air Force force generation pre-deployment training requirements.
A U.S. airman assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing loads simulated rounds into a magazine during an expeditionary skills training course at Shaw Air Force Base on Wednesday, March 20. Students executed field training on small arms employment, integrated defense concepts, tactical combat casualty care and explosive ordnance hazards, streamlining readiness training to prepare airmen for deployment.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Pattirose Samuels, 20th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron bioenvironmental engineer, left, instructs Airman 1st Class Gian-carlo Wishart, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment specialist, right, on tactical combat casualty care techniques during an expeditionary skills training course at Shaw Air Force Base on Wednesday, March 20.
U.S. airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing perform casualty carry techniques during an expeditionary skills training course at Shaw Air Force Base on Wednesday, March 20. The course challenged students to learn and apply skills in rigorous training scenarios to proficiently train airmen to perform under pressure.
U.S. airmen practice tactical combat movements during an expeditionary skills training course at Shaw Air Force Base on Tuesday, March 19. The Expeditionary Skills Course aims to expand the readiness of 20th Fighter Wing personnel by immersing students in a realistic, hands-on training environment while providing the necessary tools and certifications to become deployable, mission-ready airmen.
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U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Steven Cardo
Teams of U.S. airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing work to identify hostile ordnance in a simulated ordnance sweep during an expeditionary skills training at Shaw Air Force Base on Thursday, March 21. Students were trained in a wide breadth of readiness skills and scenarios such as explosive ordnance hazards to better prepare for contingency operations. The three-day Expeditionary Skills Course was designed to help airmen in their Prepare or Certify phase of the Air Force force generation model complete their readiness training requirements before deployment and exercise Mission Ready Airman concepts.