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    SERE team strengthens Altus AFB Airmen readiness [Image 7 of 11]

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    A group of military personnel in camouflage uniforms wearing yellow life vests are gathered poolside at an outdoor swimming facility. An instructor in a gray t-shirt with visible tattoos and sunglasses on his head appears to be briefing or instructing the group. The setting suggests a water survival or aquatic training exercise.

    ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES

    07.10.2026

    Photo by Airman 1st Class Emma Wright 

    97th Air Mobility Wing

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Russel Batson, 137th Special Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) specialist, leads aircrew assigned to Altus Air Force Base (AFB) through Water Survival Training at Altus AFB, Oklahoma, July 10, 2026. The refresher training combined academic instruction with hands-on exercises designed to sharpen wartime operational skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emma Wright)

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    Date Taken: 07.10.2026
    Date Posted: 07.17.2026 11:31
    Photo ID: 9811944
    VIRIN: 260710-F-PG471-1220
    Resolution: 6048x4032
    Size: 4.27 MB
    Location: ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, OKLAHOMA, US
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    An outdoor Olympic-style swimming pool at what appears to be a military or institutional facility, featuring lane dividers and two inflatable life rafts floating in the water. Several people are gathered near the pool building in the background, suggesting a training or safety exercise is underway. The surrounding campus includes large beige buildings, parking lots, and mature trees under clear blue skies.
    A person is holding a compact multi-tool in their right hand while pulling out or manipulating a thin wire or cord with their left hand. The individual is wearing a dark watch on their left wrist and a gray jacket. The background features a blurred red surface with a white stripe, possibly a track or sports surface.
    The image shows multiple yellow life jackets/life vests laid out on a concrete or stone surface. The vests display printed instructional diagrams and text including 'ADULT/CHILD' sizing indicators and numbered steps (2, 3, 4) for donning procedures. Red inflation mechanisms and white straps are also visible among the pile.
    A person is handling a heaving line stored in an orange pouch mounted on what appears to be an orange safety buoy or rescue equipment near a pool or body of water. The heaving line, a coiled rope used for water rescue, is being accessed or repacked. The equipment is clearly labeled 'HEAVING LINE' in stenciled black text.
    A poolside scene showing what appears to be a water rescue or lifeguard training exercise at an outdoor swimming pool. A person in a yellow shirt is in the water holding a blue-and-white rescue buoy, while an instructor in a gray shirt leans down from the pool deck to assist or evaluate them. Several observers in casual athletic wear stand nearby on the pool deck.
    Military personnel in camouflage uniforms and yellow inflatable life vests are conducting water survival training at an outdoor swimming pool. Several individuals are practicing boarding or deploying an orange inflatable life raft, while others swim in the pool background. This appears to be a formal military water egress or survival training exercise.
    A group of military personnel in camouflage uniforms wearing yellow life vests are gathered poolside at an outdoor swimming facility. An instructor in a gray t-shirt with visible tattoos and sunglasses on his head appears to be briefing or instructing the group. The setting suggests a water survival or aquatic training exercise.
    Military personnel are conducting water survival training in an outdoor pool facility. Trainees wearing camouflage uniforms and yellow life vests are practicing emergency raft procedures around an inflated orange life raft. Some individuals are in the water while others are climbing onto or already aboard the raft, supervised by instructors on the pool deck.
    A military or aviation survival instructor is conducting a classroom briefing on life raft and survival equipment. He is pointing toward equipment mounted on a corkboard wall while a diagram of an inflatable life raft is displayed on a monitor to his left. Students seated in the foreground are attending the training session.
    Two individuals are inside an inflatable life raft with a red canopy cover, deployed in what appears to be a swimming pool. They are lifting the canopy flap, likely during a survival training exercise. One person is wearing a yellow life vest, and the orange raft has a visible 'BOARDING RAMP' label.
    A person in military camouflage uniform and yellow life vest is climbing onto an orange inflatable life raft marked as USAF property. The raft is floating on blue water and has visible stenciled markings identifying it as a Type F-2B USAF life raft. This appears to be a water survival training exercise based on the controlled conditions and equipment visible.

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