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A 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron fire team leads an enemy combatant back to their vehicles during a demonstration exercise Oct. 16 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Approximately 1,500 active-duty, reserve and National Guard Airmen attend the squadron’s "Brave Defender" training each year. "Defender" is a six-week deployment training course for security forces Airmen. It is one of only six SF deployment training courses in the U.S. The course opened here in 2002 and was established by Air Force Materiel Command to satisfy security forces training requirements in an expeditionary environment (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Staff Sgt. Matthew Krause, of the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron, fires his M-4 rifle during a demonstration exercise Oct. 16 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Approximately 1,500 active-duty, reserve and National Guard Airmen attend the squadron’s "Brave Defender" training each year. "Defender" is a six-week deployment training course for security forces Airmen. It is one of only six SF deployment training courses in the U.S. The course opened here in 2002 and was established by Air Force Materiel Command to satisfy security forces training requirements in an expeditionary environment (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Total Force Airmen take on 'Brave Defender'

Published Oct. 28, 2013

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron fire team leads an enemy combatant back to their vehicles during a demonstration exercise here Oct. 16.

Approximately 1,500 active-duty, reserve and National Guard Airmen attend the squadron's "Brave Defender" training each year.

"Defender" is a six-week deployment training course for Security Forces Airmen. It is one of only six SF deployment training courses in the U.S. The course opened here in 2002 and was established by Air Force Materiel Command to satisfy security forces training requirements in an expeditionary environment (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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