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Pope AES, OSS Airmen complete water survival course

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Aircrew members from the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 43d Operations Support Squadron here swim together towards a life raft during a Survival, Evasion, Rescue and Escape water survival course May 16. Aircrew members complete the course to maintain proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. SERE specialists from the 437th OSS at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., provided the training for Airmen at Pope Field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Aircrew members from the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 43d Operations Support Squadron here swim together towards a life raft during a Survival, Evasion, Rescue and Escape water survival course May 16. Aircrew members complete the course to maintain proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. SERE specialists from the 437th OSS at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., provided the training for Airmen at Pope Field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Capt. Shane Ryan, a flight nurse with the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, listens as a Survival, Evasion, Rescue and Escape specialist from the 437th Operations Support Squadron provides diirections at the end of a SERE water survival course here May 16. Aircrew members in the 43d AES and 43d Operations Support Squadron completed the course to maintain proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. The 43d AES and 43d OSS are part of the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group here at Pope Field, and the 437th OSS is part of the 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Capt. Shane Ryan, a flight nurse with the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, listens as a Survival, Evasion, Rescue and Escape specialist from the 437th Operations Support Squadron provides diirections at the end of a SERE water survival course here May 16. Aircrew members in the 43d AES and 43d Operations Support Squadron completed the course to maintain proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. The 43d AES and 43d OSS are part of the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group here at Pope Field, and the 437th OSS is part of the 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Members of the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here work together to board a life raft during a Survival, Evasion, Rescue and Escape water survival course May 16, 2017. The training allows aircew members to maintain profiency proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. SERE specialists from the 437th Operations Support Squadron at Joint Base Charleston provided the training for Airmen at Pope Field.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Members of the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here work together to board a life raft during a Survival, Evasion, Rescue and Escape water survival course May 16, 2017. The training allows aircew members to maintain profiency proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. SERE specialists from the 437th Operations Support Squadron at Joint Base Charleston provided the training for Airmen at Pope Field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Staff Sgt. Jaquel Freeny, an aeromedical evacuation technician in the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, swims toward a life raft along with fellow aircrew members here during a SERE water survival course May 16. Aircrew members in the 43d AES and 43d Operations Support Squadron completed the course to maintain proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. The 43d AES and 43d OSS are part of the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group here at Pope Field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Staff Sgt. Jaquel Freeny, an aeromedical evacuation technician in the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, swims toward a life raft along with fellow aircrew members here during a SERE water survival course May 16. Aircrew members in the 43d AES and 43d Operations Support Squadron completed the course to maintain proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. The 43d AES and 43d OSS are part of the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group here at Pope Field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Lt. Col. Deveril Wint, chief nurse in the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here, removes water from a life raft during a SERE water survival course May 16. Aircrew members in the 43d AES and 43d Operations Support Squadron completed the course to maintain proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. The 43d AES and 43d OSS are part of the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group here at Pope Field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- Lt. Col. Deveril Wint, chief nurse in the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here, removes water from a life raft during a SERE water survival course May 16. Aircrew members in the 43d AES and 43d Operations Support Squadron completed the course to maintain proficiency in the use of flotation devices and other available equipment during an overwater emergency. The 43d AES and 43d OSS are part of the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group here at Pope Field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)